Vitality and Heroic already in the play-offs - a look back at the third round of the Legends Stage on BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023
The third round of the Legends Stage at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 has ended and the first lucky winners have been determined - Vitality and Heroic managed to get their third wins and qualify for the play-offs. At the same time, 9INE and FURIA suffered their third defeat, thereby ending their performance in the majors.
Third round of the Legends stage at BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023
The game day began with the 1-1 basket matches. In the first, NAVI had no problem defeating Ninjas in Pyjamas (16:9) on Overpass, but in the tiebreak, GamerLegion sensationally defeated fnatic (16:11) on the same map.
Into The Breach made another upset, edging out ENCE (16:7) on Vertigo, while Apeks didn't see much resistance from Bad News Eagles (16:6) on Ancient.
In the first leg of the play-offs Vitality handily defeated Monte (2-0). At the same time, the Danish team Heroic managed to cope with Team Liquid (2-1) and also finished the legends with a 3-0 win.
At the end of the match day, the Poles from 9INE failed to resist FaZe Clan (0:2) and the Brazilian team FURIA failed to cope with G2 Esports (0:2) and also crashed out of the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023.
Results of the third round of the Legends stage at the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023:
- NAVI (16 - 9) Ninjas in Pyjamas
- GamerLegion (16 - 11) fnatic
- Into The Breach (16 - 7) ENCE
- Apeks (16 - 6) Bad News Eagles
- Vitality (2 - 0) Monte
- Heroic (2 - 1) Team Liquid
- FaZe Clan (2 - 0) 9INE
- G2 Esports (2 - 0) FURIA
BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Challengers Stage Intermediate Standings
Location |
|---|
Team
Score
Round number
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
1
Heroic
3-0
75-56
16:7
16:10
2:1
-
-
2
Vitality
3-0
64-49
16:13
16:13
2:0
-
-
3
Apeks
2-1
42-32
16:10
10:16
16:6
-
-
4
Natus Vincere
2-1
40-35
16:10
8:16
16:9
-
-
5
Team Liquid
2-1
71-60
16:9
16:8
1:2
-
-
6
Monte
2-1
58-56
16:7
19:17
0:2
-
-
7
Into The Breach
2-1
42-35
10:16
16:12
16:7
-
-
8
GamerLegion
2-1
42-40
10:16
16:13
16:11
-
-
9
ENCE
1-2
36-41
16:9
13:16
7:16
-
-
10
fnatic
1-2
44-46
16:11
17:19
11:16
-
-
11
FaZe Clan
1-2
51-50
7:16
12:16
2:0
-
-
12
Bad News Eagles
1-2
31-45
9:16
16:13
6:16
-
-
13
G2 Esports
1-2
58-47
13:16
13:16
2:0
-
-
14
Ninjas in Pyjamas
1-2
36-40
11:16
16:8
9:16
-
-
15
FURIA
0-3
30-64
7:16
8:16
0:2
-
-
16
9INE
0-3
40-64
9:16
13:16
0:2
-
-
#18
GamerLegion21.05.23 11:00Bo30:2
#1
VitalityBLAST Paris Major 2023#1Vitality20.05.23 13:35Bo32:0
#171
ApeksBLAST Paris Major 2023
#15
Heroic20.05.23 09:00Bo31:2#18GamerLegionBLAST Paris Major 2023
#13
Liquid19.05.23 11:55Bo30:2#171ApeksBLAST Paris Major 2023
#29
Monte19.05.23 09:00Bo30:2#18GamerLegionBLAST Paris Major 2023#1Vitality18.05.23 13:15Bo32:0
#133
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