IHC, FengDa and Chinggis Warriors book EPL S22 Asian CQ playoffs
The initial round of qualification games have come to a close at the ESL Pro League Season 22 Asian Closed qualifier and four teams have booked playoffs appearances so far, leaving four empty spots for the remaining matchups later today. Following Alter Ego's loss to SemperFi, Ph1NNN bids adieu to his ESL Pro League dreams for the moment.
Here we take a look at how the rest of the games fared out this afternoon.
Change The Game vs Chinggis Warriors
Starting on the CT-side of Ancient, Chinggis Warriors got off to a strong 4-0 start. Change The Game never really got going on the T-side, only managing to win a couple of rounds towards the end of the half, finishing with a 3-9 disadvantage. Following pistol and anti-eco wins, Change The Game were denied the bonus as Chinggis Warriors hit double figures with a five rounds lead on the T-side.
A 2.34 rating CT-side performance from Vance derailed Chinggis Warriors' T-side as Change The Game scaled a nearly impossible comeback, putting up a 10-1 CT-side to take down Chinggis Warriors 13-10. On Anubis, Chinggis Warriors started on the CT-side with a 5-0 lead but fumbled it, splitting an even 6-6 half. A dominant T-side from Chinggis Warriors saw the Mongolians close Anubis 13-8, dropping just a couple of rounds in the second half.
The decider took us to Inferno where Change The Game started on the CT-side with a 3-0 but Chinggis Warriors bounced back quickly to split the half 6-6. ariucle and ROUX went ballistic in the second half, taking Chinggis Warriors to a 5-0 start and closing the game 13-7, dropping just a single round in the second half. Austin Major attendees, Chinggis Warriors have now secured a playoffs spot in the Asian closed qualifier of the ESL Pro League S22.
Chinggis Warriors| Chinggis Warriors |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ariunjargal 'ariucle' Yadam |
48 - 38 | +10 | 73.0 | 76.6% | 1.15 |
| Tugserdene 'Efire' Erdenebold |
47 - 39 | +8 | 77.5 | 73.4% | 1.13 |
| Undrakhbayar 'ROUX' Zolbayar |
48 - 50 | -2 | 84.9 | 79.7% | 1.10 |
| Unudelger 'controlez' Baasanjargal |
48 - 46 | +2 | 84.1 | 73.4% | 1.09 |
| Bilguun 'bkzcurs3d' Dorj |
40 - 44 | -4 | 65.1 | 71.9% | 0.93 |
| K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Su 'Zero' Jingshen |
55 - 44 | +11 | 96.2 | 76.6% | 1.32 |
| Zhu '957' Jianping |
42 - 51 | -9 | 84.5 | 78.1% | 1.04 |
| ZhiJie 'Hack1ng' Chen |
41 - 47 | -6 | 71.6 | 75.0% | 1.02 |
| Lai 'LaiKeXu' Kexu |
40 - 45 | -5 | 65.8 | 64.1% | 0.94 |
| JingYu 'VanceKK' Wan |
39 - 45 | -6 | 64.2 | 60.9% | 0.93 |
Housebets vs FengDa
FengDa's 3gl and p5p started Inferno with a flurry of multi-frag rounds as Housebets struggled to settle in. Nearly every set up from Housebets was met smoke pushes and bati-switch counter-plays as the Aussies ended with a 3-9 disadvantage. After conceding the pistol and anti-eco, Housebets put up a valiant effort, stringing five rounds in a row but FengDa held on and closed Inferno 13-9.
After splitting an even 6-6 half on Mirage, Housebets got off to a 4-0 start in the second half, hitting double figures at 10-6 on the T-side. Off of a tactical timeout, FengDa switched up their CT-side, levelling the score at 10-10 in no time. chengking stole the show towards the end, fetching FengDa a 13-11 win and a playoffs spot.
HousebetsFengDa| Housebets |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Damon 'damyo' Portelli |
32 - 31 | +1 | 89.4 | 73.9% | 1.15 |
| Braiden 'Drox' Webb |
29 - 35 | -6 | 71.1 | 67.4% | 0.92 |
| Ethan 'vision' Holst |
27 - 32 | -5 | 70.5 | 65.2% | 0.89 |
| Jordan 'pz' White |
29 - 33 | -4 | 65.2 | 58.7% | 0.86 |
| Tom 'apocdud' Henry |
25 - 36 | -11 | 58.7 | 58.7% | 0.72 |
| FengDa |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zheming 'p5p' Cui |
40 - 29 | +11 | 94.4 | 73.9% | 1.34 |
| JiaMing '1337x9' Li |
34 - 27 | +7 | 80.1 | 76.1% | 1.20 |
| Shengxuan 'chengking' Zu |
34 - 33 | +1 | 82.1 | 80.4% | 1.14 |
| Guoliang '3gl' Wang |
27 - 26 | +1 | 63.8 | 76.1% | 1.00 |
| Ke 'Biuckmt' Liu |
29 - 30 | -1 | 70.2 | 71.7% | 0.99 |
IHC vs Wings Up
The series started with back and forth trades on Nuke but IHC ran away with crucial momentum towards the end, securing a small 7-5 lead on the T-side of Nuke. A 4-0 CT-side start sealed the deal for IHC as Wings Up's T-side was no match for IHC's defense. Dropping just a couple rounds in the second half, IHC closed Nuke with a 13-7 scoreline.
Dust2 was a much more one-sided affair as Wings Up put up a dominant CT-side, restricting IHC's T-side to just four rounds. Roninbaby put up 15 frags in the first half at an ADR of 117 and carried the momentum over to the second half. Wings Up dropped a single round in the second half and closed Dust2 13-5 to level the series at 1-1.
IHC delivered the knockout blow on Ancient, putting up an impressive 9-3 T-side. Pistol and anti-eco wins opened comeback territory for Wings Up but the Mongolian side dominated the gun rounds, taking Ancient 13-6 and securing a spot in the playoffs of the ESL Pro League Season 22 Asian closed qualifier.
Wings UpIHC| Wings Up |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liu 'lan' Qi |
47 - 38 | +9 | 87.8 | 68.4% | 1.21 |
| Peng 'Roninbaby' Xu |
48 - 42 | +6 | 80.5 | 68.4% | 1.09 |
| Peiqi 'flying' Song |
43 - 39 | +4 | 84.4 | 68.4% | 1.09 |
| Yi 'gas' Ding |
34 - 40 | -6 | 70.3 | 70.2% | 0.98 |
| XueBing 'B1NGO' Dai |
24 - 43 | -19 | 54.9 | 64.9% | 0.67 |
| IHC |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boldbaatar 'rate' Tengis |
61 - 37 | +24 | 98.6 | 77.2% | 1.55 |
| Telmen 'shinobi' Batzorig |
42 - 42 | +0 | 90.1 | 71.9% | 1.19 |
| Yalalt 'yAmi' Oyunbileg |
44 - 43 | +1 | 89.4 | 68.4% | 1.18 |
| Sodbileg 'cool4st' Batbaatar |
32 - 35 | -3 | 67.7 | 66.7% | 0.97 |
| Munkhnaran 'Aapestt' Zorigtbaatar |
22 - 42 | -20 | 49.6 | 63.2% | 0.71 |
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