Renegades, MongolZ to MLG qualifier

Renegades and The MongolZ have secured spots at the offline qualifier for MLG Columbus after reaching the grand final of the Asia Minor Championship.

Day three of the Asia Minor, in Taipei, opened with a thrilling game between CyberZen - the only Chinese team still in contention following TyLoo's disqualification - and Renegades, who had looked a bit off the place during the group stage.

Still, the Australian side bust out of the gates looking like a real contender, and took the lead in the series with a 16-8 victory on de_cobblestone, with Aaron "⁠AZR⁠" Ward and Luke "⁠Havoc⁠" Paton picking up 20+frags apiece.

Renegades breezed past CyberZen 

Mirage was the map that followed and it was a one-way street from start to finish as Renegades ran out 16-4 victors thanks to stellar displays produced by Yaman "⁠yam⁠" Ergenekon and Chad "⁠SPUNJ⁠" Burchill.

IEM Taipei 2016Best of 3 CyberZenMatchpage 0 2 31st January 2016 Renegades 8Cobblestone 16 4Mirage 16

CyberZen	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Bin 'Savage' LiuSavage	32 - 37	-5	-	0.94
ZhiHong 'aumaN' LiuaumaN	29 - 35	-6	-	0.89
WeiJie 'zhokiNg' ZhongzhokiNg	25 - 36	-11	-	0.77
BingYuan 'tb' Litb	16 - 37	-21	-	0.49
Zhuo 'advent' Liangadvent	17 - 39	-22	-	0.48

Renegades	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Yaman 'yam' Ergenekonyam	39 - 24	+15	-	1.44
Aaron 'AZR' WardAZR	38 - 23	+15	-	1.41
Luke 'Havoc' PatonHavoc	37 - 23	+14	-	1.33
Chad 'SPUNJ' BurchillSPUNJ	39 - 28	+11	-	1.29
Justin 'jks' Savagejks	30 - 21	+9	-	1.21

Next up was the match between Chiefs and The MongolZ. The Australian side claimed bragging rights first following a 16-13 win on de_inferno, with Azad "⁠topguN⁠" Orami leading the charge, but then the Mongolian side, powered by fantastic displays from Enkhtaivan "⁠Machinegun⁠" Lkhagva and Temuulen "⁠Zilkenberg⁠" Battulga on the final maps, completed a reverse sweep with 16-10 and 16-9 victories on de_dust2 and de_cobblestone, respectively.

IEM Taipei 2016Best of 3 ChiefsMatchpage 1 2 31st January 2016 The MongolZ 16Inferno 13 10Dust2 16 9Cobblestone 16

The MongolZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Enkhtaivan 'Machinegun' LkhagvaMachinegun	70 - 50	+20	-	1.36
Temuulen 'Zilkenberg' BattulgaZilkenberg	67 - 44	+23	-	1.29
Tsog 'Tsogoo' MashbatTsogoo	56 - 52	+4	-	1.02
Otgonjargal 'Menace' GanzorigMenace	48 - 48	0	-	0.95
Bold 'ncl' Batsuhncl	52 - 52	0	-	0.94

Chiefs	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Christopher 'dexter' Nongdexter	54 - 61	-7	-	0.96
Azad 'topguN' OramitopguN	52 - 56	-4	-	0.91
Michael 'Lightstep' HallLightstep	47 - 59	-12	-	0.88
Ryan 'zewsy' Palmerzewsy	50 - 60	-10	-	0.83
Callum 'BURNRUOk' HendersonBURNRUOk	43 - 57	-14	-	0.80

By reaching the grand final, Renegades and The MongolZ have both secured spots at the offline qualifier for the MLG Columbus major. Tomorrow's title decider, scheduled for 06:30 , will determine which team take home the first prize of $30,000 and the berth at IEM Katowice.

Aaron 'AZR' Ward Age: 23 Team: Renegades Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 83 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.70 Luke 'Havoc' Paton Age: 25 Team: Renegades Rating 1.0: 0.92 Maps played: 81 KPR: 0.63 DPR: 0.70 Chad 'SPUNJ' Burchill Age: 26 Team: Renegades Rating 1.0: 0.93 Maps played: 83 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.73 Azad 'topguN' Orami Age: 27 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 18 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.67 Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Yaman 'yam' Ergenekon Age: 27 Team: Renegades Rating 1.0: 0.95 Maps played: 71 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.69 Temuulen 'Zilkenberg' Battulga Age: 24 Team: The MongolZ Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 57 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.68 Enkhtaivan 'Machinegun' Lkhagva Age: 25 Team: The MongolZ Rating 1.0: 1.28 Maps played: 54 KPR: 0.89 DPR: 0.68