Chiefs qualify for IEM Sydney

Chiefs have punched their ticket to the $250,000 event after defeating Breakaway 3-0 in the grand final of the IEM Sydney Derby.

Four of the top five teams from ESL Australia and New Zealand Championship Season 8 squared off in the IEM Sydney Derby for the final spot at the 16-team event.

Breakaway defeated Genuine 2-0 in the semis while Chiefs took down Athletico with a 2-1 scoreline to advance to the best-of-five grand final.

Chiefs claimed the last spot in the tournament

Chiefs dominated the game from start to finish, kicking it off with a 16-10 victory on Inferno. Tyler "⁠tucks⁠" Reilly and company won 16-5 on Train and Mirage to finish off the series 3-0, qualifying for IEM Sydney 2019.

The $250,000 event will take place on April 30-May 5, culminating with the playoffs at the Qudos Bank Arena, where the winners will walk away with $100,000 in cash prizes.

IEM Sydney Derby 2019Best of 5 BreakawayMatchpage 0 3 18th April 2019 Chiefs 10Inferno 16 5Train 16 5Mirage 16

Breakaway	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Luke 'Llamas' MerchantLlamas	45 - 54	-9	77.8	0.91
Alec 'Noisia' GulabovskiNoisia	36 - 48	-12	60.9	0.89
Jared 'hazr' O'Breehazr	41 - 55	-14	70.4	0.84
Andrew 'YDNA' AdamsYDNA	38 - 52	-14	59.6	0.79
Jireh 'J1rah' YouakimJ1rah	30 - 54	-24	50.2	0.57

Chiefs	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Chris 'ofnu' Hanleyofnu	57 - 35	+22	94.0	1.49
Tyler 'tucks' Reillytucks	48 - 33	+15	76.7	1.29
Ryan 'zewsy' Palmerzewsy	49 - 41	+8	84.2	1.28
Peter 'BL1TZ' AthanasatosBL1TZ	55 - 37	+18	72.7	1.26
Matthew 'Texta' O'RourkeTexta	54 - 44	+10	82.9	1.23

The team list for IEM Sydney can be found below:

Renegades
MIBR
Liquid
eUnited
NRG
BOOT-d[S]
fnatic
Grayhound FaZe
Ninjas in Pyjamas
MOUZ
BIG
MVP PK
ViCi
HEROIC
Chiefs HEROIC #21 Adam 'friberg' FribergPatrick 'es3tag' HansenDaniel 'mertz' MertzMartin 'stavn' LundBenjamin 'blameF' Bremer MIBR #6 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloJoão 'felps' Vasconcellos MOUZ #23 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenChris 'chrisJ' de JongÖzgür 'woxic' EkerDavid 'frozen' ČerňanskýRobin 'ropz' Kool BOOT-d[S] #73 Nevin 'splashske' AwBenedict 'Benkai' TanAlexandre 'alecks' SalleLeslie 'Bobosaur' SoenKhalish 'd4v41' Rusyaidee eUnited #31 Victor 'food' WongEdgar 'MarKE' MaldonadoAnthony 'vanity' MalaspinaKaleb 'moose' JayneAustin 'Cooper' Abadir BIG #18 Fatih 'gob b' DayikJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschJohannes 'nex' MagetIsmailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş Renegades #7 Justin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardJoakim 'jkaem' MyrbostadSean 'Gratisfaction' KaiwaiJay 'Liazz' Tregillgas Genuine #171 Chris 'Jinxx' MoseleyHugh 'HUGH' AndersonTom 'apocdud' HenryJordan 'SkulL' NewlandDaryl 'Mayker' May NRG #11 Damian 'daps' SteeleTarik 'tarik' CelikVincent 'Brehze' CayonteEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov Athletico #124 Raymond 'Dezibel' OdishoDamian 'JD' SimonovicMichael 'chelleos' HawkinsLiam 'smooth_criminal22' EddingtonAkram 'ADK' Smida MVP PK #37 Min-Seok 'zeff' ParkHyun-Pyo 'XigN' LeeHae-Sung 'HSK' KimSeon-Ho 'xeta' SonGu-Taek 'stax' Kim Tyler 'tucks' Reilly Age: 22 Team: Chiefs Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 558 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.64 Breakaway #112 Alec 'Noisia' GulabovskiAndrew 'YDNA' AdamsJireh 'J1rah' YouakimJared 'hazr' O'BreeLuke 'Llamas' Merchant ViCi #29 Zhuo 'advent' LiangWeiJie 'zhokiNg' ZhongZhiHong 'aumaN' LiuAndrew 'kaze' KhongWingHei 'Freeman' Cheung Liquid #2 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJake 'Stewie2K' YipRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Ninjas in Pyjamas #8 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundDennis 'dennis' EdmanJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonFredrik 'REZ' Sterner fnatic #9 Richard 'Xizt' LandströmJesper 'JW' WecksellSimon 'twist' EliassonFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonLudvig 'Brollan' Brolin FaZe #5 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevOlof 'olofmeister' KajbjerLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' Nygaard Chiefs #72 Ryan 'zewsy' PalmerChris 'ofnu' HanleyTyler 'tucks' ReillyMatthew 'Texta' O'RourkePeter 'BL1TZ' Athanasatos Grayhound #41 Simon 'Sico' WilliamsChristopher 'dexter' NongErdenetsogt 'erkaSt' GantulgaLiam 'malta' SchembriOllie 'DickStacy' Tierney