Liquid, TS, CLG qualify for DH Malmö

22-2-2016 08:26

Team Liquid, Tempo Storm, and CLG are the three North American teams who have secured spots at DreamHack Masters Malmö via the North American closed qualifier bracket.

The $250,000 DreamHack Masters Malmö event taking place from April 12-17 in Sweden's third largest city will see eight invited teams (most of whom fall into our top eight Global Ranking) battle with eight who have advanced via four separate regional qualifiers, two for Europe and one apiece for North America and Asia.

The North American qualifier for DreamHack Masters Malmö similarly featured eight invited teams such as Cloud9, Liquid, and Renegades battling eight teams coming from an open qualifier for three spots to the Swedish tournament.

hen1 had a phenomenal performance throughout the qualifier

The single elimination, best-of-three bracket saw the likes of Echo Fox, Splyce, NRG, and OpTic drop out by the round of eight, with the latter two teams playing close games against Cloud9 and Tempo Storm respectively.

The first decider game to take place was between North American rivals Liquid and CLG with the former team sporting their newfound addition Kenneth "⁠koosta⁠" Suen as well as the talk-of-the-town in Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev.

The series was a complete blowout as Liquid dismantled CLG 16-1 on de_mirage and 16-4 on de_dust2.

DreamHack Masters Malmö 2016 NA Closed QualifierBest of 3

CLG

Matchpage

22nd February 2016

Liquid

Mirage

Dust2

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski EliGE	37 - 16	+21	101.2	94.6%	1.75
Nick 'nitr0' Cannella nitr0	35 - 18	+17	109.5	94.6%	1.68
Spencer 'Hiko' Martin Hiko	34 - 13	+21	88.2	94.6%	1.65
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev s1mple	32 - 21	+11	89.0	75.7%	1.44
Kenneth 'koosta' Suen koosta	31 - 20	+11	80.8	78.4%	1.28

CLG	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
James 'hazed' Cobb hazed	16 - 32	-16	63.1	54.1%	0.67
Tarik 'tarik' Celik tarik	17 - 32	-15	56.8	54.1%	0.64
Josh 'jdm64' Marzano jdm64	17 - 34	-17	55.6	48.6%	0.60
Stephen 'reltuC' Cutler reltuC	22 - 35	-13	65.9	51.4%	0.60
Jacob 'FugLy' Medina FugLy	16 - 36	-20	49.3	35.1%	0.44

The second semifinal was a repeat of the IEM Katowice North American qualifier final as Cloud9 and Tempo Storm dueled for a slot; the Brazilian team clinched de_inferno 16-8 whereas Cloud9 took de_train 16-10.

The final map saw Tempo Storm overwhelming Jordan "⁠n0thing⁠" Gilbert and his men on their T-side as they finished the first half up 12-3 however a minor attempt at a comeback by Cloud9 did give the Brazilians a moment's hesitation before they closed out de_dust2 16-8.

DreamHack Masters Malmö 2016 NA Closed QualifierBest of 3

Cloud9

Matchpage

22nd February 2016

Tempo Storm

Inferno

Train

Dust2

Tempo Storm	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Henrique 'HEN1' Teles HEN1	62 - 32	+30	91.2	79.7%	1.52
João 'felps' Vasconcellos felps	63 - 49	+14	92.2	70.3%	1.26
Ricardo 'boltz' Prass boltz	62 - 44	+18	86.9	70.3%	1.24
Lucas 'LUCAS1' Teles LUCAS1	38 - 45	-7	66.7	71.6%	0.96
Gustavo 'SHOOWTiME' Gonçalves SHOOWTiME	38 - 51	-13	56.1	70.3%	0.80

Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Tyler 'Skadoodle' Latham Skadoodle	54 - 47	+7	74.5	64.9%	1.09
Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip Stewie2K	51 - 58	-7	75.5	62.2%	1.02
Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadir freakazoid	45 - 52	-7	67.1	64.9%	0.93
Mike 'shroud' Grzesiek shroud	41 - 53	-12	64.9	58.1%	0.87
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert n0thing	30 - 53	-23	53.2	58.1%	0.71

CLG and Cloud9 then locked horns in the third place decider to settle which team would be the third and final to represent North America in Malmö.

Despite a sluggish start on de_cache, CLG put up a defensive wall on their CT side and took the map 16-12. The second map of de_cbble was also a story of CLG's strong defensive game as Stephen "⁠reltuC⁠" Cutler & co. took the map 16-3 off of the back of a 12-3 CT side.

