Aurora beat 1win 2-0 at BLAST Slam Season 8

Aurora defeated 1win 2-0 in the upper-bracket quarterfinals at BLAST Slam Season 8 on Thursday, Oct. 8. The Serbia-based team won both games to continue in the upper bracket, while 1win’s playoff run ended with the loss.

Aurora won the opening game after 77 minutes and finished the second in 54 minutes. The result ended 1win’s two-match winning streak. Before the quarterfinal, 1win had beaten OG 2-1 in Last Chance Match 2 and Team Nemesis 2-0.

Aurora entered the series ranked fifth in the pre-series Elo rankings with a rating of 1,972. Its record was 183-116 across 299 rated matches. 1win was ranked 13th with a rating of 1,853 and a 184-123 record from 307 matches.

Aurora opened the tournament with a 2-0 loss to PARIVISION in Seeding Match 1. The team then beat Team Liquid 2-1 and GamerLegion 2-0, before losing to Natus Vincere and Team Yandex.

Aurora’s listed roster includes Mikoto, Nightfall, Mira, kaori, Ws, TORONTOTOKYO and kiyotaka. 1win fielded Ari, who is listed with British nationality, alongside 33, Whitemon, bzm and Pure.

Team Yandex also reached the upper-bracket semifinals. After a 2-1 loss to Team Spirit in Seeding Match 2, Yandex beat LGD Gaming 2-1 in the first upper-bracket quarterfinal and PARIVISION 2-1 in the first upper-bracket semifinal. LGD Gaming had reached the quarterfinals by beating GamerLegion 2-1 in Last Chance Match 1.

BLAST Slam Season 8 began on Sept. 29 and is scheduled to finish on Oct. 11. The tournament results feed had not listed Aurora’s next fixture after Thursday’s win.

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