BEYOND EPIC Europe/CIS: Secret to Face Liquid in Upper Bracket
BEYOND EPIC Europe/CIS: Secret to Face Liquid in Upper Bracket
The group stage of Beyond Epic: Europe/CIS is over, with Team Secret, FlyToMoon, Team Nigma, Team Liquid advancing to the upper bracket, and Vikin.gg, Virtus.pro, OG, Alliance securing their places in the lower bracket. The other teams were eliminated.
The group stage featured two groups of six teams, competing with round-robin format and best-of-three series. The detailed results are below.
Group Stage Results:
| Group A | Group B | ||||||
| 1. | Team Secret | 4-1 | 8-2 | 1. | FlyToMoon | 4-1 | 8-3 |
| 2. | Team Nigma | 4-1 | 9-3 | 2. | Team Liquid | 4-1 | 8-4 |
| 3. | Vikin.gg | 3-2 | 7-5 | 3. | Virtus.pro | 2-3 | 5-6 |
| 4. | OG | 3-2 | 7-6 | 4. | Alliance | 2-3 | 4-6 |
| 5. | B8 | 1-4 | 2-8 | 5. | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 2-3 | 5-7 |
| 6. | Team Unique | 0-5 | 1-10 | 6. | Team Empire | 1-4 | 4-8 |
The double-elimination playoffs bracket will be played between June 25th – June 28th, with all regular series being best-of-three and the grand finals being best-of-five. Today, on June 25th, we will witness two series within the first round of the lower bracket, where Vikin.gg will face Alliance (3:00 PM UK Time), and Virtus.pro will compete with OG (6:00 PM). The first round of the upper bracket will be held tomorrow, on June 26th: Team Secret will play with Team Liquid (1:00 PM), and FlyToMoon will face Team Nigma (4:00 PM).
The European division of Beyond Epic features a $200,000 prize pool. The event is also ongoing in China, where Sparking Arrow Gaming, PSG.LGD, and Royal Never Give Up already advanced to the playoffs, while Invictus Gaming will play with Vici Gaming for the last spot in the next stage. The region’s prize pool is $50,000.