The European closed qualifier for DreamHack Masters Las Vegas has been brought to an end with fnatic, mousesports, Gambit and FaZe securing spots at the tournament which will take place this February.

The closed qualifier consisted of eight invited and eight open qualifier teams battling in a best-of-three single-elimination bracket. Even though most of the opening matches were won by the invited teams easily, MOUZ had a tough time closing out their series against BIG, and GODSENT ended up losing to the Poles of PRIDE.

Both rain and dennis will be attending DH Masters Las Vegas with their teams

fnatic - G2 was the first deciding match of the qualifier and it seemed like the Swedes were determined to end their job for the night as soon as possible.

On their map pick, Cache, the whole team put up a good performance and won 16-4, but on Dust2 it was all about Dennis "⁠dennis⁠" Edman - the #20 player of 2016 picked up 31 kills in 25 rounds to win the map 16-9, and the series 2-0.

fnatic	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Dennis 'dennis' Edmandennis	45 - 29	+16	100.5	1.58
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjerolofmeister	42 - 24	+18	96.5	1.57
Simon 'twist' Eliassontwist	35 - 30	+5	93.4	1.25
Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonKRIMZ	31 - 23	+8	76.0	1.25
Joakim 'disco doplan' Gidetundisco doplan	29 - 22	+7	71.2	1.15

G2	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Adil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomScreaM	32 - 36	-4	70.8	0.85
Richard 'shox' Papillonshox	27 - 34	-7	71.0	0.80
Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianarobodyy	26 - 37	-11	56.9	0.75
Edouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxSmithZz	23 - 37	-14	62.4	0.72
Cédric 'RpK' GuipouyRpK	20 - 38	-18	61.9	0.62

Despite their struggles against their old in-game leader Fatih "⁠gob b⁠" Dayik and his new team BIG, MOUZ were in great shape in the deciding match against HellRaisers.

With Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač and Chris "⁠chrisJ⁠" de Jong both firing on all cylinders, MOUZ took down the Eastern-European mixture with ease on both Cobblestone (16-9) and Mirage (16-7).

HellRaisers	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Martin 'STYKO' StykSTYKO	35 - 35	0	77.3	1.10
Vladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchukbondik	33 - 36	-3	76.0	1.02
Patrik 'Zero' ŽúdelZero	29 - 39	-10	64.5	0.77
Bence 'DeadFox' BöröczDeadFox	25 - 40	-15	58.7	0.74
Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowANGE1	24 - 41	-17	68.9	0.67

MOUZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNiKo	48 - 31	+17	108.5	1.61
Chris 'chrisJ' de JongchrisJ	41 - 25	+16	87.8	1.41
Denis 'denis' Howelldenis	41 - 34	+7	90.1	1.34
Timo 'Spiidi' RichterSpiidi	35 - 24	+11	78.1	1.24
Christian 'loWel' Garcia AntoranloWel	26 - 32	-6	60.0	0.92

Gambit and PRIDE met in a matchup that most CS fans weren't expecting to see in this qualifier. The CIS side lead by the veteran Danylo "⁠Zeus⁠" Teslenko easily took the first map, Cobblestone 16-5, but were edged out by the Poles on Overpass (16-14) to make the series go to three maps.

On the decider, Dust2, it was once again pretty straighforward for Mihail "⁠Dosia⁠" Stolyarov and co - 16-6 to secure a spot at DreamHack Las Vegas.

Gambit	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Rustem 'mou' Telepovmou	61 - 38	+23	89.6	1.41
Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevAdreN	55 - 40	+15	91.1	1.39
Mihail 'Dosia' StolyarovDosia	64 - 42	+22	89.2	1.39
Abay 'HObbit' KhassenovHObbit	59 - 45	+14	84.1	1.29
Danylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoZeus	40 - 42	-2	58.4	0.94

PRIDE	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Konrad 'EXUS' JeńczeńEXUS	48 - 55	-7	71.8	0.97
Paweł 'reatz' Jańczakreatz	55 - 57	-2	79.1	0.96
Piotr 'morelz' Taterkamorelz	39 - 58	-19	66.1	0.76
Kamil 'kamil' Kamińskikamil	36 - 54	-18	51.5	0.74
Karol 'repo' Cybulskirepo	29 - 56	-27	51.2	0.64

The final spot was decided between FlipSid3 and FaZe. Thanks to a perfect Terrorist side, Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen's team managed to secure Overpass with a convincing result. However, they weren't able to close it out on their own map pick - Mirage - as the CIS team put up a lockdown CT side.

The series came down Train, on which FaZe ran away with the first half, but took a lot of time to close out the map 16-11.

FaZe	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Fabien 'kioShiMa' FieykioShiMa	60 - 47	+13	83.9	1.19
Aleksi 'allu' Jalliallu	64 - 52	+12	75.3	1.15
Philip 'aizy' Aistrupaizy	53 - 47	+6	74.1	1.12
Finn 'karrigan' Andersenkarrigan	51 - 47	+4	79.6	1.11
Håvard 'rain' Nygaardrain	53 - 55	-2	76.9	1.02

FlipSid3	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Denis 'electroNic' SharipovelectroNic	56 - 49	+7	71.8	1.12
Georgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinWorldEdit	56 - 55	+1	75.5	1.07
Jan 'wayLander' RahkonenwayLander	49 - 62	-13	77.4	0.88
Andrey 'B1ad3' GorodenskiyB1ad3	43 - 58	-15	60.8	0.84
Yegor 'markeloff' Markelovmarkeloff	44 - 57	-13	69.6	0.84

With the EU closed qualifier done, the three remaining spots DreamHack Masters Las Vegas spots will be decided through the NA qualifier:

Virtus.pro	Cloud9	Astralis	OpTic
North	Natus Vincere	SK	Ninjas in Pyjamas
fnatic	MOUZ	Gambit	FaZe
TYLOO	NA Qualifier	NA Qualifier	NA Qualifier

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Virtus.pro #6 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński Fatih 'gob b' Dayik Age: 29 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 0.82 Maps played: 481 KPR: 0.54 DPR: 0.68 Natus Vincere #9 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsDenis 'seized' KostinEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Cloud9 #8 Jordan 'n0thing' GilbertTyler 'Skadoodle' LathamMike 'shroud' GrzesiekTimothy 'autimatic' TaJake 'Stewie2K' Yip GODSENT #14 Markus 'pronax' WallstenRobin 'flusha' RönnquistAndreas 'znajder' LindbergJesper 'JW' WecksellJonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson Gambit #16 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' Khassenov Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač Age: 19 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 493 KPR: 0.82 DPR: 0.70 North #5 Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelRené 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenEmil 'Magisk' ReifKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Mihail 'Dosia' Stolyarov Age: 28 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 912 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.65 Danylo 'Zeus' Teslenko Age: 29 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 868 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.69 MOUZ #12 Chris 'chrisJ' de JongNikola 'NiKo' KovačChristian 'loWel' Garcia AntoranTimo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' Howell Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye HellRaisers #17 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukMartin 'STYKO' StykPatrik 'Zero' ŽúdelBence 'DeadFox' Böröcz fnatic #19 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerDennis 'dennis' EdmanSimon 'twist' EliassonFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonJoakim 'disco doplan' Gidetun Chris 'chrisJ' de Jong Age: 26 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 810 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.65 G2 #10 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyEdouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro Ninjas in Pyjamas #4 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundRichard 'Xizt' LandströmAdam 'friberg' FribergJacob 'pyth' Mourujärvi OpTic #3 William 'RUSH' WierzbaOscar 'mixwell' CañellasPeter 'stanislaw' JarguzKeith 'NAF' MarkovicTarik 'tarik' Celik FlipSid3 #22 Yegor 'markeloff' MarkelovAndrey 'B1ad3' GorodenskiyGeorgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinJan 'wayLander' RahkonenDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov Finn 'karrigan' Andersen Age: 26 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 885 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.68 TYLOO #24 Ke 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuHaoWen 'somebody' Xu SK #2 Ricardo 'fox' PachecoGabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo FaZe #7 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenAleksi 'allu' JalliFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyPhilip 'aizy' AistrupHåvard 'rain' Nygaard BIG #41 Fatih 'gob b' DayikNikola 'LEGIJA' NinićJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzKevin 'keev' BartholomäusJohannes 'nex' Maget Dennis 'dennis' Edman Age: 26 Team: fnatic Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 516 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.67 PRIDE #54 Paweł 'reatz' JańczakKarol 'repo' CybulskiPiotr 'morelz' TaterkaKonrad 'EXUS' JeńczeńKamil 'kamil' Kamiński