BetBoom, GamerLegion bounce back in IEM Atlanta openers

Field Level Media|published: Tue 12th May, 03:02 2026

Jul 19, 2019; Miami Beach, FL, USA; A general view of custom PlayStation controllers sold by a vender during the Call of Duty League Finals e-sports event at Miami Beach Convention Center. Mandatory Credit: Jasen Vinlove-Imagn Images

BetBoom Team and GamerLegion rallied for wins on Monday as the Intel Extreme Masters Atlanta event got underway.

The day's other six matches all ended in 2-0 sweeps.

The $300,000 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive event features 16 teams divided into two groups for the double-elimination opening round. The group winners will head to the playoff semifinals. The group runners-up will move to the playoff quarterfinals as high seeds, and the third-place team from each group will head to the playoff quarterfinals as low seeds.

All matches are best-of-three until the best-of-five grand final on Sunday. The winning side will receive $125,000.

In the Group A upper-bracket quarterfinals on Monday, B8 opened with a 16-14 overtime win on Mirage before BetBoom Team rebounded to capture Nuke 13-8 and Dust II 13-5.

Kirill "Magnojez" Rodnov paced all-Russian BetBoom Team with 53 kills and a plus-10 kill-death differential. Andrii "npl" Kukharskyi recorded 51 kills and an even K-D differential for all-Ukrainian B8.

The other Group A upper-bracket quarterfinals saw Team Vitality top BC.Game Esports, paiN Gaming get past FaZe Clan, and FUT Esports defeat NRG.

In the Group B upper-bracket quarterfinals, SINNERS Esports couldn't hold on after a 13-10 victory on Mirage. GamerLegion responded with a 13-9 win on Inferno and a 13-8 triumph on Nuke.

Sweden's Fredrik "REZ" Sterner produced 53 kills and a plus-12 K-D differential for GamerLegion. North Macedonia's Jordan "stressarN" Manevski posted 45 kills and a minus-1 K-D differential for SINNERS Esports.

Rounding out the Group B upper-bracket quarterfinals, Natus Vincere bested Passion UA, Legacy dumped M80, and Astralis downed Team Liquid.

The Tuesday schedule:

Group A upper-bracket semifinals

--Team Vitality vs. BetBoom Team

--paiN Gaming vs. FUT Esports

Group A lower-bracket quarterfinals

--BC.Game Esports vs. B8

--FaZe Clan vs. NRG

Group B upper-bracket semifinals

--Natus Vincere vs. GamerLegion

--Legacy vs. Astralis

Group B lower-bracket quarterfinals