Liquid edge past AVANGAR in overtime to secure last Major spot

Liquid have secured the final spot at the ELEAGUE Major Boston's New Legends Stage after defeating AVANGAR 19-15 on Mirage.

The final match of the day began with Liquid picking up the first pistol round of the game following a successful B retake, with Russel "⁠Twistzz⁠" Van Dulken picking up three kills. AVANGAR then hit-back on a third-round buy off of two entry kills from Timur "⁠buster⁠" Tulepov in the T ramp, and they followed up with another round to equalise the score at 2-2.

The game then entered a scrappy period as rounds went back and forth and anti-ecos were lost, but then AVANGAR ran away with the lead, closing out the half with a 9-6 lead as the rounds Liquid edged out were few and far between.

nitr0 the hero as he forced overtime with a quad-kill

AVANGAR picked up where they had left off and won the pistol round and the following anti-eco to take an even bigger lead over the North Americans. The game then turned into a complete one-sided affair as Liquid won nine of the following ten rounds to secure a 14-12 lead. buster and Dzhami "⁠Jame⁠" Ali then came up for the Kazakhstani team, who hit match point, but a stunning quad-kill from Nick "⁠nitr0⁠" Cannella in the 30th round pushed the game to overtime.

With the momentum on their side, Liquid rallied for a quick win in overtime, winning four straight to close out the match and book the last spot in the next stage.

ELEAGUE Major 2018 Challengers StageBest of 1 LiquidMatchpage 19 15 16th January 2018 AVANGAR 19Mirage 15

Broken tag

Broken tag

This means that the final team list for the ELEAGUE Major Boston's New Legends Stage looks as follows:

Gambit	Astralis
Virtus.pro	fnatic
SK	BIG
North	Cloud9
G2	FaZe
Space Soldiers	Vega Squadron
MOUZ	Natus Vincere
Quantum Bellator Fire	Liquid

Virtus.pro #10 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński Quantum Bellator Fire #60 Gregory 'balblna' OleinickSavelii 'jmqa' BraginAurimas 'Kvik' KvakšysNikita 'waterfaLLZ' MatveyevKirill 'Boombl4' Mikhailov AVANGAR #37 Timur 'buster' TulepovAidyn 'KrizzeN' TurlybekovAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' AliDmitry 'dimasick' Matvienko fnatic #6 Robin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonMaikil 'Golden' Selim FaZe #2 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenOlof 'olofmeister' KajbjerLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' Nygaard Vega Squadron #24 Leonid 'chopper' VishnyakovDmitriy 'jR' ChervakSergey 'keshandr' NikishinNikolay 'mir' BityukovPavel 'hutji' Lashkov Astralis #3 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Timur 'buster' Tulepov Age: 18 Team: AVANGAR Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 240 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.65 Nick 'nitr0' Cannella Age: 22 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 728 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.68 Space Soldiers #23 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınAhmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' Kor Gambit #11 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' KhassenovBektiyar 'fitch' Bahytov Liquid #17 Lucas 'steel' LopesNick 'nitr0' CannellaJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Natus Vincere #14 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov G2 #7 Richard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro Dzhami 'Jame' Ali Age: 19 Team: AVANGAR Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 141 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.58 MOUZ #8 Tomáš 'oskar' ŠťastnýChris 'chrisJ' de JongMiikka 'suNny' KemppiMartin 'STYKO' StykRobin 'ropz' Kool SK #1 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaRicardo 'boltz' PrassMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo North #9 René 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke BIG #22 Fatih 'gob b' DayikNikola 'LEGIJA' NinićJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzKevin 'keev' BartholomäusJohannes 'nex' Maget Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Age: 18 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 454 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.64 Cloud9 #5 Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaTarik 'tarik' CelikTimothy 'autimatic' TaJake 'Stewie2K' Yip