Royal Never Give Up swept both matches Sunday to surge to the top of Group A after two days of group stage action at The International 2022 in Singapore.
RNG posted 2-0 wins against Soniqs and Gaimin Gladiators to overtake Evil Geniuses. EG suffered their first loss in a sweep by Team Liquid before bouncing back with a 2-0 win against Hokori.
PSG.LGD also recorded two sweeps against OG and Liquid to move into a third-place tie in Group A with those two teams.
In Group B action, Team Aster are alone in first place after posting 2-0 wins against TSM and beastcoast and a 1-1 draw with Entity.
Tundra Esports moved into second place with sweeps against Team Secret and Talon Esports and a 1-1 draw with beastcoast. Sharing third place in Group B are Secret, Team Spirit and Thunder Awaken.
The group stage runs through Tuesday before the main event takes place Oct. 20-23 and Oct. 29-30. Twenty teams are competing in a round robin in two groups. All group-stage matches are best-of-two series. The top four teams in each group will advance to the upper bracket of the main event, teams Nos. 5-8 will start in the lower bracket, and the last-place teams will be eliminated.
Group A Standings (W-T-L record, map score)
1. Royal Never Give Up, 4-1-0, 9-1
2. Evil Geniuses, 4-0-1, 8-2
3. OG, 3-0-2, 6-4
3. PSG.LGD, 2-2-1, 6-4
3. Team Liquid, 2-2-1, 6-2
6. Gaimin Gladiators, 1-2-2, 4-6
6. Hokori, 0-4-1, 4-6
8. BOOM Esports, 0-3-2, 3-7
9. BetBoom Team, 0-2-3, 2-8
9. Soniqs, 0-2-3, 2-8
Group B Standings (W-T-L record, map score)
1. Team Aster, 3-2-0, 8-2
2. Tundra Esports, 2-3-0, 7-3
3. Team Secret, 2-2-1, 6-4
3. Team Spirit, 1-4-0, 6-4
3. Thunder Awaken, 2-2-1, 6-4
6. Entity 1-3-1, 5-5
6. Fnatic 1-3-1, 5-5
8. TSM, 0-3-2, 3-7
9. beastcoast, 0-2-3, 2-8
9. Talon Esports 0-2-3, 2-8
–Field Level Media
