G2 have been eliminated from IEM Beijing after a 1-2 defeat to Aurora, losing Nuke (9-13) and Dust2 (13-16) either side of a 13-9 victory on Inferno.
The result marks G2's third consecutive group-stage exit since reaching the FISSURE Playground 3 final in September. Across EPL S24, PGL Bucharest and IEM Beijing, they have managed just one win in nine series, with their only victory coming against ShindeN.
The coach Eetu "sAw" Saha had already described the team as "stagnating" in Bucharest, pointing to poor decisions and a lack of coordination in late-round situations.
G2 forced a decider and took Dust2 to overtime with the help of Nemanja "huNter-" Kovač's ace, but Ali "Wicadia" Haydar Yalçın's 26 kills on the final map helped Aurora end their resistance. The Turkish rifler led the series with 60 kills and a 1.30 rating.
G2 will next face MOUZ at BLAST Rivals in Hong Kong, ahead of their Singapore Major Stage 2 campaign. Aurora remain alive and will face the loser of MOUZ vs BETBOOM in the lower bracket semi-finals.
G2 on an all-time run of poor form
Six series defeats in a row put G2 on one of the worst runs of a top 20 team in history.
Only five top 20 teams have lost more than six LAN series in a row, one of them being the current 9z roster, but none of the organizations in this list have the reputation or trophy-winning history of G2.
Nemanja 'huNter-' KovačPast 3 months
ShindeN
Tomas 'tom1jed' Rivero
Matias 'abizz' Muñiz Cusi
Ivan 'ivz' Quintana
Nazareno 'naz' Romero
Lautaro 'guty' Gomez
Agustin 'ninro' Valenti
MOUZ
Ádám 'torzsi' Torzsás
Lotan 'Spinx' Giladi
Dorian 'xertioN' Berman
Oldřich 'PR' Nový
Adrian 'xelex' Vincze
Dennis 'sycrone' Nielsen
Ali 'Wicadia' Haydar YalçınPast 3 months
9z
Maximiliano 'max' Gonzalez
Franco 'dgt' Garcia
Ignacio 'meyern' Meyer
Luciano 'luchov' Herrera
Matias 'HUASOPEEK' Ibañez Hernandez
Bruno 'BIT' Fukuda Lima
BETBOOM
Kirill 'Boombl4' Mikhailov
Aleksandr 'zorte' Zagodyrenko
Pavel 'S1ren' Ogloblin
Daniil 'd1Ledez' Kustov
Kirill 'Magnojez' Rodnov
Artem 'Fierce' Ivanov
Aurora
Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş
Özgür 'woxic' Eker
Jimi 'Jimpphat' Salo
Damjan 'kyxsan' Stoilkovski
Ali 'Wicadia' Haydar Yalçın
Ashley 'ash' Battye
Eetu 'sAw' Saha
G2
Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač
Guy 'NertZ' Iluz
Artem 'r1nkle' Moroz
Nikita 'HeavyGod' Martynenko
Matúš 'MATYS' Šimko
Eetu 'sAw' Saha