Vega Squadron are jav khieu damthrough to the ELEAGUE Major Boston's New Legends Stage after beating Liquid 16-14 on Mirage at the Main Qualifier.
Liquid and Vega Squadron met on Mirage to decide which team would book their spot at the ELEAGUE Major Boston's New Legends Stage. The CT-sided Liquid won the pistol round thanks to Russel "?Twistzz?" Van Dulken's two opening kills.
Nikolay "?mir?" Bityukov got two Deagle kills in the second round and Leonid "?chopper?" Vishnyakov wrapped it up with a triple kill as Vega Squadron tied the game at 1-1. A 2vs5 victory by chopper and Sergey "?keshandr?" Nikishin made the score 3-1. Liquid took the lead with aggressive pushes, going ahead 6-4, but Vega Squadron came back to win the first half 9-6.
The Russian side started the second half on the CT-side with a pistol round victory but couldn't follow it up as Liquid's pistols reigned supreme (10-7). Later on, Vega Squadron closed down the gap and tied the game at 13-13. Vega Squadron closed out the game, winning it 16-14 and qualifying for the next stage.
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Liquid
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Vega Squadron 14Mirage 16
| ?Liquid | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0 | 29 - 19 | +10 | 95.7 | 1.40 |
| Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE | 20 - 18 | +2 | 80.7 | 1.08 |
 Russel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenTwistzz | 15 - 22 | -7 | 56.1 | 0.90 |
| Josh 'jdm64' Marzanojdm64 | 18 - 23 | -5 | 67.4 | 0.86 |
 Wilton 'zews' Pradozews | 14 - 21 | -7 | 50.8 | 0.78 |
| ?Vega Squadron | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonid 'chopper' Vishnyakovchopper | 35 - 18 | +17 | 122.6 | 1.80 |
| Nikolay 'mir' Bityukovmir | 25 - 19 | +6 | 89.9 | 1.22 |
| Pavel 'hutji' Lashkovhutji | 17 - 20 | -3 | 66.9 | 0.98 |
| Sergey 'keshandr' Nikishinkeshandr | 13 - 20 | -7 | 46.7 | 0.82 |
 Dmytro 'jR' ChervakjR | 13 - 19 | -6 | 44.5 | 0.72 |
| 3-0 (qualified) | |
 G2 | Cloud9 |
| 3-1 (qualified) | 2-2 |
| Vega Squadron |  AVANGAR |
| Liquid | |
| 2-1 | 1-2 |
 FaZe |  Renegades |
 Space Soldiers | Envy |
| Natus Vincere | Quantum Bellator Fire |
| MOUZ |  Sprout |
| 1-3 (eliminated) | 0-3 (eliminated) |
| Misfits |  Flash |
| FlipSid3 | |
MOUZ #8 
Tomá? 'oskar' ??astny
Chris 'chrisJ' de Jong
Miikka 'suNny' Kemppi
Martin 'STYKO' Styk
Robin 'ropz' Kool 
AVANGAR #37 Timur 'buster' TulepovAidyn 'KrizzeN' TurlybekovAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' AliDmitry 'dimasick' Matvienko Leonid 'chopper' Vishnyakov 
Age: 20 Team: Vega Squadron Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 281 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.69 
Flash #61 YuLun 'Summer' CaiYuanZhang 'Attacker' Sheng
Andrew 'kaze' KhongWeiJia 'INNOPY' GuoZhe 'Ayeon' Yang 
G2 #7 Richard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro 
FlipSid3 Yegor 'markeloff' MarkelovAndrey 'B1ad3' GorodenskiyDenis 'seized' KostinGeorgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinJan 'wayLander' Rahkonen Vega Squadron #24 Leonid 'chopper' VishnyakovDmytro 'jR' ChervakSergey 'keshandr' NikishinNikolay 'mir' BityukovPavel 'hutji' Lashkov Liquid #17 Lucas 'steel' LopesNick 'nitr0' CannellaJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken 
Renegades #20 Justin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardKeith 'NAF' MarkovicKarlo 'USTILO' PivacNoah 'Nifty' Francis 
Quantum Bellator Fire #60 Gregory 'balblna' OleinickSavelii 'jmqa' Bragin
Aurimas 'Kvik' Kvak?ysNikita 'waterfaLLZ' MatveyevKirill 'Boombl4' Mikhailov 
Cloud9 #5 Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaTarik 'tarik' CelikTimothy 'autimatic' TaJake 'Stewie2K' Yip Sergey 'keshandr' Nikishin 
Age: 23 Team: Vega Squadron Rating 1.0: 0.94 Maps played: 294 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.70 
Sprout #29 Jesse 'zehN' Linjala
Pawe? 'innocent' MocekKevin 'kRYSTAL' AmendTimo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' Howell Nikolay 'mir' Bityukov 
Age: 22 Team: Vega Squadron Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 315 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.67 
FaZe #2 
Finn 'karrigan' Andersen
Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerLadislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács
Nikola 'NiKo' Kova?
H?vard 'rain' Nygaard 
Envy #15 Christophe 'SIXER' XiaCédric 'RpK' Guipouy
Adil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomVincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerAlexandre 'xms' Forté 
Space Soldiers #23 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' D?rtkarde?Bu?ra 'Calyx' Ark?nAhmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' Kor Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken 
Age: 18 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.15 Maps played: 452 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.64 
Misfits #13 Sean 'seang@res' GaresShahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanHunter 'SicK' MimsFran?ois 'amanek' DelaunayDavid 'devoduvek' Dobrosavljevic 
Natus Vincere #14 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov