Legacy win PGL Bucharest SA Qualifier after five-map thriller in final
The South American Qualifier for PGL Bucharest has just concluded with ESL Challenger League NA side Legacy surviving the 32-team gauntlet to claim the sole spot at PGL Bucharest.
Also read: Five teams set to attend IEM Dallas and PGL Astana, potentially creating scheduling chaosLegacy took a 2-0 lead to put themselves on the edge of qualification after taking 13-7 and 13-8 victories on Anubis and Nuke.
9z answered back by winning on Dust2 and Ancient by scores of 13-5 and 13-7.
The final showdown of this series came on Mirage.
9z showed a solid first half, taking a 7-5 lead after their CT side. Antonio "MartinezSa" Martinez led the way for the South American mix posting an 11-6 K/D ratio on the CT side.
The joy and hopes of PGL Bucharest qualification would end for 9z after the interval. It was a solid team effort from Legacy to pull the game back and eventually take full control of the match. The Brazilians only surrendered a single round on their Mirage CT side, losing the pistol and then winning eight straight rounds to secure qualification to PGL Bucharest.
Guilherme "saadzin" Pacheco made Mirage his playground, going 10-4 on the CT side and 19-11 overall to propel Legacy to victory.
Legacy9z| Legacy |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lucas 'lux' Meneghini |
72 - 69 | +3 | 90.0 | 68.0% | 1.17 |
| Guilherme 'saadzin' Pacheco |
67 - 56 | +11 | 71.3 | 76.0% | 1.09 |
| Bruno 'latto' Rebelatto |
64 - 56 | +8 | 69.0 | 78.0% | 1.04 |
| Eduardo 'dumau' Wolkmer |
70 - 63 | +7 | 69.6 | 71.0% | 1.03 |
| Vinicius 'n1ssim' Pereira |
62 - 66 | -4 | 68.5 | 72.0% | 0.98 |
| 9z |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Luca 'Luken' Nadotti |
85 - 70 | +15 | 87.8 | 70.0% | 1.21 |
 Antonio 'MartinezSa' Martinez |
72 - 62 | +10 | 70.4 | 67.0% | 1.07 |
 Adam 'adamS' Marian |
53 - 61 | -8 | 67.9 | 75.0% | 0.96 |
 Matias 'HUASOPEEK' Ibañez Hernandez |
55 - 69 | -14 | 67.0 | 71.0% | 0.88 |
 Maximiliano 'max' Gonzalez |
41 - 74 | -33 | 54.2 | 62.0% | 0.67 |
Legacy have been on a good streak since adding the former paiN star Lucas "lux" Meneghini as their new in-game leader. Before securing their spot in PGL Bucharest, they qualified for IEM Dallas.
Legacy will join fellow Brazilian sides paiN and FURIA at PGL Bucharest, which will take place from April 6th to April 13th.
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