OG pull off comeback on Ancient to knock IHC out of IEM Rio Major

2025-04-20 22:25:43分类：spectrum 2 case阅读(46)

The European mix stay alive in Rio ahead of their final Challengers Stage match.

OG stay alive at the IEM Rio Major Challengers Stage after defeating IHC 2-0. Nemanja "⁠nexa⁠" Isaković's crew bagged a strong 16-11 victory on Inferno before mounting a successful comeback on Ancient to pick up the 16-14 win. The Europeans now find themselves in the 2-2 pool with one final shot at progressing through to the Legends Stage.

Abdul "⁠degster⁠" Gasanov was an unstoppable force on OG's side as the 21-year-old sniper finished with a series-high 55 kills and 1.44 rating. Bat-Enkh "⁠kabal⁠" Batbayar shined for IHC with 43 kills and a 1.10 rating, but his efforts weren't enough to drive his team to victory in the end.

IHC bow out of the Major with a 1-3 record, their lone win coming from a three-map thriller against hometown side 00NATION. They were two rounds away from forcing a decider with a 14-9 lead on Ancient but were unable to close out the map which ultimately led to their exit from the tournament.

degster topped the scoreboard with a 1.44 rating

IHC won the first pistol of the match but weren't able to capitalize on their advantage as OG converted their forcebuy in the second and streaked to a comfortable 9-3 lead. The Mongolians fought back and scored the last three rounds of the half behind a triple-kill from Sodbayar "⁠Techno⁠" Munkhbold and quads from both Garidmagnai "⁠bLitz⁠" Byambasuren and kabal to cut their deficit to three at the break.

nexa's men came out of halftime swinging and won four straight before a last-second defuse in the 20th gave IHC their first round as the defenders. It would spark a comeback attempt from bLitz's squad who five of the next six, but OG's advantage was just too far out of reach in the end. The Europeans hit map point at 15-11 and closed out Inferno in the following round to claim a 1-0 series lead.

Both teams exchanged scoring runs to kick off Ancient, with OG taking a swift 4-0 lead behind early heroics from Adam "⁠NEOFRAG⁠" Zouhar and degster before IHC answered back and took over the score at 5-4. Success on the B site shifted control of the game over to the Europeans, but IHC's individual fraggers shined bright as they entered the switch holding a narrow 8-7 lead. bLitz, Techno, and kabal mirrored their performance on Inferno as the trio once again dropped multi-kills in the dying embers of the first half.

IHC opened the second period with gusto and scored six out of the first eight, putting the map victory within arm's reach at 14-9. A mistimed site push in the 24th gave a round back to OG, which breathed new life in the game for nexa and company. Multi-kill rounds from nexa, degster, and Shahar "⁠flameZ⁠" Shushan were the driving forces for OG's comeback as they would put the final nail in IHC's coffin with a 16-14 victory on Ancient.

IEM Rio Major 2022 Challengers StageBest of 3

Matchpage 2 0 2nd November 2022

IHC 16Inferno 11 16Ancient 14

OG	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Abdul 'degster' Gasanovdegster	55 - 33	+22	86.8	1.44
Shahar 'flameZ' ShushanflameZ	39 - 36	+3	83.5	1.18
Nemanja 'nexa' Isakovićnexa	39 - 33	+6	71.4	1.12
Adam 'NEOFRAG' ZouharNEOFRAG	34 - 36	-2	70.0	1.05
Maciej 'F1KU' MiklasF1KU	24 - 37	-13	56.9	0.86

IHC	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Bat-Enkh 'kabal' Batbayarkabal	43 - 42	+1	84.9	1.10
Tengis 'sk0R' Batjargalsk0R	36 - 34	+2	71.1	1.01
Garidmagnai 'bLitz' ByambasurenbLitz	33 - 40	-7	69.5	0.94
Sodbayar 'Techno' MunkhboldTechno	34 - 41	-7	67.6	0.89
Tuvshintugs 'Annihilation' NyamdorjAnnihilation	29 - 34	-5	50.2	0.85