Europe Minor Closed Qualifier - ESL One Rio 2020

Complexity to replace MAD Lions in Europe Minor closed qualifier

6-3-2020 19:21

Complexity will take MAD Lions' spot in this weekend's closed qualifier for the Europe Minor, ESL has announced.

Benjamin "⁠blameF⁠" Bremer's troops were called in last-minute after MAD Lions decided to withdraw from the qualifier "due to being unable to field a suitable roster" for the tournament, which will kick off Saturday.

The news follows an HLTV.org report revealing that the Danish team had decided to bench in-game leader Nicolai "⁠HUNDEN⁠" Petersen because of internal issues. DBLTAP later reported that MAD Lions had set their sights on Asger "⁠AcilioN⁠" Larsen, who is currently on Copenhagen Flames's bench.

Complexity will face Sprout in the first round of the qualifier

Currently ranked 15th in the world, Complexity took part in three of the four open qualifiers and twice made the semi-finals, losing out to BIG and SMASH. The team's online woes have contrasted starkly with their form on LAN, having survived the 'Group of Death' at BLAST Premier and finished top-four at DreamHack Open Anaheim.

Complexity will fill take MAD Lions' spot in the double-elimination bracket, which means that they will face world No. 32 Sprout in the first round. The top eight teams of the qualifier will secure spots at the Europe Minor, which will be held from April 26 through May 2 in Rio de Janeiro.

The first-round match-ups are the following:

fnatic vs. SMASH
Dignitas vs. Movistar Riders
GODSENT vs. Copenhagen Flames
Complexity vs. Sprout
HEROIC vs. KOVA
OG vs. Heretics
BIG vs. Nordavind
Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. Apeks

EZ Clap

2020-03-06 19:22

28 replies

UNFAIR WTF

18 replies

Bribed by Jason Lake wtf

2020-03-06 19:24

8 replies

Fk Rip Sprout

6 replies

rigged for juggernot, fcking joke ESL

2020-03-06 19:29

5 replies

Juggernauted

2020-03-06 19:37

4 replies

Braindead move by Mad Lions, I'm happy to see compLexity in the qualifier though!

2020-03-06 20:20

3 replies

It's the will of GOD.... GOD Hunden!

2020-03-06 20:23

2 replies

EXCUSE ME WTF

2020-03-06 20:47

nice to replace BOT HUNDEN

2020-03-07 10:41

Not gonna lie, that was my first thought

2020-03-06 20:49

Not rlly

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hltv.org/events/5131/europe-minor-open-q.. 3-4th hltv.org/events/5132/europe-minor-open-q.. 9-16th hltv.org/events/5133/europe-minor-open-q.. didnt play hltv.org/events/5134/europe-minor-open-q.. 3-4th well yes but never beat mad lions or anything so i dont think they deserve automatic invite

2020-03-06 19:27

mad lions couldnt even beat a dog shit EG coL is way better

2020-03-06 19:36

just the first qualify is enough they was the best team in the hardest open qualifier (that is always the first one) to no get to the spot

2020-03-06 19:39

Looking at it, ago deserved it more

2020-03-06 19:53

ago boring views would much rather see complexity

2020-03-06 20:30

Ago better placing through out the qualifiers, much more fair

2020-03-07 00:35

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they went to semis twice out of the 2/3 times they tried wym

2020-03-07 00:42

Totally f in fair

2020-03-06 19:48

wow thats some real BS. Cant help but feel that Complexity did something for this shit to go down

Unhappy for Mads, happy for Complexity)

2020-03-06 19:26

LMAO MAD LIONS -99384 IQ but gg col guess they got the last laugh in the end

True kick their best player just before major xaxaxaxaxa

2020-03-06 19:47

0.79 rating lol

2020-03-07 07:49

its all about brain 🧠🧠🧠

2020-03-07 14:20

going from not qualifying for minor to major champs

would be sick

2020-03-06 20:09

that would be a nutty story

2020-03-07 02:34

LOL REKT

DIGNITAS 100% winrate? DIG era?

