Renegades to face IHC for first Major spot in Asia RMR

A big upset saw TYLOO drop to the lower bracket at the hands of the Mongolian squad.

Renegades and IHC are set to face off for the first of two PGL Major Antwerp spots on offer at the Asia Regional Major Ranking tournament after winning their respective matches in the opening round.

The former Checkmate team surprised TYLOO in the first upper bracket series, taking revenge for two losses they suffered at the hands of the Chinese squad in the playoffs of the ESL Challenger League Asia-Pacific just two weeks ago.

Renegades are heavy favorites to grab one of the two Major spots

Hansel "⁠BnTeT⁠" Ferdinand and company put up a big fight, but big first halves from the Mongolians on the Terrorist side of Mirage and CT side of Ancient left little room to work with for TYLOO, who ended up losing the series 0-2 despite their efforts to come back into contention on both maps.

Renegades took down Looking For Org in the second upper bracket semi-final in another 2-0 series, which saw the big tournament favorites around Joshua "⁠INS⁠" Potter come back to win a close Nuke affair after going down 0-6 early and close things out with a landslide victory on Vertigo.

TYLOO and LFO will face off next in the lower bracket in the first elimination match at the Asia RMR, before the two Contender spots at PGL Major Antwerp are decided on Saturday.