TYLOO are the first Asia Minor team to secure a spot at the FACEIT Major New Challenger Stage after defeating Tainted Minds 2-0 (16-12 Cache, 16-6 Mirage).

The start of the upper-bracket final of the Asia Minor saw Tainted Minds pick up the T-side pistol on Cache, their map pick, and continue on to a 3-0 lead by cleaning up the anti ecos. With rifles, though, TYLOO looked like the stronger side, chaining five rounds to take the lead.

Ryan "⁠zewsy⁠" Palmer's quicky entry opened up a round for Tainted Minds, which they managed to win and started contesting the half. The score was 8-7 for TYLOO before the switch, but the Chinese-Indonesian side won the pistol and moved up to a 13-7 lead, closing in on a map one win. Chris "⁠ofnu⁠" Hanley and Yaman "⁠yam⁠" Ergenekon then combined well to lock down A in back-to-back rounds, but a force buy upset in which Kevin "⁠xccurate⁠" Susanto secured four swinged things TYLOO's way, allowing them to finish the map 16-12.

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Hui "⁠DD⁠" Wu was on point early on Mirage as the Chinese player got 12 kills in the first seven rounds, seeing his side grab a 6-1 advantage. Tainted Minds' economy was in a bad place after that, but they managed to fight their way back into the half after some eco rounds, focusing towards the A site repeatedly (8-4).

The end of the half was all about TYLOO again, as xccurate winning the AWP duel with yam and Hansel "⁠BnTeT⁠" Ferdinand pulling off a crucial flank saw them win round 14 and finish the half 11-4 up. BnTeT clutched a 1v1 against yam in the second pistol round after his side broke out on the B site, which saw TYLOO get to match point shortly, 15-4. The Australian side held them at bay for a bit, but ultimately fell to a force-buy B push by TYLOO, who won the map 16-6.

Asia Minor - FACEIT Major 2018Best of 3 TYLOOMatchpage 2 0 19th July 2018 Tainted Minds 16Cache 12 16Mirage 6

TYLOO	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Hui 'DD' WuDD	48 - 31	+17	97.5	1.46
Kevin 'xccurate' Susantoxccurate	44 - 30	+14	83.5	1.32
Hansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandBnTeT	35 - 29	+6	87.3	1.28
HaoWen 'somebody' Xusomebody	41 - 33	+8	82.4	1.25
Ke 'captainMo' LiucaptainMo	30 - 32	-2	65.8	0.99

Tainted Minds	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Joshua 'INS' PotterINS	34 - 37	-3	79.4	1.05
Yaman 'yam' Ergenekonyam	34 - 41	-7	72.7	1.01
Chris 'ofnu' Hanleyofnu	32 - 41	-9	77.9	0.89
Callum 'BURNRUOk' HendersonBURNRUOk	31 - 36	-5	55.6	0.83
Ryan 'zewsy' Palmerzewsy	24 - 43	-19	58.4	0.70

Team list for the FACEIT Major New Challenger Stage now looks as follows:

Gambit
Space Soldiers
Astralis
North
Rogue
HellRaisers
TYLOO
EU Minor #1Vega Squadron
BIG
Liquid
Virtus.pro
Complexity
Spirit
Asia Minor #2
EU Minor #2BIG #7 Fatih 'gob b' DayikJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschJohannes 'nex' MagetOwen 'smooya' Butterfield Spirit #32 Vadim 'DavCost' VasilyevDmitriy 'Dimaoneshot' BandurkaDmitry 'S0tF1k' ForostyankoPavel 'COLDYY1' VeklenkoViktor 'sdy' Orudzhev Gambit #18 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' KhassenovNikolay 'mir' Bityukov Vega Squadron #61 Anton 'tonyblack' KolesnikovLeonid 'chopper' VishnyakovDmitriy 'jR' ChervakPavel 'hutji' LashkovIgor 'crush' Shevchenko Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif Rogue #29 Spencer 'Hiko' MartinCasper 'cadiaN' MøllerRicardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandHunter 'SicK' MimsDaniel 'vice' Kim Space Soldiers #19 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınAhmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' Kor Liquid #4 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Complexity #30 Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanRory 'dephh' JacksonPeter 'stanislaw' JarguzJaccob 'yay' WhiteakerBradley 'ANDROID' Fodor Hui 'DD' Wu Age: 23 Team: TYLOO Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 641 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.66 Kevin 'xccurate' Susanto Age: 20 Team: TYLOO Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 358 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.64 Tainted Minds #69 Yaman 'yam' ErgenekonRyan 'zewsy' PalmerChris 'ofnu' HanleyCallum 'BURNRUOk' HendersonJoshua 'INS' Potter Hansel 'BnTeT' Ferdinand Age: 22 Team: TYLOO Rating 1.0: 1.26 Maps played: 413 KPR: 0.84 DPR: 0.61 Yaman 'yam' Ergenekon Age: 29 Team: Tainted Minds Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 453 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.65 Virtus.pro #22 Filip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiPaweł 'byali' BielińskiMichał 'MICHU' Müller Ryan 'zewsy' Palmer Age: 21 Team: Tainted Minds Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 372 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.68 HellRaisers #15 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukÖzgür 'woxic' EkerBence 'DeadFox' BöröczIssa 'ISSAA' Murad North #10 Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupOscar 'mixwell' CañellasMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeValdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangså Chris 'ofnu' Hanley Age: 25 Team: Tainted Minds Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 414 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.67 TYLOO #16 Ke 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuHansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandHaoWen 'somebody' XuKevin 'xccurate' Susanto