ESL Pro League Season 17 Conference Asia

IHC claim last Asian spot at ESL Pro League Season 17

20/1/2023 - 18:18

Garidmagnai "⁠bLitz⁠" Byambasuren led by example during IHC's qualification match against Lynn Vision.

IHC became the second team from ESL Pro League Season 17 Conference Asia to qualify for EPL. The Mongolian squad clinched the last spot after beating Lynn Vision in the lower bracket and join Rare Atom as the two Asian teams at the Maltese tournament.

Tuvshintugs "⁠Annihilation⁠" Nyamdorj and bLitz were the two standout players for IHC during the online event and the final match was no different as they topped the scoreboard in the series against the Chinese squad.

Annihilation shined with an average 1.15 across the five maps played

It will be IHC's first-ever appearance at ESL Pro League, but the Mongolians are no stranger to international events after attending both the PGL Antwerp and IEM Rio Majors in 2022. Their qualification run for EPL started at ESL Challenger League S43 Asia-Pacific in December, when IHC secured their spot at EPL Conference after reaching the finals of the online event.

The Mongolians lost their opening match at EPL conference against Rare Atom and were relegated to the lower bracket, where they faced Lynn Vision. It was a great revenge opportunity for IHC as they had lost to Heng "⁠expro⁠" Yang's men three times since October at ECL S42 APAC, ECL S43 APAC, and eXTREMESLAND Festival 2022.

Rare Atom secure ESL Pro League Season 17 spot through Conference Asia

The Chinese squad stole Inferno (16-11) before IHC answered on Overpass (16-14) and Nuke (16-7). bLitz led his team by example, registering a 1.29 rating across the three maps to push his team to victory, but it was Sodbayar "⁠Techno⁠" Munkhbold that shined the brightest on the decider with a 1.46 rating on Nuke.

Only three spots at ESL Pro League Season 17 remain to be claimed, with one team each from South America, North America, and Europe left to qualify for the Maltese LAN in the coming days.

The current list of teams attending EPL Season 17 is as follows:

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wow

2023-01-20 18:19

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Farmers league, another easy title for GOAT FalleN

2023-01-21 01:36

nice, deserved

expected

2023-01-20 18:20

rip lynn

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Heavy onliners can't even win online matches nowadays.. must be sad xD

2023-01-20 19:11

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2023-01-20 19:16

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Don't mind me bro I got flamed by 2 onlynn vision fans last week, lemme have some fun for now)) I'll cope with it till april

2023-01-20 19:20

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shut ur mouth u know nothing stop acting like u beat em clown

2023-01-21 04:08

shut ur mouth too kid

2023-01-21 05:11

gotta be fun to watch

2023-01-20 18:21

ez expected

2023-01-20 18:22

+1 blitz constantly checked em till they lose))

2023-01-20 19:19

LYNN VISION :C

2023-01-20 18:23

Nelly is young but if he does not improve he will probably be kicked soon, almost always the reason LVG lose. z4kr and starry deserve better

2023-01-20 18:24

starry to Astralis for 4 majors

2023-01-20 18:37

Lynn Vision again dodging LAN event as expected.

2023-01-20 18:49

LETS GOOOOO

2023-01-20 18:50

expected from lan dodgers

2023-01-20 19:08

nt lv ihc were too good

2023-01-20 19:23

ez for techno4k

2023-01-20 20:18

Let's go IHC!

2023-01-20 23:58

Pog IHC

2023-01-21 00:14

lan dodgers

2023-01-21 03:08

I really happy for return of Bart4k. His career was changed when he became 6th player of IHC... But Mongolian viewers need to know about Kabal and Bart4k are different players... they play different spot and have different fire-power... I really hope u guys understand what i meant (poor English btw)

2023-01-21 06:57