Kings have defeated Athletico in the grand final of the eXTREMESLAND ANZ Regional Finals, securing themselves a spot at the $100,000 tournament in Shanghai, China.

The event kicked off with Athletico (using Tyson "⁠pan1K⁠" Missak as a stand-in) unexpectedly eliminating the tournament favourites Chiefs, in the first semi-final of the day where they managed to clinch the nail-biting series, 2-1 (16-12 de_mirage, 6-16 de_train, 16-14 de_nuke).

In the other semi-final, Kings were on the verge of elimination after losing the first map to Grayhound on Nuke, 16-10. Erdenetsogt "⁠erkaSt⁠" Gantulga and co. were up 14-13 on the second map, but failed to close out the series quickly as Travis "⁠wizard⁠" Richardson's crew pulled off the reverse sweep, stealing the last two maps with 16-14 scorelines (de_mirage and de_inferno).

Kings secure their first international event attendance

The grand final witnessed a flawless 15-0 CT run from Kings on Overpass against Athletico. Ollie "⁠DickStacy⁠" Tierney's side managed to prevent the 16-0 dream from occurring by claiming the second pistol round. Jordan "⁠Hatz⁠" Bajic's squad went on to win the map 16-3 with ease, and comfortably sealed the series on their map pick, 16-6 on Train. 

eXTREMESLAND 2017 ANZ Regional FinalsBest of 3 AthleticoMatchpage 0 2 9th September 2017 Kings 3Overpass 16 6Train 16

Athletico	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Mitchell 'Sync' DaleSync	31 - 36	-5	79.6	0.95
Matthew 'Texta' O'RourkeTexta	27 - 39	-12	74.9	0.81
Willem 'badger' Clarkebadger	23 - 33	-10	58.4	0.73
Ollie 'DickStacy' TierneyDickStacy	17 - 39	-22	53.0	0.49
Tyson 'pan1K' Missakpan1K	17 - 38	-21	52.7	0.47

Kings	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Jordan 'Hatz' BajicHatz	43 - 22	+21	112.1	1.80
Simon 'Sico' WilliamsSico	41 - 16	+25	98.9	1.75
Travis 'wizard' Richardsonwizard	33 - 26	+7	88.3	1.42
Jay 'Liazz' TregillgasLiazz	36 - 25	+11	81.0	1.33
Chris 'emagine' Rowlandsemagine	32 - 26	+6	78.4	1.25

With the Australia & New Zealand qualifier ending, here is the list of participants for eXTREMESLAND Asia Finals 2017 so far:

The MongolZ	Kings
China #1	China #2
China #3	Middle-East
India	Thailand
Malaysia	Taiwan
Japan	Singapore
Vietnam	Philippines
Korea	Indonesia

The qualifiers for Japan, Thailand, India and more have also reached their final stage and will be completed soon during this month.

Photo courtesy of ESL Australia.

Travis 'wizard' Richardson Age: 20 Team: Kings Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 202 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.68 Athletico #102 Sam 'flickz' JonesMatthew 'Texta' O'RourkeMitchell 'Sync' DaleWillem 'badger' ClarkeOllie 'DickStacy' Tierney Erdenetsogt 'erkaSt' Gantulga Age: 22 Team: Grayhound Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 201 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.68 Grayhound #62 Christopher 'dexter' NongCallum 'BURNRUOk' HendersonMontheara 'prakM' PrakSean 'Gratisfaction' KaiwaiErdenetsogt 'erkaSt' Gantulga Jordan 'Hatz' Bajic Age: 19 Team: Kings Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 197 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.66 Kings #56 Chris 'emagine' RowlandsSimon 'Sico' WilliamsTravis 'wizard' RichardsonJay 'Liazz' TregillgasJordan 'Hatz' Bajic Ollie 'DickStacy' Tierney Age: 20 Team: Athletico Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 129 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.72 The MongolZ #118 Temuulen 'Zilkenberg' BattulgaTsog 'Tsogoo' MashbatEnkhtaivan 'Machinegun' LkhagvaBold 'ncl' Batsuh Tyson 'pan1K' Missak Age: 24 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 44 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.69 Chiefs #38 Tyler 'tucks' ReillyPeter 'pecks' NguyenAlistair 'aliStair' JohnstonJoshua 'INS' PotterLiam 'malta' Schembri