IEM Dallas 2022FURIA secure playoff spot over Cloud9, Vitality send MOUZ home
MOUZ's journey in Texas has come to an end following their second defeat at the event.
FURIA have secured a spot in the knockout stages of IEM Dallas 2022 after a sweep of Cloud9 in the upper bracket semi-final of Group B. The Brazilians are now one series away from potentially gaining a bye straight to the semi-finals, facing the winner of BIG vs MIBR on Thursday. Cloud9 are not yet eliminated, but will have to face Ninjas in Pyjamas in the lower bracket to survive.
Meanwhile, the French-Danish mix of Vitality took on MOUZ for tournament survival in the lower bracket of Group A. After a close affair on Inferno (16-14), Dan "apEX" Madesclaire's men were quick to close out the series on Mirage (16-7), eliminating the European squad to qualify for the lower bracket final.
Cloud9 were unable to show their best form on Vertigo against FURIA, and the Brazilians quickly dragged them out of their comfort zone in classic fashion with Andrei "arT" Piovezan doing all the things that arT loves to do. Rafael "saffee" Costa provided another top performance on the skyscraper, finishing the CT side with a 20-7 K-D and a 1.74 rating, propelling his squad to a 10-5 half. Sergey "Ax1Le" Rykhtorov tried his best to contain the South Americans after switching sides as the Russian squad closed the gap to just 9-12, but they would never complete the comeback. FURIA closed the map 16-9 before moving to Mirage.
Cloud9 gave us a much closer contest on the second map, but it would not be enough to guarantee survival. Dmitry "sh1ro" Sokolov was a key component of the Russians' defense against the Brazilians on Mirage and helped his squad to limit the deficit to just 7-8 going into the second half. On the CT side, FURIA quickly re-established themselves as the favorites, surviving a late Cloud9 resurgence to close their pick 16-13 thanks to a great performance by Yuri "yuurih" Santos.
 FURIA |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 - 34 | +14 | 96.5 | 74.1% | 1.42 | |
| 45 - 32 | +13 | 80.5 | 77.8% | 1.25 | |
| 34 - 37 | -3 | 86.9 | 68.5% | 1.10 | |
| 37 - 33 | +4 | 73.6 | 66.7% | 1.02 | |
| 23 - 31 | -8 | 49.7 | 75.9% | 0.89 |
 Cloud9 |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 - 39 | +1 | 85.1 | 72.2% | 1.11 | |
| 33 - 34 | -1 | 73.0 | 64.8% | 0.95 | |
| 35 - 39 | -4 | 71.3 | 68.5% | 0.93 | |
| 32 - 37 | -5 | 60.2 | 72.2% | 0.90 | |
| 25 - 38 | -13 | 67.2 | 66.7% | 0.81 |
MOUZ and Vitality kickstarted the second series with a very close half on the European's pick of Inferno. Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut and Jon "JDC" de Castro really stood out above the rest on the server, with both players exchanging moments of brilliance, but it is also worth noting a couple of rounds won by Christopher "dexter" Nong while probing the B site. MOUZ eventually claimed a narrow 8-7 lead thanks to a fantastic triple kill by JDC in mid.
After converting the second pistol, dexter's boys secured a comfortable 11-6 lead on the CT side. Unfortunately for them, once the Vitality rifles came out, the offense was able to get going. Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen joined ZywOo at the top of the scoreboard after switching to the T side, helping the French-Danish squad string eight consecutive rounds on their way to a 16-14 victory.
Vitality gave us another solid offensive streak on Mirage, quickly setting the pace on their map pick with a series of solid T rounds. Kévin "misutaaa" Rabier and Emil "Magisk" Reif played a great half, leading their squad to a stable 11-4 lead going into halftime. MOUZ would only claim the pistol and the following two rounds before their opponents were able to lock down the CT side and swiftly secure the victory with a 16-7 scoreline.
 MOUZ |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 - 42 | -9 | 89.9 | 64.2% | 0.96 | |
| 32 - 39 | -7 | 70.2 | 67.9% | 0.89 | |
| 34 - 35 | -1 | 58.6 | 58.5% | 0.87 | |
| 26 - 44 | -18 | 55.0 | 50.9% | 0.65 | |
| 19 - 42 | -23 | 45.0 | 52.8% | 0.56 |
 Vitality |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 - 28 | +17 | 105.4 | 83.0% | 1.51 | |
| 45 - 25 | +20 | 85.2 | 81.1% | 1.43 | |
| 39 - 26 | +13 | 80.4 | 73.6% | 1.28 | |
| 35 - 29 | +6 | 71.4 | 79.2% | 1.17 | |
| 38 - 38 | 0 | 71.8 | 67.9% | 1.05 |
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