Renegades secure Asia Minor spot

With three victories in the upper-bracket of the Oceania Closed Qualifier, Renegades have secured a slot at the Asia Minor.

The Christopher "⁠dexter⁠" Nong-led team were the overwhelming favorites to take one Oceanic spot for the Asia Minor, and did so by overcoming catman, AVANT, and ORDER in a BO3 series.

INS posted a 1.24 rating in the series against AVANT

The opening series against catman was a straightforward 2-0 victory, but Renegades had to work harder in their next two series as they narrowly lost the opening map, Train, in both of them. Former Grayhound member Euan "⁠sterling⁠" Moore was causing them issues in the series against AVANT, but 16-12 and 16-6 victories on Inferno and Nuke ensured Renegades' place in the upper-bracket final against ORDER.

Aside from their weakness on Train, Renegades looked comfortable in the final, keeping their opponents below 10 rounds on both Nuke and Dust2 to claim the 2-1 victory. With their victory over ORDER, dexter and co. have secured their third consecutive Asia Minor appearance.

Asia Minor Oceania Closed Qualifier - ESL One Rio 2020Best of 3 RenegadesMatchpage 2 1 7th March 2020 ORDER 14Train 16 16Nuke 9 16Dust2 7

Renegades	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Christopher 'dexter' Nongdexter	59 - 49	+10	87.5	1.29
Simon 'Sico' WilliamsSico	54 - 40	+14	70.7	1.21
Jordan 'Hatz' BajicHatz	52 - 52	0	70.2	1.08
Joshua 'INS' PotterINS	52 - 49	+3	73.1	1.05
Liam 'malta' Schembrimalta	48 - 51	-3	72.5	1.04

ORDER	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Alistair 'aliStair' JohnstonaliStair	64 - 53	+11	83.2	1.17
Matthew 'Valiance' HartrickValiance	57 - 54	+3	75.4	1.08
Jireh 'J1rah' YouakimJ1rah	39 - 53	-14	62.8	0.85
Karlo 'USTILO' PivacUSTILO	42 - 55	-13	58.3	0.83
Ricardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandRickeh	39 - 51	-12	58.2	0.82

Teams such as ORDER, Chiefs, and AVANT will be vying for the second Oceania spot at the Asia Minor through the lower bracket, with the qualifier concluding tomorrow.

Three of the eight teams for the Asia Minor have now been confirmed:

Mazaalai
Renegades
Greater China
Southeast Asia TIGER
Oceania
Greater China
Middle East Renegades #24 Simon 'Sico' WilliamsChristopher 'dexter' NongJoshua 'INS' PotterJordan 'Hatz' BajicLiam 'malta' Schembri TIGER Gan-Erdene 'dobu' BatboldBold 'ncl' BatsuhBat-Enkh 'kabal' BatbayarErdenetsogt 'erkaSt' GantulgaYesuntumur 'nin9' Gantulga Chiefs #82 Chris 'Jinxx' MoseleyHugh 'HUGH' AndersonTom 'apocdud' HenryJordan 'SkulL' NewlandDaryl 'Mayker' May Mazaalai Temuulen 'Zilkenberg' BattulgaTsog 'Tsogoo' MashbatEnkhtaivan 'Machinegun' LkhagvaIrmuun 'PRISM' TuulUuganbayar 'NEUZ' Nyam-Otgon Grayhound Christopher 'dexter' Nong Age: 25 Team: Renegades Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 678 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.65 AVANT #81 Mike 'ap0c' AliferisChris 'ofnu' HanleyEuan 'sterling' MoorePeter 'BL1TZ' AthanasatosJared 'hazr' O'Bree ORDER #70 Ricardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandKarlo 'USTILO' PivacAlistair 'aliStair' JohnstonJireh 'J1rah' YouakimMatthew 'Valiance' Hartrick Euan 'sterling' Moore Age: 21 Team: AVANT Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 431 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.59 catman #146 Joshua 'spiKez' QualischefskiTyson 'pan1K' MissakCameron 'disk0' MacSaxon 'kibstar' MonkJesse 'lsnow' Tang