TYLOO forfeits Lisbon quarter-final for IEM Beijing, invite odds fall to 17%

TYLOO forfeited its quarter-final against Metizport at the HyperX Retake Season 13 event in Lisbon on October 31, 2026, opting for IEM Beijing, which begins November 2, over the playoff match in Portugal.

On October 31, 2026, the HyperX Retake Season 13 organizers said Natus Vincere and TYLOO chose to forfeit their upcoming matches because of scheduling conflicts, which sent their opponents directly to the semifinals. HyperX said TYLOO forfeited its Playoff games over a scheduling conflict, with Natus Vincere also forfeiting its Playoffs game. Metizport moved into the semifinals on a 1-0 forfeit following TYLOO’s withdrawal, and WhiteBIT Academy did the same after Natus Vincere withdrew. IEM Beijing takes place November 2 to 8, 2026, at the Bloomage Biotech Biohyalux ECM Arena, featuring 16 teams and a $1,250,000 prize pool.

TYLOO drew Metizport in the quarter-finals of HyperX Retake Season 13, a best-of-three match, after qualifying from Group C and paying the €1,000 entry fee; the tournament was open to any team. Winning there and advancing deeper would have given TYLOO the points needed to stay ahead of Lynn Vision. HyperX Retake Season 13 wraps up on November 1, 2026, and was the final VRS LAN on the circuit this year. The trip from Lisbon to Beijing after the final would have been hectic, and both teams would have arrived late for their opening games at IEM Beijing.

HLTV’s invite prediction model projected TYLOO’s PGL Major Singapore invite chance at 68% before the quarter-final and 17% after the forfeit. The site said the figures are a projection rather than an official ranking. It expects TYLOO to miss the Singapore Major following its HyperX Retake Season 13 withdrawal.

The PGL Major Singapore will field 32 teams and offers a $1,250,000 prize pool, with Stage 1 running November 24-27, 2026. Asia has five places at the Major. Before the weekend, four had been settled: The MongolZ, BC.Game, FlyQuest and Chinggis Warriors. The final spot came down to TYLOO versus Lynn Vision, two Chinese teams.

HLTV projects that Asia’s five PGL Major Singapore spots will go to BC.Game, The MongolZ, FlyQuest, Chinggis Warriors and Lynn Vision. Ahead of the November 2 VRS cutoff, HLTV’s Asia tracker showed TYLOO at 2.2% against Lynn Vision at 98.5%.

Lynn Vision never played a match for its projected spot; its VRS total was already fixed, and no matches were scheduled before the cutoff. Neither team was expected to play again before the cutoff, so the last Asian spot effectively went to Lynn Vision, which spent the weekend at home. Going into the weekend, Lynn Vision’s chances stood at about one in five; after TYLOO’s forfeit, they climbed to near certainty. TYLOO alone could still move its ranking points before the cutoff.

The VRS cutoff for the Singapore Major is November 2, 2026, when Valve publishes the cutoff standings. SkinPulse reports that HLTV’s article omits the cutoff date, and it says a user comment naming November 2 is unverified by HLTV. The cutoff date lands on IEM Beijing 2026’s opening day, the shortest cutoff-to-Major gap yet; past cutoffs arrived about two months before the event, and this one lands roughly three weeks before Stage 1.

TYLOO has been drawn in Group B at IEM Beijing 2026, where its opener is against MOUZ on November 2, when Valve publishes the VRS cutoff standings. Natus Vincere lands in Group A at IEM Beijing 2026 and faces Falcons in its opening game.

Natus Vincere pulled out of HyperX Retake Season 13 because of the same scheduling conflict. HLTV said NAVI’s Major chances are unaffected by the decision. HLTV had TYLOO at No. 32 going into the weekend, with the team at No. 59 in the global VRS; NAVI sat at No. 11.

TYLOO’s forfeit and BC.Game’s failure to reach the Playoffs left Lisbon without any Asian teams in the postseason. HLTV expects TYLOO to miss the PGL Major Singapore following its HyperX Retake Season 13 withdrawal.

TYLOO’s roster lists JamYoung, Jee, Mercury, Moseyuh and Zero, with zhokiNg serving as substitute. Natus Vincere’s roster lists Aleksib, iM, b1t, w0nderful and makazze, with B1ad3 serving as substitute. A TYLOO withdrawal has helped Lynn Vision before. Lynn Vision claimed the Yuqilin Pinnacle of Battle Season 3 title when TYLOO withdrew from the final for medical reasons.