Virtus.pro and OG are in the lower bracket of the Play-In stage need at least one win to stay alive in the tournament it would be an elimination match. NIP and Liquid qualified for IEM Katowice with a superb win in the upper bracket quarter-final series and Renegades beats TeamOne in the lower bracket elimination match and kicking out the Brazilians from the Play-In stage.
NIP secured a win on Overpass with Nicolas "Plopski" Gonzalez Zamora’s 37-21 KD, 1.89 rating, and 133 ADR forcing Virtus.pro to retreat and shut down any hopes of Hampus "hampus" Poser's side making a comeback. With a great CT side performance, Liquid defeated OG on Mirage but Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen's men forced a decider with a win on Overpass but the North American made a comeback on Nuke to qualify.