Steel Helmet, SHPL eliminated on the opening day of China RMR Closed Qualifiers
The first two teams have been eliminated from the Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 China RMR Closed Qualifier as Steel Helmet and SHPL head home with their RMR dreams shattered. On the other hand, Bromo and XNL have survived the opening day and stay alive in the lower bracket.
Steel Helmet took on Bromo in their elimination game with Steel Helmet starting with a strong 13-7 win on their pick of Ancient. Bromo answered back with a strong T side on Mirage which helped them pick up a 13-9 win to tie up the series.
Inferno was a back-and-forth affair which headed to overtime with Bromo holding on for a 16-13 win to reverse sweep the series 2-1.
XNL and SHPL started their lower bracket game on SHPL's pick of Dust2 which saw SHPL start with a big 10-2 lead on their T side before XNL pulled it back all the way to steal away a 13-11 win.
XNL's pick of Anubis started once again with a huge opening half, XNL going 11-1 this time and like the opening map, there was another spirited comeback attempt. SHPL put up a valiant fight on their CT half but XNL made sure that the comeback didn't stick as they closed it at 13-9 to lock in a 2-0 series win.
With the completion of the lower bracket games, the first day of the China RMR Closed Qualifier comes to an end with SHPL and Steel Helmet eliminated on the opening day while XNL and Bromo fight on for another day. Bromo will face CatEvil in the lower semi-finals tomorrow while XNL will go up against Teamwork.