ATOX, GR start East Asia RMR Closed Qualifier with big wins
The opening day of the East Asia RMR Closed Qualifier kicked off with the upper bracket quarter-final BO1 encounters as the likes of ATOX, Chinggis Warriors and IHC got in the server to fight it out all the way to the Shanghai Major.
Mongolian squad IHC kicked things off against THE on Anubis with the Russian team starting with a four round deficit. They quickly turned it around though, with a strong T side as kaito and krc powered THE to a 13-9 win.
In the Mongolian derby, ATOX faced compatriots NomadS on Ancient and it was all ATOX as they ran away with a big 13-4 win with dobu having a strong map, dropping 20 kills with an ADR of 119.
GR faced -72c on Anubis and GR eased to a comfortable 13-5 win to keep themselves in the upper bracket.
Chinggis Warriors and Glamour were supposed to battle it out in the final upper bracket quarter-final but Glamour forfeited due to technical issues.
Chinggis Warriors will face THE in the upper bracket semi-final with GR and ATOX going up against each other in the other semi-final. -72c and NomadS will battle it out in the lower bracket elimination games, while Glamour is scheduled to take on IHC to fight for survival in the East Asia RMR Closed Qualifier as well.