It will be an all Swedish final at Global Challenge Chengdu, when SK Gaming tomorrow face fnatic.

SKGaming came out on top of a tough match against TyLoo. The Chinese teamcontinued their strong performance, that they have been displaying theentire tournament, which didn’t make it easy for SK Gaming to claimvictory.

Winning first map nuke with 16-9, SK Gaming had theupper hand. On train TyLoo played a strong T side, taking 7 roundsagainst SK’s 8. Second half the teams went neck and neck, and it allcame down to the 30th round, to determine if it was going to be a winfor TyLoo, or overtime. TyLoo nailed it and won 16-14, forcing thirdmap.


TyLoo came back into the match by winning second map

Thirdmap inferno saw TyLoo take a solid lead before second half, winning10-5 as T on inferno. SK Gaming had a long road ahead of them, but theSwedes believed in themselves, even with the Chinese fan-base shoutingevery round. Once again, it should be neck and neck in the end where SKhad a 15-14 lead, before the last round. It was a clutch round, but itwent to the Swedes, who claim 16-14 victory, winning 2-1 against TyLoo.

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SKGaming advance to the Grand Final, where they will be playing theircountrymen from fnatic. TyLoo will play WeMade FOX in the third placematch.


kHRYSTAL played a huge role in the SK win

Thethird place match will start at 05:00CET and will feature HLTV. TheGrand Final is scheduled for 07:30CET and will not feature HLTV.

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Wewill be back with much more from the second day at Global ChallengeChengdu. Find the latest photos from day two, by clicking here and a short interview with Harley "dsn" Örwall and Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg from fnatic will be posted shortly.