ESL Challenger League Season 51 Asia-Pacific Cup 1 Day 3: Recap
The third day's action at the ongoing ESL Challenger League Season 51 Asia-Pacific Cup 1 saw the lower bracket matches take place with three BO3s taking place and one forfeited game. Indian team Arise were in action, fighting for their tournament lives as was Pakistan's Legion.
If you missed the third day's action at the ESL Challenger League Season 51 Asia-Pacific Cup 1, here's a quick look at the results.
Legion keep fighting on; The QUBE dispatch NomadS
The Pakistani team's pick of Dust2 got the match underway and PokemoN and co. were nowhere to be found on their T side which saw the Chinese team take a big 9-3 lead. Legion, though, showed why Dust2 was their pick as Bloody and hf helped Legion put up a near flawless defence that saw them steal a 13-10 win with Bloody topping the scoreboard with 28 kills and a 1.87 rating. Inferno saw Just Swing pick up another pistol to start things but a force buy win put Legion on the board instantly and it was another strong defensive hold from the Pakistani boys with Bloody having another strong map. An 8-4 lead was converted quickly to a 13-5 win as Legion wasted no time to lock in the 2-0 series win.
The other lower bracket round 2 game was an all-Mongolian clash as The QUBE faced fellow countrymen, NomadS. soloooS and Paranormal's 2.17 and 2.18 rating show on Dust2 saw The QUBE pick up a dominant 13-4 win and after a tied opening half on their pick of Inferno, a strong CT hold saw The QUBE close the series with a 13-9 win.
LegionJust Swing| Legion |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Zain 'Bloody' Talha |
47 - 23 | +24 | 109.0 | 85.7% | 1.88 |
| Huzaifa 'HZI' Ahmed |
30 - 27 | +3 | 77.5 | 81.0% | 1.15 |
| Saad 'PokemoN' Ahmad |
32 - 29 | +3 | 97.5 | 78.6% | 1.14 |
| Hamza 'hf' Abrar |
34 - 25 | +9 | 74.6 | 83.3% | 1.12 |
| Shahmeer 'pavast4r' Imran |
21 - 28 | -7 | 61.2 | 78.6% | 0.88 |
| Just Swing |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ivan 'qqGOD' Ivlev |
35 - 29 | +6 | 92.2 | 73.8% | 1.33 |
 Hao 'skrr' Shifeng |
33 - 35 | -2 | 91.1 | 71.4% | 1.18 |
| Yi 'gas' Ding |
29 - 35 | -6 | 76.0 | 76.2% | 0.91 |
| YiHeng 'sATOR1' Wang |
22 - 31 | -9 | 64.0 | 64.3% | 0.82 |
| Guanqi 'Daniel' Duanzeng |
10 - 36 | -26 | 22.0 | 45.2% | 0.45 |
NomadSThe QUBE| NomadS |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Suld-Erdene 'HenX' Oyundelger |
32 - 27 | +5 | 69.3 | 74.4% | 1.08 |
| Tuvshintugs 'kani' Erdenebat |
24 - 33 | -9 | 66.5 | 56.4% | 0.81 |
| Gerelt-Od 'clouden' Jargal |
23 - 34 | -11 | 73.8 | 61.5% | 0.71 |
| Dulguun 'hoolig4n' Batsaikhan |
18 - 31 | -13 | 54.1 | 56.4% | 0.65 |
| Ariunjargal 'ariucle' Yadam |
14 - 35 | -21 | 58.1 | 61.5% | 0.65 |
| The QUBE |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Munkh-Orkhon 'soloooS' Munkh-Och |
46 - 20 | +26 | 106.3 | 79.5% | 1.87 |
| Orgil 'Paranormal' Tsogbayar |
34 - 22 | +12 | 86.1 | 74.4% | 1.52 |
| Tamir 'Kamui' Ayurzana |
33 - 24 | +9 | 98.7 | 87.2% | 1.41 |
| Enkhjavkhlan 'Cozen' Tuvshin |
27 - 21 | +6 | 78.1 | 89.7% | 1.19 |
| Enkhnairamdal 'grizzly' Tsogtbaatar |
20 - 24 | -4 | 59.9 | 66.7% | 0.85 |
borosto steps up for Arise to keep Bhavi and co. going in the event
Indian squad Arise were up against Eruption in their elimination game and after getting a 1-0 lead due to Eruption's technical issues on the opening map, Arise were blown away on Dust2, going down 1-13. Bhavi and his boys weren't going down easy though, as borosto stepped up on the decider on Mirage and the Russian's 26-kill performance with a 2.45 rating saw Arise stay alive with a smashing 13-3 win.
Eruption| Eruption |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tengis 'sideffect' Purevsuren |
33 - 22 | +11 | 106.2 | 73.3% | 1.76 |
| Zol-Erdene 'Wonderzce' Shijirbaatar |
18 - 23 | -5 | 68.1 | 66.7% | 1.07 |
| Khurts 'BestronG' Artssed |
20 - 26 | -6 | 72.2 | 66.7% | 0.98 |
| Telmen 'MagnumZ' Khurelkhuu |
16 - 20 | -4 | 73.3 | 66.7% | 0.95 |
| Davaasuren 'fury5k' Ganbaatar |
16 - 24 | -8 | 56.4 | 60.0% | 0.78 |
| K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stepan 'borosto' Antonov |
30 - 21 | +9 | 94.8 | 80.0% | 1.43 |
 Ravjit 'Anasasis' Singh |
30 - 20 | +10 | 85.1 | 70.0% | 1.30 |
 Piyush 'clouda' Kalwania |
21 - 21 | +0 | 89.3 | 80.0% | 1.20 |
| Bhavesh 'Bhavi' Sejwani |
20 - 23 | -3 | 75.2 | 80.0% | 0.89 |
| Garvit 'EmbeR' Nehra |
13 - 20 | -7 | 59.2 | 66.7% | 0.76 |
IHC and Change The Game were also scheduled to be in action in the lower bracket round 2 encounter but IHC forfeited the game due to being unable to field an eligible roster, which knocked the Mongolian team out and kept the Chinese team alive in the tournament.
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