MIBR become first team to qualify for Major, Bad News Bears eliminated

12-4-2022 17:16

Imperial's good run of form ends, being relegated to the 2-1 pool after today's defeat.

MIBR have qualified for the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 after taking down Imperial 2-1, claiming a 3-0 record at the Americas RMR. Bruno "⁠BIT⁠" Fukuda Lima's squad remained undefeated on Monday against 9z and paiN, earning them a 2-0 record before today's best-of-three qualification match.

MIBR's campaign is not over yet as they prepare to tackle the first-place decider match coming on Thursday at 11:00 to decide which 3-0 team will earn the Americas' Legends spot in Belgium.

Meanwhile, Bad News Bears' loss against 9z means their Romanian adventure has come to an end, being unable to attend the Major after going 0-3 at the RMR. The North American squad was relegated to the 0-2 pool following consecutive losses to Case and São Caetano on Monday, before being swept by the South American mix. Today's result puts 9z in the 1-2 pool, meaning they will need to win the next two matches to enter the decider for the 6th Major spot.

chelo's squad will go to the Major

Imperial started the series on the front foot, partially thanks to Vinicius "⁠VINI⁠" Figueiredo's fantastic Inferno performance which helped the Brazilians claim a 9-6 advantage before moving into the CT side. It took a few rounds for Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo and co. to get back in the game following their switch to the defense, but were eventually able to close the opening map 16-12.

Jhonatan "⁠JOTA⁠" Willian played a great series, finding a few impactful frags on Inferno before building on his performance on Vertigo. The 24-year-old would prove crucial for his team's T side, setting them up for a comfortable 16-8 victory on the second map to even out the series.

A comfortable 16-8 on Vertigo was quickly followed up by another great showing on Nuke. MIBR again shined on the offense, claiming a 10-5 lead before closing the series with a solid defense of the A bombsite, taking the decider 16-10 and stopping Imperial's ambitions to qualify to the Major undefeated.

PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Americas RMRBest of 3

Imperial

Matchpage

12th April 2022

MIBR

Inferno

Vertigo

Nuke

Bad News Bears' last match at the RMR started on Inferno and saw the North Americans fail to make the most out of their CT side, only claiming a 9-6 advantage as the South American mix clung onto a couple of three round streaks to keep the game competitive. After switching sides, Maximiliano "⁠max⁠" Gonzalez went absolutely ballistic, ending his defensive half with a 22-5 K-D and a 2.92 rating to power 9z to a 16-11 victory on their pick.

Things seemed to finally be going the way of Alan "⁠Shakezullah⁠" Hardeman's squad as they took the early advantage on Overpass, with Khizar "⁠Momo⁠" Rehman helping his squad claim a respectable 8-7 scoreline on the T side. Unfortunately for Bad News Bears, Luca "⁠Luken⁠" Nadotti did not want to be forced into a third map. The 25-year-old Argentinian played a fantastic offensive half, proving crucial for 9z taking the lead in the second half, stringing seven consecutive rounds before eventually closing the map 16-13, taking the series 2-0.

PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Americas RMRBest of 3

Matchpage

12th April 2022

Bad News Bears

Inferno

Overpass

Group Swiss

3W - 0L

MIBR

2W - 0L

FURIA

Complexity

2W - 1L

1W - 2L

0W - 2L

0W - 3L

NA revival

2022-04-12 17:16

Ez4EG

Bad news for the Bears

2022-04-12 17:17

that's okay. all you need is a fist bump youtube.com/watch?v=7MyxxJ7D4ds&ab_chann..

So happy for the young guns in MIBR

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+1 that interview with exit omg

2022-04-12 17:18

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Since you've mentioned it, if you were looking for a translation for it, here is my own: #14

2022-04-12 17:41

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mibr is the history of brazilian cs, this tag is STRONGGG

youtu.be/5Pa2YbEqRCs MIBR winning momemnt

2022-04-12 17:28

Imma put them 0-3 in my pickems

hold on, eg might qualify it's free 0-3 men))

2022-04-13 10:15

Yo les noobs, Imagine someone tell you even a month ago: "MIBR will be the first team to qualify for the Major". I would have laughed nervously at them before calling the asylum for their missing patient. Even if they had a super easy path props to them for defying the zero expectations the communithy had for them.

2022-04-12 17:21

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not an easy path at all. beat 3 of the top 8 teams there.

2022-04-12 17:32

MIBR's #27 in HLTV Rankings. I don't know if you were following them, but they've actually been pretty solid. They've been dominating Tier 2 NA CS. Ofc that's very different from being a perfoming team in a Major, however it's a very important step torwards that, and it shows that this team has promise. They've shown that even more rn with this solid run at the RMR. People who have zero expectations on them are surely heavily underestimating them. They are capable of doing well at the Major (they have talented players + a knowledgeable and experienced coaching staff), and I believe in them. Only time will tell how things will pan out, however. Nevertheless, they surely deserve much more credit than the community gives them in general.

2022-04-12 17:35

I don't think the community had zero expectations about them. I think everyone knows they are one of favorite teams to qualify. I didn't expect they doing 3-0, but when u look for the teams in this qualifier, u can easily put them in one of 3-1 or 3-2 teams. The surprise is the 3-0, but the teams they played against, outside imperial, are clearly weaker then them, but liquid (with furia favorite to 3-0, losing to 00Nation) opened the door for 3-0 for mibr

2022-04-12 17:38

Idk about an easy path. But they really persevered. 4 ots against pain (I think), And they beat their idols in the 2-0 match. Mayor props

2022-04-12 17:52

The grind is paying off. VAMOS MIBR!

Nice one

POG

2022-04-12 17:19

nvm

2022-04-12 17:23

TRANSLATION OF EXIT'S EMOTIONAL POST-GAME SPEECH FOR THE BRAZILIAN FANS: "Last year I couldn't qualify, and that was really hard, but this year we made it. Thank you all for your support."

2022-04-12 17:24