ESL Challenger League Season 51 Asia-Pacific Cup 2 Day 5: Recap
The fifth day at the ESL Challenger League Season 51 Asia-Pacific Cup 2 saw two lower bracket games take place as the elimination games meant that not only did two teams fight on to keep themselves alive in the tournament while two headed home as well.
Here's a quick recap of the day's action.
The QUBE sends BORING PLAYERS home
The first of the two games of the day saw Chinese team BORING PLAYERS go up against Mongolian squad The QUBE in the lower bracket semi-final with the action kicking off on the Mongolian team's pick of Mirage. After a competitive opeing half, a strong defensive set up from The QUBE saw them run away with a 13-8 win. Dust2 was a closer affair on paper as BORING PLAYERS tried to mount a late comeback on their CT side but The QUBE managed to close it out at 13-10 to not only keep themselves alive in the event but also send BORING PLAYERS home.
BORING PLAYERSThe QUBE| BORING PLAYERS |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cao 'Jun7' Junqi |
34 - 32 | +2 | 67.7 | 70.5% | 1.12 |
| Dongrui 'zdr' Zhang |
33 - 32 | +1 | 80.9 | 70.5% | 1.11 |
| JianCong 'tutu' Wu |
29 - 36 | -7 | 79.2 | 75.0% | 0.96 |
| ZhenGang 'D1zzyg' Dou |
31 - 33 | -2 | 70.8 | 70.5% | 0.93 |
| Chen 'Miszary' Yi Wang |
20 - 31 | -11 | 59.5 | 70.5% | 0.79 |
| The QUBE |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamir 'Kamui' Ayurzana |
33 - 30 | +3 | 84.2 | 77.3% | 1.24 |
| Enkhnairamdal 'grizzly' Tsogtbaatar |
33 - 24 | +9 | 77.2 | 72.7% | 1.24 |
| Orgil 'Paranormal' Tsogbayar |
34 - 31 | +3 | 83.1 | 72.7% | 1.17 |
| Munkh-Orkhon 'soloooS' Munkh-Och |
33 - 31 | +2 | 74.6 | 70.5% | 1.01 |
| Enkhjavkhlan 'Cozen' Tuvshin |
29 - 32 | -3 | 73.5 | 70.5% | 0.95 |
Alter Ego run through Just Swing
Mixed Asian team Alter Ego face Chinese team Just Swing in their elimination game in the lower bracket semi-final. Alter Ego's pick of Nuke saw them start with a strong T side before Just Swing put up a T side comeback of their own. The trio of PokemoN, Polbandana and BOROS though got Alter Ego over the line at 13-9. On Dust2, the BOROS and BnTeT show saw a strong T side close out a comfortable 13-7 win to keep Alter Ego afloat in the lower bracket.
Alter EgoJust Swing| Alter Ego |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Saad 'PokemoN' Ahmad |
35 - 28 | +7 | 91.1 | 81.0% | 1.39 |
 Mohammad 'BOROS' Malhas |
48 - 30 | +18 | 110.5 | 76.2% | 1.36 |
 Zahar 'Polbandana' Siledchyk |
32 - 24 | +8 | 79.1 | 90.5% | 1.35 |
 Hansel 'BnTeT' Ferdinand |
29 - 28 | +1 | 69.6 | 85.7% | 1.13 |
 Sean 'Gratisfaction' Kaiwai |
23 - 22 | +1 | 61.4 | 71.4% | 1.09 |
| Just Swing |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 3.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hao 'skrr' Shifeng |
35 - 28 | +7 | 80.4 | 73.8% | 1.25 |
| YiHeng 'sATOR1' Wang |
23 - 33 | -10 | 59.4 | 61.9% | 0.85 |
 Ivan 'qqGOD' Ivlev |
23 - 35 | -12 | 68.5 | 64.3% | 0.82 |
| WenYao 'Purely' Zhong |
23 - 31 | -8 | 56.0 | 61.9% | 0.79 |
| Yi 'gas' Ding |
27 - 40 | -13 | 73.2 | 64.3% | 0.78 |
Alter Ego will take on The QUBE in the lower bracket final for a spot in the Consolidation final while FengDa and BMZ will go up against each other in the upper bracket final.
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