2020-03-07 02:40

Mad Bots OMEGALUL

2020-03-07 06:21

Wasted spot

0/8

2020-03-07 07:50

jason lake payed hunden to retire just so coL can get minor qual spot 200 iq

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actually the truth

2020-03-06 19:23

2020-03-06 21:28

LOL Thats genius

money solves all problems :)

makes sense

2020-03-06 19:41

a major spot can have a value of 1 million. I guess Hunden is rich now

2020-03-06 19:44

Youre joking but it might be true

2020-03-06 19:55

I hope he have just enough money to pay other teams in closed qual and minor, i really want to see those guys playing on Major stage

2020-03-06 19:58

2020-03-06 20:12

2020-03-06 20:33

LOL

2020-03-06 20:36

+500000 iq move by jason lake

2020-03-06 21:18

2020-03-06 21:27

mayb

2020-03-06 21:29

EZ 4 Jason Lake

2020-03-06 22:07

2020-03-06 23:05

seems fishy to bench your igl 2 days prior minor qualifier, internal issue could have wait after this qualifier everybody in mad lions is loosing, playing this qualifier and maybe get through it could have bring lot of money for each player & organization with stickers, i clearly can't understand that move something odd about it.

2020-03-07 00:20

Ahahahahah, that's what u get by messing with hunden

2020-03-07 02:03

Genius idea from Jason lake lmao hhhhh

2020-03-07 04:48

hahaha

2020-03-08 06:58

2020-03-09 03:18

Ez 4 obo

yes

2020-03-06 19:28

Wtf? Did complexity pay mad lions to kick hunden hahaha? That would be insane xd So either complexity payed them or mad lions is so -30000 iq for kicking an IGL 2 days before major closed qualifier wtf

They are dumb just for kicking the IGL

2020-03-06 22:24

For real

2020-03-06 23:08

They dumb

MALD LIONS KEKW

2020-03-06 19:50

MALD LIONS KARMA FROM GOD HUNDEN

Why? Just whyy

rigged by Jason Lake

Worst move possible for Mad Lions.

only move they had, or else JL would kill them

2020-03-09 03:19

Wow Well, gl to coL then

F HUNDEN IS GOD RESPECT THE DANISH MASTERMIND LMAO MAD LIONS WILL JUST BE ENCE V2 Don't sleep on your IGLs folks At least make him Coach if you will and kick twofaced "peace"maker

Well Mad Lions will never be Ence v2, they wont drop to 40th spot, they could even get higher now.

2020-03-07 10:44

hltv.org/forums/threads/2256739/mald-lio.. hltv ie

wtffff

LMAO

EZ4GODHUNDEN

any KEKW'ers in chat?

KEKW

2020-03-06 21:07

2020-03-07 00:23

2020-03-07 14:09

2020-03-07 18:15

hahaha karma

LMAO LETS GOOO

Complexity being destroyed by pact, pact deserved this slot

It was probably because coL ranked higher.

2020-03-06 20:11

$$$ this is reason

2020-03-06 21:52

nah the reason is because CoL's total results were a lot better than PACT who were dogshit except for 1 qualifier lmao

lucky

HAHAHAHHAHA DUMB LIONS

thx mad lions))

Confirmed most retarded org in cs history, with Ence being on the second place

Sold spot.

So unfair

WTF, how many millions did CoL pay Willyrex for this? I don't believe Mad Lions are THAT stupid

Why would Col pay millions, makes literally no sense at all.

2020-03-06 22:38

Why to get the closed qualifier spot and maybe more ?

2020-03-07 02:14

Complexity is so lucky. But seriously, wtf mad lions?

2020-03-06 19:25

Wtff

Dumb Lions

They will regret this

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

LOL EZ AF

Pay in

Wtf is going on

They do not deserve to play at the major after kicking Hunden.

how much money jason gave for this ?))))

0 iq mad lions

POGGERS

c0mplexity will become c1mplexity )))

complexity to win this major

Honestly. Would rather see Col get a shot at the major anyway. Even with the ML being a pretty solid squad.

