100 Thieves defeated NRG 2-0 in the Champions Shanghai lower bracket on October 11. The series opened with a 14-12 overtime win on Sunset, then ended with a much wider 13-4 result on Haven. The victory puts 100 Thieves into the next lower round; NRG, which had dropped from the upper bracket the previous day, is out of the tournament.
The two maps tell different parts of the result. Sunset was 100 Thieves’ selection and ran beyond regulation before it took the final two-round margin. Haven was NRG’s selection, yet 100 Thieves won nine more rounds there. A 2-0 score can hide a close opening map, so the map order is central to understanding how the elimination series developed.
Overtime opener, one-sided finish
Sunset took the teams to 12-12 and required overtime. 100 Thieves secured the additional rounds needed to finish 14-12, taking an important first map without suggesting the series had already been settled. NRG still had its own pick, Haven, available to force a decider. The selected maps and final scores are recorded on the completed match page; any explanation of why particular rounds swung would require round-level evidence rather than the result alone.
On Haven, 100 Thieves converted its series lead into a 13-4 finish. That margin contrasts sharply with Sunset: the opener was decided by two rounds, while the second map ended with a nine-round gap. Summit had been left as a possible decider in the veto, but it was never played. The result was a straight-map win achieved through two very different scorelines, not two equally close maps.
The match took place in Lower Round 2 of a double-elimination playoff. Both teams entered the lower side after earlier defeats, so another loss meant elimination. NRG had fallen 1-2 to LOUD in the upper semifinal on October 10. 100 Thieves had already survived a three-map lower-round contest against Nongshim RedForce on October 9. That sequence made the October 11 matchup a meeting of two teams with no remaining safety net, rather than an upper-bracket contest with a second route still available.
This distinction also matters for the headline. 100 Thieves did not win the event or reach its grand final by beating NRG. It won another elimination series and earned another opportunity. NRG’s run ended because this was its second playoff loss. A reader following the bracket needs both halves of that outcome, not just the map result.
NRG’s own recent history makes the loss notable without turning the series into a claim about form. The team had beaten T1 in the upper quarterfinal before losing to LOUD. It then had one chance to continue from the lower bracket, but 100 Thieves took both maps. These verified results show the route to elimination; they do not prove that the LOUD defeat caused the Haven score or that NRG lacked preparation.
The bracket now moves forward without NRG
For 100 Thieves, the practical reward is a place in Lower Round 3. The bracket lists that match for October 16, with the opponent to be decided elsewhere in Lower Round 2. The team remains one loss from elimination, which is why the win should be framed as survival rather than a decisive step toward a trophy. Further progress depends on a separate series against a new opponent.
For NRG, the 0-2 closes its Champions campaign. Its upper-bracket path had ended with a three-map defeat to LOUD; the loss to 100 Thieves removed the lower-bracket route as well. The maps on October 11 are the most immediate record of that exit: NRG contested Sunset into overtime, but could not turn its Haven pick into a third map. The result is sufficient to describe the exit accurately without assigning blame to a player, agent choice or coaching call.
The contrast between the maps is also the reader’s clearest measure of the contest. A 14-12 opener shows that 100 Thieves had to close a tight game. A 13-4 second map shows the series ended much more decisively. Neither number alone captures the whole match, and neither reveals every tactical decision. Together they explain why the final series score is a sweep despite the pressure of the opener.
The lower bracket remains unforgiving for the winner. 100 Thieves can prepare for its next opponent with another victory behind it, but the tournament format has not changed. NRG leaves Shanghai after two playoff defeats, while 100 Thieves is still competing. The next lower-round match will determine whether this result becomes part of a longer run or its final win.
100 Thieves beat NRG 2-0 on October 11, taking Sunset 14-12 and Haven 13-4. NRG is eliminated; 100 Thieves advances to the next Champions Shanghai lower-bracket round.