DreamHack Masters Malmö 2016 NA Closed QualifierBest of 3

CLG

Matchpage

22nd February 2016

Cloud9

Cache

Cobblestone

CLG	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Tarik 'tarik' Celik tarik	45 - 27	+18	100.8	66.0%	1.48
Josh 'jdm64' Marzano jdm64	36 - 23	+13	70.7	80.9%	1.30
Stephen 'reltuC' Cutler reltuC	37 - 26	+11	83.7	78.7%	1.27
James 'hazed' Cobb hazed	33 - 26	+7	87.8	72.3%	1.24
Jacob 'FugLy' Medina FugLy	32 - 28	+4	75.2	80.9%	1.12

Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Mike 'shroud' Grzesiek shroud	32 - 34	-2	75.1	57.4%	0.89
Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadir freakazoid	28 - 35	-7	70.9	55.3%	0.87
Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip Stewie2K	27 - 38	-11	64.9	55.3%	0.80
Tyler 'Skadoodle' Latham Skadoodle	21 - 37	-16	50.7	59.6%	0.67
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert n0thing	21 - 40	-19	61.2	55.3%	0.63

The current list of teams who will attend DreamHack Masters Malmö is:

fnatic	Astralis	Liquid	EU Qualifier #1
Ninjas in Pyjamas	Virtus.pro	Tempo Storm	EU Qualifier #1
Envy	Natus Vincere	CLG	EU Qualifier #2
Luminosity	FaZe	Asian Qualifier	EU Qualifier #2

The next qualifier will be the first European qualifier which will run from March 12-13.

stich writes for HLTV.org and can be found on Twitter

Good luck to Koosta and TS!!!! FK CLG.

2016-02-22 08:27

4 replies

hahaha nt

1 reply

savage

2016-02-22 08:28

Clown9 not qualifying for any shit

2016-02-22 10:20

Ez for sk, dig, mouz, g2, and themongolz. Heard it here first

2016-02-23 16:47

lol'd

dicks

daym

Why does everyone on HLTV POST SO QUICK!

nobody on hltv has a life

2016-02-23 13:15

na cs

c9 needs a strat caller ASAP

6 replies

c9 needs to find a new team and leave this large douche divas to stream twitch and play csgolotto

2016-02-22 08:49

5 replies

+9000

2016-02-22 09:01

They should keep skadoodle tho

2016-02-22 11:07

3 replies

And shroud too

2016-02-22 15:17

2 replies

Shrouds a streamer

2016-02-22 16:13

exactly

2016-02-22 23:57

Expected

rekt

GG SeemsGood

ROFL CLOWN 9 HAHAHA

C9 tier 2 NA

will G2 participate in the EU quals?

yes

2016-02-22 21:42

C9 is a joke lmfao

C9 Tier 2 NA?

no c9 expected

Clown9 ayyy

All deserved, good luck in Malmö

2016-02-22 08:33

Cloud9 is dead.

n0thing feelsbadman :(

2016-02-22 08:34

n0thing is even worse than stewie2k... dunno why c9 still keeps this guy

3 spots, C9 still can't qualify.

2016-02-22 08:35

Ez 4 turdik

-n0thing +SeanGares w/ $50,000 signing bonus

2016-02-22 08:36

2016-02-22 08:38

Good job tempo storm! Also proud of liquid and clg

2016-02-22 08:39

clown9 xddddd gl Liquid

2016-02-22 08:40

Grats to TL, TS and CLG! Well deserved!

2016-02-22 08:42

This will be one hell of a tournament.

+1 looks like legit top16 teams.

2016-02-22 18:23

HEN1 GOD!

2016-02-22 08:45

I have tickets and will be cheering for Sweden and Brazil. My son is a large LG and Fnatic fan so he will bring his mousepads and hope they the teams will sign them. Damn im excited, also cool that freak isn't coming

2016-02-22 08:48

43 replies

this is not reddit lol gtfo

2016-02-22 08:55

41 replies

So what ? My son cant be excited about this because this is hardcore hltv. Just shut the fuck up no-scene

2016-02-22 08:56

36 replies

yea he cant. pls leave the site and go back to reddit newfag

2016-02-22 08:57

35 replies

newfag, i was here before you even licked your mothers vagina on the way out 4-chan wannabe strangle yourself with that lusekofta no-scene

2016-02-22 08:59

16 replies

Userid:682434 i was here before you pick one

2016-02-22 12:43

15 replies

So this has to be my real account ?

2016-02-22 13:03

14 replies

no, i too like to create new account every month. but i've been here since 1976. newfag

2016-02-22 13:25

13 replies

ok jamal

2016-02-22 13:26

and no, your son cant be excited

2016-02-22 13:30

cool you had your 1 minute of fame, go back sucking at cs

2016-02-22 13:38

mad cuz bad?

2016-02-22 13:46

got anything original or you gonna be a meme for the rest of your life ?

