With the playoff area virtually set for the Name of Responsibility League’s Stage 1 Main, the Carolina Royal Ravens picked up a key win Saturday within the penultimate day of qualifying for the playoff that begins Thursday in Madrid.
Enjoying the Miami Heretics within the day’s third and remaining match, the Royal Ravens gained 3-2 to complete qualifying at 5-2, guaranteeing them a top-four end in qualifying.
The Stage 1 Main, hosted by the Toronto Extremely, will see all 12 COD groups compete in a double-elimination match in Madrid starting on Thursday and ending with the grand remaining on Feb. 2. Every workforce performs seven qualifier matches to find out seeding within the match. Every qualifier win is price 10 factors.
On Saturday, the Royal Ravens pulled off a reverse sweep to maneuver up the standings, shedding 250-186 on Skyline Hardpoint and 6-3 on Redcard Search & Destroy earlier than taking the following three maps — 3-2 on Hacienda Management, 250-174 on Hacienda Hardpoint and 6-4 on Vault Search & Destroy.
Carolina is the fourth workforce to succeed in 5 qualifier wins, with the opposite three taking part in their remaining qualifier Sunday.
The Vancouver Surge additionally wanted 5 video games to get previous their opponent, however did so by buying and selling map wins with the Minnesota Rokkr. The Surge opened with a 250-237 win over the Rokkr on Skyline Hardpoint, however Minnesota responded with a 6-5 win on Vault Search & Destroy. They traded wins once more, the Surge taking Protocol Management 3-2 and the Rokkr profitable Vault Hardpoint 250-224. The Surge took the match with a slender 6-5 win on Redcard Search & Destroy to win it.
The opposite match of the day was a way more one-sided affair with the Los Angeles Guerrillas M8 sweeping the Vegas Falcons 3-0 — 250-188 on Skyline Hardpoint, 6-3 on Skyline Search & Destroy, and 3-1 on Vault Management.
Qualifying ends Sunday, with three extra matches, together with greatest match of qualifying to shut the day when the 6-1 Toronto Extremely face the 5-2 OpTic Texas — with OpTic having a shot on the high seed.
Name of Responsibility League 2025 Stage 1 Main
Sunday’s video games
–Boston Breach vs. Los Angeles Thieves
–Atlanta FaZe vs. Cloud9 New York
–Toronto Extremely vs. OpTic Texas
Qualifiers standings (win-loss document, map win-loss differential, factors):
1. Toronto Extremely, 6-0, plus-10, 60p
2. OpTic Texas, 5-1, plus-8, 50p
3. Los Angeles Thieves, 5-1, plus-7, 50p
4. Carolina Royal Ravens, 5-2, plus-6, 50p
5. Boston Breach, 4-2, plus-1, 40p
6. Vancouver Surge, 4-3, plus-1, 40p
7. Atlanta FaZe, 3-3, plus-1, 30p
8. Miami Heretics, 2-5, minus-1, 20p
9. Los Angeles Guerrillas M8, 2-5, minus -2, 20p
10. Minnesota Rokkr, 2-5, minus -6, 20p
11. Cloud9 New York, 1-5, minus -8, 10p
12. Vegas Falcons, 0-7, minus -17, 0p
–Area Degree Media
