Both Complexity and Liquid faltered in their matches against Brazilian teams.

In the final two quarter-finals of BLAST Spring Showdown North America, MIBR took down Complexity 2-0, while paiN upset Liquid in a close three map series. As a result, all four teams featuring North American players have been eliminated from the BLAST Showdown, all losing matches to the Brazilian participants.

This puts MIBR and paiN into the semi-finals, where they are set to face each other on Saturday for a spot in the North America Showdown final and a chance to qualify for the BLAST Spring Finals taking placing in June.

The first series between MIBR and Complexity kicked off on Dust2, where Adriano "⁠WOOD7⁠" Cerato's men got off to a strong start. Despite the dangers of an 11-4 lead, MIBR were able to close out map one without too much trouble, with Jhonatan "⁠JOTA⁠" Willian posting an impressive 1.61 rating on the map.

The second map was a bit more competitive during the first half, but ultimately the Brazilian side won out, taking Inferno 16-10. Notably, Justin "⁠FaNg⁠" Coakley performed very poor during the series, something quite uncharacteristic for the Canadian rifler, with the team encountering multiple technical issues during the match.

Complexity	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Paytyn 'junior' Johnsonjunior	34 - 30	+4	60.3	1.03
Michael 'Grim' WinceGrim	37 - 38	-1	77.5	1.01
Ricky 'floppy' Kemeryfloppy	31 - 33	-2	68.6	1.01
Justin 'FaNg' CoakleyFaNg	13 - 39	-26	41.8	0.54
Johnny 'JT' TheodosiouJT	17 - 43	-26	46.9	0.54

MIBR	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Jhonatan 'JOTA' WillianJOTA	46 - 25	+21	95.8	1.47
Marcelo 'chelo' Cespedeschelo	47 - 28	+19	83.1	1.44
Raphael 'exit' Lacerdaexit	28 - 21	+7	66.4	1.14
Matheus 'Tuurtle' AnhaiaTuurtle	32 - 30	+2	75.5	1.13
Adriano 'WOOD7' CeratoWOOD7	28 - 28	0	61.4	1.02

Much like Complexity, Liquid got off to a quite slow start in their first map against paiN. Despite a heroic performance from Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic, the North American squad was unable to get a strong T side started, and ultimately dropped Vertigo to paiN.

Liquid answered back on Ancient, taking an early 9-4 lead from the Terrorist side thanks to a huge performance from Josh "⁠oSee⁠" Ohm. Vinicios "⁠PKL⁠" Coelho and company made a comeback attempt in the second half and even took a 12-10 lead, but ended up falling on map two 13-16.

The deciding map Overpass ended up much more even, with Liquid taking a narrow 9-6 lead with four of their round wins coming from defuses. Despite not having a particularly successful offense in the second half, in part thanks to a massive performance from Rodrigo "⁠biguzera⁠" Bittencourt, Liquid was still able to grind out enough rounds to force overtime. The North American side was unable to change their fate however, and dropped the map 17-19, losing the series 1-2.

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Keith 'NAF' MarkovicNAF	83 - 60	+23	94.5	1.31
Josh 'oSee' OhmoSee	61 - 58	+3	71.2	1.07
Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE	59 - 72	-13	77.8	0.97
Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0	58 - 63	-5	69.3	0.96
Richard 'shox' Papillonshox	40 - 67	-27	53.6	0.65

paiN	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Rodrigo 'biguzera' Bittencourtbiguzera	77 - 59	+18	89.7	1.35
Gabriel 'nython' Linonython	64 - 57	+7	75.7	1.14
Gabriel 'NEKIZ' SchenatoNEKIZ	66 - 66	0	81.9	1.08
Wesley 'hardzao' Lopeshardzao	60 - 59	+1	73.2	1.06
Vinicios 'PKL' CoelhoPKL	53 - 61	-8	63.7	0.91