MVP PK qualify for IEM Chicago over Flash

After being sent to the lower bracket due to a forfeit, MVP PK picked themselves up to defeat Flash 3-1 in the finals to solidify themselves a spot in IEM Chicago.

Coming from the lower bracket meant that MVP PK had to play a map down, giving Flash an immediate 1-0 lead in the Bo5. Unfortunately for Flash, MVP didn't care.

Map two on Inferno was the Hyun-Pyo "XigN" Lee show leading the team with a 1.87 HLTV rating. MVP would go on to win the map 16-6, moving onto Flash's map pick Cache. This time it was Seon-Ho "minixeta" Son's turn to hog the spotlight. 28 frags in 23 rounds was enough to clean up Flash and put MVP in the series lead.

Map three Mirage was the closest affair to the two teams exchanged, with MVP PK walking away with a 16-13 victory to close the series 3-1.

IEM Chicago 2018 Asia Closed Qualifier

Bo5

Flash

1 - 3

MVP PK

StatisticsOverview

All maps

Flash	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
YuanZhang 'Attacker' Sheng	53 - 58	-5	75.6	56.8%	0.93
YuLun 'Summer' Cai	41 - 59	-18	72.3	60.8%	0.81
WeiJie 'zhokiNg' Zhong	45 - 60	-15	72.4	64.9%	0.80
KunHua 'LOVEYY' Bai	42 - 55	-13	65.5	62.2%	0.80
WingHei 'Freeman' Cheung	39 - 60	-21	61.8	66.2%	0.77

MVP PK	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Seon-Ho 'xeta' Son	77 - 39	+38	108.4	83.8%	1.72
Hyun-Pyo 'XigN' Lee	70 - 39	+31	84.0	82.4%	1.43
Min-Soo 'glow' Kim	59 - 44	+15	82.9	79.7%	1.28
Min-Seok 'zeff' Park	49 - 48	+1	76.3	78.4%	1.20
Keun-Chul 'solo' Kang	37 - 50	-13	60.3	73.0%	0.91

Maps

1

Default

0

6

Inferno

16

7

Cache

16

13

Mirage

16

XigN28 kills

Most kills

XigN1.87 rating

Best rating

XigN2.02 rating

Best t-side

XigN1.55 rating

Best ct-side

Inferno Rounds

xeta28 kills

Most kills

xeta1.98 rating

Best rating

xeta2.35 rating

Best t-side

glow1.84 rating

Best ct-side

Cache Rounds

xeta30 kills

Most kills

xeta1.76 rating

Best rating

xeta1.88 rating

Best t-side

xeta1.63 rating

Best ct-side

Mirage Rounds

With MVP PK, IEM Chicago's team list now looks as follows:

Astralis	BIG
FaZe	fnatic
Liquid	MIBR
mousesports	Na'Vi
NRG	Renegades
MVP PK	Qualifier
Qualifier	Qualifier
SA Qualifier	UCC CIS Qualifier

The North American open qualifier continues today for the four spots that are to be earned for the closed qualifier on the 23rd-25th of August. Due to an internal error, NA will  only be receiving a single spot for Chicago in November.

Also read: ESL reduce IEM Chicago qualifier to one slot after "internal error"

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