TYLOO’s withdrawal from a HyperX Retake Season 13 quarter-final in Lisbon has left their PGL Main Singapore invite unsure on cutoff day. In Europe, fnatic are shut out of the final CS2 Main of 2026 after the ultimate weekend’s outcomes went towards them.
One walkover in Lisbon seems set to determine Asia’s line-up for the PGL Main Singapore.
One forfeit settles Asia’s 5 Singapore locations
Neither TYLOO nor Lynn Imaginative and prescient is anticipated to play once more earlier than the cutoff. That leaves the Asian race successfully over.
The Lisbon occasion was a Valve Tier 2 event run by Hyped and PEW PEW. It ran from 29 October to 1 November with 13 groups and a prize pool of €12,187.50. Teams have been GSL-format best-of-threes, adopted by single-elimination best-of-three playoffs. TYLOO are listed in joint fifth to eighth place.
IEM Beijing is a far larger draw on paper. ESL is staging it from 2 to eight November on the Bloomage Biotech Biohyalux ECM Enviornment. It’s S-Tier and Valve Tier 1, with 16 groups enjoying for $1,250,000.
TYLOO weren’t alone in stepping away from Lisbon. Natus Vincere additionally withdrew, and the organisers cited the identical Beijing dedication for each groups. For NAVI, the withdrawal leaves their Main probabilities unchanged. They’d till 19 October to tug out, however have been nonetheless registered after that deadline. The Lisbon occasion overlapped with PGL Masters Bucharest and completed lower than a day earlier than IEM Beijing started.
After the win over 9z, the staff’s factors already appeared adequate, in accordance with TYLOO coach WeiJie ‘zhokiNg’ Zhong. By that stage, they’d no selection however to play the Retake occasion. Earlier than IEM Beijing, he additionally spoke about Dongkai ‘Jee’ Ji’s restoration and the issues the staff has confronted this season.
100 Thieves take Europe’s final place as fnatic miss out
Europe holds 18 of the 32 Singapore invites, another than it had at Cologne. The six highest-ranked eligible European groups within the 2 November standings go straight into Stage 3.
The struggle for the ultimate European spot went to the final weekend. The European VRS now locations 100 Thieves 18th. Elsewhere, HOTU completed second at GLuck Moscow Cyber Video games.
That was unhealthy information for fnatic. Earlier than the ultimate, they sat 18th in Europe with no matches left. Their solely route in was a 100 Thieves defeat and recalculated standings falling their method. Neither occurred.
Moscow Cyber Video games nonetheless produced a Main qualifier. Winners 1win earned a Stage 2 invitation to Singapore.
PGL set 2 November because the cutoff so the latest outcomes would form the sphere. The weekend’s outcomes did precisely that. The Singapore Main runs from 24 November to 13 December, with 32 groups and $1,250,000 in prize cash.
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