Space Soldiers qualify for SL i-League Invitational Shanghai

The last qualifier for the Chinese event saw Space Soldiers and HAVU reach the decisive stage, with Envy, MOUZ and HEROIC among the teams who were knockout out along the way.

The best-of-three series started began on Overpass, which went to overtime as HAVU could not deal the finishing blow when up 14-11. The first overtime could not decide a winner, but, in the second one, the Turkish team picked up four teams to take the map at 22-20. 

MAJ3R's Space Soldiers won the qualifier without dropping a map

Cache saw Space Soldiers take control of proceedings after losing the first two rounds of the game. Down 2-3, HAVU came close to restoring parity, but Buğra "⁠Calyx⁠" Arkın pulled off an impressive 1v3 clutch to keep his team in the lead.  

The Turkish team continued to exert their dominance across the map, bringing the scoreline to a 9-3 advantage. HAVU then found a lifeline as they picked up two rounds in a row, with the final round of the half going to Space Soldiers.

Carrying their momentum into the second half, Space Soldiers won five rounds straight to hit match point. HAVU would then get a round on the board, but it was too little, too late, as the Turkish team wrapped things up to clinch a 2-0 victory and secure a place in the $150,000 tournament.

SL i-League Invitational Shanghai 2017 Europe QualifierBest of 3

Space Soldiers

Matchpage

2

0

12th October 2017

HAVU

22

Overpass

20

16

Cache

6

Space Soldiers	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Ismailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşXANTARES	56 - 44	+12	100.7	71.9%	1.41
Buğra 'Calyx' ArkınCalyx	56 - 35	+21	88.2	76.6%	1.40
Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliMAJ3R	48 - 36	+12	79.8	75.0%	1.25
Ahmet 'paz' Karahocapaz	39 - 43	-4	63.2	71.9%	0.96
Engin 'ngiN' KorngiN	37 - 44	-7	59.8	62.5%	0.83

HAVU	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Otto 'ottoNd' SihvoottoNd	45 - 45	0	67.3	64.1%	0.98
Jere 'sergej' Salosergej	46 - 47	-1	72.4	65.6%	0.98
Jesse 'KHRN' GrandellKHRN	41 - 46	-5	69.7	60.9%	0.88
Mikko 'xartE' VälimaaxartE	38 - 46	-8	68.3	62.5%	0.86
Aleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenAleksib	32 - 52	-20	69.7	65.6%	0.79

With three invitees still to be determined for the event, which will run from November 2-5, here is how the team list currently looks:

Gambit	Flash
TYLOO	Spirit
Space Soldiers	Invite #3
Null element Invite #4	Invite #5