NICEEEEEE

oh shit drama seems to be brewing

LUL

undeserved ofc

Hehe what a shame hehe

inb4 for complexity to win major

outstanding move, WP MAD LIONS

UNDESERVED

everyone preferred col anyways

FAK OFFF

2020-03-06 19:30

Why Col? Why not other last round minor qual losers?

Undeserved Losing to pact and eu mix team just doesn’t justify getting the spot

+100000000

2020-03-06 19:34

2020-03-07 10:08

Bruh Mad Lions are just dumb,

MAD Lions are so stupid, LMAO

WTF

2020-03-06 19:31

KARMA

2020-03-06 19:32

Jason Lake paid HUNDEN LOL

Why not let HUNDEN play the qualifier and then bench him? Or would that be against the rules? PLZ tell me mens))

They would just have to play with the coach (peacemaker) if they did that. Unless they have a sutible replacement already signed and in their major contract. I don't think it would be against the rules tho so idk what they're doing 🤷‍♂️

2020-03-06 22:51

N1 mad lions

wagt

2020-03-06 19:33

BAD LIONS

lol they get another chance

RIP MAD LIONS complexity 9-16 on minor

So happy for coL yeahhhhh SAD for MAD Lions who are a great team though

That's called karma. Replacing HUNDEN 3 days before the qualis, it's what you get!

The real question here is HOW MUCH?!?!?!?

Nooooouice

how much money?

2020-03-06 19:43

Ahahhahahahahahahahahahhahaha Kicking Hunden to miss Minor Omegakek

2020-03-06 19:38

Don't worry! Complexshitty will be destroyed by Sprout!

I arent think that. without syrsoN and k1to sprout are mediocre at best.

2020-03-06 21:10

ez axxaxaxaxaxa

2020-03-06 19:40

why col?

They are the best

2020-03-07 07:56

lan dodgers!!

2020-03-06 19:42

That sucks for lions. Came out of nowhere winning big games and this happens.

leTs bENcH HuNdEn

what big games did they win? OG and VP? lul

2020-03-06 19:56

2-1 vs mous eg and g2 2-0 ence and heroic why u so butt hurt i said they had promise??? new team beating already long time established teams

2020-03-07 05:06

Last time I checked they lost to G2 and mouz You didn‘t say they had promise You said they were winning big games which is not true They played good games vs good teams but they were not winning them

2020-03-07 11:34

BlameF beat up HUNDEN confirmed

what lul

Ahahha Juggernauts

haha nice = )

This thing have to be investigated by some party, ridicolous :D

really

this is just sad, they pay mad lions for sure....

2020-03-06 19:45

Unfair. They already had their chance, losing to SMASH and now have a second chance in major? Invite some team that hadn't a chance in major.

every european team had their chance to qualify from all open qualifiers so who exactly? Makes sense invite team who nearly made it tbh xd

2020-03-06 20:05

And col are the highest ranked team as well

2020-03-06 20:17

Col lost two times in two qualifys

2020-03-07 04:51

Col lost to a fucking PACT in qualifiers, losing to t3 teams in qualifiers and now getting a chance? Fucking UNDESERVED

2020-03-07 10:10

Even the major is p2w now, gg valve

Wtf esl?

That's... suspicious :D

2020-03-06 19:49

thats what u get for kicking GODHUNDEN

Ignoring the MAD Lions drama- WHY is complexity being invited? It completely takes away from Smash's win knocking them out of major contention, what about all the other teams that failed in second place? Nice bias for a large org ESL :)

2020-03-06 19:51

Complexity is a bigger org, better for ESL to have that team. That's why cloud9 have been playing everything since always and still sucking.

2020-03-06 23:47

wow ....

2020-03-06 19:52

How much did the LAN juggernaut pay for Lions for this to happen?

one breakfast of the dallas cowboys CEO

2020-03-06 19:54

iluminar and complexity should have played bo3/bo5 for this spot just saying .. liquipedia.net/counterstrike/Minor_Champ..

