Vega Squadron are through to the ELEAGUE Major Boston's New Legends Stage after beating Liquid 16-14 on Mirage at the Main Qualifier.

Liquid and Vega Squadron met on Mirage to decide which team would book their spot at the ELEAGUE Major Boston's New Legends Stage. The CT-sided Liquid won the pistol round thanks to Russel "⁠Twistzz⁠" Van Dulken's two opening kills.

Nikolay "⁠mir⁠" Bityukov got two Deagle kills in the second round and Leonid "⁠chopper⁠" Vishnyakov wrapped it up with a triple kill as Vega Squadron tied the game at 1-1. A 2vs5 victory by chopper and Sergey "⁠keshandr⁠" Nikishin made the score 3-1. Liquid took the lead with aggressive pushes, going ahead 6-4, but Vega Squadron came back to win the first half 9-6.

The Russians are through to the next stage

The Russian side started the second half on the CT-side with a pistol round victory but couldn't follow it up as Liquid's pistols reigned supreme (10-7). Later on, Vega Squadron closed down the gap and tied the game at 13-13. Vega Squadron closed out the game, winning it 16-14 and qualifying for the next stage.