ESL Pro League Season 22 - Asia Open Qualifier Day 1: Recap

The path to ESL Pro League Season 22 for the Asian teams kicked off with the Asian Open Qualifier as the teams from all over Asia got into the server to make their way through the Open Qualifier to the Closed Qualifier.

The opening day saw four rounds of action take place with multiple Indian teams and Indian players in action. Amongst the noteworthy Indian teams and players was FIREDUP Gaming and also former Gods Reign star Ph1NNN, who was playing with BnTeT for Alter Ego and also retired player Rossi.

Here's a quick look at the results from Day 1 of the ESL Pro League Season 22 Asian Open Qualifier.

Round 1

The opening round saw majority of the matches as byes while the Indian teams had a mixed outing with FIREDUP Gaming going through to the next round but Sm0k3r got eliminated. Ph1NNN's Alter Ego got a bye as did Rossi's Beyman Esports.

• HOTU (bye)

• YXG White beat duangduang

• Ysh__ (bye)

• Shaniyu (bye)

• Legion (bye)

• E9 Esports beat Astra

• FIREDUP Gaming (bye)

• Kraken 13 - 6 EVO (Anubis)

• Depo Esports (bye)

• Synthetic Optic beat IronClad

• Athlon (bye)

• DSB (bye)

• YoungTalents (bye)

• Walk the talk 13 - 4 Sm0k3r (Ancient)

• Clutch Gaming (bye)

• suldenjez (bye)

• The Modun (bye)

• Tide lost echos 13 - 9 MTX Esports (Ancient)

• Tricksters (bye)

• DeepCrossGaming (bye)

• LFO (bye)

• Team Glory 13 - 8 entozs (Ancient)

• DVGames (bye)

• EASY VAC BAN (bye)

• Balloon Boys (bye)

• YunWanJia 13 - 11 Exaltation Clan (Anubis)

• Mindgamer (bye)

• M1206 (bye)

• The MongolZ Academy (bye)

• Play By Heart beat 9angels

• Team Prototype (bye)

• UnsettledResent (bye)

• The QUBE (bye)

• Broke Boys 13 - 11 TheWonKorean (Dust2)

• RAELIX esports (bye)

• MiM (bye)

• ShamanKings (bye)

• xubstitute 13 - 7 (Anubis)

• Wi11is (bye)

• BORING PLAYER (bye)

• OxinGame Esport (bye)

• LoveSet 13 - 0 S-Monks (Dust2)

• SUBUTAI (bye)

• Virtual Grounds (bye)

• VIU-GAMING (bye)

• HARDDEATH beat Meowelders

• MAXPOWER (bye)

• DenCin (bye)

• Team Aquile (bye)

• Tilted Potatoes 13 - 5 Homestead (Anubis)

• csafterschool (bye)

• gg (bye)

• Alter Ego (bye)

• Villains beat RR and Friends

• Cloud Crew (bye)

• Illumik (bye)

• Beyman Esports (bye)

• Future Star beat The Main F

• SIXIXIXIXI (bye)

• KOLC (bye)

• VIZORA (bye)

• Narrow Escape beat G0atStrong

• 84G (bye)

• Team UO (bye)

Round 2

Round 2 saw the action on the server finally kick off properly and while FIREDUP Gaming, the only remaining Indian team was knocked out early, Ph1NNN and Rossi both sailed into the next round with their mixed squads respectively.

• HOTU 13 - 3 YXG White (Ancient)

• Ysh__ beat Shaniyu

• Legion beat E9 Esports

• FIREDUP Gaming 8 - 13 Kraken (Ancient)

• Depo Esports 13 - 3 Synthetic Optic (Mirage)

• DSB 13 - 10 Athlon (Nuke)

• YoungTalents 13 - 7 Walk the talk (Ancient)

• Clutch-Gaming beat suldenjez

• The Modun 13 - 4 Tide lost echos (Anubis)

• DeepCrossGaming 13 - 7 Tricksters (Nuke)