Well col were the highest rated team, and there was probably not enough time to organise a bo3, maybe some of the players from ILL were busy, it was just too sudden

2020-03-07 08:01

anyway it's good that they get second chance (or 5th?)

2020-03-07 10:20

Illuminar doesn't have a full roster right now

2020-03-07 10:12

Wtf is this, I cant believe

wtf. Why they just didn't play it with HUNDEN?

they will lose to fnatic and not go to major anyway. whatever they can try

Riiiiiiigged What a shit show srsly, why they can't play with hunden? And the players own the spot and they can't just fill in a fifth?! BULLSHIT And why invite coL? There's several teams who deserved it equally based on qualifier performance or who did even better.

2020-03-06 20:03

fnatic > Movistar Riders > OG > NiP > Complexity > BIG > Heroic > SMASH > Sprout > Dignitas .... the rest is irrelevant

2020-03-06 20:02

mmm $$$$$

lol

fuck off paying for a spot because they cant qualify. im fucking done

EZ for ESL

2020-03-06 20:06

Deserved

2020-03-06 20:07

Bullshit. This smells like Jason Lake buying their spot. I will definitely root against complexity in every tournament from now on. Fuck them

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Yeah let's just assume the worst.

2020-03-06 20:08

There is something seriously wrong here. HUNDEN ditching his danish prospects before their chance to qualify for the biggest stage? HUNDEN, the guy who did the most for the danish scene in the last 10 years? Sorry, but I can't believe that. And coL of all teams replaces them, what is the justification for that?

If you read the news article where he left, it wasn't him leaving, it was him being removed from the team for "internal issues" between him and the rest of the team.

HUNDEN said on twitter that it was a mutual agreement that he went to a managerial position. Right before getting the chance to possibly qualify for the minor/major? I am not buying it. But why would the org give up the closed qual spot for no reason whatsoever? I am not willing to believe that they were unable to find a substition for HUNDEN, when the danish scene has what feels like infinite solid players to choose from. Why not pick some random dude and play the closed qualifier with that roster? You can do damage, there is no downside to doing it. Getting paid off to not take part is the only logical conclusion here.

Ok, make sure you're wearing your tinfoil hat.

Alright, please tell me one good reason for Mad Lions to not take part in the closed qualifier. I am listening

2020-03-06 20:32

+1 I agree with you wholeheartedly.

2020-03-06 21:51

Cuz peacemaker prop. wants a brazzy-bro, maybe fer or cold - who the f knows

2020-03-06 23:41

closed qual for minor is tomorow why would they use a stand in if they dont have a banned player

Yea root against the players, clearly their fault

2020-03-07 08:03

ez4god hunden

What a shitshow

2020-03-06 20:10

a bought spot

2020-03-06 20:13

they won’t qualify either way retarded decisions by mad lions though, gotta be wondering what the hell they were thinking. Would have been better to stick it out with HUNDEN for the minor qualifier in the hopes of going through and kick him after. If they would have made it his stickers would have probably sold well due to meme status.

2020-03-06 20:15

Expected

This seems so stupid, why not just play this event with hunden and if they qualify they can swap.

Lmao

From mad lions perspective this has to be a joke, right? Even with god hunden they are one of the favourites to qualify, rofl. It has to be some serious shit going on over there.

2020-03-06 20:14

were.

yeah it is weird, why not just play with hunden one last time...

2020-03-06 20:27

Or just play with a random standin. You can qualify for the minor with acoR, roeJ and sjuush destroying your opponents, doesn't even matter what the last 2 players are.

lul

Pog

XDDD

2020-03-06 20:21

wasted spot complexity can't beat anyone if not in LAN

pass to the minor qualifier without any doubt, real juggernouts, it was 1000iq move from compexity ceo, they pay ceo of mad lions to kick hunden and give them a spot, well done

2020-03-06 20:22

MAD LIONS DUMBEST ORG FR

I am curious to what Jason Lake will come up with to buy his team into the minor after they get destroyed at the closed qualifier tomorrow.

MAD LIONS WHY NO STANDIN??!??!?!?!?!?!?

2020-03-06 20:29

is this some bad joke??

