The Asian closed qualifier for IEM Sydney 2018 is ready to commence today, with three spots up for grabs to the main event.
The eight-team competition will run from April 4-11 that will witness Asia's top teams collide in a best-of-three, double-elimination format.
Notable names from the Asian region including StarLadder ImbaTV Chongqing Invitational champions TYLOO and CAS 2018 winner MVP PK are among the favourites to qualify for the $250,000 event.
Singporean side BOOT-d[S] will make their debut in today's series with their newest addition Alikhan "w1nt3r" Kopzhanov, after the departure of Benjamin "moxie" Kou.
The following teams will compete in the qualifier:
 BOOT-d[S] |  Flash |
 MVP PK |  Signature |
 The MongolZ | TYLOO |
| GOSU |  5POWER |
Below you can find the opening match-ups:
| TYLOO | vs. | 5POWER |
| The MongolZ | vs. | BOOT-d[S] |
| MVP PK | vs. | Signature |
| GOSU | vs. | Flash |
Benjamin 'moxie' Kou 
Age: 25 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 225 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.61 
5POWER #113 Lei 'forget' LiGan-Erdene 'dobu' BatboldBat-Enkh 'kabal' BatbayarPeng 'xiaosaGe' SongKitikawin 'PTC' Rattanasukol 
MVP PK #26 Keun-Chul 'solo' KangMin-Soo 'glow' KimMin-Seok 'zeff' ParkHyun-Pyo 'XigN' LeeHae-Sung 'HSK' Kim 
GOSU #185 Seon-Ho 'xeta' SonHong-Gyo 'Jinx' JungGu-Taek 'stax' KimJong-Min 'Lakia' KimGi-Seok 'SeokE' Kim ![BOOT-d[S]](https://img-cdn.hltv.org/teamlogo/A4xH0MX3yekEnWtPlXc-jM.png?ixlib=java-2.1.0&w=100&s=ec7508071cdfe241d505373773f81672 "BOOT-d[S]")
Alikhan 'w1nt3r' Kopzhanov 
Age: 20 Team: BOOT-d[S] Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 23 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.69 
The MongolZ #93 Erdenedalai 'maaRaa' BayanbatTsog 'Tsogoo' MashbatBold 'ncl' BatsuhTemuulen 'temk4wow' ByambasurenKhangai 'hang4u' Munkhuu 
Flash #88 YuLun 'Summer' CaiYuanZhang 'Attacker' ShengKunHua 'LOVEYY' BaiZhe 'Ayeon' Yang BOOT-d[S] #62 Nevin 'splashske' AwBenedict 'Benkai' TanAnthony 'ImpressioN' LimKumaresan 'Tommy' RamaniAlikhan 'w1nt3r' Kopzhanov 
Signature #169 Phoomphat 'qqGOD' PhodjanatWarittorn 'RoLEX' KalanukarnPatiphan 'CigaretteS' PosriKritthee 'Geniuss' SawatmuangManutsawat 'Reality' Sangphadung 
TYLOO #22 Ke 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' Wu
Hansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandHaoWen 'somebody' XuKevin 'xccurate' Susanto (责任编辑：cs cases free)
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