TYLOO are out of FISSURE Playground 3 in 9-12th after two 13-11 losses to Alliance.
The Chinese squad had their chances on both maps, winning both pistols on Inferno and reaching a 9-9 scoreline. But with Qianhao "Moseyuh" Chen (4-18 K-D) having a particularly slow game, it was the Swedes who prevailed in the crucial gun rounds down the stretch to snatch TYLOO's pick.
Ancient was a similar story in far more damning circumstances. TYLOO again won both pistols, and led 11-3 on stage with map three beckoning.
But they struggled tremendously on T side to close it out, posting seven opening kills but failing to win a single gun round as Alliance won nine in a row to close the series 2-0 and leave the small group of home fans stunned.
Backstage, G2 took on 9z as both teams looked to get back on track after losses in the first round.
The South Americans were fastest out the traps in a tense Dust2, where they won both pistols but, unlike TYLOO, were able to eventually convert their heavy 12-6 lead into a map win, 13-11.
But G2 — the second highest ranked team at the event — came back for map two on a different level. They raced into an 8-4 lead, a Maximiliano "max" Gonzalez 4k being one of few highlights for 9z as they dropped Ancient 8-13.
Inferno, G2's long-time favored battleground, was the decider after the Europeans showed some weakness in maps against Astralis and Falcons, but it served as a reminder why they had eight wins in a row on the map beforehand as they earned a 12-3 lead off the back of some great Nikita "HeavyGod" Martynenko play in man disadvantages.
G2 now await the result of Astralis-5star to find out their opponent for one of the last two playoff spots, with Alliance set to face one of PARIVISION or magic for the other.
TYLOO
Yi 'JamYoung' Yang
Dongkai 'Jee' Ji
Jingxiang 'Mercury' Wang
Qianhao 'Moseyuh' Chen
Su 'Zero' Jingshen
WeiJie 'zhokiNg' Zhong
Qianhao 'Moseyuh' ChenPast 3 months
Alliance
Simon 'twist' Eliasson
Sean 'eraa' Knutsson
Jonatan 'bobeksde' Persson
Markus 'upE' Johansson
Arvid 'avid' Åberg
Simon 'Hawk' Vävinggren
PARIVISION
Evgenii 'FL1T' Lebedev
Dzhami 'Jame' Ali
Vladislav 'xiELO' Lysov
Ivan 'zweih' Gogin
Vyacheslav 'slaxejezzz' Vinokurov
Dastan 'dastan' Akbayev
magic
Svyatoslav 'MaSvAl' Masko
Vitaliy 'sFade8' Marushka
Andrey 'AW' Anisimov
Abdurakhim 'mo0N' Issa
Nikita 'tenzy' Kochenyuk
Danila 'eksiver' Yurkov
G2
Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač
Guy 'NertZ' Iluz
Artem 'r1nkle' Moroz
Nikita 'HeavyGod' Martynenko
Matúš 'MATYS' Šimko
Eetu 'sAw' Saha
Maximiliano 'max' GonzalezPast 3 months
Falcons
Finn 'karrigan' Andersen
Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač
René 'TeSeS' Madsen
Ilya 'm0NESY' Osipov
Maksim 'kyousuke' Lukin
Danny 'zonic' Sørensen
Astralis
Rasmus 'HooXi' Nielsen
Love 'phzy' Smidebrant
Jakob 'jabbi' Nygaard
Victor 'Staehr' Staehr
Gytis 'ryu' Glušauskas
Filip 'NEO' Kubski
9z
Maximiliano 'max' Gonzalez
Franco 'dgt' Garcia
Ignacio 'meyern' Meyer
Luciano 'luchov' Herrera
Matias 'HUASOPEEK' Ibañez Hernandez
Bruno 'BIT' Fukuda Lima
5star
Uuganbayar 'NEUZ' Nyam-Otgon
Tengis 'rate' Boldbaatar
Gerelt-Od 'clouden' Jargal
Ariunjargal 'ariucle' Yadam
Dulguun 'hoolig4n' Batsaikhan
Telmen 'shinobi' Batzorig
Nikita 'HeavyGod' MartynenkoPast 3 months