With the PGL Antwerp Major concluded, eyes now turn to Texas for IEM Dallas — North America’s first tier one CS:GO tournament in two years. Will Major champions FaZe Clan go back-to-back inside of a fortnight? And what of Aussie hopes Encore?
- Encore exit on day one of IEM Dallas with losses to FaZe, Astralis
- Dexter’s MOUZ survive day one scare
- Mindfreak take on favourites CLG Red in Impact League opener on June 4
It’s exit stage right for Encore who, despite their best efforts, have been eliminated on day one of IEM Dallas following losses to FaZe Clan (5-16) and Astralis (3-16, 9-16).
To be fair, it was always going to be a tough task against last week’s PGL Major Champions and an Astralis line-up hungry to prove their underperformance in Antwerp was just an anomaly.
Encore’s slow start cost them in the best-of-one opener against FaZe. The Boys managed just two T rounds as Russel “Twistzz” Van Dulken and Robin “ropz” Kool gave no respect in the single mapper.
A won pistol round on the CT side gave some hope to Encore fans but it wouldn’t last, with the squad forced into the lower bracket to face Astralis.
And things wouldn’t improve for the Aussies; picking Vertigo, Encore once again were left picking up the pieces following a 2-13 T half, with Asger “Farlig” Jensen leading the Danes to a 16-3 win.
Encore’s tournament hopes relied on a Nuke win, but Kristian “k0nfig” Wienecke, who underperformed in Astralis’ best-of-one opener against Vitality, bounced back in a big way to secure a 9-6 T half for the Danes.
Jared “HaZR” O’Bree (19-19, 1.12 HLTV rating) was the best of the Oceanic squad, who put up some resistance on their own T half, but the mountain was too high to climb — Encore eventually eliminated 16-9.
Encore will now prepare for the EPL Conference in Sweden in a little over a fortnight, where they’ll be joined by Oceanic rivals Renegades and Vertex.
Australia’s Dallas hopes turn to Chris “dexter” Nong and MOUZ, who will have to make the lower bracket run stick after a 16-9 loss to a Spinx-less ENCE.
Spinx was unable to attend the Texas tournament due to visa issues, with the squad calling upon Virtus Pro veteran Janusz “Snax” Pogorzelski to see them through the event.
MOUZ bounced back in their lower bracket series with a win over Spanish side Movistar Riders 2-0 (16-9, 16-10), and will take on Vitality in tomorrow’s eliminator.
We’re covering everything IEM Dallas — streams, schedule, results, team lists and more.
IEM Dallas & ESL Impact League Streams
IEM Dallas Primary Stream: ESL CSGO
IEM Dallas Secondary Stream: ESL CSGO B
ESL Impact League Primary: ESL CSGO GG
ESL Impact League Secondary: ESL CSGO GG 2
IEM Dallas & ESL Impact League Groups
IEM Dallas Groups
| Group A | Group B |
| FaZe Clan (ESL Partner Invite) | FURIA (ESL Partner Invite) |
| Astralis (ESL Partner Invite) | Ninjas in Pyjamas (ESL Partner Invite) |
| G2 Esports (ESL Partner Invite) | Team Liquid (North American Qualifier) |
| ENCE (ESL Partner Invite) | MIBR (Replacement) |
| MOUZ (European Qualifier) | Complexity (North American Qualifier) |
| Team Vitality (ESL World Ranking) | BIG (Replacement) |
| Encore (Oceanic Qualifier) | Cloud 9 (ESL World Ranking) |
| Movistar Riders (Replacement) | Imperial (South American Qualifier) |
ESL Impact League Season 1 Finals Groups
| Group A | Group B |
| BIG EQUIPA (EU Division) | Nigma Galaxy Female (EU Division) |
| CLG Red (NA Division) | Please Send Help (NA Division) |
| Black Dragons Female (SA Division) | FURIA Esports Female (SA Division) |
| Mindfreak (Oceania Qualifier) | ATK (South African Qualifier) |
