G2 send Aurora to 1-2 pool; The MongolZ go 8-0 on CT to beat Lynn Vision

G2 took Aurora by surprise in a chaotic Inferno match, while MongolZ came back to fend off a familiar opponent in Lynn Vision.

G2 and The MongolZ have joined the 2-1 pool and are now need one more victory to lock in a spot in the BLAST.tv Austin Major playoffs following wins against Aurora and Lynn Vision, respectively.

G2's affair against Aurora came down to a 13-4 victory on Inferno after a much more intense match than the score suggests.

Samet "⁠jottAAA⁠" Köklü put the Turkish squad on his back with three huge multi-kills in defense of the A bombsite mid-way through the first half, but he was let down by a failing B defense and two partial buy wins from the European side that flipped the half on its head.

G2 also won four clutches in the match, three in the first half and the last coming in the second pistol round from Nemanja "⁠huNter-⁠" Kovač, who all but decided it with a quad-kill and 1v1.

Lynn Vision, meanwhile, took on fellow Asian heavyweight The MongolZ in an attempt to win their first map against the Mongolians since 2023.

It started well, too, with LVG leading 6-2 before a Usukhbayar "⁠910⁠" Banzragch 4k 1v2 turned the map on its head.

A flawless 8-0 CT half from The MongolZ then confirmed the win, making it nine map wins in a row for the team against Lynn Vision. For an LVG series victory, you have to go back even further to August 2023.