Steel Helmet eliminated from IEM Chengdu 2024; Astralis secure playoff slot

Steel Helmet, which received a spot at IEM Chengdu 2024 as Monte's replacement, has finished its journey at the ongoing event. In the lower bracket of Group B, the Chinese were defeated by Nemiga with a scoreline of 0:2 – 3:13 on Mirage and 4:13 on Ancient.

At the same time, Astralis advanced to the Group B final due to a victory against FaZe with a scoreline of 2:0 – 13:7 on Ancient and 13:4 on Nuke. This allowed the Danish giant to secure a berth in the tournament playoffs.

Tomorrow, April 10, Nemiga will continue to fight in the lower bracket, where they will face FlyQuest, while FaZe will have to play against Cloud9 in a knockout match. In turn, Astralis will compete for a ticket to the semi-finals in a matchup against Virtus.pro.

Note that today's playday at IEM Chengdu 2024 will end with two lower bracket matches of Group A: HEROIC – FURIA and G2 – Lynn Vision.

The current Group B bracket looks as follows:

The full schedule and live broadcasts of IEM Chengdu 2024 matches can be found on the tournament page on our website via the link.