The ?????? ?? ????????opening matches of Group A have concluded with G2, OG, MOUZ, and HEROIC picking up wins.
The first round of best-of-ones has played out at IEM Dallas and all the teams are now waiting for another match on the first day of play.
G2 comfortably defeated Nouns with a 16-5 win on Inferno, while OG and FURIA had a much closer game on the same map. The European combine is fielding Iulian "?regali?" Harj?u as a stand-in for Abdul "?degster?" Gasanov, but nevertheless won their opening matchup against the Brazilians to secure their place in the Group A upper bracket semi-final.
In the second set of opening matches there was a bout between fnatic and MOUZ, with the former using Patrik "?f0rest?" Lindberg in place of Freddy "?KRIMZ?" Johansson. Nuke was the battleground and fnatic got off to a strong start, but they soon ran out of steam, dropping the map with a 9-16 scoreline. Dorian "?xertioN?" Berman had a fantastic game and put up 26 kills and a 1.61 rating in his team's victory.
Last on the schedule was the David vs. Goliath battle between HEROIC and 9z, but the Danes didn't succumb to the underdogs. They showed their dominance with an 11-4 CT-sided half before getting the job done 16-9 to set up a Group A upper bracket semi-final bout against MOUZ later in the day.
Next up are the Group B openers, where ENCE are pitted against Complexity, while FaZe will meet Evil Geniuses on the B stream. Rounding out the best-of-one phase of the tournament will be Liquid vs. Astralis and Cloud9 vs. Grayhound.
After the Group B openers, the Group A upper bracket semi-finals and the lower bracket's first round will start at 23:00 , with MOUZ vs. HEROIC and fnatic vs. 9z scheduled at 02:30 .
The schedule for the rest of IEM Dallas' first day of play is:
| Date | Matches | |
|---|---|---|
| IEM Dallas 2023 | ||
| 29/05/2023 | ENCE 20:45   Complexity | Match |
| 29/05/2023 | FaZe 21:00   Evil Geniuses | Match |
| 29/05/2023 | Liquid 22:05  Astralis | Match |
| 29/05/2023 | Cloud9 22:40  Grayhound | Match |
| 29/05/2023 | FURIA 23:45  Nouns | Match |
| 29/05/2023 | G2 23:50  OG | Match |
| 30/05/2023 | MOUZ 02:30  HEROIC | Match |
| 30/05/2023 | fnatic 02:30   9z | Match |
FaZe #3 
H?vard 'rain' Nygaard
Helvijs 'broky' Saukants
Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken
Robin 'ropz' Kool
Finn 'karrigan' Andersen 
9z #42 
Nicolás 'buda' Kramer
David 'dav1deuS' Tapia Maldonado
Maximiliano 'max' GonzalezFranco 'dgt' GarciaSantino 'try' Rigal 
Evil Geniuses #55 Vincent 'Brehze' CayonteTimothy 'autimatic' TaJerric 'wiz' Jiang
Sanzhar 'neaLaN' IskhakovIsmail 'refrezh' Ali 
Cloud9 #5 Sergey 'Ax1Le' RykhtorovDmitry 'sh1ro' SokolovVladislav 'nafany' GorshkovAbay 'HObbit' KhassenovTimur 'buster' Tulepov Astralis #25 Christian 'Buzz' AndersenNicolai 'device' ReedtzAlexander 'Altekz' GivskovLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderBenjamin 'blameF' Bremer 
Nouns #38 Brendan 'Bwills' Williams
Edgar 'MarKE' MaldonadoChristopher 'cJ dA K1nG' JonesDavid 'cynic' PolsterCarson 'nosraC' O'Reilly 
MOUZ #18 
Christopher 'dexter' Nong
David 'frozen' ?erňansky
Jon 'JDC' de Castro
ádám 'torzsi' Torzsás
Dorian 'xertioN' Berman 
Freddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson 
Age: 29 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 1918 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.64 
FURIA #12 Andrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosKaike 'KSCERATO' CeratoRafael 'saffee' CostaAndré 'drop' Abreu MOUZ #18 Christopher 'dexter' NongDavid 'frozen' ?erňanskyJon 'JDC' de Castroádám 'torzsi' TorzsásDorian 'xertioN' Berman fnatic #14 
William 'mezii' MerrimanNico 'nicoodoz' TamjidiFredrik 'roeJ' J?rgensen
Dion 'FASHR' DerksenPatrik 'f0rest' Lindberg Liquid #8 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJosh 'oSee' OhmKeith 'NAF' MarkovicMareks 'YEKINDAR' Ga?inskis 
OG #17 Nikolaj 'niko' Kristensen
Maciej 'F1KU' Miklas
Adam 'NEOFRAG' ZouharShahar 'flameZ' Shushan
Iulian 'regali' Harj?u ENCE #11 Pawe? 'dycha' Dycha
Pavle 'Maden' Bo?kovi?Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer
álvaro 'SunPayus' GarcíaGuy 'NertZ' Iluz 
G2 #6 
Nemanja 'huNter-' Kova?Nikola 'NiKo' Kova?Ilya 'm0NESY' OsipovRasmus 'HooXi' NielsenJustin 'jks' Savage 
Complexity #24 Ricky 'floppy' KemeryJustin 'FaNg' CoakleyH?kon 'hallzerk' Fj?rli
Johnny 'JT' TheodosiouMichael 'Grim' Wince Dorian 'xertioN' Berman 
Age: 18 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 310 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.66 HEROIC #2 Casper 'cadiaN' M?llerMartin 'stavn' LundRené 'TeSeS' MadsenRasmus 'sjuush' BeckJakob 'jabbi' Nygaard Abdul 'degster' Gasanov 
Age: 21 Team: OG Rating 1.0: 1.18 Maps played: 830 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.60 Iulian 'regali' Harj?u 
Age: 20 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 325 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.61 Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Patrik 'f0rest' Lindberg 
Age: 34 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 2103 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.65 Grayhound #27 Joshua 'INS' PotterJay 'Liazz' TregillgasDeclan 'Vexite' Portelli
Simon 'Sico' WilliamsAlistair 'aliStair' Johnston