Complexity are the first North American team to seal their spot at the PGL Major Antwerp.

With the second round of matches ending, we have gotten the fourth team qualifying for the Major from the Americas RMR as Complexity comfortably dispatched of São Caetano with their third win of the tournament.

São Caetano are not out of contention for the Major yet, with one spot available for the remaining teams, but they will have their work cut out for them as one of either Liquid or Evil Geniuses will still be in the running tomorrow as the two biggest names yet to seal a spot.

On the other side, we had two Brazilian sides fighting for their tournament lives, with paiN managing to defeat their opponents of TeamOne and keep their Major qualification dream alive, while the latter have been eliminated from contention with a 1-3 record.

Complexity are the first North American representatives at the Major

The series in the 2-1 pool had Complexity being massively favored against the surprise of the tournament São Caetano. The series went according to plan for Johnny "⁠JT⁠" Theodosiou and his boys, as they quickly dispatched of the Brazilians on Inferno with a 16-5 scoreline, even though São Caetano were able to get a decent start to the map with the teams being stuck in a war of force-buys, before Complexity were finally the first team to string two rounds together and move up to a 5-4 scoreline. Since that round it was plain sailing for the North Americans, as they lost only one of the remaining rounds, closing out the map with a 16-5 scoreline.

Overpass started out in the same way as Inferno finished, with Complexity starting on the terrorist side of their map pick and easily getting past the Brazilian defenses. Johnny "⁠JT⁠" Theodosiou was the star player on their offensive side, having a total of 18 frags at the half, which his team won 11-4.

Once the teams switched sides, São Caetano fortunes did not improve, as they lost out the pistol round to the B hold of Paytyn "⁠junior⁠" Johnson and Ricky "⁠floppy⁠" Kemery. That meant Complexity were able to get comfortable with their economy and shut out the São Caetano offense, closing out the map 16-5 to win the series 2-0 and guarantee themselves a spot at the Major.

PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Americas RMRBest of 3 ComplexityMatchpage 2 0 13th April 2022 São Caetano 16Inferno 5 16Overpass 5

Complexity	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Johnny 'JT' TheodosiouJT	41 - 20	+21	107.7	1.69
Ricky 'floppy' Kemeryfloppy	40 - 18	+22	95.9	1.60
Michael 'Grim' WinceGrim	33 - 20	+13	85.2	1.48
Paytyn 'junior' Johnsonjunior	30 - 17	+13	72.3	1.33
Justin 'FaNg' CoakleyFaNg	26 - 21	+5	67.6	1.11

São Caetano	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Gustavo 'SHOOWTiME' GonçalvesSHOOWTiME	25 - 34	-9	61.2	0.75
Felipe 'delboNi' DelbonidelboNi	19 - 33	-14	64.5	0.74
Daniel 'danoco' Morgadodanoco	21 - 35	-14	64.4	0.74
Cristopher 'ckzao' Chalusckzao	17 - 34	-17	53.5	0.58
Caio 'zqkS' FonsecazqkS	14 - 35	-21	41.5	0.45

In the elimination match we were treated to a Brazilian derby, where paiN were able to beat TeamOne and send them home. paiN will now go into the 2-2 pool, where the teams will battle for just one more Major spot available.

The series started on TeamOne's pick of Overpass. The match began with the teams trading rounds, as neither one could quite get the game under their control, which meant the half finished 8-7. In the second half it was TeamOne who got off to the better start, getting to a 12-9 lead before paiN won seven out of the last eight rounds, enabling them to close out the map with a 16-13 scoreline.

Next on the menu was Nuke, where paiN looked much more comfortable, even though they started on the less favored terrorist side. They won the pistol round and never faltered after that, winning the half 11-4 despite Pedro "⁠Maluk3⁠" Campos heroics.

After switching sides, TeamOne found a bit more success, starting off the half with five straight rounds in their name. paiN struggled to get rounds in their favor, but managed to get enough success due to their good first half to finish the series with a 16-10 win and keep tier tournament alive.

PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Americas RMRBest of 3 paiNMatchpage 2 0 13th April 2022 TeamOne 16Overpass 13 16Nuke 10

paiN	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Rodrigo 'biguzera' Bittencourtbiguzera	48 - 38	+10	89.4	1.33
Wesley 'hardzao' Lopeshardzao	39 - 37	+2	73.5	1.13
Gabriel 'nython' Linonython	39 - 30	+9	68.0	1.13
Vinicios 'PKL' CoelhoPKL	37 - 37	0	84.4	1.12
Gabriel 'NEKIZ' SchenatoNEKIZ	31 - 39	-8	68.1	1.03

TeamOne	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Pedro 'Maluk3' CamposMaluk3	46 - 38	+8	80.4	1.13
Alencar 'trk' Rossatotrk	38 - 35	+3	71.2	1.08
Enzo 'xns' Henriquexns	31 - 37	-6	76.8	0.97
Matheus 'pesadelo' Panissetpesadelo	39 - 44	-5	70.9	0.95
Ruann 'keiz' Rotondanokeiz	25 - 41	-16	59.0	0.80

The current standings of the RMR are as follows:

Group Swiss 3W - 0L FURIA MIBR 3W - 1L Complexity Imperial 2W - 1L Liquid Evil Geniuses 2W - 2L Party Astronauts 9z paiN São Caetano 1W - 2L Isurus Case 1W - 3L 00NATION TeamOne 0W - 3L Bad News Bears Leviatan Pedro 'Maluk3' Campos Age: 32 Team: TeamOne Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 1010 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.65 Liquid #14 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaJosh 'oSee' OhmJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiKeith 'NAF' MarkovicRichard 'shox' Papillon paiN #37 Vinicios 'PKL' CoelhoWesley 'hardzao' LopesGabriel 'nython' LinoGabriel 'NEKIZ' SchenatoRodrigo 'biguzera' Bittencourt Ricky 'floppy' Kemery Age: 22 Team: Complexity Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 779 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.66 Complexity #22 Paytyn 'junior' JohnsonRicky 'floppy' KemeryMichael 'Grim' WinceJustin 'FaNg' CoakleyJohnny 'JT' Theodosiou TeamOne #49 Pedro 'Maluk3' CamposMatheus 'pesadelo' PanissetAlencar 'trk' RossatoEnzo 'xns' HenriqueRuann 'keiz' Rotondano São Caetano #139 Felipe 'delboNi' DelboniDaniel 'danoco' MorgadoCristopher 'ckzao' ChalusGustavo 'SHOOWTiME' GonçalvesCaio 'zqkS' Fonseca Evil Geniuses #44 Vincent 'Brehze' CayonteJake 'Stewie2K' YipTimothy 'autimatic' TaWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov Paytyn 'junior' Johnson Age: 21 Team: Complexity Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 451 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.60 Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou Age: 23 Team: Complexity Rating 1.0: 0.95 Maps played: 1027 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.67