TyLoo beat MVP PK to qualify for IEM Katowice

TyLoo have booked their spot at IEM Katowice 2018 after defeating MVP PK 3-0 in the Asia closed qualifier.

The six-team closed qualifier saw TYLOO take on MVP PK for a place at the next Intel Extreme Masters event. Hansel "⁠BnTeT⁠" Ferdinand and his teammates came from the upper bracket, meaning that they would only need to win two maps to qualify for Katowice.

The grand final, a rematch of the Upper Bracket semi-finals, which TYLOO won 2-1, began on Cobblestone, which proved to be a one-sided affair as the Koreans found themselves trailing their opponents 12-3 at the end of the first half and only managed to pick up one round after switching to the CT side.

BnTeT led the way for TyLoo

Inferno, on the other hand, was much more keenly-contested, with the first half ending with a close 8-7 advantage for MVP PK. TYLOO came from the break with all guns blazing, winning eight rounds in a row without response to hit match point. The Koreans still tried to get back into the game, but the deficit was too big to come back from, with the Chinese side eventually locking down the map, 16-11, to book their place at IEM Katowice.

IEM Katowice 2018 Asia Closed QualifierBest of 5 TYLOOMatchpage 3 0 22nd January 2018 MVP PK 1Default 0 16Cobblestone 4 16Inferno 11

TYLOO	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Hansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandBnTeT	43 - 26	+17	94.5	1.44
Ke 'captainMo' LiucaptainMo	36 - 32	+4	93.5	1.30
Hui 'DD' WuDD	37 - 29	+8	81.5	1.27
HaoWen 'somebody' Xusomebody	36 - 33	+3	79.4	1.18
Kevin 'xccurate' Susantoxccurate	29 - 26	+3	63.9	0.97

MVP PK	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Min-Seok 'zeff' Parkzeff	28 - 36	-8	71.9	0.96
Hae-Sung 'HSK' KimHSK	32 - 34	-2	59.6	0.95
Hyun-Pyo 'XigN' LeeXigN	31 - 40	-9	79.2	0.90
Min-Soo 'glow' Kimglow	28 - 37	-9	67.1	0.84
Keun-Chul 'solo' Kangsolo	27 - 35	-8	64.8	0.84

IEM Katowice will span six days and culminate with the playoffs at the Spodek Arena, in Katowice, from March 2-4, with $500,000 on offer. The list of participants for the 16-team event currently looks as follows:

SK	Astralis
Virtus.pro	FaZe
Cloud9	Ninjas in Pyjamas
G2	TYLOO

Astralis #3 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Cloud9 #6 Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaTarik 'tarik' CelikTimothy 'autimatic' TaJake 'Stewie2K' Yip MVP PK #48 Keun-Chul 'solo' KangMin-Soo 'glow' KimMin-Seok 'zeff' ParkHyun-Pyo 'XigN' LeeHae-Sung 'HSK' Kim G2 #5 Richard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro Ninjas in Pyjamas #4 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundRichard 'Xizt' LandströmWilliam 'draken' SundinFredrik 'REZ' Sterner SK #1 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaRicardo 'boltz' PrassMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo FaZe #2 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenOlof 'olofmeister' KajbjerLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' Nygaard Hansel 'BnTeT' Ferdinand Age: 22 Team: TYLOO Rating 1.0: 1.30 Maps played: 282 KPR: 0.88 DPR: 0.62 TYLOO #33 Ke 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuHansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandHaoWen 'somebody' XuKevin 'xccurate' Susanto Virtus.pro #10 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński