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Complexity fall to BIG in first Rio qualifier

The juggernaut finished just shy of booking a spot in the Closed Qualifier.

Complexity have fallen short of reaching the ESL One Rio Europe Closed Qualifier after a 2-1 loss to BIG in the first qualifier for the event.

The North America-based European team had a fairly easy run to the semifinals, only surrendering double-digit rounds to Patrik "Zero" Žúdel's iqfighters and Bulgarian side SKADE before taking on BIG.

The series against the German side did not get off to a good start for Complexity, as they found themselves trailing 5-1 on their own map pick. However, an eight round tear saw them finish the half 9-6. Kristian "k0nfig" Wienecke and co. did not waste the opportunity, closing out the  map 16-10.

Complexity looked poised to put up a big defensive side as Inferno got underway, rushing out to a 6-2 lead. They would win no further rounds on their CT half, however, and only one more in the map before BIG steamrolled to a 16-7 win.

Dust2 played out similarly, with a large streak seeing BIG end the first half up 9-6. A CT-side pistol win amounted to Complexity's last gasp, as they were only able to secure two more rounds before the Germans closed out the map and series.

BIG
2 - 1
Complexity
All maps
BIG K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş 66 - 39 +27 87.1 74.3% 1.36
Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz 57 - 47 +10 86.0 71.6% 1.23
Florian 'syrsoN' Rische 51 - 48 +3 75.7 66.2% 1.11
Nils 'k1to' Gruhne 40 - 54 -14 68.6 62.2% 0.93
Tizian 'tiziaN' Feldbusch 42 - 47 -5 60.8 66.2% 0.93
Complexity K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Denmark Benjamin 'blameF' Bremer 52 - 46 +6 73.0 70.3% 1.10
Valentin 'poizon' Vasilev 46 - 52 -6 82.7 71.6% 1.06
Denmark Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke 50 - 51 -1 67.8 64.9% 0.96
United States Owen 'oBo' Schlatter 45 - 55 -10 67.7 64.9% 0.89
United States William 'RUSH' Wierzba 42 - 52 -10 67.0 68.9% 0.85

Complexity will take another crack at reaching the Closed Qualifier on February 4-5th, which are also the dates of the second open qualifier for North America.

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