After a 16-9 win on Mirage, Cloud9 eliminated Renegades from the ELEAGUE Major Main Qualifier.

In the first match for survival at the ELEAGUE Major Main Qualifier, Renegades and Cloud9 were even at 2-2 following splitting the first four rounds due to Null element clutching a 1v2 in the first full buy.

Great mid defense gave Cloud9 two clean rounds and an anti-eco, before Timothy "⁠autimatic⁠" Ta's apps flank caught the Australians, who were already retreating from the A bombsite, off-guard.



autimatic put up another fantastic performance to defeat Renegades

The only round the North American squad lost before the half ended was one in which two of their players disconnected mid-round without a chance of replaying the round due to ELEAGUE rules, which state that a round cannot be replayed once a minute has passed and damage has been exchanged.

Because of the 3-12 deficit, Renegades needed the pistol round to survive and took it comfortably. Combined with two of the first three gunrounds, Yaman "⁠yam⁠" Ergenekon's side lowered the deficit to 8-13, but a forcebuy victory went the way of Cloud9 and turned the economy around.

Another disconnect mid-round caused Cloud9 to lose another round when they were at 15-8, but they managed to finish off the match at 16-9 with a B execute to eliminate Renegades from the qualifier.

ELEAGUE Major Main Qualifier Best of 1 Cloud9 Matchpage 16 9 Renegades 16 Mirage 9

Cloud9 K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Timothy 'autimatic' Taautimatic 29 - 10 +19 93.9 1.70 Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamSkadoodle 19 - 12 +7 77.6 1.38 Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbertn0thing 22 - 19 +3 95.4 1.26 Mike 'shroud' Grzesiekshroud 17 - 12 +5 82.6 1.24 Jake 'Stewie2K' YipStewie2K 14 - 16 -2 80.6 1.09 Renegades K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Justin 'jks' Savagejks 13 - 19 -6 66.9 0.81 Yaman 'yam' Ergenekonyam 17 - 19 -2 57.2 0.78 Karlo 'USTILO' PivacUSTILO 13 - 21 -8 65.8 0.76 Aaron 'AZR' WardAZR 14 - 23 -9 61.8 0.71 Ricardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandRickeh 12 - 19 -7 55.8 0.68

After the first half of matches of the third round, the standings look as follows: