ESL Challenger League Season 48 Asia-Pacific Finals - Preview
We are in the business end of the ESL Challenger League Season 48 Asia-Pacific, as we have reached the LAN finals and the four remaining teams will be battling it out for two ESL Pro League Season 21 spots. This is also going to be the first time ESL are hosting a LAN event for the Finals and will be held in front of a live audience in Shanghai.
Indian team Gods Reign had made it to the ESL Challenger League Season 48 Asia-Pacific Playoffs but suffered a lower bracket round 1 defeat to Russian squad SGGT, going down 1-2 after taking a dominant opening map win. The four teams though, who have made it to the LAN finals are Mongolian side ATOX and the three home teams, Lynn Vision, TYLOO and Bromo, who are set to play in front of their home crowd in Shanghai.
Lower Bracket Final: 
Lynn Vision vs Bromo 12:45 IST
The Lower Bracket final will kick things off and will see a Chinese derby as Lynn Vision take on the dark horses, Bromo, who had a strong run in the Playoffs, taking down the likes of The Huns and IHC to make it to the Finals. This is a direct elimination game, with the loser knocked out while the winner moves to the Consolidation Final and will face the loser of the upper bracket final there.
Lynn VisionBromo| Lynn Vision |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sike 'z4kr' Zhang |
48 - 23 | +25 | 93.9 | 83.3% | 1.61 |
| Zhe 'Westmelon' Niu |
43 - 28 | +15 | 81.5 | 87.0% | 1.34 |
| Junjie 'EmiliaQAQ' Tang |
42 - 30 | +12 | 83.2 | 70.4% | 1.29 |
| Jianye 'afufu' Wang |
38 - 26 | +12 | 68.0 | 81.5% | 1.24 |
| Peiqi 'flying' Song |
36 - 32 | +4 | 74.6 | 75.9% | 1.11 |
| Bromo |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qingsong 'SPine' Long |
30 - 40 | -10 | 66.4 | 57.4% | 0.80 |
| Hao 'rage' Yu |
27 - 40 | -13 | 60.6 | 55.6% | 0.75 |
| QingHui 'FIOURN' Kong |
31 - 47 | -16 | 68.6 | 59.3% | 0.72 |
| Zhiyu 'Zy88' Xia |
27 - 42 | -15 | 59.9 | 57.4% | 0.71 |
| Yueyu 'Miami' Chen |
22 - 39 | -17 | 49.1 | 61.1% | 0.58 |
Upper Bracket Final: TYLOO vs ATOX - 16:05 IST
The other home team, TYLOO will be taking on the ATOX in the Upper Bracket, with cool4st set to stand-in for the Mongolian team after they benched Annihilation recently and parted ways with dobu. TYLOO on the other hand are one of the favourites to make it to Pro League and will be looking to put up a good performance in front of their home fans.
Playing in the upper bracket means that whoever loses, will not be knocked out and will have one last chance in the Consolidation Final. The winner books a straight spot to the Grand Final and secures an ESL Pro League Season 21 spot.
TYLOOATOX| TYLOO |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jingxiang 'Mercury' Wang |
33 - 25 | +8 | 107.6 | 80.6% | 1.49 |
| Dongkai 'Jee' Ji |
32 - 16 | +16 | 91.4 | 88.9% | 1.48 |
| Lizhi 'Starry' Ye |
28 - 20 | +8 | 78.2 | 83.3% | 1.34 |
| Yi 'JamYoung' Yang |
28 - 17 | +11 | 79.9 | 75.0% | 1.32 |
| Qianhao 'Moseyuh' Chen |
23 - 18 | +5 | 65.5 | 80.6% | 1.11 |
| ATOX |
K - D | +/- | ADR | KAST | Rating 2.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Yalalt 'yAmi' Oyunbileg |
27 - 27 | +0 | 86.5 | 66.7% | 1.09 |
| Temuulen 'MiQ' Byambadalai |
24 - 28 | -4 | 76.6 | 61.1% | 1.03 |
| Bat-Enkh 'kabal' Batbayar |
23 - 32 | -9 | 74.9 | 63.9% | 0.85 |
| Ana-erdene 'masti' Baasantogtoh |
13 - 29 | -16 | 51.8 | 50.0% | 0.50 |
| Tuguldur 'FlyNN' Gansukh |
9 - 28 | -19 | 32.8 | 47.2% | 0.39 |
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