Team Falcons and Aurora Gaming were the first two teams to punch their tickets to the playoffs at the $500,000 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive FISSURE Playground No. 2 event on the strength of 2-0 sweeps during Monday's action in Belgrade, Serbia.

Falcons defeated FaZe Clan, and Aurora swept FURIA in the two Round 3 High matches to go 3-0 in the opening stage. They're exempt from Rounds 4 and 5. Meanwhile, the losers of the two Round 3 Low matches -- Lynn Vision Gaming and HEROIC -- were the first two eliminated from the competition.

The 16 teams are competing in an opening-round Swiss Stage -- essentially a triple-elimination bracket of best-of-three matches. From the third round on, high-match winners advance to the playoffs and low-match losers are eliminated.

The top eight teams wi

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