G2 Esports and ENCE make it to the Legends: a recap of the third round of the Challengers Stage on BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023
/The third round of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Challengers Stage has concluded, with G2 Esports and ENCE qualifying for the Legends Stage. MOUZ and Fluxo, on the other hand, suffered their third defeats, dropping out of the Paris majors.
Third round of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Challengers Stage
On the Long Stage of the match day, Brazilian team paiN Gaming crushed Complexity Gaming (16-4) on Nuke card, while Grayhound Gaming outplayed TheMongolz (16-10) on the same card.
Ninjas in Pyjamas got a hard fought win over OG (19:17) on Mirage and FORZE got their revenge against Monte (16:6) for their loss in the RMR Tournament.
In the top basket, G2 Esports confidently defeated Apeks (2-0), while ENCE managed to outclass FaZe Clan (2-1). In the knockout rounds, GamerLegion unexpectedly thrashed MOUZ (2-0), while Team Liquid of North America expectedly beat Fluxo (2-1).
BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Challengers Stage third round results:
- paiN Gaming (16 - 4) Complexity Gaming
- Grayhound Gaming (16 - 10) TheMongolz
- Ninjas in Pyjamas (19 - 17) OG
- FORZE (16 - 6) Monte
- G2 Esports (2 - 0) Apeks
- ENCE (2- 1) FaZe Clan
- GamerLegion (2 - 0) MOUZ
- Team Liquid (2 - 1) Fluxo
BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Challengers Stage Intermediate Standings
Location | Team | Result | Round number | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 |
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1 | ENCE | 3-0 | 76-52 | 16:6 | 16:9 | 2:1 | - | - |
2 | G2 Esports | 3-0 | 64-34 | 16:11 | 16:9 | 2:0 | - | - |
3 | Apeks | 2-1 | 46-44 | 16:12 | 16:0 | 0:2 | - | - |
4 | FaZe Clan | 2-1 | 69-70 | 16:14 | 16:12 | 1:2 | - | - |
5 | Grayhound Gaming | 2-1 | 32-40 | 16:14 | 0:16 | 16:10 | - | - |
6 | FORZE | 2-1 | 46-36 | 14:16 | 16:14 | 16:6 | - | - |
7 | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 2-1 | 44-42 | 16:9 | 9:16 | 19:17 | - | - |
8 | paiN Gaming | 2-1 | 44-22 | 16:2 | 12:16 | 16:4 | - | - |
9 | Complexity Gaming | 1-2 | 29-43 | 16:11 | 9:16 | 4:16 | - | - |
10 | TheMongolz | 1-2 | 37-43 | 11:16 | 16:11 | 10:16 | - | - |
11 | OG | 1-2 | 39-46 | 6:16 | 16:11 | 17:19 | - | - |
12 | Monte | 1-2 | 36-40 | 14:16 | 16:8 | 6:16 | - | - |
13 | Team Liquid | 1-2 | 69-75 | 12:16 | 14:16 | 2:1 | - | - |
14 | GamerLegion | 1-2 | 54-49 | 11:16 | 11:16 | 2:0 | - | - |
15 | MOUZ | 0-3 | 37-64 | 9:16 | 11:16 | 0:2 | - | - |
16 | Fluxo | 0-3 | 53-75 | 2:16 | 8:16 | 1:2 | - | - |
Matches history: BLAST Paris Major 2023 Challengers Stage
The BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 takes place from 8 to 21 May at the Accor Arena in France. The 24 participants from CIS, Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia and Oceania will compete for a combined prize pool of $1,250,000 as well as berths to IEM Cologne 2023 and the BLAST Premier World Final 2023.