Group B of the Asia Minor, already made strange following TyLoo's disqualification, just became stranger as TheMongolz took down tournament favourites Renegades 16-13 on de_cache.
With Group B of the Asia Minor (taking place at IEM Taipei) already reeling from the news that TyLoo, who were considered to be in strong contention for advancing to the playoffs, had been disqualified due to Quanqing "qz" Wu having received a VAC Ban in 2013, the first match kicked off with Renegades taking on the Taiwanese Eat You Alive.
That game was a whitewash as Justin "jks" Savage & co. demolished the local team 16-2 on de_cbble and advanced to the winners' match, which the Mongolian TheMongolz had already made it into in lieu of TyLoo's disqualification.
IEM Taipei 2016Best of 1 
Renegades
Matchpage 16 2 30th January 2016 
Eat You Alive 16Cobblestone 2
| Renegades | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 1.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin 'jks' Savagejks | 20 - 7 | +13 | - | 1.81 |
| Chad 'SPUNJ' BurchillSPUNJ | 16 - 8 | +8 | - | 1.58 |
| Yaman 'yam' Ergenekonyam | 16 - 5 | +11 | - | 1.56 |
| Aaron 'AZR' WardAZR | 17 - 9 | +8 | - | 1.49 |
| Luke 'Havoc' PatonHavoc | 11 - 8 | +3 | - | 1.13 |
| Eat You Alive | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 1.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yi-Wei 'Kny' LuKny | 11 - 16 | -5 | - | 0.67 |
| Ying-Tsang 'EygisK' HuangEygisK | 8 - 16 | -8 | - | 0.49 |
| Hao 'XbOx' TsaiXbOx | 6 - 15 | -9 | - | 0.45 |
| Wei-Zhi 'dz' Liaodz | 6 - 17 | -11 | - | 0.39 |
| Wei-Kai '!99' Wang!99 | 6 - 16 | -10 | - | 0.37 |
Machinegun "un-XANTARES'ed" himself on LAN
The Mongolians had other plans in mind than just being the stock Asian team to make way for the tournament favourites, as Enkhtaivan "Machinegun" Lkhagva and Temuulen "Zilkenberg" Battulga went off on a tear against the Aussies, finishing up 11-4 on their T-side (with Machinegun at one point having a 18-2-4 score).
Despite a solid comeback attempt from Renegades that came in with too little, too late, TheMongolz eventually sealed the map 16-13 and advanced to the Asia Minor playoffs.
IEM Taipei 2016Best of 1 
The MongolZ
Matchpage 16 13 30th January 2016 Renegades 16Cache 13
| The MongolZ | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 1.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enkhtaivan 'Machinegun' LkhagvaMachinegun | 30 - 19 | +11 | - | 1.51 |
| Temuulen 'Zilkenberg' BattulgaZilkenberg | 29 - 18 | +11 | - | 1.47 |
| Bold 'ncl' Batsuhncl | 16 - 20 | -4 | - | 0.83 |
| Otgonjargal 'Menace' GanzorigMenace | 19 - 21 | -2 | - | 0.83 |
| Tsog 'Tsogoo' MashbatTsogoo | 16 - 22 | -6 | - | 0.76 |
| Renegades | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 1.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin 'jks' Savagejks | 23 - 18 | +5 | - | 1.19 |
| Aaron 'AZR' WardAZR | 25 - 21 | +4 | - | 1.09 |
| Luke 'Havoc' PatonHavoc | 20 - 22 | -2 | - | 0.87 |
| Chad 'SPUNJ' BurchillSPUNJ | 19 - 26 | -7 | - | 0.75 |
| Yaman 'yam' Ergenekonyam | 13 - 23 | -10 | - | 0.62 |
The Renegades will now play a best-of-one decider match against Taiwanese Eat You Alive yet again to determine the final team that will advance to the playoffs.
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Quanqing 'qz' Wu 
Age: 24 Team: TYLOO Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 80 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.63 Justin 'jks' Savage 
Age: 20 Team: Renegades Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 78 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.62 
Temuulen 'Zilkenberg' Battulga 
Age: 24 Team: The MongolZ Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 54 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.68 Enkhtaivan 'Machinegun' Lkhagva 
Age: 25 Team: The MongolZ Rating 1.0: 1.28 Maps played: 51 KPR: 0.89 DPR: 0.68 (责任编辑：skinhub)
