Vega Squadron are ??? ??through to the ELEAGUE Major Boston's New Legends Stage after beating Liquid 16-14 on Mirage at the Main Qualifier.

Liquid and Vega Squadron met on Mirage to decide which team would book their spot at the ELEAGUE Major Boston's New Legends Stage. The CT-sided Liquid won the pistol round thanks to Russel "?Twistzz?" Van Dulken's two opening kills.

Nikolay "?mir?" Bityukov got two Deagle kills in the second round and Leonid "?chopper?" Vishnyakov wrapped it up with a triple kill as Vega Squadron tied the game at 1-1. A 2vs5 victory by chopper and Sergey "?keshandr?" Nikishin made the score 3-1. Liquid took the lead with aggressive pushes, going ahead 6-4, but Vega Squadron came back to win the first half 9-6.

The Russians are through to the next stage

The Russian side started the second half on the CT-side with a pistol round victory but couldn't follow it up as Liquid's pistols reigned supreme (10-7). Later on, Vega Squadron closed down the gap and tied the game at 13-13. Vega Squadron closed out the game, winning it 16-14 and qualifying for the next stage.

ELEAGUE Major 2018 Challengers StageBest of 1 LiquidMatchpage 14 16 15th January 2018 Vega Squadron 14Mirage 16

?Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0	29 - 19	+10	95.7	1.40
Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE	20 - 18	+2	80.7	1.08
Russel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenTwistzz	15 - 22	-7	56.1	0.90
Josh 'jdm64' Marzanojdm64	18 - 23	-5	67.4	0.86
Wilton 'zews' Pradozews	14 - 21	-7	50.8	0.78

?Vega Squadron	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Leonid 'chopper' Vishnyakovchopper	35 - 18	+17	122.6	1.80
Nikolay 'mir' Bityukovmir	25 - 19	+6	89.9	1.22
Pavel 'hutji' Lashkovhutji	17 - 20	-3	66.9	0.98
Sergey 'keshandr' Nikishinkeshandr	13 - 20	-7	46.7	0.82
Dmytro 'jR' ChervakjR	13 - 19	-6	44.5	0.72

3-0 (qualified)
G2	Cloud9
3-1 (qualified)	2-2
Vega Squadron	AVANGAR
	Liquid
2-1	1-2
FaZe	Renegades
Space Soldiers	Envy
Natus Vincere	Quantum Bellator Fire
MOUZ	Sprout
1-3 (eliminated)	0-3 (eliminated)
Misfits	Flash
	FlipSid3

MOUZ #8 Tomá? 'oskar' ??astnyChris 'chrisJ' de JongMiikka 'suNny' KemppiMartin 'STYKO' StykRobin 'ropz' Kool AVANGAR #37 Timur 'buster' TulepovAidyn 'KrizzeN' TurlybekovAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' AliDmitry 'dimasick' Matvienko Leonid 'chopper' Vishnyakov Age: 20 Team: Vega Squadron Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 281 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.69 Flash #61 YuLun 'Summer' CaiYuanZhang 'Attacker' ShengAndrew 'kaze' KhongWeiJia 'INNOPY' GuoZhe 'Ayeon' Yang G2 #7 Richard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro FlipSid3 Yegor 'markeloff' MarkelovAndrey 'B1ad3' GorodenskiyDenis 'seized' KostinGeorgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinJan 'wayLander' Rahkonen Vega Squadron #24 Leonid 'chopper' VishnyakovDmytro 'jR' ChervakSergey 'keshandr' NikishinNikolay 'mir' BityukovPavel 'hutji' Lashkov Liquid #17 Lucas 'steel' LopesNick 'nitr0' CannellaJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Renegades #20 Justin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardKeith 'NAF' MarkovicKarlo 'USTILO' PivacNoah 'Nifty' Francis Quantum Bellator Fire #60 Gregory 'balblna' OleinickSavelii 'jmqa' BraginAurimas 'Kvik' Kvak?ysNikita 'waterfaLLZ' MatveyevKirill 'Boombl4' Mikhailov Cloud9 #5 Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaTarik 'tarik' CelikTimothy 'autimatic' TaJake 'Stewie2K' Yip Sergey 'keshandr' Nikishin Age: 23 Team: Vega Squadron Rating 1.0: 0.94 Maps played: 294 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.70 Sprout #29 Jesse 'zehN' LinjalaPawe? 'innocent' MocekKevin 'kRYSTAL' AmendTimo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' Howell Nikolay 'mir' Bityukov Age: 22 Team: Vega Squadron Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 315 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.67 FaZe #2 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenOlof 'olofmeister' KajbjerLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsNikola 'NiKo' Kova?H?vard 'rain' Nygaard Envy #15 Christophe 'SIXER' XiaCédric 'RpK' GuipouyAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomVincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerAlexandre 'xms' Forté Space Soldiers #23 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' D?rtkarde?Bu?ra 'Calyx' Ark?nAhmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' Kor Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Age: 18 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.15 Maps played: 452 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.64 Misfits #13 Sean 'seang@res' GaresShahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanHunter 'SicK' MimsFran?ois 'amanek' DelaunayDavid 'devoduvek' Dobrosavljevic Natus Vincere #14 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov