A custom gaming keyboard backlit with red LED lights waits for tactile input before Manual took on Boone County in a Rocket League match, which was streamed on YouTube on Thursday, March 5, 2020. Team Falcons and Team Vitality each recorded a 2-0 sweep on Saturday to advance to the grand final in the $300,000 Intel Extreme Masters Melbourne 2025 event in Australia.
Falcons dispatched MOUZ after posting a 13-3 win on Dust II and 13-6 victory on Nuke.
North Macedonia’s Damjan “kyxsan” Stoilkovski and Nikola “NiKo” Kovac of Bosnia and Herzegovina paced Falcons with 31 kills.
Team Vitality, in turn, eliminated The MongolZ after securing convincing 13-3 triumphs on both Mirage and Nuke.
Frenchman Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut notched 38 kills to lead Vitality.
The top three teams from each group advanced to the single-elimination playoffs, which began Friday. All matches are best-of-three until Sunday’s best-of-five grand final, with the winner earning $125,000.
IEM Melbourne prize pool:
1. $125,000
2. $50,000
3-4. $25,000 — MOUZ, The MongolZ
5-6. $12,500 — GamerLegion, Team Liquid
7-8. $7,000 – FaZe Clan, Natus Vincere
9-12. $5,000 — 3DMAX, Complexity, FlyQuest, MIBR
13-16. $4,000 — BIG, paiN Gaming, Virtus.pro, SAW
–Field Level Media
