B.O.O.T-d[S] have sealed their place at IEM Sydney 2018 after defeating Flash 2-0 in Asian closed qualifier.

With MVP PK and TYLOO already through, the third-place decider kicked off on BOOT-d[S]'s map pick, Mirage, with the Singaporean squad winning their T-side pistol. Flash responded well in a force-buy and went up 3-1, but Alikhan "⁠w1nt3r⁠" Kopzhanov and co. did not back down and took ten rounds into the break.

Flash began the second half vigorously, stringing five rounds together to level up the score at 10-10. After that, however, BOOT-d[S] tightened up their defence and took the map without losing any more rounds.

ImpressioN and co. are through to IEM Sydney 2018

On Overpass, BOOT-d[S] picked up their CT pistol and followed that up with an anti-eco. In a third-round buy, YuanZhang "⁠Attacker⁠" Sheng clutched a 1v3, paving the way for his team to secure the lead.

The Singaporean team then picked up the pace and took a 9-4 lead, but then Flash kept themselves in it by bagging the final rounds of the half.

After switching to the Terrorist side, BOOT-d[S] further added to their lead after taking the pistol round, their third of the series, and following that up with both anti-ecos. Flash responded with a successful gun round, but the Singaporeans did not let the game slip away from them and quickly wrapped up the series.

IEM Sydney 2018 Asian Closed Qualifier Best of 3 Flash Matchpage 0 2 BOOT-d[S] 10 Mirage 16 7 Overpass 16

Flash K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 YuanZhang 'Attacker' ShengAttacker 45 - 39 +6 97.8 1.27 KunHua 'LOVEYY' BaiLOVEYY 36 - 39 -3 78.1 0.94 Zhe 'Ayeon' YangAyeon 30 - 41 -11 70.0 0.78 YuLun 'Summer' CaiSummer 28 - 41 -13 64.4 0.72 ZhiHong 'aumaN' LiuaumaN 24 - 39 -15 58.2 0.68 BOOT-d[S] K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Kumaresan 'Tommy' RamaniTommy 48 - 37 +11 104.3 1.47 Benedict 'Benkai' TanBenkai 36 - 33 +3 90.1 1.29 Nevin 'splashske' Awsplashske 43 - 35 +8 87.0 1.29 Alikhan 'w1nt3r' Kopzhanovw1nt3r 40 - 28 +12 81.6 1.26 Anthony 'ImpressioN' LimImpressioN 32 - 30 +2 74.8 1.12

With BOOT-d[S]'s qualification, the team list for IEM Sydney, which will run from May 1-6, now looks as follows:

