DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015 Asian pre-qualifier

DreamHack Cluj Asian pre-qualifiers

2-9-2015 00:37

After announcing the European pre-qualifiers, DreamHack also revealed the qualifier system for the Asian region, which will hand out a single spot for DreamHack Open Stockholm.

As we've highlighted in the previous article concering the European pre-qualifiers, DreamHack Open Stockholm will serve as the offline qualifier for the next major, DreamHack Cluj-Napoca.

Eight spots in Stockholm are already decided, as the bottom eight from ESL One Cologne received a direct invite, five more will come through the two European pre-qualifiers, one will come in from Asia and the remaining two will be handed to North America.

zhonG's QeeYou will get another chance to qualify for a major

DreamHack have now announced the qualifiying system for Asia, which will once again feature a best-of-one open stage for 256 teams. From there four advance to the best-of-three closed stage, joining four invited teams, as shown in the table below:

Sep. 5-6 - 1 spot to Stockholm
Sep. 5	07:00	Open Stage	256 teams
Sep. 6	08:00	Closed Stage	4 teams from open stage + 4 invited teams

The four invited for the closed stage are top sides from China, South Korea, Vietnam and Malaysia:

QeeYou

myRevenge

Skyred

MVP.Karnal

The pre-qualifier will be hosted by FACEIT, teams interested in taking part in the open stage can register here.

nice

2015-09-02 00:37

rooting for all-nippon airways as usual ^_^

2015-09-02 00:38

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Magical girls team from japan to take it all :>

2015-09-02 04:19

This is why there is a shortage of iPhones...

myrevenge throw inc

what is asian?

2015-09-02 00:39

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delete ur csgo and start learning

2015-09-02 06:15

rekt

2015-09-02 15:35

go myrevenge

some random aussies will beat these lows

N1, I have no idea who they are though.

2015-09-02 00:41

top 8 from cologne invited don't you mean?

2015-09-02 00:43

the legends, yes they are.

2015-09-02 00:52

I just read the article wrong

2015-09-02 01:00

Same teams from cologne asian qualifier, they all looked bad other than renegades. seems like a waste of a spot.

2015-09-02 00:51

no NA pre qualifier? man, that sucks, we want pre qualifier in NA..

There are 2 slots for NA at the offline qualifier,so yes NA pre qualifier will be announced. Offline qualifier : 16 teams. 8 from Cologne (bottom 8,placed 9-16) 1 from Asia 2 from NA 5 from EU

2015-09-02 00:56

announcement upcoming as well, 2 spots, mentioned it in my EU pre-qual story

2015-09-02 00:54

"Eight spots in Stockholm are already decided, as the bottom eight from ESL One Cologne received a direct invite..." I am a bit confused by this. Did you mean to say "Eight spots in Stockholm are already decided, as the TOP eight from ESL Cologne received a direct invite..." ?

2015-09-02 01:09

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No, bottom 8, and I guess if the asians end up as one of the top contenders they continue onwards to play at DH romania.

2015-09-02 01:19

Oh okay, my apologies.

2015-09-02 03:14

No, the bottom eight of cologne (the teams that didn't got through groups) are invited to dreamhack Stockholm , which is a qualifier for Cluj. The top eight of Cologne dont have to go through the qualifier they are legends. DHStockholm = qualifier for Cluj DHCluj = major

2015-09-02 01:20

i mean, any of these four teams will be destroyed, so yeaaaa :D i would prefer another one from na then one from asia that will just waste a spot :D

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you think the 2nd best team from NA is better than the best of these teams? I doubt that. At worst it's 50/50, and if it's around 50/50, then more variety from different parts of the world is clearly the better choice.

2015-09-02 01:35

wtf dude even liqiud beat queeyou or whatever, what are you talking about. I bet you clg red easily destroys all these asian teams.

2015-09-02 04:21

and who said qeeyou is the best of these 4? Furthermore, you're talking about one match, a while ago.)

