Europe RMR B round 2 matchups determined

11-4-2023 16:21

The second-round fixtures have been determined after three upsets dictated the first set of matches.

9INE, Monte, and Aurora's victories headlined the first round of results from BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR B as the underdog teams translated their online success into LAN victories. Elite squads such as HEROIC and Cloud9, however, secured their opening wins in the best-of-one matches. G2 were the only top five team to drop their opening match in the RMR.

The second-round matchups of the 1-0 and 0-1 pools have now been determined based on the teams' original seeding. The biggest among them is Vitality's match against Ninjas in Pyjamas, which went the French-Danish squad's way the last time around when they met at IEM Katowice.

hades starred in 9INE's upset victory over G2

HEROIC and Cloud9 will face off against two of the surprises from the first round, Aurora and Monte, respectively. The CIS squads impressed with their first victories and move on to play elite-level opposition in another round of best-of-one matches. After defeating G2, 9INE will get the opportunity to play BIG for a chance to advance to the qualification matches.

ENCE vs. FORZE headlines the 0-1 fixtures, with two top 15-ranked teams facing off in order to avoid the elimination matches. G2 vs. iNation forms a Balkan derby of sorts as Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač and Nemanja "⁠huNter-⁠" Kovač face off against the organization they once represented themselves.

The struggling Spirit will face off against 500 with hopes of recovering from their opening loss, while Astralis aim to bounce back against Eternal Fire in the last match of the day.

The schedule of the second round is as follows:

Date	Matches
BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR B
11/04/2023	HEROIC 16:45 Aurora	Match
11/04/2023	Cloud9 16:45 Monte	Match
11/04/2023	BIG 18:05 9INE	Match
11/04/2023	Vitality 18:10 Ninjas in Pyjamas	Match
11/04/2023	Spirit 19:35 500	Match
11/04/2023	ENCE 19:35 FORZE	Match
11/04/2023	G2 20:50 iNation	Match
11/04/2023	Eternal Fire 21:00 Astralis	Match