VG qualify for SL i-League S2 Finals

After Stage 1 of the China qualifier came to an end, eight teams joined four invited sides (TYLOO, VG.CyberZen, MVP Project, Athletico) in Stage 2, played offline in Shanghai.

In the upper side of the single-elimination, best-of-three bracket Bin "⁠Savage⁠" Liu's squad convincingly defeated BOOT, while the only Korean team edged Born Of Fire after a semi-random draw took place to find the quarter-final match-ups.

The two winners then faced off in the semi-finals for one of the three spots on offer in the China Finals. VG.CyberZen started on the wrong foot, losing Mirage 9-16, before grabbing their own pick, Train, 16-10.

It came down to Cache, where the Chinese dominated the CT side to ensure a place at the $300,000 Finals taking place from September 7-11 in Nanjing.

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MVP Project	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Hyun-Pyo 'XigN' LeeXigN	47 - 55	-8	72.8	60.9%	0.92
Soon-Woo 'Argency' KwonArgency	41 - 51	-10	71.4	56.5%	0.88
Hae-Sung 'HSK' KimHSK	43 - 54	-11	74.1	58.0%	0.88
Hyung-Ju 'Sound' NamSound	38 - 57	-19	62.0	60.9%	0.80
Jung-Hyeon 'rindA' JeonrindA	37 - 55	-18	55.3	59.4%	0.75

VG.CyberZen	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
BingYuan 'tb' Litb	63 - 43	+20	95.0	79.7%	1.44
KunHua 'LOVEYY' BaiLOVEYY	58 - 39	+19	96.8	85.5%	1.40
Bin 'Savage' LiuSavage	55 - 41	+14	80.5	75.4%	1.24
WeiJie 'zhokiNg' ZhongzhokiNg	49 - 42	+7	74.4	73.9%	1.17
Zhuo 'advent' Liangadvent	46 - 41	+5	77.8	73.9%	1.15

The updated list of participants of SL i-League StarSeries Season 2 Finals is following:

fnatic	G2	Natus Vincere	Liquid
Astralis	Virtus.pro	Ninjas in Pyjamas	TBA
VG.CyberZen	China qualifier	China qualifier	NA qualifier
NA qualifier	EU qualifier	EU qualifier	EU qualifier

SK Gaming have announced their withdrawal from the tournament via Twitter due to Fernando "⁠fer⁠" Alvarenga's health issues. StarLadder have not yet decided who their replacement will be.

The other semi-final between Athletico and TYLOO is scheduled for tomorrow at 06:00 . The winner will go on to grab another spot at the finals, while the loser will join MVP Project in the third-place decider for the last China spot.