NRG Esports Wins IEM XIII Shanghai
NRG Esports Wins IEM XIII Shanghai
NRG Esports has become the winner of Intel Extreme Masters XIII – Shanghai. In the grand final of the $250,000 CS:GO championship the North American team managed to defeated the crowd-favorites TyLoo with the score of 2-0.
The event was held on August 1-6 at Shanghai New International Expo Center, its line-up consisted of eight teams. First, they competed in two GSL groups, and then top two teams from each group advanced to a single-elimination playoffs bracket with best-of-three series. Both future finalists placed first in their groups – NRG Esports advanced from Group A by defeating 5Power Gaming (16:10) and HellRaisers (2-1), while TyLoo outplayed Grayhound Gaming (16:10) and B.O.O.T-dreamScape (2-0) in Group B. Later in the semifinals NRG knocked out Gambit from the tournament (2-0), and TyLoo were stronger than Virtus.pro (2-1). In the grand finals NRG Esports looked by head and shoulders above TyLoo – the Americans defeated their opponents 16:9 at Overpass and 16:2 at Mirage. Earlier this year NRG Esports also won iBUYPOWER Invitational – Spring 2019 and placed second at StarSeries i-League Season 5.
Group Stage:
| Group A | Group B | ||||||
| 1. | NRG Esports | 2-0 | 57-47 | 1. | TyLoo | 2-0 | 48-21 |
| 2. | Virtus.pro | 2-1 | 79-65 | 2. | Gambit Esports | 2-1 | 82-64 |
| 3. | HellRaisers | 1-2 | 73-85 | 3. | B.O.O.T-dream[S]scape | 1-2 | 56-82 |
| 4. | 5Power Gaming | 0-2 | 39-51 | 4. | Grayhound Gaming | 0-2 | 29-48 |
Playoffs Bracket:
Tournament Results:
| Place | $ USD | Team |
| 1st | $30,000 | NRG Esports |
| 2nd | $15,000 | TyLoo |
| 3rd-4th | $5,000 | Gambit Esports, Virtus.pro |
| 5th-6h | - | HellRaisers, B.O.O.T-dream[S]cape |
| 7th-8th | - | 5Power Gaming, Grayhound Gaming |