With a convincing 16-5 victory over NRG on ?? ??? ??Inferno, Liquid have secured their spot in the Americas Minor playoffs.
Taking place in Toronto, Canada, the Americas Minor saw Liquid and NRG move on to the Group A winners' match after defeating TeamOne and Complexity, respectively, in the opening round of the event.
The North-American derby took place on Inferno, with Liquid picking up the T-side pistol after executing B through CT spawn. Thanks to a 2v5 clutch from Peter "?stanislaw?" Jarguz and Jonathan "?EliGE?" Jablonowski in the next round, Liquid managed to increase their lead to 3-0.
Liquid kept breaching NRG's defence, forcing their opponents to change their style to find a way to counter the Terrorists. In the seventh round, NRG came close to bagging their first round thanks to a triple-kill from Jacob "?FugLy?" Medina, but the 22-year-old could not win the decisive 1v1 against Russel "?Twistzz?" Van Dulken.
Liquid's offense was simply relentless, limiting NRG to just two rounds in the half. Nick "?nitr0?" Cannella's men carried that momentum into the second half, and despite losing an anti-eco after securing the pistol round, they would easily lock down the map at 16-5.
Americas Minor - ELEAGUE Major 2018Best of 1 
Liquid
Matchpage 16 5 2nd November 2017 
NRG 16Inferno 5
| ?Liquid | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguzstanislaw | 23 - 8 | +15 | 111.0 | 2.02 |
| Russel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenTwistzz | 14 - 12 | +2 | 80.2 | 1.37 |
| Josh 'jdm64' Marzanojdm64 | 17 - 12 | +5 | 78.1 | 1.32 |
| Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE | 17 - 11 | +6 | 75.2 | 1.29 |
| Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0 | 8 - 11 | -3 | 52.5 | 0.90 |
| ?NRG | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan 'RIKO' Sabin-ArnceRIKO | 12 - 15 | -3 | 77.0 | 1.04 |
| Jacob 'FugLy' MedinaFugLy | 16 - 16 | 0 | 76.3 | 0.94 |
| Vincent 'Brehze' CayonteBrehze | 13 - 14 | -1 | 61.7 | 0.93 |
 Allan 'AnJ' JensenAnJ | 8 - 16 | -8 | 48.0 | 0.57 |
 Tsvetelin 'CeRq' DimitrovCeRq | 5 - 18 | -13 | 47.0 | 0.44 |
Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski 
Age: 20 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 658 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.69 
Complexity #49 
Rory 'dephh' JacksonJaccob 'yay' WhiteakerPeter 'ptr' GurneyAlec 'Slemmy' WhiteBradley 'ANDROID' Fodor Nick 'nitr0' Cannella 
Age: 22 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 684 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.68 
TeamOne #81 Pedro 'Maluk3' CamposJean-Michel 'mch' D'OliveiraVictor 'iDk' TorracaAlencar 'trk' Rossato 
NRG #28 Jacob 'FugLy' MedinaVincent 'Brehze' CayonteAllan 'AnJ' JensenTsvetelin 'CeRq' DimitrovDylan 'RIKO' Sabin-Arnce Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken 
Age: 17 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.15 Maps played: 410 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.64 Jacob 'FugLy' Medina 
Age: 22 Team: NRG Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 642 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.66 Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguz 
Age: 23 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 585 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.66 Liquid #8 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoPeter 'stanislaw' JarguzJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken