CLG through to SL i

CLG are the second team to secure a spot at SL i-League StarSeries Season 3 Finals via the North American qualifiers after defeating Renegades 2-0 (16-8 on Train and 16-9 on Overpass).

With Immortals already through to the StarLadder event in Kiev after edging past Liquid in a three-map series, the battle for the final North American qualifying spot was contested between CLG and Renegades - two teams desperate for success.

The first map of the series, Train, was a complete blowout, with CLG cruising to a 13-2 lead on the Terrorist side. A trio of kills by Justin "⁠jks⁠" Savage in the pistol round gave Renegades a lifeline, but despite winning six of the first seven rounds of the second half, the Australians were unable to pull off a miraculous comeback, eventually losing the map 8-16.

Rickeh powered CLG to beat his former team 

The second map followed the same pattern as the first as CLG took a whopping 11 rounds on the Terrorist side. After losing the pistol round, Renegades hit back on a force buy, and that was the start of a great run from the Australian side, who cut the gap to just three rounds. However, an ace from Ricardo "⁠Rickeh⁠" Mulholland in a force-buy attempt brought Renegades' streak to an end and powered CLG to lock down the map, 16-9. 

SL i-League Season 3 North America QualifierBest of 3 RenegadesMatchpage 0 2 21st March 2017 CLG 8Train 16 9Overpass 16

CLG	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Kenneth 'koosta' Suenkoosta	42 - 26	+16	86.8	1.57
Ricardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandRickeh	42 - 22	+20	91.3	1.52
Stephen 'reltuC' CutlerreltuC	47 - 27	+20	94.2	1.50
Ethan 'Ethan' ArnoldEthan	39 - 30	+9	91.7	1.41
Pujan 'FNS' MehtaFNS	26 - 31	-5	55.6	1.00

Renegades	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Justin 'jks' Savagejks	35 - 34	+1	76.3	0.93
Yaman 'yam' Ergenekonyam	29 - 36	-7	70.4	0.81
Karlo 'USTILO' PivacUSTILO	26 - 44	-18	63.3	0.70
Aaron 'AZR' WardAZR	24 - 43	-19	62.4	0.66
Simon 'atter' Atterstamatter	22 - 39	-17	49.9	0.64

The list of participants for the $300,000 competition, taking place from April 4-9, now looks as follows: 

SK	Virtus.pro	North	Ninjas in Pyjamas
Astralis	FaZe	Natus Vincere	Gambit
MVP Project	TYLOO	5POWER	Immortals
G2	fnatic	CLG	EU qualifier

The final spot in the competition will be determined by the third-place match of the European qualifier, pitting HellRaisers against EnVyUs.

Natus Vincere #6 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsDenis 'seized' KostinEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Ninjas in Pyjamas #13 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundRichard 'Xizt' LandströmAdam 'friberg' FribergWilliam 'draken' Sundin SK #3 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloJoão 'felps' Vasconcellos Justin 'jks' Savage Age: 21 Team: Renegades Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 268 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.62 G2 #15 Richard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro 5POWER #67 Lei 'forget' LiHongGuang 'Stevie' LiZhenDong 'Not7' MoZhiHai 'QKA' FuWei 'shuadapai' Wang Gambit #8 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' Khassenov Ricardo 'Rickeh' Mulholland Age: 25 Team: CLG Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 192 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.62 Immortals #7 Lincoln 'fnx' LauLucas 'steel' LopesHenrique 'HEN1' TelesLucas 'LUCAS1' TelesRicardo 'boltz' Prass FaZe #4 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenAleksi 'allu' JalliNikola 'NiKo' KovačFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyHåvard 'rain' Nygaard CLG #33 Ricardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandPujan 'FNS' MehtaStephen 'reltuC' CutlerKenneth 'koosta' SuenEthan 'Ethan' Arnold TYLOO #24 Ke 'captainMo' LiuZhen 'HZ' HuangHui 'DD' WuHansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandHaoWen 'somebody' Xu MVP Project #91 Hyun-Pyo 'XigN' LeeHae-Sung 'HSK' KimJung-Hyeon 'rindA' JeonSoon-Woo 'Argency' KwonSoo-Yong 'kAyle' Jung North #5 René 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupEmil 'Magisk' ReifKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke fnatic #9 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerDennis 'dennis' EdmanRobin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson Virtus.pro #2 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński