Luminosity win WCA North America Finals

Luminosity have earned a spot at the WCA main event after topping the North American Finals with a 2-1 victory over CLG in the final.

Eight teams - four invited and four qualified - competed in a single-elimination bracket over the weekend for the chance to earn the grand prize of over $11,000 and to represent the region at the WCA World Finals, later this year.

The first round of matches went exactly as expected as all favourites managed to win their matches without dropping a single map. The semi-finals threw up two mouth-watering fixtures, with Ethan "⁠Ethan⁠" Arnold inspiring CLG to beat Misfits on two close maps with a 1.56 Rating and a 110.3 ADR, while Gustavo "⁠SHOOWTiME⁠" Gonçalves and Marcelo "⁠chelo⁠" Cespedes shined as Luminosity moved past Complexity in a two-map series.

chelo averaged a 1.40 Rating in the qualifier

chelo put up another great display in the first game of the final, boasting a 2.28 Rating as he powered Luminosity to cruise to a 16-3 victory on Cache. CLG responded in similar fashion, picking up a comprehensive 16-4 victory on Cobblestone with a strong all-round performance, but the Brazilians were far too strong on Overpass and wrapped things up with a quick 16-7 success.

WCA 2017 North America FinalsBest of 3 CLGMatchpage 1 2 30th October 2017 Luminosity 3Cache 16 16Cobblestone 4 7Overpass 16

CLG	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Ethan 'Ethan' ArnoldEthan	53 - 48	+5	93.6	1.30
Stephen 'reltuC' CutlerreltuC	44 - 42	+2	82.4	1.09
Kenneth 'koosta' Suenkoosta	42 - 46	-4	66.4	0.96
Ricardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandRickeh	36 - 47	-11	76.3	0.86
Pujan 'FNS' MehtaFNS	34 - 45	-11	68.8	0.85

Luminosity	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Marcelo 'chelo' Cespedeschelo	61 - 33	+28	105.0	1.52
Gustavo 'yel' Knittelyel	49 - 41	+8	79.3	1.17
Vinicios 'PKL' CoelhoPKL	38 - 45	-7	74.2	1.06
Gustavo 'SHOOWTiME' GonçalvesSHOOWTiME	41 - 41	0	65.2	0.98
Gabriel 'NEKIZ' SchenatoNEKIZ	38 - 50	-12	66.0	0.82

World Cyber Arena North America Qualifier final standings:

1. Luminosity - $11,280 + WCA Finals spot
2. CLG - $5,630
3. Complexity - $2,260 
4. Misfits
5-8. Tempo Storm
5-8. Vault
5-8. Gale Force
5-8. Gorilla Core

The team list for the WCA 2017 Finals, which will run from December 17-22 in Yinchuan, China, currently looks as follows:

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

CLG #19 Ethan 'Ethan' ArnoldPujan 'FNS' MehtaStephen 'reltuC' CutlerRicardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandKenneth 'koosta' Suen Aimers Alive #230 Assim 'admiral' HusseinQahtan 'k-lee' AlazwieYousef 'XaTra' Al-HatemYazan 'KinGRoos' AljamalOmar '3ARK00Z' Elyyan Luminosity #21 Gustavo 'SHOOWTiME' GonçalvesMarcelo 'chelo' CespedesVinicios 'PKL' CoelhoGabriel 'NEKIZ' SchenatoGustavo 'yel' Knittel Next Generation #186 Yazid 'laTal' KurdiOmar 'VIPPEER' AdwanYousif 'SP33D' FadawsOmer 'r4id3n' Al-SaqerAli 'wAti' Al-Kadhimi Gustavo 'SHOOWTiME' Gonçalves Age: 20 Team: Luminosity Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 427 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.68 Misfits #25 Sean 'seang@res' GaresShahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanHunter 'SicK' MimsFrançois 'amanek' DelaunayDavid 'devoduvek' Dobrosavljevic Marcelo 'chelo' Cespedes Age: 19 Team: Luminosity Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 186 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.67 Vault #225 Juanes 'sickLy' ValenciaAndres 'spamzzy' CorreaSantiago 'Daveeys' GalvisCamilo 'points' LondoñoJesus 'sam_A' Taboada Gale Force #53 Guillermo 'guishorro' ArecoJonathan 'JonY BoY' MuñozMatias 'tutehen' CanaleEdgar 'MarKE' MaldonadoTomás 'tomi' Guardia Gambit #7 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' KhassenovBektiyar 'fitch' Bahytov Ethan 'Ethan' Arnold Age: 17 Team: CLG Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 292 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.69 Gorilla Core #206 Luigi 'dukka' CastiglioneFilipe 'fp1' CairesAugusto 'gut0' BertoraRodrigo 'RCF' FigueiredoCharles 'pbf1' Teles Isurus #114 Julián 'Zote' AcostaNicolás 'Noktse' DávilaNahuel 'Straka' VazquezNicolas 'NikoM' MiozziNabil 'nbl' Aleua Complexity #44 Rory 'dephh' JacksonJaccob 'yay' WhiteakerPeter 'ptr' GurneyAlec 'Slemmy' WhiteBradley 'ANDROID' Fodor BOOT-d[S] #68 Nevin 'splashske' AwBenedict 'Benkai' TanBenjamin 'moxie' KouAnthony 'ImpressioN' LimKumaresan 'Tommy' Ramani Chiefs #60 Tyler 'tucks' ReillyPeter 'pecks' NguyenAlistair 'aliStair' JohnstonJoshua 'INS' PotterLiam 'malta' Schembri Tempo Storm #45 Paulo 'land1n' FelipeRicardo 's1' ShinjiDenis 'dzt' FischerAlef 'tatazin' PereiraBruno 'shz' Martinelli