CLG are through to the playoffs at the Americas Minor after beating Luminosity 16-14 on Train.

The Americas Minor continued with the Group B winners' match which featured Luminosity and CLG, who respectively beat Rise Nation and Misfits in their opening matches.

The map was Train and Luminosity opened it up with a pistol round win on the CT-side. CLG's respond was swift as they won the following round with pistols to tie the game at 1-1. Luminosity then won three rounds in a row, leading 4-1. CLG won six rounds in a row to take the lead and finished the first half ahead with an 8-7 scoreline.

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CLG started their CT-side campaign with a 3vs5 pistol round victory and extended their lead to 9-7. When Luminosity were trailing 10-7, Gustavo "⁠SHOOWTiME⁠" Gonçalves got two opening kills to earn his team their eighth round. He then got a quad kill to win the next round and his team tied the game at 10-10 as Vinicios "⁠PKL⁠" Coelho secured twentieth round of the game with two entry kills.

Luminosity led 13-10 and seemed as if they were running away with the game but CLG managed to stop the momentum, winning five rounds in a row to get two match points. Even though they lost a 3vs1 in their first attempt, they closed it out with a 16-14 scoreline. With this result, CLG booked their spot in the playoffs.

Americas Minor - ELEAGUE Major 2018 Best of 1 CLG Matchpage 16 14 Luminosity 16 Train 14