G2 eliminates Team Liquid, extending Liquid’s 1-2 group stage curse

The first decider match of Champions Shanghai is over. G2 Esports G2 Esports North America Rank #4 jawgemo Alexander Mor BABYBAY Andrej Francisty trent Trent Cairns valyn Jacob Batio leaf Nathan Orf eliminated Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #7 nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin GSR Ognjen Bondžić kamo Kamil Frąckowiak trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Kicks Kimmie Laasner , marking the EMEA team's sixth straight group stage knockout at an international event.

The match started on TL's pick of Split. Split favors defenders, but Team Liquid started strong on attack. A quick 3K by Kicks shut down G2's retake and led to an early 2-0 lead. G2 converted the third round, but the two teams traded the next three rounds, as the score reached 4-2. kamo 's 5-1 FK/FD on Raze helped TL capture a 7-5 lead on the attack side of Split.

The future looked bright for TL as the squad racked up another pistol round with a GSR 3K. A patented G2 Stinger force failed to convert the second round, but a thrifty round with heroics by BABYBAY sparked G2's momentum.