GamerLegion and BIG miss out on the Major: BLAST.tv Austin Major MRQs day threerecap

It's day three of the BLAST.tv Austin Major and there's been even more heartbreak and jubilation from the most intense tournament of the year.

Some big teams missed out on the Major today, so let's get into the action.

North American MRQ

Let's start with the NA MRQ, as we're still technically on day one of that event within our recap.

The day began with Complexity vs Getting Info, with Complexity coming in hot after their fourth-placed finish at PGL Bucharest.

However, despite that momentum they built up in Romania, Getting Info gave JT and co. a far harder game than many would have expected. It still only took two maps, but all the rounds and even an overtime was needed in order for Complexity to take the win.

Photo: Stephanie Lindgren

The next game saw BLUEJAYS take on MIGHT. All three maps were needed in the second game of the day, but despite the close nature of the first two maps, the third was an absolute blowout.

After a 13-11 on Nuke and a 13-10 on Mirage, BLUEJAYS took control on Train to smash MIGHT to the lower bracket with a 13-2 scoreline.

The third match of the day saw one of the favourites enter the fray as Wildcard took on Marsborne.

A clean 2-0 for Wildcard, they closed out Nuke at 13-10 and then dominated Inferno to advance after a 13-2 scoreline.

Photo: @biossphere_eu

The final game of the day was NRG vs Nouns. A far closer 2-0 than the previous game, NRG ended the series victorious.

Despite a strong series from junior, Nouns couldn't handle NRG's teamplay as nitr0's team won Train 13-11 and Dust2 13-10.

South American MRQ

Also still on day one is the South American MRQ.

Imperial kicked off the day with a game against ODDIK. try dominated the series, he pulled off a solid 45-22 statline as Imperial won the series with a 2-0 scoreline.

13-8 on Anubis and 13-9 on Dust2, try picked up 28 of his kills on map two to send Imperial through to the upper bracket.

Next up was Sharks vs Solid, a game which Sharks won with a 2-1 scoreline.

Solid opened the series with a dominant 13-3 win on Mirage, but eventually fell to their compatriots after Sharks bounced with wins on Nuke and Anubis.

The third game of the day saw arT's Fluxo take on Argentinean team BESTIA.

The former FURIA man put in a solid performance in the 2-0 victory, but it was kye and mlzhin who starred as Fluxo won Dust2 13-10 and Ancient 13-3.

The final game of day one saw Legacy take on RED Canids. Former best player in the world coldzera had a torrid time for RED Canids, he picked up just 15 kills in the series as Legacy won it at a canter.

13-4 on Nuke and 13-8 on Mirage, RED Canids just couldn't contend with the team performance put in from Legacy.

Photo: Stephanie Lindgren

Asian MRQs

Oceania and SEA

Kicking off the Asian MRQs we have the Oceania and SEA MRQ.

Favourites FlyQuest continued their strong start on the road to Major qualification, they took down their former teammate AliStair and his new team SemperFi to put themselves within one game of the Major.

13-10 on Ancient and 13-5 on Inferno, INS was back to his fragging best to send his team through to the grand final.

In the lower bracket, Rooster became the first team eliminated from the MRQ as they fell 2-1 to ex-TALON.

Forleks shone for ex-TALON, helping them hang on for a win with 53 kills in the series.

China

Day two of the China MRQ featured another default win, this time it was Rare Atom who got the free win over DogEvil.

We at least got a game from the upper bracket, Lynn Vision qualified for the Major after a 2-1 win over TYLOO.

z4kr and C4LLM3SU3 were the stars in the series, they each dropped 60+ kills to book their team a ticket to Austin.

Asia

The Asia MRQ saw an upper bracket game between Chinggis Warriors and Eruption, and a lower bracket game between The Huns and Gods Reign.

Eruption were the victors in the upper bracket, they won 2-0 with wins on Ancient and Anubis.

Gods Reign then won in the lower bracket, they eliminated The Huns thanks to a 2-1 win where they had to bounce back from losing map one.

European MRQ

1-2 bracket

With their Major tickets on the line, the 1-2 bracket began with BC.Game taking on B8.

Arguably the favourites after recently qualifying for PGL Astana, it was BC.Game who were eliminated from Major contention as B8 dominated the BO3 with a 13-5 on Mirage and a 13-10 on Train.

The next game saw a massive organisation eliminated as fnatic lost 2-1 to ENCE.

A game that featured a masterclass from sdy, the Ukrainian picked up 63 kills to keep ENCE's dreams of making the Major alive.

The final game in the 1-2 bracket saw one of the favourites to qualify eliminated as SAW took down GamerLegion.

Doing so from a map down, SAW bounced back from a 13-5 loss on Ancient to win Nuke and Anubis 16-14, 13-7.

Photo: Stephanie Lindgren

2-1 bracket

In the 2-1 bracket, three teams would be securing their place in the BLAST.tv Austin Major.

The first of those teams was Nemiga, they made no mistakes as they took down BIG with a 2-0 scoreline.

zweih was the star, he went 39-24 as Nemiga won Inferno 13-11 and Dust2 13-3.

BetBoom were the next team to secure their spot, zorte and s1ren turned it on in order to get the better of their national rivals, 9 Pandas.

BetBoom opened the series with a 13-3 scoreline on Anubis, and secured their spot in Austin on map three with a 13-7 win on Nuke.

Swedish CS will be returning to the Major, Metizport took down Astralis to qualify for Austin.

Another three map affair, Metizport won Inferno 13-9, but were pegged back on Mirage as a top tier performances froms tavn and device saw Astralis take the second map 13-7.

Metizport took the series on Ancient, impressive calling from hampus saw the Swedes close out the series thanks to a 13-9 scoreline.

Photo: Michal Konklol

2-2 bracket

With six teams left playing for one final spot at the Major, the first of the 2-2 games was contested between B8 and 9 Pandas.

B8 continued their strong form from earlier in the day, eliminating 9 Pandas with ease thanks to a 2-0 scoreline.

13-7 on Dust2 and 13-10 on Mirage, former NAVI player npl was the star man as he went 36-27 to keep B8's hopes of making the Major alive.

Next up was SAW vs ENCE, where ENCE turned out victorious after a close 2-0 win.

16-14 on Ancient and 13-10 on Train, French prodigy Neityu's 50 kills cancelled out strong performances from story and Ag1l to keep ENCE in with a chance at making the Major.

The final game saw two huge CS orgs do battle as Astralis took on BIG.

A game that ended with a 2-1 scoreline, BIG took Mirage 13-11 but fell 13-9 on Inferno and 13-7 on Ancient to fall out of Major contention.