ViCi qualify for ESL Pro League S8 Finals over CyberZen

ViCi are through to the ESL Pro League Season 8 Finals after defeating CyberZen 2-0 (16-13 on Overpass, 16-14 on Train).

The ESL Pro League Season 8 Asia finals saw ViCi and CyberZen reach the grand final after beating 2ez and Lucid Dream, respectively, in the previous stage of the bracket.

The deciding series kicked off on CyberZen's map pick, Overpass, but it was ViCi who started things off on the right foot, constantly denying their opponents to bag a dominant 13-2 half-time lead.

With Zhen "⁠HZ⁠" Huang, who finished the map with an impressive 1.39 rating, leading the way for his team, CyberZen went on a massive run to reduce the deficit to a single round, 13-14, but it was all in vain, as ViCi remained calm and collected to take the lead in the series.

kaze was the highest-rated player of the final at 1.32

Train was the polar opposite of the previous map, as both halves were highly contested by the two Chinese squads, with ViCi taking a narrow 8-7 lead on the Terrorist side. In the second half, CyberZen eventually turned the score around, 13-11, but then, with Andrew "⁠kaze⁠" Khong stepping up to the plate with 25 kills and a 1.41 rating, ViCi lost only one of the last six rounds to seal the deal and book their spot in Odense.

ESL Pro League Season 8 AsiaBest of 3 CyberZenMatchpage 0 2 6th November 2018 ViCi 13Overpass 16 14Train 16

CyberZen	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Zhen 'HZ' HuangHZ	46 - 38	+8	83.7	1.18
Bin 'Savage' LiuSavage	41 - 38	+3	66.3	1.03
Lei 'bottle' Maobottle	35 - 49	-14	79.6	0.91
Lifan 'Viva' RanViva	32 - 39	-7	64.8	0.88
BingYuan 'tb' Litb	30 - 42	-12	53.3	0.84

ViCi	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Andrew 'kaze' Khongkaze	49 - 30	+19	79.6	1.32
WingHei 'Freeman' CheungFreeman	48 - 33	+15	80.3	1.24
ZhiHong 'aumaN' LiuaumaN	38 - 38	0	82.8	1.14
Zhuo 'advent' Liangadvent	38 - 38	0	64.8	1.01
WeiJie 'zhokiNg' ZhongzhokiNg	33 - 45	-12	74.7	0.94

The ESL Pro League Season 8 Finals will run from December 4-9 at the Sparekassen Fyn Arena, where 16 teams will be battling it out for the lion's share of the $250,000 prize pool. The team list for the prestigious event currently looks as follows:

Astralis
MIBR
ORDER
BIG
Europe #4
Europe #6
North America #4
North America #6 Natus Vincere
Ghost
ViCi
Liquid
Europe #5
Europe #7
North America #5
ESL LA League winner Liquid #3 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken BIG #10 Fatih 'gob b' DayikJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschJohannes 'nex' MagetOwen 'smooya' Butterfield MIBR #5 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoTarik 'tarik' CelikFernando 'fer' AlvarengaJake 'Stewie2K' YipMarcelo 'coldzera' David ORDER #73 Chris 'emagine' RowlandsAlistair 'aliStair' JohnstonJoshua 'INS' PotterJordan 'Hatz' BajicCharlie 'zeph' Dodd 2ez #178 Aaqib 'FalKen' DingankarSabyasachi 'Antidote' BoseTejas 'Rex' KotianRahul 't1to' SridharChinmay 'PoKI' Mehta Andrew 'kaze' Khong Age: 24 Team: ViCi Rating 1.0: 1.20 Maps played: 383 KPR: 0.80 DPR: 0.62 ViCi #68 Zhuo 'advent' LiangWeiJie 'zhokiNg' ZhongZhiHong 'aumaN' LiuAndrew 'kaze' KhongWingHei 'Freeman' Cheung Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif Zhen 'HZ' Huang Age: 28 Team: CyberZen Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 350 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.67 Lucid Dream #152 Sattawut 'Leaf' ReathongJirayu 'wannafly' MeesukWarunyu 'zendy' SanitwongchaiPatcharapon 'Niffy' JunmanTuchpong 'JUSTCAUSE' Pongthanadechakit Ghost #24 Joshua 'steel' NissanKenneth 'koosta' SuenYassine 'Subroza' TaoufikMatthew 'WARDELL' YuJason 'neptune' Tran CyberZen #40 Bin 'Savage' LiuBingYuan 'tb' LiZhen 'HZ' HuangLei 'bottle' MaoLifan 'Viva' Ran Natus Vincere #2 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov