Valiance and TyLoo have advanced to the playoffs at Qi Invitational after placing in the top two in Group B.

The Group B action kicked off with Eclipse’s win against BIG and Valiance’s victory over TYLOO in the opening matches. Valiance secured their place in the playoffs by beating Eclipse 16-12 on Inferno in the winners’ match.

TYLOO faced BIG in the elimination match which was a best-of-three game. TYLOO had narrow wins on both maps, winning 16-14 on Overpass and 16-13 on Inferno. With this result, the Chinese earned a shot at qualifying for the playoffs through the decider game against Eclipse.

huNter's team finished the group in first place

The first map in the best-of-three decider game between two Chinese teams–TYLOO and Eclipse–was Mirage. Ke "⁠captainMo⁠" Liu & company secured the first map with a 16-13 victory. On Inferno, which was the second map, TYLOO had a 12-3 T-side half and closed out the map 16-8, winning the series 2-0 and advancing to the playoffs.

Qi InvitationalBest of 3 EclipseMatchpage 0 2 25th April 2018 TYLOO 13Mirage 16 8Inferno 16

Eclipse	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Wei 'shuadapai' Wangshuadapai	37 - 39	-2	84.7	1.02
YangYang 'ayaya' Zhengayaya	35 - 39	-4	66.2	0.95
Yue 'AE' YuAE	36 - 42	-6	68.2	0.88
Lei 'bottle' Maobottle	31 - 41	-10	68.7	0.80
YiNan 'Mr.mao' WangMr.mao	21 - 43	-22	58.7	0.56

TYLOO	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
HaoWen 'somebody' Xusomebody	45 - 33	+12	98.4	1.38
Hui 'DD' WuDD	43 - 35	+8	95.4	1.29
Kevin 'xccurate' Susantoxccurate	42 - 30	+12	75.0	1.28
Hansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandBnTeT	40 - 26	+14	79.1	1.26
Ke 'captainMo' LiucaptainMo	33 - 36	-3	67.7	0.92

The $75,000 event will continue tomorrow with two semi-finals, third-place decider match, and the grand final. AGO will take on TYLOO while Valiance play GODSENT in the semis.

BIG #28 Fatih 'gob b' DayikJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschJohannes 'nex' MagetOwen 'smooya' Butterfield Ke 'captainMo' Liu Age: 28 Team: TYLOO Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 572 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.67 Eclipse #97 Enkhtaivan 'Machinegun' LkhagvaLei 'bottle' MaoYangYang 'ayaya' ZhengWei 'shuadapai' WangYue 'AE' Yu AGO #23 Damian 'Furlan' KislowskiDominik 'GruBy' SwiderskiMichał 'snatchie' RudzkiMateusz 'TOAO' ZawistowskiTomasz 'phr' Wójcik Valiance #30 Anel 'NENO' CekovićLuka 'emi' VukovićNemanja 'huNter-' KovačNestor 'LETN1' TanićAleksa 'Impulse' Stankić GODSENT #19 Simon 'twist' EliassonJoakim 'disco doplan' GidetunFredrik 'freddieb' BuöHampus 'hampus' PoserLudvig 'Brollan' Brolin TYLOO #25 Ke 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuHansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandHaoWen 'somebody' XuKevin 'xccurate' Susanto