G2 shuts down 100 Thieves to advance to Upper Semis

G2 Esports G2 Esports North America Rank #3 jawgemo Alexander Mor BABYBAY Andrej Francisty trent Trent Cairns valyn Jacob Batio leaf Nathan Orf has continued the run of sweeps to start the Champions Shanghai playoffs, taking down 100 Thieves 100 Thieves North America Rank #1 Cryocells Matthew Panganiban Asuna Peter Mazuryk vora Jordan Pulwer Timotino Timothée Lavigne Dupont bang Sean Bezerra 2-0 to hand the Americas Stage 2 winners their first defeat since early August, snapping a six-game winning streak.

In a matchup that has developed into a real rivalry over the years, the win also pushed G2 to 6-4 all-time against 100T. It would have been easy to predict a three-map series given the current map pool. While neither team has a trademark go-to map in the current map pool, both have proven to have settled into their own space in the current meta.

The series was played out on G2's Abyss and 100T's Ascent. G2 dominated Abyss 13-5 and then found the narrow advantage on Ascent, winning 13-11 thanks to a resilient attacker side.

This article will be updated with a full recap shortly.

This portion of the recap will be updated to include quotes from both teams' press conferences.

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