The International 2022: Evil Geniuses qualifies for the upper bracket

Evil Geniuses became the first participant of The International 2022 to reach the upper bracket of the playoffs. The North American team confidently leads Group A after the third day of play with a 7-0-1 record.

Royal Never Give Up, who topped the table yesterday, lost all three matches and dropped to fifth place. Hokori, the dark horse of this group, moved up to the fourth position four after 5 maps out of 6. PSG.LGD and Team Liquid are in second with a 4-3-1 record. At the bottom of the table sit BetBoom and BOOM.

In group B, the first and second teams switched places. Tundra went up, overpassing Team Aster. The Chinese now share the second place with Team Secret with a 3-3-1 record. Thunder Awaken managed to stay in the top four. Talon and TSM FTX are currently in the relegation zone.

It has to be noted that several unpleasant moments happened today. RNG received a technical defeat on the second map in the Chinese derby due to the fact that Somnus`M became ill. In the hospital, he tested positive for COVID-19, but continued to play at the tournament.

Another Chinese derby team, PSG.LGD, was fined yesterday by Valve for failing to report that a manager had been infected with coronavirus. They were stripped of their series pick against RNG and got no extra time in the games against BOOM Esports and Gaimin Gladiators.

In the duel between Liquid and OG, the captain of the latter, Misha, could not return to the game due to a bug. OG players offered to continue in a 4v5 format, but Liquid decided to report this situation to administrator. After a long pause, Misha was able to continue the match.

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