The Australian side Chiefs won the WCA 2017 Asia-Pacific Closed Qualifier, earning $22,000 and securing a spot at the final tournament.

The WCA 2017 online closed qualifier for the Asia-Pacific region kicked off on July 24th, with a nine-team round-robin BO1 group stage. After all the matches were played, the four best teams advanced to the playoffs: TheMongolz, Signature, BOOT-d[S] and Chiefs, with the Australian side placing first with a 5-1 record.

After winning the AOC CGPL Finals, tucks' side finished first in the WCA APAC qualifier

The double-elimination playoffs draw matched up Chiefs with TheMongolz and Signature with BOOT-d[S]. The first game ended up being a tight one, but Chiefs managed to close out the series 2-1 despite dropping Train, a map they had a good streak on, to the Mongolian side. BOOT-d[S] dealt with Signature comfortably, securing a spot in the upper bracket game against the Australian side.

In the match that secured a spot at the WCA 2017 global finals, Chiefs were the ones that picked up a 2-1 win, with Liam "⁠malta⁠" Schembri standing out over the course of the series. The two teams then rematched in the grand final, but this time it was a cleaner win for Tyler "⁠tucks⁠" Reilly and co., who closed out the series with a 16-5 on Mirage and a 16-14 on Train.

WCA 2017 Asia-Pacific Closed Qualifier Best of 3 Chiefs Matchpage 2 0 BOOT-d[S] 16 Mirage 5 16 Train 14

Chiefs K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Liam 'malta' Schembrimalta 45 - 33 +12 94.8 1.32 Alistair 'aliStair' JohnstonaliStair 44 - 31 +13 82.3 1.31 Joshua 'INS' PotterINS 41 - 33 +8 96.6 1.30 Tyler 'tucks' Reillytucks 36 - 29 +7 80.3 1.20 Peter 'pecks' Nguyenpecks 31 - 30 +1 58.1 0.98 BOOT-d[S] K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Benjamin 'moxie' Koumoxie 40 - 35 +5 78.6 1.07 Kumaresan 'Tommy' RamaniTommy 31 - 39 -8 65.6 0.87 Anthony 'ImpressioN' LimImpressioN 26 - 45 -19 78.6 0.79 Benedict 'Benkai' TanBenkai 29 - 38 -9 66.7 0.79 Nevin 'splashske' Awsplashske 30 - 40 -10 62.2 0.77

The two grand final teams will split the majority of the $37,400 prize pool and will be traveling to the final WCA 2017 LAN, while TheMongolz, who finished third, have earned $4,400.

This is the final standing for the WCA 2017 Asia-Pacific Closed Qualifier: