{"id":2626,"date":"2024-09-02T11:27:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T11:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/news\/cs-2\/heroic-qualified-to-iem-rio-2024"},"modified":"2024-09-02T11:27:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T11:27:00","slug":"heroic-qualified-to-iem-rio-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/heroic-qualified-to-iem-rio-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"HEROIC Qualified To IEM RIo 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>HEROIC <\/strong>has ensured its place at <strong>IEM Rio<\/strong> after a convincing <strong>2-0 victory<\/strong> over <strong>the Falcons <\/strong>in the final consolidation of the Europe closed qualifier, securing the penultimate spot in the competition.<\/p>\n<div class=\"_44tKOV3EvA2Ivv21VkJmnQ==\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ecf8b7c284eb3e7d.png\"> <span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"_44tKOV3EvA2Ivv21VkJmnQ==\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/37fa1dce1fade385.png\"> <span><\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"lNHCeuVfx3n+4j-MEOe3bg==\"><em>Falcons vs. HEROIC &#8211; Consolidation final &#8211; IEM Rio 2024 Europe Closed Qualifier<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Damjan <strong>&#8216;kyxsan&#8217; <\/strong>Stoilkovski&#8217;s team suffered a defeat to<strong>Cloud9 <\/strong>in their first match, which pushed them into the lower bracket. However, they managed to bounce back with impressive victories against <strong>B8<\/strong>, <strong>3DMAX<\/strong>, and <strong>fnatic<\/strong>, setting the stage for a showdown against <strong>Falcons <\/strong>with a spot in <strong>Rio <\/strong>on the line.<\/p>\n<p>This match was significant as it was the first time Guy <strong>&#8216;NertZ&#8217; <\/strong>Iluz competed against his former <strong>ENCE <\/strong>teammates Marco <strong>&#8216;Snappi&#8217; <\/strong>Pfeiffer, \u00c3\u0081lvaro <strong>&#8216;SunPayus&#8217; <\/strong>Garc\u00c3\u00ada, and Pavle <strong>&#8216;Maden&#8217; <\/strong>Bo\u00c5\u00a1kovi\u00c4\u0087 since the trio moved to the Saudi organization.<\/p>\n<h2>HEROIC Statement<\/h2>\n<div class=\"_1VPbNXp6UZ1K-ChQg-UhsA==\"><\/div>\n<h3>IEM Rio 2024 Teams List<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Eternal Fire<\/li>\n<li>FaZe<\/li>\n<li>Virtus.pro<\/li>\n<li>Rare Atom<\/li>\n<li>Astralis<\/li>\n<li>FURIA<\/li>\n<li>G2<\/li>\n<li>9z<\/li>\n<li>paiN<\/li>\n<li>TheMongolZ<\/li>\n<li>MOUZ<\/li>\n<li>Vitality<\/li>\n<li>Complexity<\/li>\n<li>Natus Vincere<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One more team is yet to be determined by the North American qualifiers.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Keep up with our coverage for more insights on the latest esports news and updates.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HEROIC has ensured its place at IEM Rio after a convincing 2-0 victory over the Falcons in the final consolidation of the Europe closed qualifier, securing the penultimate spot in the competition. Falcons vs. HEROIC &#8211; Consolidation final &#8211; IEM Rio 2024 Europe Closed Qualifier Damjan &#8216;kyxsan&#8217; Stoilkovski&#8217;s team suffered a defeat toCloud9 in their<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":2554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[11],"class_list":{"0":"post-2626","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cs-2","8":"tag-cs2-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}