Gustavo "yel" Knittel’s side takes fnatic for a ride with 2-0 defeat while Complexity knocked out Wisla Krakow in the lower bracket match of IEM Katowice Play-In stage. The first round of the tournament was concluded with the two final matches in the lower bracket and the Brazilian squad has now set up a match with BIG next while Complexity will take on mousesports in the second lower bracket round as the teams fight it out for a spot at main event. MIBR and fnatic series started off at Dust2 with Daniel "danoco" Morgado leading the charge and Marcelo "chelo" Cespedes and Bruno "shz" Martinelli staged a comeback later, in the end MIBR took the lead 16-12. In the second match at Overpass Jesper "JW" Wecksell shone out and the Brazilians did not give fnatic a chance to force a decider.
In the Complexity match, they won the Inferno map but lost on Mirage to later make a comeback on Nuke with Valentin "poizon" Vasilev on fire.