2016-02-22 13:47

i like being funny

2016-02-22 14:17

Dude, they're b8ing you so hard

2016-02-22 15:21

Its not like you are some old school,with that id... hahhahaha newfag

2016-02-24 06:21

nt gypsy

2016-02-24 07:54

Userid:239957 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

2016-02-24 17:09

oh man now u made me sad :(

2016-02-24 19:07

I know,now go make topic on reddit about that,newcome kid. And next time,dont act like some old school,because you are not.

2016-02-24 19:28

hahahahah

2016-02-24 19:39

ye he cant ? Oil money not paying for school or just retarded like country hero Breivik

2016-02-22 09:00

12 replies

its scary that you have a son =D obviously triggered, now back to reddit thx

2016-02-22 09:13

11 replies

not triggered at all, pissed of that a nobody with a no-scene try to tell me what my son cant or can like. So please crawl back to your moms basement and the pissbuckets.

2016-02-22 09:14

9 replies

=DDDDD "noname" (c) swedewolf

2016-02-22 09:17

8 replies

Whatever, you won. GG norway. I will tell my son he cant have fun because Breivik told him not to.

2016-02-22 09:18

7 replies

I am sure he is just jealous of the fact that you actually managed to talk to a woman, let alone have sex with one.

2016-02-22 10:23

+1 lmao. edgy norwegian newbie that thinks this is 4chan. what a mong.

2016-02-22 10:28

Rekt him good.

2016-02-22 10:34

2016-02-22 12:11

Rekt

2016-02-22 12:55

;D funny not

2016-02-22 14:53

rekt +1

2016-02-22 16:18

He is 13 years old and his son is 2 years old.

2016-02-22 16:21

Well if us elderly people gets to tell who can go back to the holes they came from, then you're one of the first on my list to get the fuck out of here, idiot.

2016-02-22 14:13

angry ww2 hero spotted

2016-02-22 14:26

new kid on the block spotted and no, not the wahlberg one.

2016-02-22 14:29

:----D thats cute

2016-02-22 14:37

Userid:470622 and you said someone he is newfag? hahahahahahhahaha

2016-02-24 06:19

Why the hate tho?

2016-02-22 14:52

Attentionwhoring. No attention from mom, no attention from girls, no attention from dad. Hey i know, i can get attention from being edgy on hltv. Totally original and cool af. People will love me.

2016-02-22 15:07

you sound depressed :D

2016-02-22 16:52

Imagine what you sound like to us.

2016-02-22 17:18

Have fun. I made a flag for you that you should print out and take with you! prntscr.com/a6lhml I'm sure the cameras will pick it up :D

2016-02-22 18:34

Brazilianas are to strong for NA and too weak for eu XD

I think TS has a good chance against VP, Astralis and the US teams oc. They might not win the bo3 against the EU teams, but they will make a dent and become stronger. Im just worried that these wins TS had will get to their heads and think that they are the best in the world and when they meet some real competition and lose they will tilt. Please LG. You need to prepare them for eu and not let them become divas because they own the US teams. They need to be on their A game in europe and not tilt if they lose.

2016-02-22 08:54

VP, Astralis Ayy lmao ? Based on what?

2016-02-22 09:28

VP has been trash for a long time, don't even try to deny it

2016-02-22 09:36

well even though VP is trash atm they have always been strong against USA teams.

2016-02-22 10:24

yeah, the keyword is USA

2016-02-22 10:25

I remeber when VP was playing vs KeydStars and Snax said that its like playing vs bots xd

yeah maybe at the time but they would get trashed by LG nowadays too bad they can't even qualify for any LAN event

2016-02-22 10:30

2016-02-22 11:33

Ok So what?

2016-02-22 11:11

Remember,when there was only CS 1.6..blah blah blah...

2016-02-22 11:21

And now LG rekt VP so easily xD

2016-02-22 13:08

VP is shit now and Astralis Choke more than Loda x Richard Lewis.

2016-02-22 11:32

They know it. Dead (the manager) told them before their game against cloud9:"If you want to go to europe and play with the best, if you want to be the best in the world you need to play with the best. So let's focus, don't throw rounds..." Basically they know NA is only adoor to EU, and they are aware that EU is in another level.

2016-02-22 11:59

Great to hear because i think this team is on the rise. I really think you need to look up to the bigger teams and be humble to become one of the top teams. That means you cant let wins get to your head. But that is great to hear.

2016-02-22 12:45

This system was not fair, ill explain Liquid vs RNG , 16-10,16-13 RNG loose and get kicked out with no chance Liquid vs CLG , 16-1,16-4 CLG loose and get a second chance HOW IS THIS FAIR TO RNG WHEN THEY ARE VS THE BEST NA TEAM :( poor RNG, they have the worst luck!!