2020-03-06 20:37

Money always go first.. unfair ofc.

2020-03-06 20:39

Deserved for kicking the god

2020-03-06 20:42

Undeserved

2020-03-06 20:44

PAYED BY COL LMAO

WTF IS HAPPENING HERE? MADLIONS ARE YOU GOING MAD?

2020-03-06 20:50

I am not sure why, but I'll take it. I planned on just rooting for Dig and Apeks.

2020-03-06 20:51

Wow !!! So lucky !!

IMAGINE BEING PACT AND DEFEATING COMPLEXITY IN 2nd MINORS QUALIFIERS AND ENDING UP IN 3-4TH SPOT WHEN COL WAS DEAD LAST AND YET COL GOT AN INVITE. ESL NEED MORE BRAINCELLS!!!!

2020-03-06 20:56

+1 Im speechless as well. Imagine this team that failed to win teir 3-4-5 teams 3 times and make it to major as intended to have an easy road to major because someone gave them their spot. Insane

"wow so lucky".

Why the fuck is this allowed ?!

2020-03-06 20:58

Well, i think complexity gave big amount of money to hunden to create "problems" for taking the spot. Ofc there is the hand of esl also. It is my opinion dont fck me

We all know something is fishy. You cant have low tier teams winning and advance to minors and then having internal problems. In such situations teams are super happy and super motivated.

2020-03-06 22:50

I don't belive that CoL anyhow messed with ML internally, but they for sure bought the spot.

2020-03-07 00:29

POCKETS FULL OF GOLD!!!!

2020-03-06 21:44

THE JUGGERNAUT IS SAVED Pog

2020-03-06 21:00

POG

2020-03-06 21:19

Bad Lions This is how not to manage a team lul

2020-03-06 21:03

Jason Lake chess moves are op

*hurt attack. This is so sad for me

2020-03-06 21:13

so EZ for coL

2020-03-06 21:15

Nice karma for the Mad Lions :+1:

2020-03-06 21:16

Instant karma for retarded move

2020-03-06 21:22

coL couldn’t beat bug or SMASH shouldn’t be given spot

Still beat Astralis and Vitality

2020-03-06 21:38

coL #2?

Still they lost hard in all open qualifiers vs Tier 2 and Tier 3 teams. But if you have money you can buy spots from tier 4 teams right ?

2020-03-06 22:49

yes mens)))) thazs hoe wordl wokes

2020-03-07 00:25

Damn never thought coL would actually sign Hunden.

how much juggernauts paid for slot?

2020-03-06 21:30

2020-03-06 21:32

Hey Lions, how MAD on a Juggernaut scale are you now?

2020-03-06 21:43

Col make major after all?

AAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH

2020-03-06 21:40

2020-03-06 21:41

WE FIFA BOIS LETS GOOOO

2020-03-06 21:46

Let's go Comp my boys ;D

2020-03-06 21:50

i am1000% sure it was paid move

2020-03-06 22:05

How many Jason Lake paid for this?

2020-03-06 22:11

Fuck yeah

so MAD Lions wont try to make it to MAjor? wtf

2020-03-06 22:15

wtf is KOVA doing there lmao

2020-03-06 22:33

Wtf is this crap, this is unfair as shit. I bet they paid for that spot, this cant be real Smash , Big and other teams worked their asses off in order to beat Complexity and all and now complexity, the big losers of Minors over and over again having a chance to go to major ? Is this a fucking joke ? Who decides who takes Mad lions place in the first place ?

2020-03-06 22:46

ESL rankings I believe.

2020-03-06 23:23

some legit ESL bs here.

2020-03-07 00:02

You're ridiculous. Which team should be invited then ? Col almost made it 2 times out of 3, plus they're by far the better ranked team out of those remaining.

2020-03-07 01:06

Which team ? Not a team that lost all 3 open qualifiers to everyone else. And if you want to be fair , do a mini tournament with the teams that could be there instead of COL and have the fight for that spot. And since when ESL rankings decide what happens in MAJOR qualifiers? This was a shitty move and beleive me Col might payed for this but even if they havent was a move from ESL to favor one of their customers if you get what i mean. Either way, shitty move, definitly unfair and this is historical BS. Never happened before in history of proffessional CSGO gaming someome to fail all 3 qualifiers to get invited afterwards. Never ever.

