KRÜ and G2 remain undefeated in week 3 of Americas

Americas week 3 has concluded, with the first few teams starting to qualify for playoffs. KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Unranked keznit Angelo Mori Mazino Roberto Rivas adverso Benjamín Poblete Shyy Fabian Usnayo Melser Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro and G2 Esports G2 Esports North America Unranked jawgemo Alexander Mor trent Trent Cairns valyn Jacob Batio JonahP Jonah Pulice leaf Nathan Orf remain the only undefeated teams, and with three wins each, they have both all but guaranteed a spot in playoffs.

Here's how the matches went down this week:

Sentinels Sentinels North America Unranked N4RRATE Marshall Massey bang Sean Bezerra Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid 2-0 Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses North America Unranked Derrek Derrek Ha NaturE Nicholas Garrison supamen Phat Le icy Jacob Lange yay Jaccob Whiteaker
100 Thieves 100 Thieves North America Unranked zander Alexander Dituri Cryocells Matthew Panganiban eeiu Daniel Vucenovic Boostio Kelden Pupello Asuna Peter Mazuryk 2-1 LOUD LOUD Brazil Unranked dgzin Douglas Silva v1nny Vínicius Gonçalves pANcada Bryan Luna tuyz Arthur Andrade cauanzin Cauan Pereira
KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Unranked keznit Angelo Mori Mazino Roberto Rivas adverso Benjamín Poblete Shyy Fabian Usnayo Melser Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro 2-1 2Game Esports 2Game Esports Brazil Unranked PxS Josh Brunelli gobera Vitor Gobo lz Luiz Reche spike Rodrigo Lombardi silentzz Caio Morita Askia Estevão Ferreira
G2 Esports G2 Esports North America Unranked jawgemo Alexander Mor trent Trent Cairns valyn Jacob Batio JonahP Jonah Pulice leaf Nathan Orf 2-0 NRG Esports NRG Esports North America Unranked FiNESSE Pujan Mehta s0m Sam Oh brawk Brock Somerhalder mada Adam Pampuch Ethan Ethan Arnold
LEVIATÁN LEVIATÁN North America Unranked Demon1 Max Mazanov tex Ian Botsch Rossy Daniel Abedrabbo kiNgg Francisco Aravena C0M Corbin Lee 2-0 FURIA FURIA Brazil Unranked heat Olavo Marcelo raafa Rafael Lima havoc Ilan Eloy Khalil Khalil Schmidt pryze Luis-Henrique Viveiros
MIBR MIBR Brazil Unranked artzin Arthur Araujo xenom Eduardo Soeiro cortezia Gabriel Cortez Verno Andrew Maust aspas Erick Santos 2-1 Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Unranked Xeppaa Erick Bach v1c Victor Truong mitch Mitch Semago neT Michael Bernet OXY Francis Hoang

Aside from KRÜ and G2, another team that had a chance to clinch a playoff spot was Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Unranked Xeppaa Erick Bach v1c Victor Truong mitch Mitch Semago neT Michael Bernet OXY Francis Hoang . Up against MIBR MIBR Brazil Unranked artzin Arthur Araujo xenom Eduardo Soeiro cortezia Gabriel Cortez Verno Andrew Maust aspas Erick Santos , they nearly did just that. After winning map 1, they had made a 9-3 comeback on map two, reaching overtime and going up 13-12. IGL mitch had a chance to win it then and there with a 1v3 clutch, but he couldn't quite close it out, and MIBR took map 2. Map 3 saw Cloud9 at an even greater 11-3 deficit, but were once again determined to make the comeback. OXY led the charge as Cloud9 clawed back round by round, but at their very last chance, MIBR found a round to close the map 13-11, winning the series.

A clean OXY 4k makes MIBR start to sweat.

Despite the fact that it's already week 3 of Stage 1, there are still new players making their league debut. This week saw the young Brazilian talent lukxo make his first appearance on stage with LOUD LOUD Brazil Unranked dgzin Douglas Silva v1nny Vínicius Gonçalves pANcada Bryan Luna tuyz Arthur Andrade cauanzin Cauan Pereira . Following their week 2 loss to 2Game Esports 2Game Esports Brazil Unranked PxS Josh Brunelli gobera Vitor Gobo lz Luiz Reche spike Rodrigo Lombardi silentzz Caio Morita Askia Estevão Ferreira , they were in desperate need of revitalization, and lukxo seemed to bring just that. Going up against 100 Thieves 100 Thieves North America Unranked zander Alexander Dituri Cryocells Matthew Panganiban eeiu Daniel Vucenovic Boostio Kelden Pupello Asuna Peter Mazuryk , he was an immediate standout. With this new injection of firepower, LOUD dominated map 1 and were up 9-3 at the half of map 2, looking poised to take a statement victory. However, spearheaded by an insane performance from Cryocells , 100 Thieves made the comeback to steal the map, and eventually the whole series. This loss puts LOUD at 0-3, putting playoffs all but out of reach.

Apart from these two matches, the rest of the week was mostly full of one sided affairs. Sentinels Sentinels North America Unranked N4RRATE Marshall Massey bang Sean Bezerra Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid rebounded from their week 2 loss to KRU with a pounding of Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses North America Unranked Derrek Derrek Ha NaturE Nicholas Garrison supamen Phat Le icy Jacob Lange yay Jaccob Whiteaker , where N4RRATE put up his best performance so far in Americas. NRG Esports NRG Esports North America Unranked FiNESSE Pujan Mehta s0m Sam Oh brawk Brock Somerhalder mada Adam Pampuch Ethan Ethan Arnold were dealt a particularly crushing defeat to G2 Esports G2 Esports North America Unranked jawgemo Alexander Mor trent Trent Cairns valyn Jacob Batio JonahP Jonah Pulice leaf Nathan Orf , where they were lucky to even get seven rounds across the series. FURIA FURIA Brazil Unranked heat Olavo Marcelo raafa Rafael Lima havoc Ilan Eloy Khalil Khalil Schmidt pryze Luis-Henrique Viveiros continued their now five game losing streak against LEVIATÁN LEVIATÁN North America Unranked Demon1 Max Mazanov tex Ian Botsch Rossy Daniel Abedrabbo kiNgg Francisco Aravena C0M Corbin Lee , and 2G, while taking a map off KRÜ, ultimately stood no chance on either of the other two.

A vintage C0M clutch closes out the match for Leviatán.

Americas will continue in week four with the following matchups:

No it doesn't - if KRU beats EG next week, but 100T beats both 2G and KRU in the next two weeks, then both KRU and 100T would have a 4-1 record.

In this case, we would use the tie-breaker rule for a 2-way tie, which is Regular Season Head-to-Head. Because KRU would have lost to 100T in the regular season, 100T would win the tiebreaker, and finish first in the group.

EDIT: to provide additional clarity, if KRU loses to EG in Week 4 but beats 100T in Week 5, then they will be 1st seed going into playoffs. This is because, assuming SEN also goes 2-0 in the next two weeks, both KRU and SEN would have a record of 4-1. If we use the 2-way tiebreaker rules again, we would find the head-to-head between KRU and SEN, and since KRU beat SEN last week, they have the advantage.