VG.CyberZen have secured their place at SL i-League StarSeries Season 2 Finals by defeating MVP project 2-1 (Mirage 9-16, Train 16-10, Cache 16-2) in the China LAN qualifier's semi-finals.

After Stage 1 of the China qualifier came to an end, eight teams joined four invited sides (TYLOO, VG.CyberZen, MVP Project, Athletico) in Stage 2, played offline in Shanghai.

In the upper side of the single-elimination, best-of-three bracket Bin "⁠Savage⁠" Liu's squad convincingly defeated BOOT, while the only Korean team edged Born Of Fire after a semi-random draw took place to find the quarter-final match-ups.



VG.CyberZen secure a place in the second season of SL i-League



The two winners then faced off in the semi-finals for one of the three spots on offer in the China Finals. VG.CyberZen started on the wrong foot, losing Mirage 9-16, before grabbing their own pick, Train, 16-10.

It came down to Cache, where the Chinese dominated the CT side to ensure a place at the $300,000 Finals taking place from September 7-11 in Nanjing.

SL i-League S2 China Finals Best of 3 MVP Project Matchpage 1 2 VG.CyberZen 16 Mirage 9 10 Train 16 2 Cache 16

MVP Project K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Hyun-Pyo 'XigN' LeeXigN 47 - 55 -8 72.8 0.92 Soon-Woo 'Argency' KwonArgency 41 - 51 -10 71.4 0.88 Hae-Sung 'HSK' KimHSK 43 - 54 -11 74.1 0.88 Hyung-Ju 'Sound' NamSound 38 - 57 -19 62.0 0.81 Jung-Hyeon 'rindA' JeonrindA 37 - 55 -18 55.3 0.76 VG.CyberZen K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 BingYuan 'tb' Litb 63 - 43 +20 95.0 1.44 KunHua 'LOVEYY' BaiLOVEYY 58 - 39 +19 96.8 1.40 Bin 'Savage' LiuSavage 55 - 41 +14 80.5 1.24 WeiJie 'zhokiNg' ZhongzhokiNg 49 - 42 +7 74.4 1.16 Zhuo 'advent' Liangadvent 46 - 41 +5 77.8 1.15

The updated list of participants of SL i-League StarSeries Season 2 Finals is following:



fnatic G2 Natus Vincere Liquid Astralis Virtus.pro NiP TBA TBA

VG.CyberZen China qualifier China qualifier China qualifier China qualifier NA qualifier NA qualifier NA qualifier NA qualifier EU qualifier EU qualifier EU qualifier EU qualifier EU qualifier EU qualifier

SK Gaming have announced their withdrawal from the tournament via Twitter due to Fernando "⁠fer⁠" Alvarenga's health issues. StarLadder have not yet decided who their replacement will be.

The other semi-final between Athletico and TYLOO is scheduled for tomorrow at 06:00 . The winner will go on to grab another spot at the finals, while the loser will join MVP Project in the third-place decider for the last China spot.

