ESL Challenger League Season 50 Asia-Pacific Cup 1 Day 5: Recap
The lower bracket action continued at the ESL Challenger League Season 50 Asia-Pacific Cup 1 as four teams battled it out for survival. If you missed the day's action, here's a quick look at the day's results.
The Huns send fellow Mongolians home
The first game of the day was the Mongolian derby between The Huns and IHC with IHC's pick of Inferno getting the series underway. After a back and forth opening half, a strong T side from The Huns saw them hold on for a 13-11 win. IHC hit back with a 9-3 half on Ancient that saw them steal their opponent's pick with a 13-9 win but they lost steam which saw The Huns' near flawless CT half on Nuke help them ease to a 13-6 win.
The HunsIHC| The Huns |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Anarbileg 'cobrazera' Uuganbayar |
55 - 37 | +18 | 87.1 | 81.5% | 1.34 |
| Tengis 'sk0R' Batjargal |
62 - 54 | +8 | 99.8 | 72.3% | 1.30 |
| Yesuntumur 'nin9' Gantulga |
46 - 42 | +4 | 84.4 | 69.2% | 1.19 |
| Baatarkhuu 'Bart4k' Batbold |
39 - 44 | -5 | 64.8 | 70.8% | 0.87 |
| Munkhtogtokh 'xerolte' Enkhbat |
34 - 48 | -14 | 61.5 | 73.8% | 0.81 |
| IHC |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yalalt 'yAmi' Oyunbileg |
55 - 43 | +12 | 94.6 | 75.4% | 1.26 |
| Tengis 'rate' Boldbaatar |
44 - 43 | +1 | 78.8 | 81.5% | 1.15 |
| Sodbileg 'cool4st' Batbaatar |
36 - 46 | -10 | 64.0 | 75.4% | 0.93 |
| Telmen 'shinobi' Batzorig |
44 - 51 | -7 | 70.6 | 75.4% | 0.92 |
| Bilegsaihan 'Veccil' Riina |
42 - 54 | -12 | 72.6 | 63.1% | 0.84 |
NomadS turn it around in style
Another Mongolian team, NomadS fought for their tournament lives against China's TBO in the other lower bracket semi-final. TBO's T side aggressiveness saw them close out the Mongolian's pick of Ancient 13-8 to draw first blood in the series. NomadS answered back in style with two big map wins, going 13-5 on Nuke and 13-6 on Dust2 to reverse sweep the series 2-1 and keep their lower bracket run going.
NomadS| K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Liu 'lan' Qi |
43 - 36 | +7 | 78.2 | 72.4% | 1.15 |
| HaoWen 'somebody' Xu |
41 - 38 | +3 | 80.2 | 77.6% | 1.14 |
| Peng 'Roninbaby' Xu |
45 - 46 | -1 | 76.8 | 65.5% | 1.00 |
| XueBing 'B1NGO' Dai |
32 - 39 | -7 | 68.2 | 75.9% | 0.88 |
| Gu '0z' Long |
33 - 43 | -10 | 70.1 | 62.1% | 0.83 |
| NomadS |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gereltod 'clouden' Jargal |
49 - 36 | +13 | 94.8 | 75.9% | 1.36 |
| Dulguun 'hoolig4n' Batsaikhan |
46 - 39 | +7 | 87.4 | 75.9% | 1.21 |
| Chinguun 'hasteka' Bayarmaa |
43 - 44 | -1 | 80.6 | 69.0% | 1.08 |
| Munh-Undrah 'IZR' Hosbayr |
35 - 40 | -5 | 67.2 | 77.6% | 0.91 |
| Suld-Erdene 'HenX' Oyundelger |
27 - 39 | -12 | 49.9 | 60.3% | 0.72 |
The matches will be off for the weekend with the lower bracket final between NomadS and The Huns set to take place on Tuesday while the upper bracket final between Rare Atom and Lynn Vision will be on Wednesday.
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