ENCE took first place in the group, Vitality left IEM Dallas 2022

ENCE managed to defeat the "machine" called FаZe Clan and guaranteed themselves a place in the playoff semi-finals, G2 Esports beat Vitality and advanced to the playoffs through the lower bracket.

ENCE vs FaZe Clan

1. ENCE removed Inferno
2. FaZe removed Vertigo
3. ENCE picked Mirage
4. FaZe picked Ancient
5. ENCE removed Overpass
6. FaZe removed Dust2
7. Nuke was left over

The first map in this confrontation was Mirage, FaZe started on defense, and their dominance was visible already in the first rounds. According to the results of the first half, the Poles had to be content with only 4 rounds. After switching sides - FaZe Clan, having already taken the second pistol rounds for this map, began to increase their advantage, as a result of which the score was already 4:14 in their favor. And although the Poles tried to comeback at their peak, and even managed to return the intrigue - everything is even. Having taken a series of 8 rounds, they then easily give 2 in a row and the card goes to the opponent's piggy bank. 12:16 in favor of FaZe Clan.

The second map Ancient started with Snax's 1 vs 2 clutch in the pistol round, along with a bomb planted by FaZe. The Poles take a series of 4 rounds, it is clear that they are comfortable playing for defense, and also demonstrate that on the most unbalanced map in the counter-strike, you do not need to invent a bicycle. That is why they take 11 rounds for defense, in some moments it seemed that this was far from the limit. The second map in the first half ended the same way as on Mirage, but in favor of ENCE. After switching sides, FaZe Clan immediately began to dominate and took a series of 6 rounds. When it already seemed that the Poles had a hard time for the attack, starting with a score of 12:12, they took 4 rounds in a row and closed the map with an identical score on the Mirage map. 16:12 in favor of ENCE.

A favorite map of Nuke for both one and the other, it started pretty exactly right up to the 10th round. Starting from it, ENCE began to close the attack of FaZe Clan without a chance, and the half ended with the usual score of 11:4 for this series. In the second half, the Poles fly in with a successful pistol round, winning a force, but the opponent's eco round showed problems, Snax had a chance to resolve the situation 1 vs 2, but he wins the round without any problems. ENCE was leading with a score of 14:4 and all that FaZe could counter them with was 4 rounds for defense. ENCE, unexpectedly for many, wins the series with a score of 2:1.

When the ENCE organization announced that they would have to play with a replacement, they were predicted to be absent from the group, Snax replacing Spinx also raised many questions, because he had not performed on the tier-1 scene for a long time. But 28-year-old Janusz Pogorzelski showed that there is still gunpowder in the flasks. His statistics against the top 1 team in the world was the best in the series: 67-51 CD and 1.27 rating 2.0.

ENCE advance to the semifinals of the playoffs.

FaZe Clan advance to the quarterfinals of the playoffs.

Vitality vs G2 Esports

1. Vitality removed Ancient
2. G2 removed Overpass
3. Vitality picked Dust2
4. G2 picked Inferno
5. Vitality removed Nuke
6. G2 removed Vertigo
7. Mirage was left over

Vitality decided to pick Dust2, a map often picked by G2 themselves, a map on which both teams experience serious problems at times. This time the Danish-French team experienced problems. G2 Esports started on the defensive side and took the first half in their favor with a devastating score of 2:13. In this case, the CT side of Vitality should have been "reinforced concrete", but we did not see it as such. G2 take Dust2 with a score of 7:16 in their favor.

Inferno brought us an exciting battle. Starting from the pistol round, G2 took the usual series of 3 rounds, but as soon as it came to full-fledged gun rounds, zonic's wards turned out to be a little stronger, took 4 rounds in a row, and then every now and then there were exchanges of rounds. Not without luck, half went to Vitality, in the last round, dupreeh remains 1 vs 2 in front of the interchangeable side, the bomb is under the terrorists, but Peter Rasmussen kills one, throws smoke on the bomb and starts to defuse it, Aleksib failed to kill him through the smoke, and the bomb was disabled at the last second. In the second pistol round, G2 Esports wins again, but Vitality decides to force and win in the next round. The game kept the intrigue until the very end, but this time G2 turned out to be a little stronger. 14:16 on the map and 0:2 in the series in favor of G2 Esports.

G2 Esports advance to the quarter-finals of the playoffs.

Vitality leave IEM Dallas 2022 in 7th-8th place and earn $6,000 + 200 EPT points + 225 BLAST Premier points.

IEM Dallas 2022 runs from May 30 to June 5 in Dallas at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center. Sixteen teams from Europe, Oceania, North and South America are fighting for a prize pool of $250,000, as well as ranking points in the EPT and BLAST Premier tables.

Interim results of IEM Dallas 2022

• 1st place: $100,000 + 1,000 EPT points + 2,400 BLAST Premier points.
• 2nd Place: $42,000 + 750 EPT Points + 1,200 BLAST Premier Points
• 3rd-4th place: $20,000 + 525 EPT points + 750 BLAST Premier points
• 5th-6th place: $10,000 + 350 EPT points + 225 BLAST Premier points
• 7th-8th place: Vitality - $6,000 + 200 EPT points + 225 BLAST Premier points.
• 9th-12th place: Astralis, MOUZ, MIBR and Ninjas in Pajamas — $5,000 + 100 EPT points.
• 13th-16th place: Movistar Riders, Encore Esports Club, Imperial Esports and Complexity Gaming — $4,000.