Grayhound qualify for IEM Sydney

With a 3-1 victory over ORDER (default, 13-16 Mirage, 16-10 Overpass, 16-13 Nuke), Grayhound won the Oceania qualifier and secured a spot at IEM Sydney.

Eight Oceanic teams competed in the IEM Sydney 2019 Oceania Closed qualifier, a double-elimination BO3 bracket with a BO5 final, where one spot for IEM Sydney was on the line.

Grayhound, the highest ranked team in the region, took down Control (2-0) and Breakaway (2-1) to reach the upper-bracket final, where they met ORDER who overcame Astral Influence (2-0) and Chiefs (2-1). Grayhound dispatched of their opponents fairly comfortably (2-0), earning a spot in the grand final, with ORDER earning a rematch after defeating Chiefs in the consolidation final, a very tight 2-1 game.

IEM Sydney 2018 was Grayhound's breakout event

Christopher "⁠dexter⁠" Nong and co. had a 1-0 map advantage going into the BO5, and started the series on Mirage, ORDER's map pick. Grayhound did take the early lead, 6-0 on the offensive side, but Chris "⁠emagine⁠" Rowlands stepped up to the task and helped his team fight back, securing a narrow, 16-13 win on the first map.

The action moved to Overpass, which was the Ollie "⁠DickStacy⁠" Tierney show as the 21-year-old stood out on both the offensive and defensive side of the map. ORDER was keeping in it during the first half, but after a force-buy win and a six-round streak in the second half, Grayhound closed it out 16-10, moving to Nuke.

It was another map heavily contested from both sides, Grayhound started well but ORDER found good momentum on the Terrorist side, finishing it with a minimal deficit, 8-7. They added the CT pistol to that and had a 12-9 lead before dexter pushed his team over the finish line with some great individual play, helping them take a 16-13 win, 3-1 for the series

IEM Sydney 2019 Oceania Closed QualifierBest of 5 GrayhoundMatchpage 3 1 14th April 2019 ORDER 1Default 0 13Mirage 16 16Overpass 10 16Nuke 13

Grayhound	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Ollie 'DickStacy' TierneyDickStacy	70 - 53	+17	82.7	1.18
Simon 'Sico' WilliamsSico	58 - 51	+7	73.2	1.18
Erdenetsogt 'erkaSt' GantulgaerkaSt	62 - 55	+7	73.9	1.09
Christopher 'dexter' Nongdexter	59 - 63	-4	76.6	1.09
Liam 'malta' Schembrimalta	47 - 55	-8	72.8	0.99

ORDER	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Chris 'emagine' Rowlandsemagine	61 - 57	+4	86.1	1.15
Joshua 'INS' PotterINS	55 - 60	-5	81.0	1.07
Jordan 'Hatz' BajicHatz	59 - 61	-2	76.2	1.00
Alistair 'aliStair' JohnstonaliStair	50 - 57	-7	66.7	0.94
Charlie 'zeph' Doddzeph	50 - 61	-11	60.5	0.86

Only one more slot is left to be filled for the $250,000 IEM stop in Sydney, with the last team to be found through the four-team IEM Sydney Derby, taking place on April 16-18:

Renegades
MIBR
Liquid
eUnited
NRG
BOOT-d[S]
fnatic
Grayhound FaZe
Ninjas in Pyjamas
MOUZ
BIG
MVP PK
ViCi
HEROIC
IEM Sydney Derby HEROIC #21 Adam 'friberg' FribergPatrick 'es3tag' HansenDaniel 'mertz' MertzMartin 'stavn' LundBenjamin 'blameF' Bremer MIBR #9 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloJoão 'felps' Vasconcellos Control #172 Chris 'pl1xx' LiByron 'Spesh' RowlinsonGreg 'Greg' KamboukosHayden 'nibke' CooperBernard 'm4jor' Chau Chris 'emagine' Rowlands Age: 27 Team: ORDER Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 602 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.66 MOUZ #47 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 #50 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 #5 Justin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardJoakim 'jkaem' MyrbostadSean 'Gratisfaction' KaiwaiJay 'Liazz' Tregillgas Astral Influence #149 Kobi 'xertz' WallisArthur 'cHus' LingAndrew 'ino' FosterAdam 'cookie' CookHarry 'bedonka' Hayes Ollie 'DickStacy' Tierney Age: 21 Team: Grayhound Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 490 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.65 NRG #10 Damian 'daps' SteeleTarik 'tarik' CelikVincent 'Brehze' CayonteEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov ORDER #93 Chris 'emagine' RowlandsAlistair 'aliStair' JohnstonJoshua 'INS' PotterJordan 'Hatz' BajicCharlie 'zeph' Dodd MVP PK #37 Min-Seok 'zeff' ParkHyun-Pyo 'XigN' LeeHae-Sung 'HSK' KimSeon-Ho 'xeta' SonGu-Taek 'stax' Kim Breakaway #135 Alec 'Noisia' GulabovskiAndrew 'YDNA' AdamsJireh 'J1rah' YouakimJared 'hazr' O'BreeLuke 'Llamas' Merchant ViCi #24 Zhuo 'advent' LiangWeiJie 'zhokiNg' ZhongZhiHong 'aumaN' LiuAndrew 'kaze' KhongWingHei 'Freeman' Cheung Liquid #3 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJake 'Stewie2K' YipRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Ninjas in Pyjamas #6 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundDennis 'dennis' EdmanJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonFredrik 'REZ' Sterner fnatic #8 Richard 'Xizt' LandströmJesper 'JW' WecksellSimon 'twist' EliassonFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonLudvig 'Brollan' Brolin FaZe #7 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevOlof 'olofmeister' KajbjerLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' Nygaard Christopher 'dexter' Nong Age: 24 Team: Grayhound Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 510 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.66 Chiefs #75 Ryan 'zewsy' PalmerChris 'ofnu' HanleyTyler 'tucks' ReillyMatthew 'Texta' O'RourkePeter 'BL1TZ' Athanasatos Grayhound #42 Simon 'Sico' WilliamsChristopher 'dexter' NongErdenetsogt 'erkaSt' GantulgaLiam 'malta' SchembriOllie 'DickStacy' Tierney