2016-02-22 08:53

Clg just lucky I guess they don't deserve it all they did is beat shit clown9 TS and TL deserve it though

2016-02-22 09:03

I feel so bad for Renegades, There group for the MLG major has Cloud9, Dignitas and Gambit, How is that not unlucky, imo, Dig>RNG>C9>Gambit :(

2016-02-22 09:06

+1, should have been a lower bracket or something, otherwise it's pretty unfair considering you can get lucky with the bracket

Luke Townsend ur an fag

2016-02-22 09:41

2016-02-22 09:48

Well if they'd beat themongolz they would be in the easiest group

2016-02-22 12:15

So happy for Liquid and TS. TS for repeatingly beating the best NA teams when people said it was a fluke and also Liquid seem to be improving. Also kinda funny how quickly gob b forms mediocre players to a decent team. They're improving rapidly.

2016-02-22 08:58

is he coaching a team?

2016-02-22 16:20

He's playing for NRG.

2016-02-22 16:23

:O when tf did this happen?

2016-02-22 16:24

Round about a month ago. gob b and legija moved to NA to play with ptr, SileNt and just9n. Already beating top 5-10 NA teams without much effort (it seems) and taking maps/close games of the top 4 of NA. But they're not consistent yet.

2016-02-22 16:26

cool, thanks :)

2016-02-22 16:41

Should be RNG, Liquid and TS

2016-02-22 09:43

Why did clg get a 2nd change after losing the first game and rng didnt? Seems unfair

2016-02-22 10:19

yeah, it sucks

2016-02-22 10:38

because RNG lost against Liquid while CLG defeated AGG

2016-02-22 10:39

Actually cause clg survived till ro4. Renegades had to play liquid in ro8 which was shit luck, clg only had to play AGG and enemy. So really it was just a shit bracket setup tbh, really easy for clg

Thats his point

2016-02-22 11:13

Why did renegades have no chance unlike clg fak u

2016-02-22 09:05

What is renegades ? Is it a team ?

2016-02-22 09:12

Yeah, the team that was actually good enough to fight against Liquid on the 2 same maps that CLG got shat on

2016-02-22 09:15

who wanna be champion need beat everyone

you can't hope chose your Enemy's

2016-02-22 11:22

just stupid format.. they had to create lower bracket...

2016-02-22 10:59

Dignitas,gambit, G2 and mouz qualify

2016-02-22 09:16

sounds good to me

2016-02-22 14:12

Later n0thing lol.

2016-02-22 09:26

TS did it again. Disband, Clown9, just disband :)

2016-02-22 09:29

hehehehehehe Choke9 :>

2016-02-22 09:39

n0thing -42 in two matches, beastm0de on

rip renegades :(

2016-02-22 09:57

ohh S.C.O.T.T.O

2016-02-26 02:31

Cloud9, hahahahha.

2016-02-22 10:03

Nothing did... nothing ! LOL !

2016-02-22 10:10

I see what you did there.. hahahaha :)

2016-02-22 11:54

dignitas mouz tyloo gambit

2016-02-22 10:33

RIP CLOWN9

2016-02-22 11:02

We need dignitas, G2, E-Frag and who?

2016-02-22 11:06

Would actually like to see SK take the last spot

2016-02-22 12:12

rofl clown9

2016-02-22 11:14

I feel bad to c9 2 spots 250k tournament missed. They need IGL

2016-02-22 11:27

They need to disband

2016-02-22 11:44

2016-02-22 11:37

Anyone else wanted TL vs C9 so s1mple could kick their asses?

2016-02-22 12:22

n0thing is on the way to be a true IGL, he's bottom fragging already

2016-02-22 12:42

2016-02-22 14:08

let's go TS

2016-02-22 12:53

Nice TS! Good Luck! <3

2016-02-22 13:04

More Brazilians are coming. Wait for us!!! #BrazilianStorm #LGLoyal #TS

2016-02-22 13:17

2016-02-22 13:19

I feel bad for N0thing hes a good guy but now C9 is the 4..5 force in NA. LG, TL, TS and maybe CLG is more strong today

gl TS hen1 is a beast!

2016-02-22 13:21

Clown9 running the circus agaian...

hen1 beast

2016-02-22 13:48

Rip C9

2016-02-22 13:53

Luminosity Liquid Tempo Storm CLG c9 in NA right now! damn what a downhill!

2016-02-22 13:57

The teams at Malmo make it seem like another Major. Valve should attach the tag of a major on Malmo just because the competition here is so good. Sidenote: Valve's shit rule that fucks up Liquid's chances for Columbus makes Malmo so much more exciting for TL.

2016-02-22 14:22