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.
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 
Eclipse
Matchpage 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' Maget
Owen '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' Vuković
Nemanja '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 (责任编辑：skinhub)
