Subroza made his "re-debut" on Ghost yesterday as rumors swirl about Steel's removal

Ghost and The Quest qualify for ECS Season 7 Challenger Cup

One more qualifier remains as the majority of the qualified Challenger Cup teams have been determined.

The third ECS Season 7 Challenger Cup qualifier has come to an end, with a Josh "steel" Nissan-less Ghost and Matthew "mCe" Elmore's The Quest claiming two spots for the Challenger Cup.

Like many of the previous Challenger Cup qualifiers, the day started off with a forfeit, as technical issues forced the South American team Jaguar to concede their match against The Quest.

As for the other quarterfinals matches, they played out without many surprises except for a hotly contested series between Ghost and iNTACT. Ghost started off on the backfoot after losing Overpass to the MDL squad 17-19. After Overpass, Ghost seemed to regain their composure winning Train and Inferno 16-8 and 16-11, respectively. However, their shaky start to the series raises many questions regarding how the team will proceed without their long-time IGL if they do decide to move forward without him.

Ghost
2 - 1
iNTACT
All maps
Ghost K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Kenneth 'koosta' Suen 69 - 49 +20 90.1 79.3% 1.35
Canada Matthew 'WARDELL' Yu 72 - 42 +30 78.4 78.2% 1.35
United States Jason 'neptune' Tran 53 - 49 +4 71.4 78.2% 1.08
United States Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadir 62 - 62 +0 80.0 69.0% 1.08
Canada Yassine 'Subroza' Taoufik 51 - 60 -9 63.4 71.3% 0.92
iNTACT K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Gabe 'Spongey' Greiner 59 - 54 +5 71.2 71.3% 1.06
United States Christopher 'Swahn' Swahn 53 - 58 -5 64.4 64.4% 0.95
United States Alan 'Shakezullah' Hardeman 51 - 59 -8 70.0 69.0% 0.94
Canada William 'will' Cheng 46 - 66 -20 64.7 63.2% 0.82
United States Jake 'kaboose' McDonald 52 - 72 -20 64.9 56.3% 0.79

Hysteria
2 - 1
Orion
All maps
Hysteria K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Jordon 'jitter' Ruggiero 64 - 45 +19 84.0 78.4% 1.31
United States Malick 'dangle' Abid 55 - 45 +10 89.6 86.5% 1.29
Canada Shawn 'Magowi' O'Malley 54 - 42 +12 78.5 81.1% 1.24
United States Austin 'RenZ' Dickman 59 - 45 +14 83.9 78.4% 1.23
United States Jeremy 'Mundle' King 53 - 49 +4 75.1 71.6% 1.10
Orion K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Troy 'ara' Pollock 58 - 51 +7 68.7 68.9% 1.11
United States Tucker 'Tucker' Watson 43 - 55 -12 70.9 66.2% 0.89
United States Reagan 'Reagan' Love 46 - 60 -14 68.9 70.3% 0.89
United States Oliver 'figment' Thompson 41 - 59 -18 66.8 62.2% 0.83
United States Garrett 'Bunny' Molle 37 - 61 -24 60.0 62.2% 0.78

Big Frames
2 - 1
Kobruh
All maps
Big Frames K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Jacob 'L0NER' Webster 62 - 39 +23 80.8 74.6% 1.36
United States Jimmy 'Nurfed' McFadden 59 - 44 +15 95.6 73.1% 1.32
United States Andy 'devastation' Parr 47 - 42 +5 88.4 73.1% 1.25
United States Ryan 'Church' Church 48 - 37 +11 76.3 88.1% 1.21
United States Thomas 'tconnors' Connors 44 - 41 +3 67.1 74.6% 1.11
Kobruh K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Everett 'Poison' Ivy 50 - 45 +5 74.5 73.1% 1.07
Mexico Jose 'SecretAgent' Fernandez 47 - 49 -2 77.0 56.7% 0.95
United States Koby 'kobruh' Higgs 39 - 55 -16 69.0 52.2% 0.77
Canada Sean 'Inseaniac' Morrison 36 - 57 -21 66.6 61.2% 0.71
United States Bucky 'MrKaiser' Kaiser 29 - 54 -25 57.3 59.7% 0.68

After their close series against iNTACT, Ghost made comparatively short work of Big Frames, dispatching them in two maps. Yassine "Subroza" Taoufik stood out during this match putting up a 1.8 K/D ratio and 111 ADR.

Big Frames
0 - 2
Ghost
All maps
Big Frames K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Andy 'devastation' Parr 29 - 38 -9 73.2 71.1% 0.88
United States Ryan 'Church' Church 28 - 41 -13 73.6 62.2% 0.78
United States Thomas 'tconnors' Connors 26 - 37 -11 67.1 57.8% 0.76
United States Jimmy 'Nurfed' McFadden 20 - 39 -19 64.9 51.1% 0.65
United States Jacob 'L0NER' Webster 22 - 40 -18 50.0 60.0% 0.60
Ghost K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Canada Yassine 'Subroza' Taoufik 49 - 27 +22 111.9 80.0% 1.64
United States Kenneth 'koosta' Suen 45 - 23 +22 94.2 80.0% 1.58
United States Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadir 39 - 29 +10 101.6 82.2% 1.40
Canada Matthew 'WARDELL' Yu 35 - 23 +12 73.8 86.7% 1.32
United States Jason 'neptune' Tran 27 - 24 +3 65.7 86.7% 1.11

On the other side of the bracket, The Quest took on a Hysteria to determine the final team to advance from the third qualifier. Much like Ghost's semi-final outing, The Quest quickly dispatched of their opposition by cleaning up on Cache 16-5 and Nuke 16-9.

The Quest
2 - 0
Hysteria
All maps
The Quest K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Logan 'Voltage' Long 43 - 24 +19 88.2 84.8% 1.46
United States Jack 'xCeeD' Holiman 44 - 26 +18 95.9 78.3% 1.44
Canada Jonathan 'Jonji' Carey 41 - 33 +8 101.7 78.3% 1.32
United States Matthew 'mCe' Elmore 37 - 28 +9 90.7 76.1% 1.27
United States Trevor 'FrostayK' Bandle 29 - 24 +5 69.5 71.7% 1.11
Hysteria K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Malick 'dangle' Abid 32 - 40 -8 80.8 69.6% 1.00
United States Jordon 'jitter' Ruggiero 26 - 39 -13 69.8 60.9% 0.84
United States Jeremy 'Mundle' King 25 - 40 -15 61.2 63.0% 0.76
United States Austin 'RenZ' Dickman 25 - 38 -13 63.7 63.0% 0.75
Canada Shawn 'Magowi' O'Malley 24 - 38 -14 58.5 52.2% 0.69

With Ghost and The Quest securing their spots in the Challenger Cup, the full of qualified teams so far is:

United States MASSIVEimpact United States Zone
United States Mythic United States The Fundamentals
United States Ghost United States The Quest
Qualifier #4 Qualifier #4

The final ECS qualifier is set to begin tomorrow to determine the final two spots for the ECS Season 7 Challenger Cup. As always, links and dates for upcoming qualifiers can be found on the Dust2.us Calendar.

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February 26, 2019 07:51AM
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Glad Ghost made it, gonna be tougher opponents ahead though that will test how good they are strats-wise
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