2020-03-07 03:23

SO WHICH TEAM DO THEY INVITE ? do you understand they have to replace Mad Lions ? Other teams like Illuminar, Gamerlegion etc ALSO failed the qualifiers FFS. a mini tournament less than 48h before the minor qual? yeah SURE. To be fair even if col have indeed ties with ESL they are still the logical choice for this replacement. Get real. A team that actually had decent results against top competition.

2020-03-07 03:37

Then why the fuck did they lose to PACT, Smash etc. If you fucking fail in qualifiers you fucking fail and you should have no other chances to get into major

2020-03-07 10:27

mad cucked out

2020-03-06 22:40

How much money Mad lions asked for this i wonder. This is for sure fixed.

2020-03-06 22:47

EZ 4 JUGGERNAUT

Hey Hunden is a rich AF now! Thanks to blameF and his payments to hunden to bench himself. After a while HUNDEN back to Mad Lions, need to spend some cash on Maldives.

Hunden must be rich now. Sad for esports but this is how the world works.

2020-03-06 22:53

Yeah, everyone else trying to win in game and those with alot of money if they cant win in game , they win with money. If Complexity makes it to major we talking about the biggest fiasco in major Cs go history.

2020-03-06 22:55

lol wut

2020-03-06 22:56

They failed in 3 open qualifiers and because they are part of ESL they made col a favor to push them to major for obvious reasons. VALVE should BAN ESL from held another major if that is the case. Since when Complexity deserves a fourth chance over others who had only one ? Oh wait they are part of ESL league right ? BS, that is some epic BS

2020-03-06 23:02

LETS GO BOYS

2020-03-06 23:16

Why Complexity?

2020-03-06 23:20

$$$$ actual content

2020-03-06 23:50

Actually seems possible but I seriously hope not, this is for the major.

2020-03-07 00:51

Probably based on ranks

2020-03-07 03:34

they probably bought the spot out.

2020-03-07 00:00

hope they get eliminated quickly.

2020-03-07 00:05

yeeeeees

2020-03-07 00:21

Haha another chance for us failures :D

2020-03-07 00:43

How much Complexity paid for this 😅😅😅

2020-03-07 01:02

HAHAHAHAHAHAH IDIOTS GOD HUNDEN

2020-03-07 03:11

We talking about an historical BS here. Never in the history of CS GO pro scene we had a team who failed all open qualifiers to get an invite in the end. Historical BS and if complexity make it to major we are gonna talk about one of the biggest, under the radar, "scams" of all time.

2020-03-07 03:25

2020-03-07 10:45

2020-03-07 11:50

200 IQ strat from col

doesnt matter, still wont make it to d major :)

2020-03-07 03:40

this aged well already half way

2020-03-10 11:19

Black bag!

2020-03-07 04:00

Not going to watch any of the major due to this bullshit, people should boycott

2020-03-07 04:56

Sad

2020-03-07 07:23

Jason lake flexing

2020-03-07 10:40

Fuck mad lions for kicking hunden

MAD LIONS IS STUPID

2020-03-07 13:04

Omg. Complexity second chance. Dont fuck it up

2020-03-07 13:24

It is their fourth chance

2020-03-09 14:56

How much did Complexity pay for the spot to Mad Lions ???

2020-03-07 13:43

Juggernot

2020-03-07 14:48

epic

2020-03-07 15:56

oh money, what a mighty magic

2020-03-07 16:27

WTF right before the minor quals?

2020-03-07 16:47

What happened to Hunden? Corona?

2020-03-07 19:50

he will join a top 5 team bsry

2020-03-10 11:18

Karma already firing back. How stupid do you have to be to kick you IGL prior to Minor qualifier with no one to fill in ? Dumbasses They should be renamed Cretin Lions

2020-03-07 23:02