No2B, Bragantino qualify for ESL Latin America Season 2

No2B and Bragantino have booked places in ESL Latin America League Season 2 after finishing top two in the qualifier.

A total of 22 teams took part in the qualifier, which featured a single-elimination bracket, with the initial matches being BO1, while the remaining were BO3's, for the chance to earn a spot in the main league.

The last-four stage saw nEEts ock horns with No2B, with Cache being the first map of the series. Matheus "⁠pesadelo⁠" Panisset & co. were in control for most of the game, but then Wesley "⁠GW⁠" Vinicius's troops recovered from a 9-14 deficit to force overtime, in which nEEts sailed through to claim the 19-16 map victory.

Eight Latin American teams will fight for a spot in Odense

The series then moved to Inferno, a map that turned out to be one sided as No2B ran out 16-8 victors - a result that shifted the momentum in their favour before Dust2, where they would claim a convincing 16-6 victory following an inspired performance from Matheus "⁠Tuurtle⁠" Anhaia, who put in a 1.82 rating.

ESL Latin America League Season 2 QualifierBest of 3 No2BMatchpage 2 1 18th October 2018 nEEts 16Cache 19 16Inferno 8 16Dust2 6

No2B	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Matheus 'Tuurtle' AnhaiaTuurtle	78 - 58	+20	108.9	1.51
Matheus 'pesadelo' Panissetpesadelo	60 - 56	+4	83.4	1.20
Gabriel 'dug' Merollidug	55 - 44	+11	70.3	1.17
Gabriel 'ovr' Castroovr	57 - 49	+8	70.2	1.17
Jean 'frt' Bianchifrt	51 - 47	+4	61.2	1.06

nEEts	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Wesley 'GW' ViniciusGW	69 - 54	+15	89.1	1.21
Bruno 'BRNZ1K' Custodio de MendonçaBRNZ1K	52 - 59	-7	67.4	0.89
Gustavo 'GYZER' RibeiroGYZER	42 - 60	-18	66.5	0.87
Felipe 'snp' Felchilchersnp	49 - 67	-18	71.8	0.86
Arthur 'maeda' Maedamaeda	42 - 63	-21	58.6	0.78

On the other side of the bracket, Bulldozer and Bragantino clashed on Overpass, where Rodrigo "⁠drg⁠" Ausenka and his men dominated the first half as Terrorists before eventually cleaning things up in the second half as CTs for a 16-8 series success.

Cache saw Bragantino's offense on fire at the start, but Lucas "⁠luk⁠" Soares & co. swiftly doused the fire to secure an 8-7 score at halftime. The second half saw the two sides trade rounds until the 14-14 tie was eventually snapped by Bragantino, who would go on to secure the map, 16-14, to book the final spot in the league.

ESL Latin America League Season 2 QualifierBest of 3 BulldozerMatchpage 0 2 19th October 2018 Bragantino 8Overpass 16 14Cache 16

Bulldozer	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Lucas 'luk' Soaresluk	40 - 41	-1	80.1	1.03
Arthur 'prd' Resendeprd	39 - 36	+3	75.3	1.02
Vinicius 'vhz' Santanavhz	41 - 40	+1	72.2	0.99
Abraão 'abr' Campagnacabr	35 - 42	-7	76.0	0.92
Ricardo 'vaz' de Melovaz	22 - 41	-19	64.4	0.70

Bragantino	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Raul 'r4ul' Bruzacar4ul	42 - 34	+8	88.2	1.32
Rodrigo 'drg' Ausenkadrg	43 - 36	+7	83.0	1.25
Marco 'SoweLL' AurélioSoweLL	45 - 35	+10	81.5	1.19
Vitor 'koé' Pireskoé	39 - 37	+2	75.4	1.13
Daniel 'DANVIET' MarquesDANVIET	31 - 36	-5	66.1	1.01

With No2B and Bragantino through to the main competition, the complete eight-team list in he group draw looks as follows:

Group A
Sharks
Isurus
Santos
No2B Group B
Wild
W7M
Imperial
Bragantino

ESL Latin America League Season will start on October 29 and run through November 7, with the winner securing a spot at the ESL Pro League Season 8 FInals, in Odense, Denmark, from December 4-9.

No2B Lucas 'luk' Soares Age: 20 Team: Bulldozer Rating 1.0: 0.82 Maps played: 149 KPR: 0.58 DPR: 0.74 Rodrigo 'drg' Ausenka Age: 20 Team: Bragantino Rating 1.0: 0.88 Maps played: 14 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.78 Imperial #169 Caio 'zqkS' FonsecaGustavo 'SHOOWTiME' GonçalvesThiago 'tifa' FrançaDenis 'dzt' FischerBruno 'shz' Martinelli W7M #105 Ramon 'RMN' ToledoLucas 'YJ' YujiRafael 'raafa' LimaLeon 'ryotzz' FelipeFillipe 'pancc' Martins Sharks #47 Renato 'nak' NakanoRaphael 'exit' LacerdaLeonardo 'leo_drk' OliveiraRodrigo 'RCF' FigueiredoJhonatan 'jnt' Silva Matheus 'pesadelo' Panisset Age: 19 Team: No2B Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 19 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.76 Santos #212 Filipe 'fp1' CairesFelipe 'delboNi' DelboniLucas 'cadelao' OliveiraLeonardo 'LeoGOD' Silva Bulldozer #240 Arthur 'prd' ResendeLucas 'luk' SoaresHenrique 'Mk' TozattoVinicius 'vhz' SantanaAbraão 'abr' Campagnac Wesley 'GW' Vinicius Age: 24 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 90 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.68 nEEts Arthur 'maeda' MaedaIgor 'ziK' Menezes Matheus 'Tuurtle' Anhaia Age: 19 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 121 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.72 Bragantino #298 Raul 'r4ul' BruzacaRodrigo 'drg' AusenkaDaniel 'DANVIET' MarquesVitor 'koé' PiresMarco 'SoweLL' Aurélio Wild #98 Vinicios 'PKL' CoelhoLucas 'destiny' BulloPaulo 'land1n' FelipeAlef 'tatazin' PereiraDener 'KHTEX' Barchfield Isurus #88 Nicolás 'Noktse' DávilaRoberto 'reversive' ThemthamMatias 'tutehen' CanaleNabil 'nbl' AleuaGabriel '1962' Sinopoli