NAVI sent Falcons to the lower bracket on day one of IEM Beijing

Natus Vincere won the last series of the opening round on day one of IEM Beijing, beating Falcons 2-0. The main broadcast matches were played on the 360-degree stage in front of a live audience.

Natus Vincere won the Ancient map 13-5. On this map, Ihor "w0nderful" Zhdanov delivered the best performance of the year, posting a 2.24 rating and a +13.39 round swing.

The Mirage map was a close contest. The two teams kept trading the lead, and the map was decided by force-buy wins and multi-kill rounds.

Falcons will face FaZe in the first round of the elimination stage. In Group A, FURIA sent FaZe to the lower bracket, HEROIC beat B8 2-0, and The MongolZ beat Legacy 2-1. In Group B, Aurora lost their opening match to Liquid, and G2 lost to PARIVISION. These two teams will meet in the lower round. On the other side of the lower bracket, TYLOO and 9z ended up after losing to MOUZ and BETBOOM respectively.