fnatic, Imperial sent to 0-1 pool as Opening Stage round 1 reaches end

blameF and company will face Cloud9 later on Saturday.

The first round of the Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 Opening Stage has ended with paiN taking down Imperial in an all-Brazilian clash.

The two teams met on Dust2, where Imperial came out second-best despite taking an early 4-1 lead. paiN turned the momentum of the game on its head with a force buy in the sixth round and never looked back, winning twelve out of thirteen rounds to secure a comfortable 13-5 victory.

Earlier in the day, Wildcard took down fnatic on Mirage after coming back from 8-11 down with the help of Josh "⁠JBa⁠" Barutt's resurgence. The youngster went from a 3-10 K-D to 19-11 in the closing stages to help his team eke out a 13-11 victory and a spot in the 1-0 pool.

Other results include BIG taking down Passion UA after a dominant 9-3 CT side on Mirage, while The MongolZ made light work of Rare Atom in a 13-2 drubbing on Anubis.

Date	Matches
Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 Opening Stage
30/11/2024	BIG Finished 13:9 Passion UA	Match
30/11/2024	fnatic Finished 11:13 Wildcard	Match
30/11/2024	The MongolZ Finished 13:2 Rare Atom	Match
30/11/2024	paiN Finished 13:5 Imperial	Match

The results mean we are in for several mouth-watering clashes in the second round. FURIA will meet Imperial in the 0-1 pool, as will fnatic and Cloud9.

In the 1-0 pool, Liquid will meet Wildcard, while a surprising clash between BIG and FlyQuest will award a spot in the 2-0 bracket.

The full round two schedule is as follows:

1-0 pool

Date	Matches
Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 Opening Stage
30/11/2024	BIG 09:55 FlyQuest	Match
30/11/2024	The MongolZ 10:50 MIBR	Match
30/11/2024	Liquid 11:55 Wildcard	Match
30/11/2024	paiN 13:00 GamerLegion	Match

0-1 pool

Date	Matches
Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 Opening Stage
30/11/2024	fnatic 09:50 Cloud9	Match
30/11/2024	Complexity 10:50 Passion UA	Match
30/11/2024	Virtus.pro 11:50 Rare Atom	Match
30/11/2024	Imperial 12:50 FURIA	Match