Isurus win WCA South America Finals

Isurus Gaming will attend the World Cyber Arena (WCA) 2017 Finals after beating INTZ 2-1 in the grand final of the South American qualifier.

Eight South American teams, four invited and four qualified, competed in a single-elimination, best-of-three bracket for the lion's share of a $19,000 prize pool and the chance to represent the region at the WCA Finals, later this year, in China.

The first round featured two nail-biting matches, as Isurus required three maps to defeat a Merciless team who had just lost Ricardo "⁠s1⁠" Shinji, while INTZ came from behind to beat fellow Brazilian side ProGaming 2-1.

Straka & co will attend the WCA 2017 Finals

In the semi-finals, Isurus pulled off a stunning upset as they defeated TeamOne, who had recently attended the ESEA Global Challenge, on three maps, with Nicolas "⁠NikoM⁠" Miozzi and Nicolás "⁠Noktse⁠" Dávila both racking up over 70 frags. In the other semi-final, INTZ defeated Hafnet after just two maps, with the first one going to double overtime.

Isurus entered the grand final with fire in their belly, taking the lead in the series with a quick 16-4 win on Inferno. The second map, Overpass, was just as lopsided, as INTZ ran out 16-6 winners. It all came down to Nuke, where, after a keenly-contested first-half that ended with an 8-7 scoreline, the Argentinian team took control of proceedings and locked down the map with a flawless second half.

WCA 2017 South America FinalsBest of 3 IsurusMatchpage 2 1 9th October 2017 INTZ 16Inferno 4 6Overpass 16 16Nuke 7

Isurus	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Nicolas 'NikoM' MiozziNikoM	65 - 45	+20	97.8	1.43
Nicolás 'Noktse' DávilaNoktse	48 - 36	+12	81.4	1.19
Nabil 'nbl' Aleuanbl	45 - 36	+9	72.4	1.18
Nahuel 'Straka' VazquezStraka	42 - 44	-2	80.9	1.15
Julián 'Zote' AcostaZote	45 - 38	+7	68.5	1.14

INTZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Yuri 'yuurih' Santosyuurih	43 - 54	-11	82.1	1.03
Andrei 'arT' PiovezanarT	39 - 46	-7	68.7	0.96
Matheus 'DeM0' YokomizoDeM0	39 - 44	-5	66.4	0.94
Alan 'adrrr' Riverosadrrr	39 - 47	-8	60.3	0.89
Alexandre 'xand' Zizixand	37 - 56	-19	67.2	0.82

World Cyber Arena South America Qualifier final standings:

1. Isurus - $11,315 + WCA Finals spot
2. INTZ - $5,655
3. TeamOne - $2,260 
4. Hafnet
5-8. Dynasty
5-8. Merciless
5-8. ProGaming
5-8. Glacon

The team list for the WCA 2017 Finals currently looks as follows:

BOOT-d[S]	Chiefs
Next Generation	Aimers Alive
Isurus	China #1
China #2	Europe #1
Europe #3	Europe #2
North America #1	Invite

Aimers Alive #226 Assim 'admiral' HusseinQahtan 'k-lee' AlazwieYousef 'XaTra' Al-HatemYazan 'KinGRoos' AljamalOmar '3ARK00Z' Elyyan Ricardo 's1' Shinji Age: 25 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 103 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.70 Next Generation #198 Yazid 'laTal' KurdiOmar 'VIPPEER' AdwanYousif 'SP33D' FadawsOmer 'r4id3n' Al-SaqerAli 'wAti' Al-Kadhimi ProGaming Bruno 'ellllll' OnoNathan 'fv' MendesHenrique 'rikz' WakuMatheus 'fra' FragozoKaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato Nicolas 'NikoM' Miozzi Age: 20 Team: Isurus Rating 1.0: 1.15 Maps played: 70 KPR: 0.80 DPR: 0.67 Dynasty #352 Dyogo 'pAnicKoW' PaniagoDavid 'dk' AlmeidaDaniel 'DebornY' DiasAugusto 'gto' FioreVinicius 'pK' Gonçales TeamOne #68 Bruno 'BIT' Fukuda LimaPedro 'Maluk3' CamposJean-Michel 'mch' D'OliveiraVictor 'iDk' TorracaAlencar 'trk' Rossato Nicolás 'Noktse' Dávila Age: 24 Team: Isurus Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 103 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.64 Hafnet #195 Cristian 'LEEROY' QuijadaKlauss 'Klauss' HermannCarlos 'Tio' SwingPablo 'pablow' CarrilloFelipe 'rochet' Rochet Isurus #167 Julián 'Zote' AcostaNicolás 'Noktse' DávilaNahuel 'Straka' VazquezNicolas 'NikoM' MiozziNabil 'nbl' Aleua INTZ #269 Alan 'adrrr' RiverosAlexandre 'xand' ZiziAndrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosMatheus 'DeM0' Yokomizo BOOT-d[S] #76 Nevin 'splashske' AwBenedict 'Benkai' TanBenjamin 'moxie' KouAnthony 'ImpressioN' LimKumaresan 'Tommy' Ramani Glacon Raphael 'hey you' OliveiraVictor 'bdz' FurtadoRogerio 'del1n' AbreuGabriel 'cpx' SoaresAndré 'Bauer' Bauer Merciless Guilherme 'dukeN' GóesFelipe 'delboNi' DelboniVinicius 'vhz' Santana Chiefs #57 Tyler 'tucks' ReillyPeter 'pecks' NguyenAlistair 'aliStair' JohnstonJoshua 'INS' PotterLiam 'malta' Schembri