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The Australian side Grayhound and the Asian mixture 5POWER dealt with their respective semi-final opponents, Mineski and Signature, to earn spots at the final, $250,000 ROG Masters LAN event.

The regional qualifier in Manila Bay, Philippines, started with the ROG Masters APAC Main Qualifier, which had 12 teams in attendance. After playing out the four three-team groups and the following playoffs, 5POWER and Athletico earned their spots in the eight-team ROG Masters 2017 APAC Regional Finals.

forget's 5POWER managed to get through the Main Qualifier and the Regional Finals

Waiting for the two qualified teams in the quarter-finals of the single-elimination bracket were AKARA, Signature, Fire Dragoon, Vikings, Mineski and Grayhound. The two Australian sides, Grayhound and Athletico, met in the first leg—with Sean "⁠Gratisfaction⁠" Kaiwai's team taking the win, eliminating their countrymen. The other qualified team, 5POWER, had a much easier task against AKARA, and then moved on to the deciding game against Signature.

The 27-year-old Peng "⁠xiaosaGe⁠" Song was the main man in 5POWER's three-map victory, finishing on top of the scoreboard on Mirage, Inferno and Train. His play was key in helping 5POWER make the comeback in the series, taking the 2-1 win after losing in overtime on Mirage. With the win, 5POWER earned their spot at the final event, with a successful run all the way from the Main Qualifier to the top 2 placing in the APAC Regional Finals.

ROG MASTERS 2017 Asia-Pacific Regional FinalsBest of 3 5POWERMatchpage 2 1 28th October 2017 Signature 16Mirage 19 16Inferno 9 16Train 11

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Grayhound's deciding match was the local team Mineski. The series ended up being a two-mapper, but a surprisingly close one as the Australian side picked up three out of four pistols and had good starts on both Cobblestone and Inferno.

In the end, Grayhound were able to outfrag the Philippine side, with all five of their members finishing on an above-average rating.

ROG MASTERS 2017 Asia-Pacific Regional FinalsBest of 3 GrayhoundMatchpage 2 0 28th October 2017 Mineski 16Cobblestone 12 16Inferno 13

Grayhound	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Christopher 'dexter' Nongdexter	44 - 35	+9	87.5	1.25
Sean 'Gratisfaction' KaiwaiGratisfaction	43 - 32	+11	84.5	1.25
Ollie 'DickStacy' TierneyDickStacy	46 - 35	+11	76.1	1.23
Callum 'BURNRUOk' HendersonBURNRUOk	42 - 33	+9	79.1	1.22
Erdenetsogt 'erkaSt' GantulgaerkaSt	35 - 39	-4	71.5	1.07

Mineski	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Kevin 'dispenser' Tedispenser	47 - 41	+6	87.8	1.15
James 'Retrac' Carter AngRetrac	38 - 40	-2	77.3	0.99
Jayvee 'DubsteP' PaguiriganDubsteP	31 - 41	-10	58.2	0.85
Dominic 'Hannibal' FajardoHannibal	30 - 43	-13	68.1	0.80
Ronard 'GII' TecsonGII	28 - 45	-17	57.1	0.76

With these results, Grayhound and 5POWER have joined the list of teams that will attend the $250,000 event this December in Kuala Lumpur:

TYLOO	MOUZ
Gambit	Grayhound
5POWER	American Qualifier

The two qualified sides will still face in the grand final of the event tomorrow at 06:20 , but with nothing more than the bragging rights on the line.

Mineski #160 Kevin 'dispenser' TeRonard 'GII' TecsonDominic 'Hannibal' FajardoJayvee 'DubsteP' PaguiriganJames 'Retrac' Carter Ang AKARA #211 Ramadya 'Tsukamoto' PutrantoAugusta 'Foscmorc' MaulanaGary 'blaZek1ng' DastinRandy 'ValdrieN' ChrysalisWilliam 'kr0' Adinata Grayhound #54 Christopher 'dexter' NongCallum 'BURNRUOk' HendersonSean 'Gratisfaction' KaiwaiErdenetsogt 'erkaSt' GantulgaOllie 'DickStacy' Tierney Gambit #7 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' KhassenovBektiyar 'fitch' Bahytov 5POWER #108 Lei 'forget' LiGan-Erdene 'dobu' BatboldBat-Enkh 'kabal' BatbayarPeng 'xiaosaGe' SongKitikawin 'PTC' Rattanasukol MOUZ #11 Tomáš 'oskar' ŠťastnýChris 'chrisJ' de JongMiikka 'suNny' KemppiMartin 'STYKO' StykRobin 'ropz' Kool Vikings Hiep 'hoag' DoNguyen 'Xiah' Hai Nam VuViet 'shynW' Quan NguyenAnh 'Kim' KhucNam 'Tony' Anh Tran TYLOO #87 Vladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukKe 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuHansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandHaoWen 'somebody' Xu Peng 'xiaosaGe' Song Age: 27 Team: 5POWER Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 229 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.69 Sean 'Gratisfaction' Kaiwai Age: 21 Team: Grayhound Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 248 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.63 Athletico #107 Jesse 'InfrequeNt' BarkerSam 'flickz' JonesMatthew 'Texta' O'RourkeMitchell 'Sync' DaleTyson 'pan1K' Missak Signature #175 Kitsada 'bnwGiggs' PookamroongTosapol 'TOR' SaekowWarittorn 'RoLEX' KalanukarnAnupong 'stk' Mueangngam Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Fire Dragoon #113 Idzni 'Click-' RosdiYoong-Hwei 'YooNgHwe1' LeeTaschvind 'Taz' JayasielanKhalish 'd4v41' RusyaideeMuhammad-Ridzuan '3nable' Hazi