FaZe and Cloud9 lost unexpectedly, SK left on the first day of competition

IEM Sydney witnessed many big men fall from their horses and the names that made it happen are none other than the Kangaroo boys.

Unexpectedly, SK Gaming lost to TyLoo in BO1 and then Grayhound Gaming in BO3, officially being eliminated from the tournament. TyLoo also defeated candidate Cloud9 in the Group A victory, while Renegades also defeated FaZe Clan in the remaining Group B victory.

TyLoo had the most impressive run on day one as they won many difficult maps against the strongest teams. TyLoo’s unpredictable play helped them win Mirage against SK in the overtime, and overwhelm Cloud9 in the following match. Hansel “BnTeT” Ferdinand took on the IGL role pretty well, getting himself 32 frags against SK and averaging 22 lives per map with Cloud9. HaoWen “somebody” Xu was also a big factor in helping TyLoo win against the Brazilian giant with 30 kills and explode with a 4th round in the 30th round, helping them come back to push the game to Overtime.

Table A

First matches

• FaZe Clan won Inferno 16-4 vs. ORDER
• Renegades won Mirage 16-9 vs. Legacy Esports
• Cloud9 won Mirage 16-6 vs. Grayhound Gaming
• TyLoo won Mirage 19-16 vs. SK Gaming

Knockout matches

Grayhound Gaming vs. SK Gaming

• Grayhound beat Mirage 16-13
• SK wins Cache 16-11
• Grayhound wins Overpass 16-11

ORDER vs. Legacy Esports

• ORDER beat Train 16-9
• ORDER beat Mirage 16-11

Wins

Renegades vs. FaZe Clan

• Renegades beat Train 16-12
• FaZe wins Overpass 16-13
• Renegades Inferno 25-22

TyLoo vs. Cloud9

• TyLoo beat Inferno 16-10
• TyLoo wins Overpass 16-11

Table of Omissions

First matches

• Mousesports won Mirage 16-6 vs. BOOT-d[S]
• Astralis won Overpass 19-17 vs. NRG Esports
• G2 Esports won Inferno 16-5 vs. MVP PK
• Fnatic won Mirage 16-3 vs. Chiefs Esports Club

The saddest result was in the SK team, when they still couldn’t get used to Stewie2k. SK was completely underwhelming and the BO3 loss to Australia’s Grayhound was a signal that the Brazilian team was in trouble. This is even more evident when Marcelo “coldzera” David, the player ranked number one in the world in 2017 by HLTV, only top frag 1 out of 4 maps that SK played.

IEM Sydney’s second day match kicks off with the deciding matches in Group B.

Source: Dotesports