The Chongqing Major North America Qualifier

[e][h]The Chongqing Major North America Qualifier

League Information

Series:

Chongqing Major

Organizer:

StarLadder
ImbaTV

Sponsor:

Chongqing Cable Networks

Version:

7.20c

Type:

Online

Location:

North America

Teams:

8

Format:

GSL Group Stage
Double Elimination Playoffs

Start Date:

2018-11-28

End Date:

2018-11-30

Liquipedia Tier:

Qualifier

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The Chongqing Major North America Qualifier determines three North American teams that will advance to Chongqing Major.^[1]

Format[edit]

Group Stage
- Four invited teams and four open qualifiers^[2]
- Eight teams are divided into two groups of four teams each where they play in a double-elimination (GSL) format.
- All matches are played in a Bo3.
- The top two teams from each group advance to the playoffs.
Playoffs:
- Four teams play in a double-elimination bracket
- All matches are played in a Bo3
- Three teams qualify to The Chongqing Major

Broadcast Talent[edit]

English Broadcast
Russian Broadcast
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Host:
- Sheever (Jorien van der Heijden)

Analysts:
- Jenkins (Andrew Jenkins)
- GoDz (David Parker)
- Lyrical (Gabriel Cruz)

Casters:
- ODPixel (Owen Davies)
- Kyle (Kyle Freedman)
- Lacoste (Dominik Stipić)
- GranDGranT (Grant Harris)
- Capitalist (Austin Walsh)
- Blitz (William Lee)

Remote Caster:
- BreakyCPK (Nick Caras)

Hosts:
- Tonya (Antonina Predko)
- DonStepan (Stepan Shulga)

Analysts:
- NS (Yaroslav Kuznetsov)
- LighTofHeaveN (Dmitry Kupriyanov)
- ARS-ART (Sergey Antonovich Revin)
- Artstyle (Ivan Antonov)

Casters:
- Droog (Dmitry Chumachenko)
- 4ce (Nikita Kotkov)
- CaspeRRR (Roman Lepokhin)
- GodHunt (Viktor Volkov)
- Feaver (Oleg Skarzhinsky)
- Adekvat (Rustam Mavliutov)
- Maelstorm (Vladimir Kuzminov)
- BafiK (Aleksey Bafadarov)

Prize Pool[edit]

Place	Qualified	Team
1st		J.Storm
2nd		Forward Gaming
3rd		Evil Geniuses
4th	-	Plus Ultra
5th-6th	-	compLexity Gaming
5th-6th	-	TEAM TEAM
7th-8th	-	team_borster
7th-8th	-	Zugzwang

Participating Teams[edit]

compLexity Gaming^{1, 2}^[2]

1	Meracle
2	Limmp
3	Deth
4	Zfreek
5	Adam


Invited

Evil Geniuses^[2]

1	Arteezy
2	SumaiL
3	s4
4	Cr1t-
5	Fly


Invited

Forward Gaming^[2]

1	YawaR
2	Resolut1on
3	UNiVeRsE
4	MSS
5	SVG


Invited

J.Storm^[2]

1	Moo
2	Bryle
3	FoREv
4	MiLAN
5	March


Invited

Team Borster

1	KvH
2	brink
3	KendoGod
4	Boris
5	Jubei


Open Qualifier #1

TEAM TEAM

1	Sammyboy
2	Ryoya
3	Brax
4	Newsham
5	ixmike


Open Qualifier #1

Plus Ultra³

1	EternaLEnVy
2	Shisui
3	monkeys-forever
4	Sneyking
5	Fear


Open Qualifier #2

Zugzwang

1	lorelei
2	iAnnihilate
3	lukiluki
4	Gunnar
5	Bloody Nine


Open Qualifier #2

¹

EternalEnvy and

Sneyking depart compLexity.

Skem is benched.^[3]

²

Meracle,

Deth and

Adam join compLexity on a trial basis. ^[4]

³ Team doggies renamed to Plus Ultra.

Results[edit]

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group A
1.	Evil Geniuses	2-0	4-0
2.	Plus Ultra	2-1	4-2
3.	compLexity Gaming	1-2	2-4
4.	team_borster	0-2	0-4

Matches
Opening Matches
EG	2 EG borster November 28, 2018 - 14:00 PST 24m21s 22m01s	0	borster
coL	0 coL PU November 28, 2018 - 14:00 PST 38m09s 22m39s	2	PU
Winners' Match
EG	2 EG PU November 28, 2018 - 17:30 PST 23m50s 27m31s	0	PU
Losers' Match
borster	0 borster coL November 28, 2018 - 17:30 PST 27m24s 19m14s	2	coL
Decider Match
coL	0 coL PU November 29, 2018 - 14:00 PST 44m14s 45m22s	2	PU

Group B[edit]

Group B
1.	Forward Gaming	2-0	4-0
2.	J.Storm	2-1	4-3
3.	TEAM TEAM	1-2	3-4
4.	Zugzwang	0-2	0-4

Matches
Opening Matches
FWD	2 FWD ZZ November 28, 2018 - 14:00 PST 29m10s 18m23s	0	ZZ
J.S	2 J.S TT November 28, 2018 - 14:00 PST 33m34s 29m50s 41m57s	1	TT
Winners' Match
FWD	2 FWD J.S November 28, 2018 - 17:30 PST 46m09s 46m09s	0	J.S
Losers' Match
ZZ	0 ZZ TT November 28, 2018 - 17:30 PST 26m33s 34m33s	2	TT
Decider Match
J.S	2 J.S TT November 29, 2018 - 14:00 PST 32m49s 26m57s	0	TT