The top 2 ranked teams have dropped into the 0-1 group after having a poor start to the Major qualifying campaign.

Wildcard overcame Liquid after recovering from a slow start.

Wildcard and Legacy created big surprises in the opening match at Perfect World Shanghai Major Americas RMR by defeating Liquid and FURIA respectively, pushing two of the most anticipated teams into the 0-1 group.

Russell "Twistzz" Van Dulken's team struggled in the second half on Inferno, losing a 9-3 advantage to Peter "stanislaw" Jarguz's precise combinations and Aran's multi-frag moves. Sonic" Groesbeek and Josh "JBa" Barutt. Mareks "YEKINDAR" Gaļinskis and Justin "jks" Savage got off to a strong start, but YEKINDAR suddenly faltered in the most important rounds, failing to gain any points through seven rounds as Wildcard closed the gap.

Roland "ultimate" Tomkowiak's efforts could not compensate for YEKINDAR's deaths in the Banana region or Twistzz's personal difficulties, leaving Wildcard with a 1-0 win in the Swiss group.

FURIA also lost their advantage in the internal confrontation with Legacy, with awkward handling from both sides, but in the end Gabriel "NEKIZ" Schenato and his teammates won on Inferno after the end of the match. in extra time.

Felipe "skullz" Medeiros had a particularly tough match with a 14-28 K-D, while Bruno "latto" Rebelatto, Eduardo "dumau" Wolkmer, and Guilherme "saadzin" Pacheco helped their team win with a total of plus 88 kills.