Here’s a quick update on the weekend’s play at the 2011 SEA/ANZ Battle.net Invitational tournament!

With eight of the best StarCraft II players in the region in contention, after a grueling two days of play the semi-finals wrapped up at a frantic pace. With last year’s Thai Terran champion MiTH.RedArchon relegated to fourth place, the top three became a volatile showdown between the remaining field of Zerg players.

Rising up from the lower bracket, New Zealand’s xGKingJazBas managed to best his Sydneysider teammate xGKingMafia in a close contest, putting xGKingJazBas through to the grand final and earning him a place at the global finals at BlizzCon next month.

The finale proved to be a rematch, with xGKingJazBas facing off against his first round opponent, renowned Brisbane player mOOnGLaDe.  Off the back of a some big wins in Europe, mOOnGLaDe was in fine form and able to get through to the finals without losing a match, and through aggressive early game offensives, managed to topple his grand final opponent and emerge as the tournament champion. The win secured GLaDe the $5,000 USD grand prize and his spot in the global finals as well.

Congratulations to Andrew ‘mOOnGLaDe’ Pender and Sung ‘xGKingJazBas’ Cho on their wins over the weekend – no doubt the SEA/ANZ community are eager to see how they’ll fare against the world’s best at BlizzCon in October as the finalists of the regional Invitationals play to determine the global champion.

There’ll be a full wrap on our StarCraft II Community Site soon, but in the meantime you can check out the results thread on the forums here.