Americas Stage 2 continues with its third week of competition, where Sentinels Sentinels North America Rank #7 N4RRATE Marshall Massey Reduxx Yassin Aboulalazm johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid Kyu Mirel Braco Hrustemovic cortezia Gabriel Cortez confirmed both a playoffs appearance and guaranteed qualification to Champions: Paris. This leaves only two slots up for grabs at a relatively early point in the season, as the other regions have not currently defined a single representative for the premier event.

The week's results were as follows:

2Game Esports 2Game Esports Brazil Rank #5 Brinks gobera Vitor Gobo ambitioN Gabriel Lima lz Luiz Reche frz Leandro Gomes found their first win of the stage, as they faced off against a struggling FURIA FURIA Brazil Rank #14 nerve Michael Yerrow artzin Arthur Araujo eeiu Daniel Vucenovic koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio alym Torogul Baidyldaev . A winless team taking a victory was inevitable, as both 2G and FURIA had previously had no luck in their Group Alpha games. FURIA was able to win their first map of the Stage in overtime, but 2Game came back with a 13-3 and a 13-2 to end the series 2-1.

gobera was a savior for 2G, particularly during the decider map.

Both teams remain in playoff and Champions contention, but can not afford further losses. 2G has a slight margin of error, having two Championship points overall, but their remaining matches will pit them against Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Rank #4 Xeppaa Erick Bach v1c Victor Truong Zellsis Jordan Montemurro penny Erik Penny Demon1 Max Mazanov stand-in OXY Francis Hoang and current group leaders, Sentinels.

The aforementioned Sentinels and Cloud9, at the time Group Alpha's 2-0 teams, met in the group's second series. Sentinels continued to prove to be head-and-shoulders above the competition, with a statement 13-5 win on the first map and ending the series on C9's Haven pick, despite OXY 's best efforts.

This earned Sentinels their ticket to Champions, joining G2 Esports G2 Esports North America Rank #2 jawgemo Alexander Mor BABYBAY Andrej Francisty trent Trent Cairns valyn Jacob Batio leaf Nathan Orf as the first two teams to qualify to the event. They are also the first team to qualify to playoffs, their 3-0 record guaranteeing a spot in the final stretch of regional play.

In the last Alpha match, G2, still playing with substitute BABYBAY , was able to take a win against Evil Geniuses. JonahP and valyn maintained their form from Week 2, once again leading the server in terms of statistics. Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses North America Rank #13 supamen Phat Le bao Bao Nguyen Okeanos Anthony Nguyen dgzin Douglas Silva C0M Corbin Lee was able to deny a comeback to take the first map, but G2 took both of the remaining maps 13-4.

On the other side of the competition, MIBR MIBR Brazil Rank #1 zekken Zachary Patrone tex Ian Botsch Mazino Roberto Rivas Verno Andrew Maust aspas Erick Santos found a key win against 100 Thieves 100 Thieves North America Rank #5 Cryocells Matthew Panganiban Asuna Peter Mazuryk vora Jordan Pulwer Timotino Timothée Lavigne Dupont bang Sean Bezerra , who had been threatening MIBR's position in the Championship Points table thanks to a strong start from the North American team and early losses from MIBR. aspas and cortezia were stand-out players, statistically, as they respectively ended the series with 43 and 50 eliminations, as well as a 1.25 and 1.43 rating.

cortezia clutches to continue MIBR's comeback on map two.

Two mid-table teams, LEVIATÁN LEVIATÁN North America Rank #19 spike Rodrigo Lombardi blowz Guilherme Oliviera Neon Bruno Rodríguez Sato Eduardo Kenzo Nagahama Sato kiNgg Francisco Aravena PxS Josh Brunelli and NRG NRG North America Rank #1 keiko Georgio Sanassy brawk Brock Somerhalder mada Adam Pampuch skuba Logan Jenkins Ethan Ethan Arnold , played each other in another Group Omega matchup. After the first map went NRG's way in a straightforward 13-7, the following maps ended with only a handful of rounds separating the teams, as the South American squad forced a decider map with a 14-12 and NRG took the win with a 13-11 on Icebox.

Finally, KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #1 saadhak Matias Delipetro mwzera Leonardo Serrati silentzz Caio Morita Less Felipe de Loyola Basso Dantedeu5 Jesús Federico Larrosa and LOUD LOUD Brazil Rank #10 lukxo Lucca Travaioli Darker Sebastián Castro Cicuamia Virtyy Leandro Moreno pANcada Bryan Luna cauanzin Cauan Pereira faced off in the final match of the week. The teams took each other's map picks, with a strong showing from KRÜ on Haven and LOUD avoiding a 2-0 by stopping a comeback, with RobbieBk standing out thanks to his calling and multikills countering KRÜs rotations and early pushes. The third map was a rather unflattering end to the week, as KRÜ's double-Duelist dominated Ascent to end the series with a 13-4. KRÜ made the game look easy, with the team finding kills while jumping and blind, and generally aggressing onto sites without much concern.

KRÜ displayed an aggression masterclass to close out the third week of the Stage.

These results left the group with three 2-1 teams, as well as three 1-2 teams, meaning Group Omega's teams remain up in the air regarding playoffs. None of the Omega teams have guaranteed a Champions appearance or have been mathematically eliminated, either, meaning the final weeks will be crucial to keep the teams' hopes alive.

Stage 2 will continue next week with the following series: