MVP PK to DHM Marseille Asian closed qualifier

After returning from StarSeries i-League, MVP PK went on to secure their spot at the DreamHack Masters Marseille Asian closed qualifier, via the East Asia route.

The East Asia qualifier for DreamHack Masters Marseille featured 32 teams from Mongolia, South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong on SoStronk's platform, which took place on February 25-28.

A couple of notable teams failed to meet expectations, as they fell short in the qualifier including the weakened The MongolZ in the round of 16, accompanied by the Chinese-Mongolian-Thai roster 5POWER, who suffered a 0-2 loss against Born in Mongolia in the semis.

Back home from Kiev, solo and co. crushed the East Asian qualifier

MVP PK had a flawless run on their road to the grand final with convincing victories, without their AWPer Hae-Sung "⁠HSK⁠" Kim being present. Assistant coach and analyst of the team, Soon-Woo "⁠Argency⁠" Kwon, stood in for the team during the whole qualifier. HLTV.org have reached out to the Korean organisation for further details.

Led by the legendary WeMade Fox member Keun-Chul "⁠solo⁠" Kang, the 30-year-old's side faced off against Born in Mongolia in the final stage, with Argency and himself fragging hard at the top of the scoreboard, securing the series in 2-0 fashion, without dropping a single map in the qualifier.

DreamHack Masters Marseille 2018 East Asia Open QualifierBest of 3 MVP PKMatchpage 2 0 28th February 2018 Born in Mongolia 16Inferno 6 16Mirage 14

MVP PK	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Soon-Woo 'Argency' KwonArgency	46 - 28	+18	90.8	1.38
Keun-Chul 'solo' Kangsolo	43 - 32	+11	92.6	1.31
Min-Soo 'glow' Kimglow	43 - 30	+13	83.7	1.27
Hyun-Pyo 'XigN' LeeXigN	37 - 31	+6	66.7	1.07
Min-Seok 'zeff' Parkzeff	29 - 39	-10	76.0	0.94

Born in Mongolia	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Yesuntumur 'nin9' Gantulganin9	42 - 36	+6	89.9	1.22
Chinguun 'hasteka' Bayarmaahasteka	36 - 39	-3	76.3	1.06
Erdenedalai 'maaRaa' BayanbatmaaRaa	34 - 39	-5	69.7	0.97
Khangai 'hang4u' Munkhuuhang4u	25 - 42	-17	56.9	0.60
Irmuun 'PRISM' TuulPRISM	23 - 42	-19	50.2	0.57

With the East Asia qualifier concluding, the current list of teams for the Asian closed qualifier is as follows:

TYLOO	BOOT-d[S]
Tainted Minds	NASR
MVP PK	SEA & South Asia
SEA & South Asia	China

NASR #202 Obaid 'breAker' Al-MuhairiAbdulaziz 'Nami' Al-HammadiKhalid 'KarriBob' Al-JunaibiMohammed 'k1tkat' Al-NuaimiYousif 'h1x' Abdelsattar 5POWER #109 Lei 'forget' LiGan-Erdene 'dobu' BatboldBat-Enkh 'kabal' BatbayarPeng 'xiaosaGe' SongKitikawin 'PTC' Rattanasukol Soon-Woo 'Argency' Kwon Age: 26 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 184 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.66 MVP PK #31 Keun-Chul 'solo' KangMin-Soo 'glow' KimMin-Seok 'zeff' ParkHyun-Pyo 'XigN' LeeHae-Sung 'HSK' Kim The MongolZ #163 Tsog 'Tsogoo' MashbatBold 'ncl' BatsuhTelmen 'cazze' NyamdorjUnudelger 'cTrl' BaasanjargalGanbileg 'Noks' Erdenebold Hae-Sung 'HSK' Kim Age: 23 Team: MVP PK Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 327 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.64 BOOT-d[S] #96 Nevin 'splashske' AwBenedict 'Benkai' TanBenjamin 'moxie' KouAnthony 'ImpressioN' LimKumaresan 'Tommy' Ramani Born in Mongolia #145 Erdenedalai 'maaRaa' BayanbatIrmuun 'PRISM' TuulChinguun 'hasteka' BayarmaaKhangai 'hang4u' MunkhuuYesuntumur 'nin9' Gantulga Keun-Chul 'solo' Kang Age: 30 Team: MVP PK Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 180 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.67 Tainted Minds #67 Yaman 'yam' ErgenekonRyan 'zewsy' PalmerChris 'ofnu' HanleyConnor 'chuch' MorganJoshua 'INS' Potter TYLOO #22 Ke 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuHansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandHaoWen 'somebody' XuKevin 'xccurate' Susanto