Grayhound looked to be in a good position after winning the first six but would lose the match without another round claimed.

BIG were able to subdue Grayhound in their 1-1 match despite the Australians looking scary early. Johannes "⁠tabseN⁠" Wodarz and his men were down six rounds early but were able to bring things back by not dropping a single round afterward. The dominating win puts BIG into the 2-1 pool as they will look to put that shaky start far behind them.

syrsoN shone for the Germans

Grayhound opened affairs with six rounds on the T-side with Jay "⁠Liazz⁠" Tregillgas getting five kills in the first two rounds alone. BIG were able to get back into the game with a win in round seven which led to a momentum shift that would give BIG the lead at the end of the half. BIG ended the half with nine rounds in a row, making the score 9-6 in their favor.

In the second half BIG carried on where they had left off. Despite losing the first six rounds, the Germans went on to win 16 in a row, not letting the Australian underdogs get themselves back into the game.

Florian "⁠syrsoN⁠" Rische led the way for BIG, ending the game with 26 kills. The young gun of Karim "⁠Krimbo⁠" Moussa was not far behind syrsoN, with 21 kills and a 1.52 rating to his name he was instrumental to the victory.

IEM Rio Major 2022 Challengers StageBest of 1 BIGMatchpage 16 6 1st November 2022 Grayhound 16Dust2 6

BIG	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Florian 'syrsoN' RischesyrsoN	26 - 12	+14	101.3	1.71
Karim 'Krimbo' MoussaKrimbo	21 - 11	+10	101.2	1.52
Elias 's1n' Steins1n	17 - 11	+6	84.1	1.32
Johannes 'tabseN' WodarztabseN	17 - 13	+4	88.4	1.25
Nils 'k1to' Gruhnek1to	13 - 12	+1	73.6	1.16

Grayhound	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Jay 'Liazz' TregillgasLiazz	18 - 18	0	73.5	0.93
Alistair 'aliStair' JohnstonaliStair	12 - 18	-6	65.3	0.86
Joshua 'INS' PotterINS	14 - 18	-4	86.1	0.85
Declan 'Vexite' PortelliVexite	11 - 20	-9	60.5	0.64
Simon 'Sico' WilliamsSico	4 - 20	-16	24.3	0.23

Group Challengers Stage 2W - 0L Bad News Eagles GamerLegion MOUZ fnatic 2W - 1L BIG Outsiders 9z 1W - 1L OG FURIA 1W - 2L Evil Geniuses Vitality Grayhound 0W - 2L Cloud9 IHC Imperial 00NATION Florian 'syrsoN' Rische Age: 26 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 1761 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.63 Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz Age: 27 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 1979 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.70 Grayhound #41 Joshua 'INS' PotterJay 'Liazz' TregillgasDeclan 'Vexite' PortelliSimon 'Sico' WilliamsAlistair 'aliStair' Johnston BIG #15 Elias 's1n' SteinJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzFlorian 'syrsoN' RischeKarim 'Krimbo' MoussaNils 'k1to' Gruhne Karim 'Krimbo' Moussa Age: 20 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 387 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.64 Jay 'Liazz' Tregillgas Age: 25 Team: Grayhound Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 1016 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.62