Europe RMR round 2 matchups set

6-4-2023 16:58

After a first round that largely went as expected, the second-round matchups have been set.

Favorites did well to avoid upsets in the first round of matchups in the EU RMR A, with some of them doing so by the skin of their teeth, namely Natus Vincere and fnatic. The only game to go in favor of the underdogs was MOUZ vs. B8, where the Ukrainian squad prevailed with a 16-9 win on Ancient.

Looking forward, teams in the 1-0 pool will be looking to build on their great start, with the highest-ranked teams avoiding each other for now. The most tough-to-call matchup of the upper pool is probably fnatic vs. 1win.

Jame's VP team should have an easy path to the 2-0 bracket

Elsewhere in the second round Virtus.pro will be taking on B8, while Grand Slam winners FaZe are set to face Apeks, who comfortably dispatched of GamerLegion in the first round. The last match of the pool will see Kenny "⁠kennyS⁠" Schrub's Falcons face off against Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev's NAVI.

In the 0-1 pool, MOUZ will face off against SAW after their shock loss to B8, followed by the most high-profile matchup of the pool between GamerLegion and OG.

Bad News Eagles vs. Viperio and Sprout vs. Into the Breach round off the draw, with the two UK teams looking to continue a surprisingly competitive start to their campaign at the RMR after they took fnatic and Natus Vincere to their limit.

The schedule of the second round is as follows:

Date	Matches
BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR A
06/04/2023	Virtus.pro 17:15 B8	Match
06/04/2023	Natus Vincere 17:15 Falcons	Match
06/04/2023	FaZe 18:20 Apeks	Match
06/04/2023	fnatic 18:45 1win	Match
06/04/2023	Bad News Eagles 19:45 Viperio	Match
06/04/2023	MOUZ 20:05 SAW	Match
06/04/2023	GamerLegion 20:55 OG	Match
06/04/2023	Sprout 21:15 Into the Breach	Match