FANTASY and SAW eliminated from Europe RMRs

7-10-2022 15:07

Illuminar and HEET survive their first elimination matches as they look to recover from a 0-2 start to their RMR campaign.

FANTASY and SAW are the first two teams to bow out from the IEM Road to Rio Europe RMR B group after going winless in the Swiss group stage. The two teams suffered their third losses on Friday, to Illuminar and HEET, respectively.

The two winning teams now head into 1-2 matches, where HEET will lock horns with Falcons in an all-French battle for survival in the Major-qualifying event and the Polish side around Paweł "⁠reatz⁠" Jańczak face off against Sangal.

HEET will play countrymen Falcons for survival on Saturday

The B group's fourth round will take place on Saturday:

2-1 pool
11:00 MOUZ vs. Vitality
11:00 BIG vs. HEROIC
11:00 OG vs. Outsiders

1-2 pool
14:30 Falcons vs. HEET
14:30 Sangal vs. Illuminar
14:30 K23 vs. Monte

A mix-team that came together at the last minute just for the Major cycle, FANTASY had been one of the biggest surprises to come from the open qualifiers, but they were unable to replicate their success when facing the higher level of competition at the Regional Major Ranking itself.

They opened the event with losses to Vitality and Sangal before getting eliminated by another big underdog, Illuminar, following a three-map thriller.

Fielding a core that narrowly missed out on a Major spot in the last cycle ahead of PGL Antwerp, SAW came into the RMRs as one of the lowest-ranked teams and struggled to compete this time around. They only won eight rounds across their first two matches against HEROIC and Monte and faltered to HEET over three maps.

After three rounds of play, the standings of the European B group look as follows:

Group Swiss

3W - 0L

Natus Vincere

ENCE

2W - 1L

HEROIC

Vitality

BIG

1W - 2L

K23

0W - 3L

SAW

Rough

2022-10-07 15:08

Saw needs to rebuild everything again

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Story just ain't it. I miss having stadodo carry rounds on his own when he was popping off. Story is way too passive and sometimes has these crazy clutches, but that's not what sAw need...

2022-10-07 15:11

If they rebuild because of 2-3 in RMR, they absolutly need to rebuild now

2022-10-07 15:28

saw :(

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It is sad :/

2022-10-07 15:29

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Man they've been getting unlucky matchups, was even sadder previous major qualifiers, it's okay men((( Portugal will get on the map)))

2022-10-07 18:42

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It is going to be difficult, our scene is still growing and i think we didnt reach the maximum of our potencial

2022-10-07 18:52

saw rekt this time but deserved major last time

2022-10-07 20:07

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Yea i agree but oh well good luck for your team anyway

2022-10-07 20:20

2022-10-07 15:10

imagine lose to illuminar lmaoooo

imagine sangal or iluminar in 2-2 pool and have a chance to qualify to major nice groups

No way that Sangal or Illuminar will manage to qualify to major. Their game is tragic

2022-10-07 15:13

exus zapierdoli 50k jutro i w niedziele

2022-10-07 15:14

stadodo died for this

story once again underwhelming for the entirety of the tournament. kicking stadodo was one of the worst moves you could make. story doesn't even provide the bare minimum

2022-10-07 15:35

Story isnt the one to blame. Just check everyones stats xD Sure he needs to be more consistent but its not like he will win on his own anyways

2022-10-07 16:31

Last time 1 sec defuse 2-3 Now 0-3

2022-10-07 16:08

-Story +fox ?? or saw roster like vs dream team??

2022-10-07 16:10

Putting fox instead of someone is the worst fix i see. You guys have to know fox isnt the same as it was 5 6 years ago, and it is preferable to try growing our scene with younger players

2022-10-07 18:54

How can you lose to Iluminar, just how?

2022-10-07 16:51

They were just a mix team coming together for major right?While illuminar is a pro team with funding.Ild say winning a map against illuminar is impressive in itself already

2022-10-07 19:33