Flash win eXTREMESLAND Asia Finals 2017

Flash have been crowned the eXTREMESLAND Asia Finals 2017 champions after beating Eclipse 2-1.

The grand final of the Chinese event pitted Flash against Eclipse after the duo defeated Kings and ViCi, respectively, in the semi-final stage of the competition, with both matches going to three maps.

The title decider began on Inferno, Flash's map pick, with Andrew "⁠kaze⁠" Khong and co. taking control of proceedings from the get-go as they cruised to an 11-2 lead on the CT side. Eclipse still managed to bag the final two rounds of the half, but Flash further increased their lead by taking the pistol round and the subsequent anti-ecos.

A four-round streak still gave Eclipse some hop as they brought the scoreline to 14-8, but one final push from the Terrorists gave them the two rounds they needed to close out the map.

kaze was one of the main players for Flash

Cobblestone was a completely different story. Flash could not string more than two rounds together throughout the half as they found it very hard to break through Eclipse's defense, with the half ending in a 10-5 scoreline. 

YangYang "⁠ayaya⁠" Zheng & co. picked up where they had left off and piled even more pressure on Flash by winning the first three rounds of the second half. The CTs still tried to get back into the game, but eventually Eclipse locked down the map, 16-8, to take the series to a third map.

On Train, the decider map, Flash got off to a blazing fast start as they took the first seven rounds of the game. Eclipse then finally managed to get a couple of rounds on the board, but they were still limited to four rounds at the end of the half. 

Eclipse kept themselves in the game by taking the first three rounds of the second half, but one Flash bought up it was all over as YuanZhang "⁠Attacker⁠" Sheng's men secured five rounds straight en-route to a 16-7 finish.

eXTREMESLAND 2017 Asia FinalsBest of 3 FlashMatchpage 2 1 22nd October 2017 Eclipse 16Inferno 9 8Cobblestone 16 16Train 7

Flash	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Andrew 'kaze' Khongkaze	55 - 44	+11	80.1	1.20
YuLun 'Summer' CaiSummer	53 - 44	+9	87.1	1.19
YuanZhang 'Attacker' ShengAttacker	57 - 45	+12	80.4	1.19
QiFang 'Karsa' SuKarsa	49 - 48	+1	70.2	1.02
KunHua 'LOVEYY' BaiLOVEYY	41 - 50	-9	67.0	0.89

Eclipse	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
YangYang 'ayaya' Zhengayaya	67 - 55	+12	106.4	1.39
Wei 'shuadapai' Wangshuadapai	46 - 45	+1	79.2	1.05
Lei 'bottle' Maobottle	46 - 51	-5	67.6	0.90
TianQi 'ed101' Haned101	40 - 53	-13	55.1	0.77
LiKan 'ryk' Luoryk	32 - 51	-19	48.5	0.70

Below you can find the full prize-pool breakdown of the $100,000 tournament:

1. Flash - $40,000
2. Eclipse - $20,000
3-4. Kings - $8,000
3-4. ViCi - $8,000
5-8. BOOT-d[S] - $4,000
5-8. SCARZ Absolute - $4,000
5-8. Beyond - $4,000
5-8. NASR - $4,000
9-12. Recca - $1,000
9-12. Entity - $1,000
9-12. KhARUM - $1,000
9-12. Fire Dragoon - $1,000
13-15. Mineski - $1,000
13-15. UTM - $1,000
13-15. TALON - $1,000

Mineski #174 Kevin 'dispenser' TeRonard 'GII' TecsonDominic 'Hannibal' FajardoJayvee 'DubsteP' PaguiriganJames 'Retrac' Carter Ang ViCi #43 Bin 'Savage' LiuBingYuan 'tb' LiWeiJie 'zhokiNg' ZhongZhiHong 'aumaN' LiuWingHei 'Freeman' Cheung Entity #140 Ayush 'astaRR' DeoraTejas 'Ace' SawantBharath 'ribbi' ReddyKaran 'Excali' MhawadkarIshpreet 'HuNtR' Singh Chadha Flash #65 YuLun 'Summer' CaiYuanZhang 'Attacker' ShengQiFang 'Karsa' SuAndrew 'kaze' KhongKunHua 'LOVEYY' Bai Beyond #193 Sattawut 'Leaf' ReathongPhaiboon 'j9' SaengsermsubPatcharapon 'Niffy' JunmanNarakrit 'HSK' PhuthiwarananTuchpong 'JUSTCAUSE' Pongthanadechakit YuanZhang 'Attacker' Sheng Age: 20 Team: Flash Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 462 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.65 YangYang 'ayaya' Zheng Age: 19 Team: Eclipse Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 208 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.70 Kings #70 Chris 'emagine' RowlandsSimon 'Sico' WilliamsTravis 'wizard' RichardsonJay 'Liazz' TregillgasJordan 'Hatz' Bajic Eclipse #109 LiKan 'ryk' LuoTianQi 'ed101' HanLei 'bottle' MaoYangYang 'ayaya' ZhengWei 'shuadapai' Wang UTM #210 Cong 'crazyguy' Anh NgoTô 'kotk' Thành ChungGiang 'Rambutan' PhamKhoa 'Naokai' VoTrieu 'Tee' Pham Recca #97 Edwin 'Nextwins' NextwinsBaskoro 'roseau' Dwi PutraAlbert 'FrostMisty' GiovanniAgung 'Sys' FriantoKevin 'xccurate' Susanto NASR #145 Love 'havoK' ParasObaid 'breAker' Al-MuhairiAbdulaziz 'Nami' Al-HammadiKhalid 'KarriBob' Al-JunaibiMohammed 'k1tkat' Al-Nuaimi Andrew 'kaze' Khong Age: 23 Team: Flash Rating 1.0: 1.23 Maps played: 279 KPR: 0.82 DPR: 0.61 SCARZ Absolute #162 Koji 'Laz' UshidaTomoaki 'crow' MaruokaRyo 'barce' TakebayashiShibasaki 'poem' YumekiTakemori 'takej' Shogo TALON #191 Sheng-Lun 'crazyface' ZhangGuan-Yu 'Sayoko' LinHao-Bang 'Nyx' FangSheng-Yu 'Naimres' MaoGuo-Shuo 'RaiNy' Li KhARUM #359 Erdenetsogt 'element' TengisGantulga 'mMBR' BayarzulBattsengel 'Rado' BatboldUurmandakh 'risen' NyamTemuujin 'Stormrage' Ganzorigt BOOT-d[S] #78 Nevin 'splashske' AwBenedict 'Benkai' TanBenjamin 'moxie' KouAnthony 'ImpressioN' LimKumaresan 'Tommy' Ramani Fire Dragoon #157 Idzni 'Click-' RosdiYoong-Hwei 'YooNgHwe1' LeeTaschvind 'Taz' JayasielanKhalish 'd4v41' RusyaideeMuhammad-Ridzuan '3nable' Hazi