Renegades and Liquid have both earned spots at StarSeries i-League Season 4 after finishing top two in the North American qualifier.
Eight invited teams competed in a single-elimination bracket for the chance to secure a spot at the upcoming StarSeries event, in Kiev, where $300,000 will be up for grabs.
The opening round of the qualifier went according to script as all the favourites managed to go through, even though Liquid and NRG were made to sweat to fend off the threat of Complexity and Rise Nation, respectively.
The first semi-final, featuring Liquid and Luminosity was a complete one-sided affair as the North Americans ran out comfortable 2-0 winners while dropping just five rounds throughout the series.
StarSeries i-League Season 4 North America QualifierBest of 3 
Liquid
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Luminosity 16Train 2 16Mirage 3
| Liquid | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Russel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenTwistzz | 37 - 13 | +24 | 100.0 | 1.77 |
| Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE | 39 - 17 | +22 | 95.0 | 1.62 |
| Josh 'jdm64' Marzanojdm64 | 33 - 17 | +16 | 92.5 | 1.61 |
| Lucas 'steel' Lopessteel | 28 - 18 | +10 | 88.8 | 1.32 |
| Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0 | 27 - 20 | +7 | 79.0 | 1.18 |
| Luminosity | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcelo 'chelo' Cespedeschelo | 20 - 32 | -12 | 59.3 | 0.70 |
| Gabriel 'NEKIZ' SchenatoNEKIZ | 20 - 32 | -12 | 64.5 | 0.66 |
| Gustavo 'yel' Knittelyel | 20 - 33 | -13 | 58.4 | 0.66 |
| Gustavo 'SHOOWTiME' GonçalvesSHOOWTiME | 16 - 31 | -15 | 55.7 | 0.50 |
| Vinicios 'PKL' CoelhoPKL | 9 - 37 | -28 | 46.0 | 0.25 |
The other match was not quite as straightforward, at least not the first map, as Renegades picked up a close 16-14 victory on Cache after overturning a 12-3 halftime deficit thanks to a great display from Keith "NAF" Markovic, who put in a team-leading 1.53 Rating. The Canadian player continued his dominant showing on the second map, Inferno, helping the Australian side to cruise to a comprehensive 16-2 victory.
StarSeries i-League Season 4 North America QualifierBest of 3 
Renegades
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NRG 16Cache 14 16Inferno 2
| Renegades | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith 'NAF' MarkovicNAF | 46 - 22 | +24 | 99.2 | 1.59 |
| Karlo 'USTILO' PivacUSTILO | 40 - 28 | +12 | 92.9 | 1.38 |
| Noah 'Nifty' FrancisNifty | 35 - 26 | +9 | 71.5 | 1.24 |
| Aaron 'AZR' WardAZR | 33 - 29 | +4 | 85.3 | 1.21 |
| Justin 'jks' Savagejks | 38 - 28 | +10 | 77.8 | 1.20 |
| NRG | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethan 'Ethan' ArnoldEthan | 30 - 39 | -9 | 82.9 | 1.01 |
| Jacob 'FugLy' MedinaFugLy | 30 - 37 | -7 | 80.4 | 0.96 |
| Vincent 'Brehze' CayonteBrehze | 31 - 38 | -7 | 65.6 | 0.82 |
| Damian 'daps' Steeledaps | 23 - 39 | -16 | 56.2 | 0.69 |
 Tsvetelin 'CeRq' DimitrovCeRq | 18 - 39 | -21 | 40.3 | 0.60 |
The StarSeries i-League Season 4 event will run from February 17-25 at the Kiev Cybersport Arena. Sixteen teams, ten invited plus six qualified, will take part in this competition, which will begin with a best-of-three Swiss stage.
The final team list for the Ukrainian event looks as follows:
 Astralis |  FaZe |
| Cloud9 |  fnatic |
 G2 |  Gambit |
| MOUZ | SK |
 Natus Vincere |  Virtus.pro |
 TYLOO |  MVP PK |
| HEROIC | HellRaisers |
| Liquid | Renegades |
Virtus.pro #10 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński 
Complexity #45 Pujan 'FNS' Mehta
Rory 'dephh' JacksonJaccob 'yay' WhiteakerPeter 'ptr' GurneyBradley 'ANDROID' Fodor 
HEROIC #22 Andreas 'MODDII' FridhMarco 'Snappi' PfeifferPatrick 'es3tag' HansenJakob 'JUGi' HansenNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen Luminosity #26 Vinicios 'PKL' CoelhoGustavo 'SHOOWTiME' GonçalvesGabriel 'NEKIZ' SchenatoGustavo 'yel' KnittelMarcelo 'chelo' Cespedes 
fnatic #6 Robin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonMaikil 'Golden' Selim 
MVP PK #44 Keun-Chul 'solo' KangMin-Soo 'glow' KimMin-Seok 'zeff' ParkHyun-Pyo 'XigN' LeeHae-Sung 'HSK' Kim 
FaZe #2 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenOlof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács
Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač
Håvard 'rain' Nygaard Renegades #19 Justin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardKeith 'NAF' MarkovicKarlo 'USTILO' PivacNoah 'Nifty' Francis 
Astralis #5 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Keith 'NAF' Markovic 
Age: 20 Team: Renegades Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 679 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.65 
Gambit #11 Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev
Mihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' KhassenovBektiyar 'fitch' Bahytov Liquid #14 Lucas 'steel' LopesNick 'nitr0' CannellaJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken 
Natus Vincere #9 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov 
G2 #4 Richard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro 
MOUZ #7 
Tomáš 'oskar' Šťastný
Chris 'chrisJ' de Jong
Miikka 'suNny' KemppiMartin 'STYKO' Styk
Robin 'ropz' Kool 
SK #1 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaRicardo 'boltz' PrassMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo 
HellRaisers #21 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchuk
Özgür 'woxic' Eker
Bence 'DeadFox' Böröcz
Issa 'ISSAA' Murad 
Rise Nation #48 Skyler 'Relyks' WeaverWill 'dazzLe' LoafmanMichael 'dapr' GulinoKaleb 'moose' JayneBrandon 'Ace' Winn 
NRG #25 Damian 'daps' SteeleJacob 'FugLy' MedinaVincent 'Brehze' CayonteEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov 
TYLOO #30 Ke 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' Wu
Hansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandHaoWen 'somebody' XuKevin 'xccurate' Susanto 
Cloud9 #3 Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaTarik 'tarik' CelikTimothy 'autimatic' TaJake 'Stewie2K' Yip (责任编辑：csgo crates)
