{"id":34093,"date":"2024-02-01T17:58:33","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T22:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=34093"},"modified":"2024-02-01T17:59:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T22:59:09","slug":"gamerlegion-team-spirit-qualify-for-iem-katowice-group-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/gamerlegion-team-spirit-qualify-for-iem-katowice-group-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"GamerLegion &#038; Team Spirit advance to IEM Katowice group stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/iem-katowice\/cs2\/\" title=\"IEM Katowice betting guide\">IEM Katowice 2024<\/a> Play-In stage, Team Spirit showcased their prowess, securing a spot in the group stage with a 2-0 (13-2, 16-14) victory over TheMongolz.<\/p>\n<p>While they dominated on Mirage, experiencing a smooth win, the battle on Ancient proved challenging as TheMongolz staged a comeback from 12-8 down, only to fall short in overtime.<\/p>\n<p>Boris &#8220;magixx&#8221; Vorobiev, reflecting on the match, expressed mixed feelings due to some shaky moments.<\/p>\n<p>Despite beating Apeks and TheMongolz, magixx acknowledged tougher challenges ahead but remained confident, stating that replicating their practice game performance would make facing stronger <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/\" title=\"Counter-Strike betting guide\">Counter-Strike<\/a> rosters in the group stage manageable.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Team__Spirit?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Team__Spirit<\/a> manage to fend off the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MongolzCs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MongolzCs<\/a> in OVERTIME to close out the series 2-0 \ud83d\ude4c<\/p>\n<p>13-2 Mirage<br \/>16-14 Ancient<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IEM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IEM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ww6AboBNdq\">pic.twitter.com\/Ww6AboBNdq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Intel\u00ae Extreme Masters (@IEM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IEM\/status\/1753059056523112732?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In another matchup, Janusz &#8220;Snax&#8221; Pogorzelski&#8217;s strategic brilliance propelled GamerLegion to a 2-1 (13-3, 5-13, 13-9) victory over Virtus.pro.<\/p>\n<p>Sebastian &#8220;volt&#8221; Malo\u0219 credited a well-prepared game plan, Snax&#8217;s exceptional calling, and Frederik &#8216;acoR&#8217; Gyldstrand&#8217;s AWP prowess for their success.<\/p>\n<p>Virtus.pro faced difficulties on Vertigo, with GamerLegion dominating and securing a convincing victory.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Virtus.pro&#8217;s comeback on Inferno, GamerLegion closed out the series with victory on Overpass, advancing to the group stage in Katowice.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GamerLegion?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GamerLegion<\/a> close out the series against <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/virtuspro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@virtuspro<\/a> 2-1 and advance to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IEM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IEM<\/a> Katowice 2024 Group Stage! \ud83d\udc4f<\/p>\n<p>13-3 Vertigo<br \/>5-13 Inferno<br \/>13-9 Overpass <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0IE6xxoI7v\">pic.twitter.com\/0IE6xxoI7v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Intel\u00ae Extreme Masters (@IEM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IEM\/status\/1753078331971641559?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>M80 asserted their dominance against Rooster in a 2-0 (13-3, 13-7) victory.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Rory &#8220;dephh&#8221; Jackson, filling in for in-game leader Marcus &#8220;\u2060maNkz\u2060&#8221; Kjeldsen, showcased improved performance.<\/p>\n<p>M80&#8217;s strategic prowess and individual displays led to victories on Inferno and Vertigo, earning them a chance to qualify for the IEM Katowice group stage and ultimately eliminating Rooster from the Play-In stage.<\/p>\n<p>Cloud9 faced a challenging battle against BetBoom, recovering from a quadruple overtime loss on Overpass to secure a 2-1 (22-25, 13-6, 13-7) victory.<\/p>\n<p>Kirill &#8220;Boombl4&#8221; Mikhailov&#8217;s improved AWP performance played a crucial role.<\/p>\n<p>Cloud9&#8217;s resilience and strategic developments were evident on Anubis and Ancient, securing comfortable victories.<\/p>\n<p>After two underwhelming performances from BetBoom Team, they have found themselves eliminated from the IEM Katowice in 13-16th place.<\/p>\n<p>In a highly anticipated showdown, ENCE delivered a decisive 2-0 (13-10, 13-4) victory over Astralis, eliminating the Danish superteam from IEM Katowice early in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The matchup held extra significance as Lukas &#8220;gla1ve&#8221; Rossander faced his former teammates, including Nicolai &#8220;device&#8221; Reedtz.<\/p>\n<p>The Finnish squad showcased their prowess on Vertigo, outplaying Astralis with superior mid-rounding.<\/p>\n<p>Krzysztof &#8220;Goofy&#8221; G\u00f3rski and Pawe\u0142 &#8220;dycha&#8221; Dycha provided crucial individual moments, securing ENCE&#8217;s victory on the first map.<\/p>\n<p>The real standout performance came from gla1ve on Ancient, where he delivered a rare carry performance with an exceptional 2.25 rating.<\/p>\n<p>His dominance haunted Astralis throughout the map, leaving the Danish squad seemingly broken.<\/p>\n<p>With this victory, ENCE keeps their hopes alive for advancing to the main event.<\/p>\n<p>Apeks triumphed over FURIA with a 2-1 (13-9, 10-13, 13-11) victory in the Play-In stage.<\/p>\n<p>Dominating on Inferno with a 10-2 lead, Apeks eventually closed the map 13-9.<\/p>\n<p>Mirage saw a stellar performance from Tim &#8216;nawwk&#8217; Jonasson, but FURIA mounted a comeback, winning 11 rounds in a row.<\/p>\n<p>The series concluded on Ancient, with Apeks securing a 9-3 lead at the break and ultimately eliminating FURIA.<\/p>\n<p>With one day left in the IEM Katowice Play-In stage, four series will take place on Friday, where the winner of each will advance to the group stage and the loser will be eliminated.<\/p>\n<h2>Friday&#8217;s IEM Katowice Play-In matches<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"pageList\">\n<li>Virtus.pro (-163.93) vs Cloud9 (+120) @ 4:30pm CET<\/li>\n<li>TheMongolz (+150) vs ENCE (-200) @ 4:30pm CET<\/li>\n<li>BIG (-166.67) vs Apeks (+130) @ 7:30pm CET<\/li>\n<li>Rebels Gaming (+190) vs M80 (-263.16) @ 7:30pm CET<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">More esports news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GamerLegion and Team Spirit have qualified for the IEM Katowice group stage, while Rooster, BetBoom Team, FURIA and Astralis were eliminated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":26642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1285,3165,172,3111,654,2620,1081,434,3133,322],"class_list":["post-34093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-apeks","tag-betboom-team","tag-cloud9","tag-counter-strike-2","tag-furia","tag-gamerlegion","tag-iem-katowice","tag-team-spirit","tag-themongolz","tag-virtus-pro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34093"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34093"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34100,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34093\/revisions\/34100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}