IEM Dallas & ESL Impact League Schedule
IEM Dallas Schedule – Day 2 (June 1)
| Match | Teams | Time (AEST) |
| Group B Lower Round 1 | Complexity v NiP | 2am |
| Imperial v Liquid | ||
| Group B Upper Round 2 | FURIA v Cloud 9 | 5:30am |
| Group A Lower Round 2 | MOUZ v Vitality | |
| Group B Upper Round 2 | MIBR v BIG | 9am |
| Group A Lower Round 2 | G2 v Astralis |
IEM Dallas Results – Day 1 (May 31)
| Match | Teams | Time (AEST) |
| Group A | G2 16-5 Movistar Riders | 2am |
| Upper Round 1 (Bo1) | MOUZ 9-16 ENCE | |
| FaZe Clan 5-16 Encore | 3:10am | |
| Astralis 12-16 Vitality | ||
| Group B | FURIA 16-9 Imperial | 4:20am |
| Upper Round 1 (Bo1) | Liquid 6-16 Cloud 9 | |
| NiP 10-16 BIG | 5:30am | |
| MIBR 16-4 Complexity | ||
| Group A Lower Round 1 (Bo3) | Movistar Riders 0-2 MOUZ | 6:40am |
| Group A Upper Round 2 (Bo3) | G2 0-2 ENCE | |
| Group A Lower Round 1 (Bo3) | Encore 0-2 Astralis | 10:10am |
| Group A Upper Round 2 (Bo3) | FaZe Clan 2-0 Vitality | |
ESL Impact League Season 1 Finals Schedule & Results
| Match | Teams | Time (AEST) |
| Group A Opening Match (Bo1) | CLG Red v Mindfreak | 2am |
| BIG EQUIIPA v Black Dragons | 3:40am | |
| Group B Opening Match (Bo1) | Nigma Galaxy Female v ATK | 5:20am |
| Please Send Help v FURIA Esports Female | 7am | |
| Group A Winners Match | Winner A1 v Winner A2 | 8:40am |
| Group B Winners Match | Winner B1 v Winner B2 | 11:20am |
| Group A Elimination Match | Loser A1 v Loser A2 | 12pm |
| – June 5 – | – | – |
| Group B Elimination Match | Loser B1 v Loser B2 | 2am |
| Group A Decider Match | Winner A Elim v Loser A Winners | 5am |
| Group B Decider Match | Winner B Elim v Loser B Winners | 8am |
IEM Dallas & ESL Impact League Rosters
There were three late changes to the attendee list for IEM Dallas. PGL Major runner-ups Natus Vincere withdrew from the event due to visa issues and pending a roster change following the departure of Boombl4.
European qualifiers Entropiq also encountered visa issues, while qualifier Heroic were forced to withdraw due to COVID. BIG, Movistar Riders and MIBR will replace the three teams based upon ESL’s World Rankings.
IEM Dallas Team Rosters
| Team | Squad | ||||
| ENCE | Snappi | dycha | hades | maden | Snax |
| FaZe Clan | rain | broky | Twistzz | karrigan | ropz |
| FURIA | yuurih | arT | KSCERATO | drop | saffee |
| G2 | JACKZ | huNter | NiKo | m0NESY | Aleksib |
| Ninjas in Pyjamas | REZ | Plopski | es3tag | Brollan | ztr* |
| Astralis | Xyp9x | gla1ve | k0nfig | blameF | farlig |
| Cloud 9 | nafany | sh1ro | interz | Ax1Le | HObbit |
| Team Vitality | apEX | ZywOo | misutaaa | dupreeh | Magisk |
| MOUZ | frozen | bymas | dexter | torszi | JDC |
| Team Liquid | EliGE | NAF | oSee | shox | nitr0 |
| Complexity Gaming | JT | FaNg | floppy | Grim | junior |
| Imperial Esports | FalleN | fer | fnx | boltz | VINI |
| Encore | HaZR | sterling | Liki | SaVage | apoc |
| BIG | tabseN | tiziaN | syrsoN | faveN | Krimbo |
| Movistar Riders | mopoz | ALEX | DeathZz | SunPayus | dav1g |
| MIBR | chelo | exit | Tuurtle | JOTA | bit |
ESL Impact League Season 1 Rosters
| Team | Squad | ||||
| Nigma Galaxy Female | ANa | twenty3 | vilga | tory | Kat |
| BIG EQUIPA | Aidy | D7_KC | Aidaaa | Jenny_R | Zana |
| CLG Red | di^ | Emy | GooseBreeder | Juli | kelsie |
| Please Send Help | Senna | lovergirl | Jesscas | PiggyKiKi | madss |
| FURIA Esports Female | kaah | GaBi | izaa | olga | Mari |
| Black Dragons Female | yungher | goddess | julih | nani | poppins |
| ATK | scorpz | 2SSB | KayC | nAAtz | KinslayerXI |
| Mindfreak | BiBiAhn | Eimi | Emiinent | Viscose | mish |