It was the loser's bracket quarter-finals, where two teams would advance and two would be eliminated.
The two teams that advance would face each other to determine the challenger of the winner bracket finals loser.
It was Gen.G vs G2 Esports and Sentinels vs FNATIC, with all four teams on the edge of elimination.
Gen.G vs. G2 Esports would be the first match of the day.
They last faced each other in the winner bracket finals of VCT Masters Shanghai in 2024, Gen.G getting a 2-0 win over them.
On map one, Lotus, it would be G2 who would get the upper hand in the first half with a 10-2 lead and later win the map 13-7, with Valyn gaining map MVP with 20 kills, 11 deaths and 6 assists.
Heading into Map two on Haven, G2 had the lead in the first half again with 7-5, and it would look like another G2 map win to close out the match.
Though Gen.G would wake up in the second half, winning 8 rounds and securing the win, bringing the match to a map three on Icebox.
Gen.G looked strong as they ended the first half with a lead of 8-4 and continued it during the start of the second half.
Now, at 11-4, G2 Esports needed to win 7 rounds in a row to tie up the match, and G2 would be able to do so and tie it up at round 22.
They would complete the comeback and get the win to eliminate Gen.G from the tournament.
The match MVP would be G2’s Leaf with a total of 55 kills, 42 deaths and 21 assists.
The second match would be Sentinels vs FNATIC.
This match would be their fifth time seeing each other, with their last game being in the losers' bracket of VCT Champions in 2024, with Sentinels having a 3-1 record against FNATIC.
Map one would be Sunset, Sentinel's pick, and they would have a strong showing, winning convincingly with 13-9.
For FNATIC, they would head into their map pick of Ascent.
It looked like Sentinels would be closing out the match strong, but FNATIC quickly changed the direction of the game and won map two with a score of 13-7 and forced map three.
The crowd erupted as they would be watching another map-three match.
The decider map would be Icebox.
It would be Sentinels with the lead at the half with a score of 7-5, and again, the Americas team tried to close out the match and secure a rematch against G2 Esports, but FNATIC would have other plans.
FNATIC’s plan was to send Sentinels home, as they would make an 8-2 round run and close out the match, eliminating Sentinels from VCT masters Toronto.
The match MVP would be FNATIC’s Alfajer with a total of 66 kills, 41 deaths and 6 assists.
FNATIC would be facing G2 Esports in the Losers bracket semi-finals.