Sprout have eliminated Evil Geniuses from the IEM Katowice

With a 2-0 victory, Sprout ousted Evil Geniuses from the IEM Katowice Play-In and survived to fight another day. Despite the fact that Sanzhar "neaLaN" Iskhakov's team defeated Heroic there during the BLAST Premier Spring Groups, the European combo showed no concern and preferred to play on Ancient.

Ismail "refrezh" Ali and his team chose to attack from the outset of the game, applying pressure to establish an early cushion that would later on in the map prove to be very important. Evil Geniuses, who were down by two, decided to win the half 9-6 in order to maintain their chances of robbing Sprout of the map. Jerric "wiz" Jiang, a newcomer, displayed flashes of brilliance with both rifles and the AWP, and was the second-highest rated player on his team with a 1.20 rating behind only neaLaN, but it wasn't enough to defeat a hungry Sprout.