Renegades & Liquid finalise StarSeries i

Renegades and Liquid have both earned spots at StarSeries i-League Season 4 after finishing top two in the North American qualifier.

Eight invited teams competed in a single-elimination bracket for the chance to secure a spot at the upcoming StarSeries event, in Kiev, where $300,000 will be up for grabs.

The opening round of the qualifier went according to script as all the favourites managed to go through, even though Liquid and NRG were made to sweat to fend off the threat of Complexity and Rise Nation, respectively.

NAF topped the scoreboard for Renegades against NRG

The first semi-final, featuring Liquid and Luminosity was a complete one-sided affair as the North Americans ran out comfortable 2-0 winners while dropping just five rounds throughout the series.

StarSeries i-League Season 4 North America QualifierBest of 3 LiquidMatchpage 2 0 3rd February 2018 Luminosity 16Train 2 16Mirage 3

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Russel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenTwistzz	37 - 13	+24	100.0	1.77
Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE	39 - 17	+22	95.0	1.62
Josh 'jdm64' Marzanojdm64	33 - 17	+16	92.5	1.61
Lucas 'steel' Lopessteel	28 - 18	+10	88.8	1.32
Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0	27 - 20	+7	79.0	1.18

Luminosity	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Marcelo 'chelo' Cespedeschelo	20 - 32	-12	59.3	0.70
Gabriel 'NEKIZ' SchenatoNEKIZ	20 - 32	-12	64.5	0.66
Gustavo 'yel' Knittelyel	20 - 33	-13	58.4	0.66
Gustavo 'SHOOWTiME' GonçalvesSHOOWTiME	16 - 31	-15	55.7	0.50
Vinicios 'PKL' CoelhoPKL	9 - 37	-28	46.0	0.25

The other match was not quite as straightforward, at least not the first map, as Renegades picked up a close 16-14 victory on Cache after overturning a 12-3 halftime deficit thanks to a great display from Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic, who put in a team-leading 1.53 Rating. The Canadian player continued his dominant showing on the second map, Inferno, helping the Australian side to cruise to a comprehensive 16-2 victory.

StarSeries i-League Season 4 North America QualifierBest of 3 RenegadesMatchpage 2 0 3rd February 2018 NRG 16Cache 14 16Inferno 2

Renegades	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Keith 'NAF' MarkovicNAF	46 - 22	+24	99.2	1.59
Karlo 'USTILO' PivacUSTILO	40 - 28	+12	92.9	1.38
Noah 'Nifty' FrancisNifty	35 - 26	+9	71.5	1.24
Aaron 'AZR' WardAZR	33 - 29	+4	85.3	1.21
Justin 'jks' Savagejks	38 - 28	+10	77.8	1.20

NRG	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Ethan 'Ethan' ArnoldEthan	30 - 39	-9	82.9	1.01
Jacob 'FugLy' MedinaFugLy	30 - 37	-7	80.4	0.96
Vincent 'Brehze' CayonteBrehze	31 - 38	-7	65.6	0.82
Damian 'daps' Steeledaps	23 - 39	-16	56.2	0.69
Tsvetelin 'CeRq' DimitrovCeRq	18 - 39	-21	40.3	0.60

The StarSeries i-League Season 4 event will run from February 17-25 at the Kiev Cybersport Arena. Sixteen teams, ten invited plus six qualified, will take part in this competition, which will begin with a best-of-three Swiss stage.

The final team list for the Ukrainian event looks as follows:

Astralis	FaZe
Cloud9	fnatic
G2	Gambit
MOUZ	SK
Natus Vincere	Virtus.pro
TYLOO	MVP PK
HEROIC	HellRaisers
Liquid	Renegades

Virtus.pro #10 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński Complexity #45 Pujan 'FNS' MehtaRory 'dephh' JacksonJaccob 'yay' WhiteakerPeter 'ptr' GurneyBradley 'ANDROID' Fodor HEROIC #22 Andreas 'MODDII' FridhMarco 'Snappi' PfeifferPatrick 'es3tag' HansenJakob 'JUGi' HansenNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen Luminosity #26 Vinicios 'PKL' CoelhoGustavo 'SHOOWTiME' GonçalvesGabriel 'NEKIZ' SchenatoGustavo 'yel' KnittelMarcelo 'chelo' Cespedes fnatic #6 Robin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonMaikil 'Golden' Selim MVP PK #44 Keun-Chul 'solo' KangMin-Soo 'glow' KimMin-Seok 'zeff' ParkHyun-Pyo 'XigN' LeeHae-Sung 'HSK' Kim FaZe #2 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenOlof 'olofmeister' KajbjerLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' Nygaard Renegades #19 Justin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardKeith 'NAF' MarkovicKarlo 'USTILO' PivacNoah 'Nifty' Francis Astralis #5 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Keith 'NAF' Markovic Age: 20 Team: Renegades Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 679 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.65 Gambit #11 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' KhassenovBektiyar 'fitch' Bahytov Liquid #14 Lucas 'steel' LopesNick 'nitr0' CannellaJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Natus Vincere #9 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov G2 #4 Richard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro MOUZ #7 Tomáš 'oskar' ŠťastnýChris 'chrisJ' de JongMiikka 'suNny' KemppiMartin 'STYKO' StykRobin 'ropz' Kool SK #1 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaRicardo 'boltz' PrassMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo HellRaisers #21 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukÖzgür 'woxic' EkerBence 'DeadFox' BöröczIssa 'ISSAA' Murad Rise Nation #48 Skyler 'Relyks' WeaverWill 'dazzLe' LoafmanMichael 'dapr' GulinoKaleb 'moose' JayneBrandon 'Ace' Winn NRG #25 Damian 'daps' SteeleJacob 'FugLy' MedinaVincent 'Brehze' CayonteEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov TYLOO #30 Ke 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuHansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandHaoWen 'somebody' XuKevin 'xccurate' Susanto Cloud9 #3 Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaTarik 'tarik' CelikTimothy 'autimatic' TaJake 'Stewie2K' Yip