Liquid & M80 make Americas RMR, NRG eliminated at end of qualifier

The newly-assembled NRG lineup will be missing out on the RMR.

NRG fumbled an 11-4 lead over Rocket in the first map of the series

Sunday marked the conclusion of the North America closed qualifier for the PGL Major Copenhagen Americas RMR. When the dust settled, six squads stood out above the rest to join the already qualified sides of Complexity and Wildcard in Mexico.

The first trio of teams to secure qualification on the final day were Liquid, M80, and BOSS, with Casper "⁠cadiaN⁠" Møller's men requiring an extra day to qualify after being swept aside 13-3 by M80 on the first day of play.

Rounding out North America's contributions to the RMR team list were Nouns, Badass, and Rocket, who each claimed their spots after do-or-die wins in the 2-2 pool, which most notably featured Rocket stunning NRG 2-0 to qualify.

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The third and final day of the closed qualifier kicked off with a slew of elimination matches, seeing NRG, Carpe Diem, and Badass keep their runs alive at the expense of their respective opponents of LOS, my life be like, and Cloud 10.

Shortly thereafter, the first games with places at the RMR up for grabs began. Notably, Liquid secured a straightforward win over Party Astronauts, a comforting prospect considering their earlier loss to M80 and narrow wins over Badass and Nouns.

The other two sides to qualify with a 3-1 record were BOSS and M80, who had to clear Rocket and Nouns, respectively, to book their tickets to Monterrey.

malbsMd starred versus Nouns to help get M80 over the line

The most shocking result of the day came in the 2-2 pool, as Damian "⁠daps⁠" Steele's men on NRG met an early end to their Major qualification campaign after faltering to Rocket.

NRG started well by procuring a dominant 11-4 lead on their pick of Anubis, but Rocket mounted an impressive comeback on the T side to drag the map to overtime. Although NRG edged ahead in the first half of overtime, a clean sweep from Rocket in the second half allowed them to steal away the map.

Rocket kept up the momentum on their pick of Mirage to take an early lead, which NRG began to whittle away in the second half. The Canadian-majority side eventually claimed the lead, but again the map was quickly brought to overtime, where Rocket rallied to send daps' side packing.

Elsewhere in the 2-2 matches, Nouns bounced back from their earlier loss to M80 with a convincing win over Carpe Diem, while Badass secured their RMR appearance with a narrow victory over Party Astronauts.

The list of teams locked in for the PGL Major Copenhagen Americas RMR now looks as follows:

Liquid
Complexity
FURIA
M80
Nouns
South American Qualifier
South American Qualifier
South American Qualifier

BOSS
Badass
Wildcard
Rocket
South American Qualifier
South American Qualifier
South American Qualifier
South American Qualifier

The remaining RMR spots will be finalized with the conclusion of the South America closed qualifier, which is set to run from January 19 to January 21.