Gambit & North to IEM Katowice

Gambit and North have locked their spots at IEM Katowice following wins against mousesports and HellRaisers, respectively, in the closed qualifier's lower bracket.

After fnatic and HEROIC secured a place at IEM Katowice via the upper bracket earlier today, it was time for the lower bracket matches. In the second round, MOUZ beat Epsilon 2-1 and North edged out Natus Vincere with the same score.

The European mixture then met Kazakh-Russian side Gambit, who lost to HEROIC earlier, and grabbed the first map, Train, following a dominant CT side.

Gambit will be in attendance at IEM Katowice at the end of February

Abay "⁠HObbit⁠" Khassenov & co. struck back on Cobblestone with eight rounds on each side, and clinched the spot at the Polish event after Overpass, where the two went neck and neck with Gambit grabbing a 16-13 win in the end.

IEM Katowice 2018 Europe Closed QualifierBest of 3 GambitMatchpage 2 1 4th February 2018 MOUZ 10Train 16 16Cobblestone 11 16Overpass 13 News tags:

Gambit	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevAdreN	64 - 58	+6	85.5	1.14
Abay 'HObbit' KhassenovHObbit	58 - 54	+4	79.3	1.14
Rustem 'mou' Telepovmou	63 - 58	+5	68.2	1.09
Mihail 'Dosia' StolyarovDosia	43 - 56	-13	72.8	0.94
Denis 'seized' Kostinseized	49 - 55	-6	62.5	0.88

MOUZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Miikka 'suNny' KemppisuNny	63 - 57	+6	87.6	1.14
Tomáš 'oskar' Šťastnýoskar	56 - 52	+4	73.3	1.10
Robin 'ropz' Koolropz	53 - 55	-2	78.8	1.04
Chris 'chrisJ' de JongchrisJ	60 - 55	+5	70.2	1.02
Martin 'STYKO' StykSTYKO	48 - 58	-10	70.9	0.94

IEM Katowice 2018 Europe Closed QualifierBest of 3 GambitMatchpage 2 1 4th February 2018 MOUZ 10Train 16 16Cobblestone 11 16Overpass 13

Gambit	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevAdreN	64 - 58	+6	85.5	1.14
Abay 'HObbit' KhassenovHObbit	58 - 54	+4	79.3	1.14
Rustem 'mou' Telepovmou	63 - 58	+5	68.2	1.09
Mihail 'Dosia' StolyarovDosia	43 - 56	-13	72.8	0.94
Denis 'seized' Kostinseized	49 - 55	-6	62.5	0.88

MOUZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Miikka 'suNny' KemppisuNny	63 - 57	+6	87.6	1.14
Tomáš 'oskar' Šťastnýoskar	56 - 52	+4	73.3	1.10
Robin 'ropz' Koolropz	53 - 55	-2	78.8	1.04
Chris 'chrisJ' de JongchrisJ	60 - 55	+5	70.2	1.02
Martin 'STYKO' StykSTYKO	48 - 58	-10	70.9	0.94

On the other side, HellRaisers started off well against North on Cobblestone with nine rounds on the defense and grabbed a 1-0 in the series following a comfortable Terrorist side.

Kirill "⁠ANGE1⁠" Karasiow's team then had a 14-12 lead on Inferno, but the Danes, who are making their online debut with Daniel "⁠mertz⁠" Mertz and Markus "⁠Kjaerbye⁠" Kjærbye, clawed back to equalize the series 1-1.

A great defence on Overpass, the deciding map, worth 11 rounds saw North clinching the fourth spot from the European closed qualifier.

IEM Katowice 2018 Europe Closed QualifierBest of 3 HellRaisersMatchpage 1 2 4th February 2018 North 16Cobblestone 11 14Inferno 16 10Overpass 16

HellRaisers	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Özgür 'woxic' Ekerwoxic	71 - 49	+22	91.5	1.34
Issa 'ISSAA' MuradISSAA	67 - 54	+13	83.4	1.23
Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowANGE1	62 - 53	+9	78.9	1.09
Vladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchukbondik	46 - 52	-6	65.2	0.92
Bence 'DeadFox' BöröczDeadFox	38 - 57	-19	59.0	0.90

North	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangsåvalde	69 - 52	+17	90.4	1.25
Markus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKjaerbye	59 - 59	0	79.9	1.07
Daniel 'mertz' Mertzmertz	49 - 49	0	58.8	0.96
Philip 'aizy' Aistrupaizy	44 - 60	-16	63.3	0.84
Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL	44 - 64	-20	63.8	0.83

With only one spot left to be determined, the team list for IEM Katowice looks as follows:

Astralis	Cloud9
FaZe	G2
Ninjas in Pyjamas	SK
Virtus.pro	Liquid
ORDER	Renegades
TYLOO	fnatic
HEROIC	Gambit
North

The last spot at the $500,000 tournament taking place from February 27 to March 4 will go to the winner of Farmskins Championship #2, which is currently in the group stage.

Gambit #11 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' KhassenovBektiyar 'fitch' Bahytov Natus Vincere #9 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov Daniel 'mertz' Mertz Age: 19 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.15 Maps played: 332 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.65 G2 #4 Richard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro HellRaisers #21 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukÖzgür 'woxic' EkerBence 'DeadFox' BöröczIssa 'ISSAA' Murad SK #1 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaRicardo 'boltz' PrassMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo HEROIC #22 Andreas 'MODDII' FridhMarco 'Snappi' PfeifferPatrick 'es3tag' HansenJakob 'JUGi' HansenNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen FaZe #2 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenOlof 'olofmeister' KajbjerLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' Nygaard Markus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Age: 19 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 906 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.66 TYLOO #30 Ke 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuHansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandHaoWen 'somebody' XuKevin 'xccurate' Susanto Abay 'HObbit' Khassenov Age: 23 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 347 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.66 Liquid #14 Lucas 'steel' LopesNick 'nitr0' CannellaJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Cloud9 #3 Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaTarik 'tarik' CelikTimothy 'autimatic' TaJake 'Stewie2K' Yip Kirill 'ANGE1' Karasiow Age: 28 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 1295 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.70 Epsilon #254 Konstantinos 'tsack' TheodoropoulosRobin 'robiin' SjögrenCosmin-Mihai 'cosmeeeN' ButucKia 'Surreal' ManOwen 'smooya' Butterfield North #12 Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåDaniel 'mertz' Mertz MOUZ #7 Tomáš 'oskar' ŠťastnýChris 'chrisJ' de JongMiikka 'suNny' KemppiMartin 'STYKO' StykRobin 'ropz' Kool Astralis #5 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' Reedtz ORDER #53 Chris 'emagine' RowlandsSimon 'Sico' WilliamsJay 'Liazz' TregillgasAlistair 'aliStair' JohnstonJordan 'Hatz' Bajic Renegades #19 Justin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardKeith 'NAF' MarkovicKarlo 'USTILO' PivacNoah 'Nifty' Francis Ninjas in Pyjamas #8 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundRichard 'Xizt' LandströmWilliam 'draken' SundinFredrik 'REZ' Sterner fnatic #6 Robin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonMaikil 'Golden' Selim Virtus.pro #10 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński