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PGL Astana quarterfinals locked: Spirit swept G2 2-0 (Dust2 13-6, Ancient 13-11), MOUZ mounted a 4-10 comeback against Aurora to take Dust2 13-11 then closed Nuke 13-8. MOUZ vs Spirit May 16 semifinal headlines the weekend; Falcons vs FURIA closes the other finals seed.
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PGL Astana 2026 group stage closes: 8 playoff teams locked — Spirit, MOUZ, FURIA, Falcons, 9z, magic and two others. Quarterfinals start May 15. Spirit emerged as tournament favorite after a 2-1 thriller over FURIA in the upper-bracket Round 3.
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IEM Atlanta Day 2-3: paiN survive FUT 2-1 (Mirage 13-8, Anubis 11-13, Inferno 13-9), then fall to BetBoom 2-1 in the upper-bracket semis. BetBoom lock Group A upper-bracket finals seed; Vitality remain in the lower bracket fight.
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BetBoom took Vitality 2-1 in the IEM Atlanta upper-bracket semifinal — Anubis 13-10, Overpass 13-8 to Vitality, Nuke 13-8 BetBoom (10-2 CT half). The world No.1's unbeaten run since Falcons in January is over. Vitality drop to lower bracket; BetBoom lock top-six seed.
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IEM Atlanta 2026 Day 1 closed: Vitality 2-0 BC.Game, Astralis 2-0 Liquid, NAVI 2-0 Passion UA, paiN 2-0 FaZe (the upset of the day). Day 2 features Vitality vs paiN in the upper-bracket Round 2 headliner.
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paiN Gaming dismantled FaZe Clan 2-0 in the opening match of IEM Atlanta 2026 — Dust2 13-6, Anubis 13-8. snow with a 1.47 rating, jcobbb 7-0 across two pistol-rich half-starters. FaZe drop to lower bracket; paiN advance to upper semifinals.
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IEM Atlanta 2026 opens today at Georgia World Congress Center — 8 Bo3 group-stage matches, $1M prize pool, 16 teams. Headlines: Vitality vs BC.Game at 18:00 UTC, NAVI vs Passion UA, Liquid vs Astralis as the day's real coin-flip.
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PGL Astana 2026 Round 2 closed with MOUZ, Spirit, FURIA, and 9z Team going 2-0 across both opening rounds. FURIA's consecutive 2-0 sweeps make them the surprise standout; Spirit emerges as the working tournament favorite in Vitality's absence.
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PGL Astana 2026 bracket locked: 16 teams including FURIA, MOUZ, Spirit, Falcons, MongolZ, G2, Aurora, HEROIC. Group stage opens May 9 at Barys Arena. With Vitality and NAVI absent at IEM Atlanta, Astana is the open field for second-tier title contenders.
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Vitality's 2025-2026 run nearly matches Astralis's 2018-2019 era on map win rate (74% vs 74.2%), round wins (both 56.4%), and LAN trophies (9 vs 8) — but trails on utility damage and Major count. IEM Cologne 2026 will decide which dynasty owns the era.
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Five days out from IEM Atlanta, three loan moves reshape the bottom of the bracket: BC.Game grabs Senzu from The MongolZ, Passion UA picks up sdy from ENCE on loan, and FL4MUS joins BB Team.
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