• LFO 13 - 1 Team Glory (Ancient)

• DVGames 13 - 1 EASY VAC BAN (Ancient)

• Balloon Boys 13 - 7 YunWanJia (Dust2)

• Mindgamer 13 - 5 M1206 (Ancient)

• The MongolZ Academy 13 - 0 Play By Heart (Dust2)

• UnsettledResent 13 - 5 Team Prototype (Dust2)

• The QUBE 13 - 2 Broke Boys (Ancient)

• RAELIX 13 - 8 MiM (Ancient)

• ShamanKings 13 - 0 xubstitute (Anubis)

• BORING PLAYER 13 - 8 Wi11is (Ancient)

• LoveSet 13 - 7 OxinGame Esport (Dust2)

• SUBUTAI 13 - 8 Virtual Grounds (Mirage)

• VIU-GAMING 13 - 1 HARDDEATH (Dust2)

• MAXXPOWER 13 - 1 DenCin (Mirage)

• Team Aquile 13 - 1 Tilted Potatoes (Ancient)

• csafterschool 16 - 13 gg (Anubis)

• Alter Ego 13 - 0 Villains (Dust2)

• Cloud Crew 13 - 6 illumik (Ancient)

• Beyman Esports 13 - 7 Future Star (Ancient)

• SIXIXIXIXIX 13 - 9 KOLC (Ancient)

• VIZORA 13 - 5 Narrow Escape (Ancient)

• Team UO 13 - 5 84G (Ancient)

Round 3

The third round saw the BO1 action continue as PokemoN's Legion picked up a big win while Ph1NNN and Alter Ego continued to dominate. Rossi's Beyman Esports' journey ended here as did The MongolZ's new academy project, who went down to Chinese squad UnsettledResent.

• HOTU 13 - 1 Ysh__ (Mirage)

• Legion 13 - 3 Kraken (Mirage)

• Depo Esports 13 - 4 DSB (Mirage)

• Clutch-Gaming 1 - 13 YoungTalents (Dust2)

• DeepCrossGaming 13 - 11 The Modun (Dust2)

• LFO 13 - 6 DVGames (Anubis)

• Mindgamer 13 - 9 Balloon Boys (Ancient)

• UnsettledResent 13 - 9 The MongolZ Academy (Anubis)

• The QUBE 13 - 2 RAELIX Esport (Mirage)

• ShamanKings 13 - 2 BORING PLAYER (Mirage)

• LoveSet 13 - 4 SUBUTAI (Ancient)

• MAXXPOWER 13 - 6 VIU-GAMING (Anubis)

• Team Aquile 13 - 11 csafterschool (Anubis)

• Alter Ego 13 - 9 Cloud Crew (Ancient)

• SIXIXIXIXIX 13 - 9 Beyman Esports (Dust2)

• VIZORA 7 - 13 Team UO (Nuke)

Round 4

The final round of the day saw Ph1NNN and Alter Ego continue to march on while Ph1NNN's former coach, PokemoN's journey at the Open Qualifier ended in Round 4 at the hands of HOTU.

• HOTU 13 - 8 Legion (Mirage)

• Depo Esports 7 - 13 YoungTalents (Dust2)

• LFO 13 - 11 DeepCrossGaming (Dust2)

• UnsettledResent 13 - 6 Mindgamer (Ancient)

• The QUBE 13 - 5 ShamanKings (Nuke)

• LoveSet 13 - 8 MAXXPOWER (Anubis)

• Alter Ego 13 - 4 Team Aquile (Dust2)

• SIXIXIXIXIX 13 - 11 Team UO (Ancient)

The action will continue tomorrow with Round 5 (quarter-finals), Round 6 (semi-finals) and the Grand Final schedule and the format will switch to BO3s after seeing BO1s take place on the opening day. The top 4 teams from the Open Qualifier will make it to the Closed Qualifier, which will take place between July 11 - July 14, 2025.

The Closed Qualifier will have 20 teams with the winner making their way to ESL Pro League Season 22.