Team Liquid and Team Falcons were the first rosters to progress to the BLAST R6 Major Osaka Playoffs after completing 3-0 Swiss Stage runs.
On the other side of the Swiss bracket, EDward Gaming and ENTERPRISE were both eliminated from the Rainbow Six Siege event, despite domestic success that has guaranteed both teams’ presence at the Six Invitational 2027 in February.
How Team Liquid and Falcons made the BLAST R6 Major Osaka Playoffs
Team Falcons were the first team to progress to the eight-team playoffs after a 2-0 dismantling of FaZe in their progression Best of 3. The EML Stage 2 champions got off to a hot start on Border, banking four Attack-side rounds before recording a flawless Defence to take the map 7-3.
On Fortress, it was a far more back-and-forth affair, as the two teams shared a shapeless 3-3 first half. FaZe started their Defense with two rounds by elimination before Falcons delivered four rounds in a row to take the victory in the maximum rounds of normal time in a 7-5 win.
Long matches were no stranger to Falcons at the event so far, with both of the team’s Best of 1 wins coming in overtime, 8-7 against Fluxo and 8-6 against M80.
Team Liquid joined Falcons in the playoff bracket with a 2-1 victory over Geekay that saw Liquid deliver two crushing map victories, with Geekay’s narrow map win sandwiched in between.
Team Liquid were imperious on Kafe Dostoyevsky, giving up only one round on their attack side before quickly converting the map.
Geekay fought back from a 3-4 deficit on Border to close out the map 7-5, but Liquid then put their foot on the accelerator on Lair, stomping Geekay out in 7-1 fashion.
The news was less good for Oceania and Chinese fans, who saw their greatest hopes deleted from the server as ENTERPRISE and EDG were both eliminated 0-3 in the Swiss Stage.
Respective losses to 100T and Fluxo meant a sad end for the two regions, somewhat alleviated by their confirmed placements at SI 2027, with EDG’s place at the event mathematically guaranteed after their elimination.
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Darragh is an Esports Journalist for Insider Gaming specialising in Counter-Strike. He loves to explore how esports teams work, or why they very often do not.
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