Luminosity qualify for IEM Chicago over NoTag

With a one-map advantage coming from the upper bracket, Luminosity swept NoTag 3-0 to qualify for IEM Chicago (16-4 on Overpass and 16-7 on Cache).

The best-of-five grand final kicked off on NoTag's map pick, Overpass, where Luminosity's Henrique "⁠HEN1⁠" Teles and co. got off to a smooth 3-0 start as CTs. João "⁠felps⁠" Vasconcellos and his men stopped the streak with a win in the fourth round, but could not keep the pace on the T-side, as Luminosity secured ten out of eleven rounds to lead by 13-2 at halftime.

The second half saw NoTag come out swiftly to secure the CT pistol, but Luminosity fired back with two in a row, before trading rounds to eventually win the 16-4 map victory to take the series lead, 2-0.

steel and co. secure a slot in Chicago

The series then moved on to Cache, Luminosity's map pick, which saw NoTag win the pistol and the following anti-ecos for a clean 3-0 start. The streak ended when HEN1 and his men took the fourth round. The two sides the went back and forth, before Luminosity won nine in a row, ending the half with a 10-5 lead.

In the second half, NoTag got the better start by winning the pistol, but their parade quickly came down as the T side struck back with two rounds. In a blink of an eye, Marcelo "⁠chelo⁠" Cespedes and co. fired back to win their second of the half, but Luminosity wouldn't go down that easily and got their wits together on the T side to pick up four in a row, securing the series 3-0 for a spot at IEM Chicago 2018.

IEM Chicago 2018 South America Closed QualifierBest of 5 LuminosityMatchpage 3 0 31st August 2018 NoTag 1Default 0 16Overpass 4 16Cache 7

Luminosity	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Henrique 'HEN1' TelesHEN1	38 - 20	+18	97.0	1.63
Lucas 'steel' Lopessteel	42 - 24	+18	93.6	1.47
Lucas 'LUCAS1' TelesLUCAS1	37 - 23	+14	97.2	1.42
Gabriel 'NEKIZ' SchenatoNEKIZ	38 - 27	+11	88.6	1.40
Gustavo 'yel' Knittelyel	34 - 25	+9	86.1	1.27

NoTag	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Alexandre 'xand' Zizixand	34 - 36	-2	86.6	1.09
Marcelo 'chelo' Cespedeschelo	30 - 35	-5	78.3	1.02
João 'horvy' Horvathhorvy	31 - 36	-5	58.3	0.86
Vito 'kNgV-' GiuseppekNgV-	12 - 40	-28	41.9	0.37
João 'felps' Vasconcellosfelps	12 - 43	-31	49.6	0.32

Below is the current team list for the $250,000 tournament taking place at the Wintrust Arena from November 6-11:

Astralis
Liquid
MIBR
Renegades
fnatic
AVANGAR
eUnited
Luminosity FaZe
MOUZ
NRG
BIG
Natus Vincere
North
MVP PK
TBA Qualifier BIG #6 Fatih 'gob b' DayikJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschJohannes 'nex' MagetOwen 'smooya' Butterfield MOUZ #5 Tomáš 'oskar' ŠťastnýJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiChris 'chrisJ' de JongMiikka 'suNny' KemppiRobin 'ropz' Kool Luminosity #25 Lucas 'steel' LopesHenrique 'HEN1' TelesLucas 'LUCAS1' TelesGabriel 'NEKIZ' SchenatoGustavo 'yel' Knittel João 'felps' Vasconcellos Age: 21 Team: NoTag Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 576 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.71 FaZe #4 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenOlof 'olofmeister' KajbjerLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' Nygaard North #10 Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen Marcelo 'chelo' Cespedes Age: 20 Team: NoTag Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 339 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.67 Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif fnatic #8 Richard 'Xizt' LandströmRobin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonWilliam 'draken' Sundin Natus Vincere #2 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov eUnited #30 Skyler 'Relyks' WeaverWill 'dazzLe' LoafmanMichael 'dapr' GulinoKaleb 'moose' JayneBrandon 'Ace' Winn MIBR #7 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoTarik 'tarik' CelikFernando 'fer' AlvarengaJake 'Stewie2K' YipMarcelo 'coldzera' David Liquid #3 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Renegades #15 Justin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardJoakim 'jkaem' MyrbostadKarlo 'USTILO' PivacNoah 'Nifty' Francis AVANGAR #24 Bektiyar 'fitch' BahytovTimur 'buster' TulepovAidyn 'KrizzeN' TurlybekovAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' Ali Henrique 'HEN1' Teles Age: 23 Team: Luminosity Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 561 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.57 NRG #9 Damian 'daps' SteeleJacob 'FugLy' MedinaVincent 'Brehze' CayonteEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov MVP PK #31 Keun-Chul 'solo' KangMin-Soo 'glow' KimMin-Seok 'zeff' ParkHyun-Pyo 'XigN' LeeSeon-Ho 'xeta' Son NoTag #53 Vito 'kNgV-' GiuseppeAlexandre 'xand' ZiziJoão 'felps' VasconcellosMarcelo 'chelo' CespedesJoão 'horvy' Horvath