Navi sweep Falcons as Liquid dominate Aurora on IEM Beijing's opening day

Navi sweep Falcons as Liquid dominate Aurora on IEM Beijing's opening day

Natus Vincere and Liquid delivered convincing opening victories at IEM Beijing, while FURIA recovered from a map down against FaZe as all eight first-round series concluded.

The results established the upper-bracket semifinal matchups and sent eight teams into elimination matches.

Group A: Navi set up FURIA clash

The Mongolz recovered from a 13–16 overtime loss on Mirage to defeat Legacy 2–1, winning Dust2 13–6 and Ancient 13–8.

Heroic advanced with a 2–0 victory over B8 , taking Nuke 13–4 and Dust2 13–7.

FURIA then overcame FaZe 2–1. They surrendered a 10–2 halftime lead in an 11–13 Ancient defeat, but responded emphatically with 13–5 on Dust2 and 13–4 on Cache. FURIA did Not concede a second-half round on either of their winning Maps .

Navi closed Group A’s opening round by beating Falcons 2–0, winning Ancient 13–5 and Mirage 13–11. W0nderful posted a 2 . 24 rating on Ancient, his highest map rating of the year.

Those results paired The Mongolz with Heroic and FURIA with Navi in the upper bracket. Legacy face B8 in elimination play, while FaZe meet Falcons.

Group B: Liquid concede only seven rounds

Liquid swept Aurora 2–0, winning Inferno 13–3 and Anubis 13–4.

EliGE finished 36–15 with 104 . 9 ADR, while malbsMd added 28–14. Both players recorded 1 . 81 series ratings.

PARIVISION overturned a 9–13 Dust2 defeat against G2, winning Anubis 13–7 and Ancient 13–9 to complete a 2–1 Comeback .

BetBoom Team also recovered from losing the opener, defeating 9z 2–1 after scores of 8–13 on Dust2, 13–7 on Ancient and 13–9 on Mirage .

MOUZ completed the group’s opening round with a 2–0 victory over TYLOO, taking Inferno 13–6 and Nuke 13–7.

Liquid therefore meet PARIVISION , while MOUZ face BetBoom Team for playoff qualification. Aurora play G2 and TYLOO face 9z in the first elimination round.