French team Vitality has secured a place in the IEM Rio 2024 playoffs after defeating The MongolZ 2-0 in the top bracket semifinals. The match took place on the Inferno and Nuke maps, where Vitality demonstrated a dominant performance, finishing both maps with a 19:17 advantage on Inferno and 13:8 on Nuke.

Phenomenal performance of ZywOo

The main star of the match was ZywOo, who showed an incredible individual performance with 69 kills and a +40 K/D difference. His stability and ability to make the right decisions at critical moments allowed Vitality to take advantage in clutches on both maps. On Inferno, the French team narrowly avoided the third additional rounds, ending the game in their favor with a score of 19:17. ZywOo continued to dominate on the second map, where Vitality easily defeated their rivals from MongolZ with a score of 13:8.

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Confident performance of the whole team

Although ZywOo became the main star of the match, other Vitality players also made a significant contribution to the victory. Spinx and apEX actively assisted in team actions, especially in critical areas of the map, where Vitality skillfully took advantage of the opponent's mistakes.

MongolZ go to the bottom of the bracket

The MongolZ, despite their good efforts, failed to overcome Vitality and will now fight for survival in the lower bracket. In this match, the team showed potential, but they lacked stability and confidence in key moments of the game, which led to their defeat. Blitz became the best player of his team, but it was not enough to win.

The road to the IEM Rio 2024 final

This victory allowed Vitality to take another step on the way to the grand finals that will take place at the Farmasi Arena. The winner of the tournament will receive not only the main prize of $100,000 but also a slot at IEM Katowice 2025. The next opponent for Vitality will be the winner of Astralis vs Heroic, which promises to be one of the key confrontations of the tournament.

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IEM Rio 2024 tournament prize pool

The prize pool of the tournament is $250,000, which will be distributed among the participants as follows:

• 1st place: $100,000 + slot to IEM Katowice 2025
• 2nd place: $42,000
• 3-4 places: $20,000
• 5th-6th places: $10,000
• 7-8 places: $6,000
• 9-12 places: $5,000
• 13-16 places: $4,000

Vitality continue to move confidently towards their main goal - winning the IEM Rio 2024 title.