Chiefs have defeated Rise and Grind 2-0 at the IESF Australia Finals to qualify for IESF World Championship.

The best-of-three game took place on LAN in Melbourne, Australia to determine which team would secure a place at the IESF World Championship 2018.

Chiefs dominated the first map which was Inferno, winning it 16-5 to get a strong start. Mike "⁠ap0c⁠" Aliferis & company started Nuke on the CT-side and got a 14-1 lead at halftime. They won the map 16-1 and the series 2-0.

tucks & co. are going to Taiwan

With this result, Chiefs have qualified for IESF World Championship 2018 which will take place in Kaohsiung, Taiwan on November 6-13. So far, the only other team to qualify is Nexus who won the Romania qualifier.

IESF 2018 Australia FinalsBest of 3 ChiefsMatchpage 2 0 11th August 2018 Rise and Grind 16Inferno 5 16Nuke 1

Chiefs	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Kyran 'dizzyLife' CrombiedizzyLife	42 - 15	+27	92.2	1.68
Matthew 'Texta' O'RourkeTexta	38 - 22	+16	99.6	1.58
Sam 'flickz' Jonesflickz	34 - 16	+18	101.7	1.49
Tyler 'tucks' Reillytucks	33 - 21	+12	82.1	1.30
Mike 'ap0c' Aliferisap0c	24 - 25	-1	92.0	1.18

Rise and Grind	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Stefan 'Lacore' PaunovicLacore	26 - 36	-10	84.5	0.88
Jared 'hazr' O'Breehazr	22 - 32	-10	62.0	0.76
Andrew 'YDNA' AdamsYDNA	23 - 32	-9	53.4	0.73
Georgio 'sK' PoumpoulidissK	13 - 37	-24	50.7	0.52
Alec 'Noisia' GulabovskiNoisia	15 - 35	-20	52.2	0.51

Mike 'ap0c' Aliferis Age: 30 Team: Chiefs Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 351 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.71 Nexus #80 Cătălin-Ionuț 'BTN' StănescuCostin 'jaxi' VrînceanuValentin 'SEMINTE' BodeaAdrian 'XELLOW' GuțăCristian 'sXe' Niță Chiefs #52 Mike 'ap0c' AliferisKyran 'dizzyLife' CrombieTyler 'tucks' ReillySam 'flickz' JonesMatthew 'Texta' O'Rourke Rise and Grind #151 Alec 'Noisia' GulabovskiGeorgio 'sK' PoumpoulidisAndrew 'YDNA' AdamsCooper 'void' FarrellStefan 'Lacore' Paunovic