Uniquestars qualify for Asia Minor

Uniquestars defeated FATE in the final of the Asia Minor Middle East & South Asia Open Qualifier 2-1 (16-13 Inferno, 6-16 Overpass, 16-11 Mirage), securing a spot at the Asia Minor in London.

Uniquestars reached the final by defeating their countrymen coREA in the quarters and then edging ex-Next Generation in the semis, 2-1. Meanwhile, FATE MENA beat bluuuuud and then eliminated NASR, featuring names such as Mohammed "⁠k1tkat⁠" Al-Nuaimi, Khalid "⁠KarriBob⁠" Al-Junaibi and Obaid "⁠breAker⁠" Al-Muhairi to get to the final.

Inferno kicked off the series, with FATE MENA running up a 5-1 advantage after winning the second-round force. Uniquestars managed to recover by the end of the half, finishing it 8-7 down, before taking the lead after the second pistol. With Lidor "⁠LaNrefNi⁠" Almasi and Guy "⁠NertZ⁠" Iluz on point, securing 32 and 29 kills respectively, the Israeli side edged a 16-13 win.

Uniquestars booked a spot at the Asia Minor which will be held in the Twickenham Stadium

Overpass followed, which despite Uniquestars' good 5-1 start, was a one-sided affair. FATE MENA turned the game around and got eight out of the next nine T-rounds and followed that up with a perfect CT side to win Overpass 16-6 and force the decider, Mirage.

FATE MENA had a great start to the last map, winning the force buy after losing the T pistol and running up a 3-1 lead. Uniquestars were able to win a couple of rounds before the end of the half to finish 5-10, but they couldn't tie rounds together or build a strong economy throughout the CT side.

However, when they switched to the Terrorist side, they looked indomitable, with Barak "⁠shp3x⁠" Schneider and Guy "⁠anarkez⁠" Trachtman leading the way for their team. Uniquestars won the pistol and went on to drop only two rounds on their way to a 16-11 victory and a 2-1 for the series.

Asia Minor Middle East & South Asia Open Qualifier - FACEIT Major 2018Best of 3 UniquestarsMatchpage 2 1 20th May 2018 FATE MENA 16Inferno 13 6Overpass 16 16Mirage 11

Uniquestars	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Guy 'NertZ' IluzNertZ	69 - 59	+10	109.9	1.37
Lidor 'LaNrefNi' AlmasiLaNrefNi	63 - 51	+12	78.6	1.14
Barak 'shp3x' Schneidershp3x	49 - 56	-7	65.5	0.90
Guy 'anarkez' Trachtmananarkez	42 - 56	-14	60.5	0.86
Anton 'hydra' Sviridonhydra	43 - 59	-16	61.4	0.80

FATE MENA	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Fahad 'vRss' AlajmivRss	58 - 49	+9	80.5	1.19
Fayez 'cheK' SaifcheK	58 - 59	-1	86.8	1.17
Abdul-Aziz 'JustnatioN' SalemJustnatioN	55 - 56	-1	72.4	1.15
Malhan 'WeZ' AlbusayyesWeZ	57 - 51	+6	82.3	1.12
Saleh 'shanx' Alenezishanx	52 - 54	-2	71.1	1.06

With the Oceania and the India, Pakistan & SEA Minor Qualifier still left to be played out, the team list for the Asia Minor currently looks like this:

Renegades	TYLOO
Fierce Tiger	SCARZ Absolute
Uniquestars	Qualifier
Qualifier	Qualifier

Khalid 'KarriBob' Al-Junaibi Age: 23 Team: NASR Rating 1.0: 0.92 Maps played: 163 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.67 Mohammed 'k1tkat' Al-Nuaimi Age: 23 Team: NASR Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 162 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.70 Guy 'anarkez' Trachtman Age: 18 Team: Uniquestars Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 29 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.67 Fierce Tiger #175 Bin 'Savage' LiuZhen 'HZ' HuangXin 'Supreme' ZhangQingYu 'Monster' DengBinHui 'wuyu' Jiang bluuuuud Obaid 'breAker' Al-Muhairi Age: 27 Team: NASR Rating 1.0: 0.93 Maps played: 171 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.68 Renegades #12 Justin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardJoakim 'jkaem' MyrbostadKarlo 'USTILO' PivacNoah 'Nifty' Francis NASR #184 Obaid 'breAker' Al-MuhairiAbdulaziz 'Nami' Al-HammadiKhalid 'KarriBob' Al-JunaibiMohammed 'k1tkat' Al-NuaimiYousif 'h1x' Abdelsattar Uniquestars Lidor 'LaNrefNi' AlmasiGuy 'NertZ' IluzBarak 'shp3x' SchneiderGuy 'anarkez' TrachtmanAnton 'hydra' Sviridon SCARZ Absolute #121 Koji 'Laz' UshidaTomoaki 'crow' MaruokaRyo 'barce' TakebayashiShibasaki 'poem' YumekiTakemori 'takej' Shogo ex-Next Generation coREA Lidor 'LaNrefNi' Almasi Age: 19 Team: Uniquestars Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 18 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.67 FATE MENA Fayez 'cheK' SaifSaleh 'shanx' AleneziFahad 'vRss' AlajmiAbdul-Aziz 'JustnatioN' SalemMalhan 'WeZ' Albusayyes Guy 'NertZ' Iluz Age: 18 Team: Uniquestars Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 30 KPR: 0.84 DPR: 0.74 Barak 'shp3x' Schneider Age: 21 Team: Uniquestars Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 29 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.68 TYLOO #13 Ke 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuHansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandHaoWen 'somebody' XuKevin 'xccurate' Susanto