Cloud9 win iBP Summer Invitational

Cloud9 win the iBUYPOWER 2016 Summer Invitational after defeating TSM 2-0 (16-14 on Dust2 and 16-5 on Train).

The iBUYPOWER 2016 Summer Invitational was the next installment in the hardware company's series of seasonal online tournaments for North American teams, with eight teams competing for $16,000 in prize money this time around.

This time around the quarter-finals of the tournament saw no particular upsets and, with #17 ranked Cloud9 taking down Selfless 2-0 in their semifinal and #14 ranked TSM defeating Echo Fox 2-0 in the other semifinal, the grand final expectedly saw the two Top 20 ranked North American teams competing in the Invitational as the the last two standing teams.

Cloud9 defended their iBP Invitational title against TSM

On the first map of Dust2, Cloud9 (who were the defending champions as they had won the previous iBUYPOWER Spring Invitational a few months earlier) displayed a brisk and confident T-side and closed the first half with a 10-5 lead.

Despite Russel "⁠Twistzz⁠" Van Dulken getting a second pistolround ace for TSM and TSM taking the lead late into the first map, a series of clutches from the likes of Tyler "⁠Skadoodle⁠" Latham and Mike "⁠shroud⁠" Grzesiek helped Cloud9 take the first map 16-14.

Train was the second map and here Cloud9 were much more poised as they pulled off a 11-4 CT half and then quickly closed out the map 16-5 (despite it being TSM's map pick) to win the iBUYPOWER 2016 Summer Invitational and go home $10,000 richer.

iBUYPOWER Invitational Summer 2016Best of 3 TSMMatchpage 0 2 18th July 2016 Cloud9 14Dust2 16 5Train 16

Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Mike 'shroud' Grzesiekshroud	41 - 36	+5	98.0	1.32
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbertn0thing	42 - 34	+8	80.3	1.26
Jake 'Stewie2K' YipStewie2K	40 - 34	+6	87.4	1.20
Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamSkadoodle	39 - 29	+10	66.9	1.15
Alec 'Slemmy' WhiteSlemmy	32 - 33	-1	69.9	1.03

TSM	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Hunter 'SicK' MimsSicK	34 - 39	-5	84.1	1.07
Russel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenTwistzz	37 - 38	-1	74.7	1.02
Kory 'SEMPHIS' FriesenSEMPHIS	33 - 37	-4	71.6	0.93
Pujan 'FNS' MehtaFNS	32 - 41	-9	73.2	0.91
Timothy 'autimatic' Taautimatic	30 - 39	-9	67.6	0.88

iBUYPOWER 2016 Summer Invitational final standings:

1. Cloud9 - $10,000
2. TSM - $4,000
3-4. Echo Fox - $1,000
3-4. Selfless - $1,000
5-8. Complexity
5-8. Winterfox
5-8. Kaliber
5-8. Prospects

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Tyler 'Skadoodle' Latham Age: 22 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 451 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.59 Complexity #39 Rory 'dephh' JacksonJoshua 'sancz' BallengerKia 'Surreal' ManBradley 'ANDROID' FodorShawn 'witmer' Taylor Prospects Chad 'Oderus' MillerEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldTaylor 'Drone' JohnsonJosh 'JoshRT' LeeCaleb 'sayonara' Lee Kaliber #53 Kyle 'OCEAN' O'BrienCory 'APE' BateMatthew 'no_one' CongdonVincent 'Brehze' CayonteTerry 'dsr' Rioux TSM #14 Kory 'SEMPHIS' FriesenPujan 'FNS' MehtaTimothy 'autimatic' TaHunter 'SicK' MimsRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Age: 16 Team: TSM Rating 1.0: 1.15 Maps played: 108 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.66 Cloud9 #17 Jordan 'n0thing' GilbertTyler 'Skadoodle' LathamMike 'shroud' GrzesiekAlec 'Slemmy' WhiteJake 'Stewie2K' Yip Selfless #34 Skyler 'Relyks' WeaverMichael 'MAiNLiNE' JaberNoah 'Nifty' FrancisConnor 'CONNOR93' GloverMitch 'mitch' Semago Winterfox #48 Kyle 'flowsicK' MendezDavid 'Xp3' GarridoTodd 'anger' WilliamsAlexander 'LeX' DeilyWarren 'hades' Rettich Mike 'shroud' Grzesiek Age: 22 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 389 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.65 Echo Fox #36 Sean 'seang@res' GaresRyan 'freakazoid' AbadirShahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanDaniel 'roca' GustaferriRonnie 'ryx' Bylicki