Team pairs for the second game day of the group stage of CS:GO IEM Dallas 2023 were announced. A total of six bo3-meetings (up to two wins) will take place on May 30 and 31.
Group B lower bracket clashes start on May 30 at 19:00 GMT+3 - Complexity Gaming will take on Evil Geniuses and Grayhound will take on Team Liquid. Recall that in the opening matches of the tournament Complexity and EG lost to ENCE and FaZe Clan, and Grayhound and Liquid were weaker than Cloud9 and Astralis respectively. The teams that lose those two matches will leave the tournament.
At 22:30 ENCE and FaZe Clan will fight for qualification to the final of the upper bracket of Group B. Previously, the teams defeated EG and Complexity in one-win bo1 matches. The winner of this game is to get a place in the playoff quarterfinals.
On May 31 at 02:00 there is a clash between Cloud9 and Astralis, who beat Grayhound and Liquid in their opening matches. The team that prevails will advance to the Group B upper bracket final and get a slot in the playoff quarterfinals. The opponent of the winner in the final of Group B is the winner of ENCE vs FaZe.
There will be only two matches in Group A. FURIA Esports starts the battle with MOUZ in the semifinals of the lower bracket at 22:30 GMT+3 on May 30. Before that, the Brazilian team lost to OG in the winner bracket and went down to the lower bracket, where they defeated Nouns. MOUZ, on the other hand, made it to the semifinals of the Winnings, beating fnatic, but were defeated by Heroic. The losing team will leave IEM Dallas 2023.
On May 31 at 02:00, the game day of the tournament will end with a clash between 9z and OG - the loser will leave the competition. In the first match OG defeated FURIA in the top net, then lost to G2 Esports, and 9z was weaker than Heroic in the opener, but then managed to beat fnatic in the loser bracket.
Recall that fnatic and Nouns have already left IEM Dallas 2023. The teams took 13-16th place at the tournament and earned four thousand dollars in prize money each. After the second game day two more playoff participants will be determined, and four teams will leave the event.
IEM Dallas 2023 takes place May 29 through June 4 at LAN Dallas, USA. 16 teams compete for $250,000 prize money and a ticket to IEM Cologne 2023 for the winner.