2015-09-02 06:50

Nt qz8501

2015-09-02 13:43

Brazilian qualify and OCE qualify too, pls.

2015-09-02 01:14

For people asking for brazilian qualifiers, oceanic qualifiers, antartic qualifiers, fucking mars qualifiers... IT WILL NOT MATTER, AFTER THESE YOU STILL HAVE TO PLAY AT DREAMHACK STOCKHOLM QUALIFIERS AGAINST THE OTHER 8 TEAMS FROM MAJOR, WICH WILL RESULT IN REKT!

go skyred

2015-09-02 02:56

what about the ping? is ok? some asian guy can tell me? ;D

2015-09-02 03:49

So let me get this right. If an open Asian no namer team wants a spot at DH Cluj, he has to survive the Bo1s and be Top 4 in the open stage, win the pre-qualifier at closed stage, get a place at DH Stockholm and be Top 8, amirite?

2015-09-02 05:05

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Yes,same for NA and EU,except EU has 5 slots and NA has 2 ,while asia has 1 ,because they dont deserve 1.Its just a courtesy.

2015-09-02 07:46

Well if you forever dont give them, they will never get a chance. I feel this is fine. If Asia's best can survive through 2 tedious qualifiers and still qualify, it is justified. If they dont qualify, then fine, be it. If you follow the principle that they should not be given spots just because they have no chance, then Olympics should not give spots to some weak no namer country that for sure doesnt even win a medal at all too. It is like saying there should be no relegation from the EPL so tier 2 teams from the nPower league championship may never be promoted to EPL no matter how good they are. People improve. Look at TSM and see how far they have matured. A year ago, they were just an average Tier 1 team but now, they are world beaters.

2015-09-02 09:21

Mate they should be given chances at smaller tournaments first,before being given chance at a major ! TSM are fnatic beaters.Also their winning streak was march 2015 to like july 2015,havent been doing that good recently.

2015-09-02 10:27

LANs are very rare here. This is as small a chance you can get to a major. Unlike ESL One Cologne where the Asian team just needs to win the online and offline qualifier at their region to qualify, this one needs the Asian teams to duke it out in their own pre-qualifier, win it, travel all the way to Stockholm for the international qualifier and get into Top 8. If all goes right, we wont even see an Asian team in the majo.r If an Asian team does achieve that almost impossible feat, don't you think they deserve a spot?

2015-09-02 11:17

Well an asian team already has a slot at the offline quals,lets see how it goes :)

2015-09-02 11:41

c'mon Vietnam

2015-09-02 05:10

no nxl ):

2015-09-02 05:16

256 teams -> 4. Going to be hectic. GL!

2015-09-02 10:09

Why NXL not invited to the closed stage? They won the ESEA Asia Pacific Season 19 :/ play.esea.net/index.php?s=league&d=brack..

2015-09-02 13:24

yeah.. they 2-0ed MVP and skyred too :( and they also rekt myR 16-9 play.esea.net/index.php?s=stats&d=match&..

2015-09-02 13:42

I won't say 16-9 as rekt tho

2015-09-02 13:44

nxl didnt invited because they didn't finish top4 on cologne qualifier

Stockholm?

2015-09-02 13:45

If u said Asian qualifier, nxl must on the top of the list. We got some of us wrote down all the track records what nxl matches has done. This list already invited. But please for the next invitation list, take a look on nxl since we already informed about nxl. Maybe the organizer based on European, so it's still ok if they didn't know much on the scene. We are not argue about this matter but I, as the one who keep my eyes on the community tried to help and inform the organizer. Not just because I'm Indonesian so I want nxl on the top of the list so bad, but it's the matter of fact they really deserved it in term of skill, organization profile, and track records. *analyst perspective* I hope there is no obstacle in open qualifier like the time passed (ddos isssue), we will see nxl will make it through the main event *fans perspective*

2015-09-03 06:53