The North American teams were eliminated after two matches that went to extra time.
MOUZ survived the first qualifying match in Brazil.
MOUZ is only one victory away from the IEM Rio play-off round after defeating Complexity 2-0 in the semi-finals of Group A's lower bracket. However, this score does not reflect the entire development of the match when both teams Everything was very tense and lasted until extra time.
Kamil "siuhy" Szkaradek's team will focus more on the result than on how to win, but they will certainly feel this match was too close and uncomfortable, as they missed out on the finish by five points. maps during official competition on both maps.
With this win, MOUZ prepared for a knockout match against FaZe, an opponent they had not met since the IEM Chengdu final, almost 6 months ago.
Complexity started better, taking a 4-0 lead on the Vertigo map they chose. A no-scope shot from Ádám "torzsi" Torzsás in a 1v1 situation eventually gave MOUZ their first point, but the European team struggled to find their rhythm. Finally, an eco win in round 10 gave MOUZ momentum, and they were level before the end of the first half.
MOUZ continued to maintain their newfound momentum into the second half and put their opponents in a difficult position. It seemed like Complexity was completely defeated after a 0-5 losing streak at the beginning of the half, but they mounted a late fightback to drag the match into extra time.
However, in the end Complexity's efforts became meaningless when MOUZ won 4 rounds in a row without letting the opponent respond, stealing the map the opponent had chosen.
Inferno followed the same scenario as the first map as MOUZ won map points but couldn't finish after wasting a 4vs2 advantage. Complexity dragged the match into extra time, but like Vertigo, they could not win a round after regular time.