Grayhound qualify for Asia Minor

Grayhound have punched their ticket to the Asia Minor after defeating AVANT 2-1 in the upper bracket final of the Oceania closed qualifier.

The qualifier, which offers two spots at the Asia Minor, kicked off on June 1 with an eight-team, double elimination bracket. AVANT defeated ORDER and Ground Zero to advance to the upper bracket final while Grayhound moved past PC419 and Genuine.

The game between AVANT and Grayhound kicked off on the latter team's map pick, Nuke. AVANT were impressive on the T-side as they picked up nine rounds in the first half. They closed out the map with a 16-10 score to take the 1-0 lead in the series.

Grayhound are headed to the Asia Minor

Grayhound hit back on Mirage where they wasted five match points before wrapping it up 16-14. Ollie "⁠DickStacy⁠" Tierney and company didn't fool around on Inferno, securing the first 13 rounds on offense. Grayhound won the map 16-9 to take the 2-1 series victory, qualifying for the Asia Minor.

The other spot on the line in the Oceania closed qualifier will be given away in the consolidation final, which will feature AVANT and the winner of the lower bracket final between ORDER and rewound.

Asia Minor Oceania Closed Qualifier - StarLadder Major 2019Best of 3 AVANTMatchpage 1 2 2nd June 2019 Grayhound 16Nuke 10 14Mirage 16 9Inferno 16

AVANT	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Euan 'sterling' Mooresterling	62 - 47	+15	74.6	1.15
Mike 'ap0c' Aliferisap0c	63 - 59	+4	87.1	1.12
Jared 'hazr' O'Breehazr	65 - 58	+7	78.2	1.09
Jireh 'J1rah' YouakimJ1rah	41 - 51	-10	66.3	0.95
Jay 'soju_j' Jeongsoju_j	34 - 55	-21	52.6	0.79

Grayhound	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Simon 'Sico' WilliamsSico	56 - 40	+16	77.3	1.23
Liam 'malta' Schembrimalta	53 - 50	+3	77.9	1.12
Erdenetsogt 'erkaSt' GantulgaerkaSt	53 - 53	0	81.0	1.04
Ollie 'DickStacy' TierneyDickStacy	52 - 61	-9	68.7	0.98
Christopher 'dexter' Nongdexter	56 - 61	-5	66.0	0.94

The Asia Minor, which will be held on July 24-28, will take place in Berlin, Germany where two spots at the StarLadder Major's New Challenger's Stage and a Minors' play-in slot will be on offer.

The current team list for the Asia Minor can be found below:

Alpha Red
Energy
Grayhound
Oceania Closed QualifierFFAmix
MVP PK
China Closed Qualifier
China Closed QualifierORDER #69 Chris 'emagine' RowlandsAlistair 'aliStair' JohnstonJoshua 'INS' PotterJordan 'Hatz' BajicCharlie 'zeph' Dodd Energy #111 Josh 'bLazE' SaundersMax 'rAid' LithgowNico 'Dweezil' DevonportGareth 'MisteM' RiesAdam 'adM' Mansoor MVP PK #26 Min-Seok 'zeff' ParkHyun-Pyo 'XigN' LeeHae-Sung 'HSK' KimSeon-Ho 'xeta' SonGu-Taek 'stax' Kim PC419 #126 Hayden 'Wolfy' VenterJason 'DuckyPanic' BlizzardDominic 'Doom' WilsonKieren 'Muzoona' JacksonBilly 'BeeTee' Thomson rewound #119 Alec 'Noisia' GulabovskiAndrew 'YDNA' AdamsNelson 'keeyto' ThenMatthew 'Valiance' HartrickLuke 'Llamas' Merchant AVANT #120 Mike 'ap0c' AliferisJay 'soju_j' JeongEuan 'sterling' MooreJireh 'J1rah' YouakimJared 'hazr' O'Bree Ollie 'DickStacy' Tierney Age: 22 Team: Grayhound Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 526 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.65 Genuine #141 Chris 'Jinxx' MoseleyHugh 'HUGH' AndersonTom 'apocdud' HenryJordan 'SkulL' NewlandDaryl 'Mayker' May FFAmix #93 Mohammad 'Zerocool' Ahmad Issa Al-AdwanOmar 'Jabz' JabbouriMoustafa 'BLACKEAGLE' BaghdadiFlatron 'juanflatroo' HalimiDionis 'sinnopsyy' Budeci Grayhound #17 Simon 'Sico' WilliamsChristopher 'dexter' NongErdenetsogt 'erkaSt' GantulgaLiam 'malta' SchembriOllie 'DickStacy' Tierney Alpha Red #63 Peeratch 'Olivia' IngkudanondaMaitri 'MAIROLLS' SukrobKrit 'Kntz' ChaiprasitAnupong 'stk' MueangngamItthirit 'foxz' Ngamsaard Ground Zero #122 Mohammed 'MoeycQ' TizaniCallum 'BURNRUOk' HendersonChase 'Xtinct' DicksonPeter 'zemp' RenoufCooper 'void' Farrell