DHM Atlanta: Cham, TIME, Has, MeomaikA win regionals

Cham

TIME

Has

MeokmaikA

DHM: Latin America delivered perhaps the greatest surprise in the history of WCS/DHM regionals, as Cham ended SpeCial’s fifteen tournament winning streak in LATAM (WCS, DHM, Copa America combined). The Mexican Zerg pulled this off in convincing fashion, defeating SpeCial 3-0 in the upper bracket final and then taking a 4-1 victory (with 1 map winner bracket advantage) in the grand finals.

Not one to waste the moment, Cham celebrated his victory by downing a bowl of Doritos in reference to the Juanito/Dorito Twitch chat meme. In his post-match interview, Cham said taking on a more calm, relaxed mindset was the reason he was able to get over the hump and finally triumph in the region.

With the victory, Cham rises to #2 in the EPT Latin America standings, which would qualify for him IEM Katowice ahead of Kelazhur. With many Open Cups remaining and a handful of major events as well, the World Championship qualification race between Cham and Kelazhur may go down to the wire.

If DHM: Latin America saw one dynasty end, then the Chinese regional brought us the reconstruction of another. TIME won his second straight DHM: Regional, taking a 4-1 victory over Coffee in the finals. The #1 Chinese player had been given a shock back in DHM: Winter 2021, when Cyan pulled off a massive upset by ending TIME’s winning streak at seven tournaments. However, that now appears to be but a momentary miracle, with TIME dominating the competition to win again while Cyan himself went out in the group stages.

In Taiwan, Has reclaimed the championship from Nice with a 4-2 victory in the finals, reaffirming the region’s status as a two-player duopoly. Nice had been on a… …nice run over the last year with two titles won in a row, but the old king Has came back with a fury to reclaim his throne. Has even got to give the finals one of his signature flourishes, winning a map with a cannon rush.

The ever-chaotic Oceania/Asia region welcomed a rare repeat champion, as Meomaika won his second regional title in a row. The Vietnamese Zerg took his victory in emphatic fashion, winning in a clean 4-0 sweep against Probe. In general, ZvP was a key match-up for Meomaika during his run, as he went through a gauntlet of TeebuL, Ranger, and Probe in the playoffs. Meomaika is now a virtual lock to clinch the #1 seed from the region and qualify for IEM Katowice.