Grayhound qualify for IEM Chengdu

The Australian side cruised through the majority of the qualifier with ease.

Grayhound have secured a place at IEM Chengdu after taking down Mindfreak 2-0 in the Oceania closed qualifier, grabbing the sole spot for the event available to the region.

As the dominant side in Oceania it was no surprise Grayhound qualified for the event in China, but their qualification run began with a hard-fought battle against Bad News Kangaroos (formerly VERTEX).

After stealing each other's map picks the two sides scrapped out an overtime bout on Inferno, which Christopher "⁠dexter⁠" Nong and co. eventually clinched.

It was far easier sailing for Grayhound in their other two series, both coming against Mindfreak due to the double elimination format, as they limited their opponent to single digits on all four maps played.

Date	Matches
IEM Chengdu 2024 Oceania Closed Qualifier
22/01/2024	Grayhound Finished 2:1 Bad News Kangaroos	Match
22/01/2024	Grayhound Finished 2:0 Mindfreak	Match
23/01/2024	Grayhound Finished 2:0 Mindfreak	Match

Grayhound have been in solid form regionally since the return of dexter and the addition of Erdenetsogt "⁠erkaSt⁠" Gantulga as coach, winning 11 of the 12 matches they have played, with their one loss coming in a best-of-one against Bad News Kangaroos.

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Grayhound can now look forward to a trip to China where they will join the likes of FaZe and G2 at the $250,000 LAN, which will take place April 8-14.

There are two more spots left to be decided for the Chinese tournament, which will be dished out to the winners of the Europe and Asia closed qualifiers. Teams like Falcons, BetBoom and Eternal Fire are set to fight for a berth in Europe, whilst The MongolZ and TYLOO are among those lined up for the Asian qualifier.

The team list for IEM Chengdu 20224 is as follows:

FaZe
MOUZ
Virtus.pro
G2
Monte
Complexity
Cloud9
Europe qualifier

FURIA
Astralis
Lynn Vision
9z
M80
HEROIC
Grayhound
Asia qualifier