Nemiga Gaming, Gambit win at WePlay! Clutch Island

Most of those matches were played Tuesday, with ESPADA and forZe advancing to Stage 2, and Moscow Five Academy and CR4ZY eliminated with two losses. Stage 2 will feature another double-elimination format that will eliminate only one team.

Nemiga Gaming and Gambit Youngsters each recorded a sweep in their respective decider matches on Wednesday at the $50,000 WePlay! Clutch Island online event. Nemiga Gaming notched a 2-0 win over HellRaisers in the decider match of Group A in the Regional Major Ranking Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament. They posted a 16-8 victory on Mirage and 16-13 triumph on Dust II to set up a first-round match against forZe on Thursday.

Anton "speed4k" Titov recorded 52 kills and a plus-21 kill-to-death differential for Nemiga Gaming, while Demitriy "ProbLeM" Martinov had 36 kills for HellRaisers. Gambit Youngsters secured a 2-0 victory over Syman Gaming after posting a 16-11 win on Overpass and 16-8 triumph on Inferno.

Sergey "Ax1Le" Rykhtorov had 58 kills and a plus-35 kill-to-death differential for Gambit Youngsters, who face ESPADA in the first round on Thursday. Rustem "mou" Telepov" notched 39 kills and a plus-1 kill-to-death differential for Syman Gaming.

The event includes three stages and 13 teams, five of whom head straight to Stage 3. The eight teams in Stage 1 were split into two groups of four to play a double-elimination format. Most of those matches were played Tuesday, with ESPADA and forZe advancing to Stage 2, and Moscow Five Academy and CR4ZY eliminated with two losses.

Stage 2 will feature another double-elimination format that will eliminate only one team. The other three teams will advance to Stage 3, which five teams -- Hard Legion Esports, Team Spirit, Virtus.pro, Winstrike Team and Natus Vincere -- reached via invite. Stage 3 will feature another two-group, double-elimination group stage before a double-elimination playoff bracket. All matches throughout the tournament are best-of-three, with the champion claiming $15,000 and 2,000 RMR points

Stage 2 will be played in its entirety on Thursday. Stage 3 will start next week, with the final set for June 28. WePlay! Clutch Island prize pool ($USD, Regional Major Ranking points):

1. $15,000, 2,000 2. $10,000, 1,875

3. $6,000, 1,750 4. $5,000, 1,625

5. $4,500, 1,500 6. $3,500, 1,375

7. $3,000, 1,250 8. $3,000, 1,125

9. 0, 1,000 10. 0, 875

11. 0, 0 12-13th. 0, 0 -- Moscow Five Academy, CR4ZY