IEM Rio 2024HEROIC, FURIA secure semi-final spots in Rio
Vitality and NAVI will start their playoff road in the quarters.
HEROIC and FURIA have secured semi-final spots at IEM Rio after winning their groups' upper-bracket finals, while Vitality and Natus Vincere will start the playoffs in the quarter-finals.
Just two more spots remain up for grabs in Rio and are set to be decided in the next round of games:
| Date | Matches | |
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| IEM Rio 2024 | ||
| 09/10/2024 |
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| 09/10/2024 |
21:00
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HEROIC secured their top-four spot by besting Vitality in a two-map series (Mirage 13-11, Anubis 13-5). Damjan "kyxsan" Stoilkovski and company got off to a terrible start on Mirage and went 2-10 down on the T side, but then put together an incredible 11-1 streak to close out the map in regulation, with Danish duo Rasmus "sjuush" Beck and René "TeSeS" Madsen leading the way.
With the wind in their sails, HEROIC then breezed past Vitality on Anubis in a 13-5 victory, during which HEROIC won two second-round forcebuys to make their job much easier.
  Vitality |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 - 35 | -3.92% | 81.9 | 71.4% | 1.12 | |
| 28 - 27 | +0.52% | 70.2 | 66.7% | 1.10 | |
| 25 - 26 | -2.16% | 64.0 | 71.4% | 0.90 | |
| 23 - 35 | -2.13% | 65.0 | 71.4% | 0.79 | |
| 19 - 34 | -0.76% | 56.8 | 64.3% | 0.72 |
 HEROIC |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 - 29 | +5.82% | 101.4 | 73.8% | 1.52 | |
| 38 - 26 | +1.65% | 95.0 | 83.3% | 1.35 | |
| 33 - 30 | +1.93% | 83.9 | 83.3% | 1.28 | |
| 26 - 22 | -2.13% | 57.6 | 83.3% | 1.08 | |
| 17 - 25 | +0.33% | 52.5 | 78.6% | 0.91 |
On the A stream, home-town heroes FURIA made light work of the No. 1 team in the world, Natus Vincere, in a two-map series (Nuke 13-10, Mirage 13-5). The Brazilians were powered by a Kaike "KSCERATO" Cerato firing on all cylinders, with the 25-year-old putting up a 1.56 across the series.
Nuke was a close-fought affair decided by second-round forcebuys, as FURIA won two to get off to hot starts in both halves. The scores were tied up at 10-10 before the Brazilians shifted into a higher gear to win three in a row and take the lead in the series.
Next up was Mirage, a map where Natus Vincere had 12 wins in their last 13 matches. They were no match for Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo and company this time around, though, as they petered out in a 4-13 loss, which means they will start their road in the quarters against either Virtus.pro or The MongolZ.
 FURIA |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 - 21 | +4.85% | 99.6 | 87.5% | 1.56 | |
| 30 - 21 | +0.57% | 78.3 | 82.5% | 1.30 | |
| 27 - 18 | +3.60% | 67.8 | 85.0% | 1.30 | |
| 27 - 20 | +3.28% | 69.6 | 82.5% | 1.24 | |
| 25 - 23 | -4.04% | 66.6 | 77.5% | 1.07 |
 Natus Vincere |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 - 27 | +3.43% | 84.6 | 72.5% | 1.29 | |
| 18 - 27 | -1.20% | 55.3 | 70.0% | 0.82 | |
| 17 - 32 | -1.97% | 65.4 | 62.5% | 0.78 | |
| 14 - 27 | -2.85% | 44.1 | 67.5% | 0.72 | |
| 17 - 33 | -5.67% | 51.2 | 52.5% | 0.54 |
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