Legacy have completed the Esports World Cup playoff field, beating regional rivals MIBR 2-0 to claim the last spot in the bracket stage. HLTV, which reported the result, described the series as one Legacy controlled throughout despite letting MIBR back into both maps after the halftime swap.
Nuke set the pattern. Legacy built their lead on the CT side, and HLTV attributed much of that to a thin MIBR attacking playbook that leaned too heavily on hits into the Upper bombsite. Legacy carried a 9-3 advantage into the second half, a margin that left MIBR needing a near-flawless defensive half to stay in the map.
MIBR's defense opened in promising fashion. Legacy's individual form fell away and the side could not force openings out of their default setups, allowing MIBR to chip into the deficit. The breakthrough eventually came from Eduardo "dumau" Wolkmer, whose run through Hut into the A bombsite gave Legacy a route back into the map; a more direct approach from there was enough to close it out.
Inferno follows the same script
The second map repeated the shape of the first. MIBR won the CT pistol round and, by HLTV's account, mustered little else before the swap, with Legacy outclassing them both individually and tactically to take another commanding lead into halftime.
MIBR again mounted a second-half push, helped by Legacy's aggressive early buying leaving their economy exposed at exactly the wrong moment. Legacy steadied before the comeback could take hold and closed out both the map and the series without needing a decider.
The result ends MIBR's run in Paris and sends Legacy into the bracket stage as the sixteenth and final qualifier. For a Brazilian scene with two sides in the same elimination match, the margin was narrow enough on both maps that the outcome stayed live deep into each second half.
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