TyLoo have booked their spot at DreamHack Masters Marseille after defeating Tainted Minds 2-1 in the grand final of the Asian closed qualifier.

The biggest surprise of this eight-team closed qualifier came in the early exit of MVP PK, who were recently in attendance at the StarSeries event, following a defeat to Eclipse in the first round, with BOOT-d[S], one of the two invitees, also failing to impress after losing to Tainted Minds in the semi-final.

The final kicked off on TYLOO's map pick, Cobblestone, with the Chinese side securing a near-flawless CT pistol. Tainted Minds responded with a successful force-buy, however, setting themselves up for a 4-1 lead after also winning the first gun round.

Nevertheless,HaoWen "⁠somebody⁠" Xu and co. then went on a massive run, picking up every remaining round of the half, and losing only their first gun round as Terrorists before closing out the map, 16-5.

BnTeT led the way for TyLoo

TYLOO carried that momentum into their opponents' map pick, Cache, and won five straight rounds without much response, their fifth thanks to a 1v2 clutch from Hansel "⁠BnTeT⁠" Ferdinand. That was when Tainted Minds' defence came to life, with the Australians securing seven rounds in a row to bring the scoreline to 7-5. Still, the Chinese squad would switch sides in the driving seat following a three-round winning streak by the end of the first half.

Tainted Minds responded well to a second pistol loss and hit back in the following round. That successful eco ended up turning the game on its head, with the Australians eventually locking down the map, 16-12. 

Next up was Inferno, and Tainted Minds got off to a flying start by stringing six rounds together. TYLOO would not back down, however, and managed to reduce the deficit to just three rounds by half-time.

The Australians had their eyes on the prize and quickly hit 14 rounds in the second half. However, with BnTeT stepping up to the plate, TYLOO won nine rounds a row to turn the game around and book their place in the next DreamHack Masters event.

DreamHack Masters Marseille 2018 Asian Closed QualifierBest of 3 TYLOOMatchpage 2 1 8th March 2018 Tainted Minds 16Cobblestone 5 12Cache 16 16Inferno 14

TYLOO	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Hansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandBnTeT	64 - 47	+17	79.0	1.22
Kevin 'xccurate' Susantoxccurate	52 - 51	+1	72.9	1.07
HaoWen 'somebody' Xusomebody	55 - 61	-6	79.6	1.01
Hui 'DD' WuDD	53 - 58	-5	79.4	0.99
Ke 'captainMo' LiucaptainMo	47 - 56	-9	66.9	0.88

Tainted Minds	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Yaman 'yam' Ergenekonyam	58 - 54	+4	79.7	1.17
Ryan 'zewsy' Palmerzewsy	54 - 49	+5	85.7	1.12
Chris 'ofnu' Hanleyofnu	55 - 57	-2	75.1	1.00
Joshua 'INS' PotterINS	55 - 56	-1	74.7	1.00
Connor 'chuch' Morganchuch	51 - 57	-6	71.5	0.95

DreamHack Masters Marseille will run on April 18-22, with 16 squads battling it out for a share of the $250,000 prize-pool. The team list for the event currently looks as follows:

Astralis	SK
MOUZ	G2
FaZe	Cloud9
Natus Vincere	Liquid
Gambit	Ninjas in Pyjamas
TYLOO	Invite
Invite	Europe qual.
Europe qual.	North America qual.