Astralis secure berth at IEM Dallas

3-4-2023 16:26

The Danes topped the closed qualifier over Cloud9 to secure the first of two IEM Dallas spots on offer.

Astralis have secured a berth at IEM Dallas, taking place from May 29-June 4, after successfully traversing the European closed qualifier.

The Danes made it to the closed qualifier through the open stage and went on to beat Spirit, GODSENT, and Cloud9. Their toughest test came in the spot-deciding match against Vladislav "⁠nafany⁠" Gorshkov's team, where a superb performance from Dmitry "⁠sh1ro⁠" Sokolov on the first two maps was not enough to pull the Russian side over the finish line.

device led Astralis to their biggest win yet with the new lineup

Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz shone for the Danish squad with an average 1.26 rating over eight maps and a decisive performance on the final map against Cloud9, Overpass, where he scored 34 kills in a 16-13 victory in Astralis' biggest win yet since the AWPer rejoined the team.

One more European qualifying spot is left on offer and will be contested by OG and Cloud9 in the final match of the closed qualifier, scheduled to start at 17:00 . fnatic, Ninjas in Pyjamas, GODSENT, Spirit, and sYnck have previously been eliminated from contention.

Twelve other teams have already been confirmed to participate in IEM Dallas, coming either as a partner team, through the ESL Ranking, or through other qualifiers in Oceania and North America:

South America Qualifier

ESL World Ranking

gj guys

2023-04-03 16:26

2 replies

cloud9 were just in epl finals astralis beat them astralis won epl and got their second igs

2023-04-03 16:36

1 reply

astralis goated!

2023-04-03 17:02

nic3

2023-04-03 16:27

expected

best joke ever

2023-04-03 16:58

deserved

I am so happy to see good signs from astralis again)))

2023-04-03 16:45

dev1ce GOAT of CSGO

2023-04-03 16:28

26 replies

0/8 bait

2023-04-03 16:29

21 replies

s1mple is best, device is greatest

2023-04-03 16:31

20 replies

0 top 1 0 Cologne Not my GOAT

2023-04-03 16:33

19 replies

ur opinion never mattered

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hahahahaha no arguments?

2023-04-03 16:46

#9 yeah that is the high quality argument i signed up for

2023-04-03 17:31

#20 ???

My opinion does. Div0rce is not the goat

2023-04-03 16:57

4 replies

no urs doesn't

3 replies

Look at his flair dude..

2023-04-03 17:36

right 😭😭😭

2023-04-03 18:13

it does

2023-04-03 18:51

2023-04-03 18:53

but dev1ce won cologne already no?

2023-04-03 18:23

0 finals lmao forget about winning name checks out btw

2023-04-03 20:28

4 major 3 in a row more than S1mple

2023-04-04 01:53

0 cologne 0 top 1 nt tho no scener

2023-04-04 02:11

Major is the Pinacle of CSGO tournment Cologne will not matter that much

2023-04-07 13:19

Major, Cologne, Katowice all are prestigious events that my s1mple has won but ur idol device haven't

2023-04-07 16:18

he has won 1 major Astralis with 4 and 3 in a row

2023-04-07 19:08

why so cringe

2023-04-04 19:27

Stating facts = cringe? flair checks out i guess

2023-04-04 19:57

flair checks out

2023-04-03 16:32

Ric?

2023-04-03 18:06

2023-04-04 12:51

we are back <3

Irrelevant event #1 team NaVi not attending

17 replies

kekw botvi

kekw no scene

2023-04-03 16:39

Why arent they playing tho

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visa issues

Don't really want to play 3 events in a row I guess NaVi skipped dallas last year as well Too bad for NA fans they would have to wait till Washington to watch the GOAT play

2023-04-03 16:35

Not a problem to watch him playing on Twitch😅

Its not like watching him play inside an arena. Don't worry you will be able to witness s1mple showing masterclass at the major in paris

2023-04-03 16:38

Why would i need to watch nerds play on a screen live with hundreds of unwashed gremlins when i can watch nerds play on my own screen in the conform of my home?

2023-04-03 16:41

Aren't they secured a spot by being the #4 ranked team on ESL rankings, or am I missing something? pro.eslgaming.com/worldranking/csgo/rank..

2023-04-03 18:04

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Yes. They will attend as they have the top ESL rank among the teams that are not qualified or invited yet.

2023-04-03 18:11

Yes 1 spot is left but depends if NaVi accepts the invite or not. They skipped it last year as well

Did they reject the invite last time or just didn't qualified/invited? Anyways it's not like theirs schedule is that tight in June to miss the one-week event. And a competition on Dallas seems to be tighter this time as well.

2023-04-03 18:20

They skipped last year so probably didn't accept the invite.

2023-04-03 20:27

You still have to accept the invite to attend. Not like you are forced to attend all events

2023-04-03 18:14

I'm sure the winners will be crying all the way to their bank

2023-04-03 17:48

Not sure about the winners but the arena will probably be empty. No s1mple no crowd

2023-04-03 18:10

cringelord

2023-04-04 19:28

Hello, I did read the article and I have decided to write a somewhat longer message compared to the persons above to intentionally not get #1 post, cause intentionally going for it is just cringe and no real achievement in life. jk, congratulations to whomever got #1 post

what are you talking about m8?

2023-04-04 00:27

If Cloud9 lose to OG, they can receive invite because of esl world ranking?

If Navi will skip Dallas then yes ig

Hope so, thanks man. But better win this match :D

Yep C9 themselves would be disappointed if they lost this game Heck i would be disappointed lmao

2023-04-03 16:52

Well played

2023-04-03 16:30

GOATstralis

C9 exposed

IEM Dalllas will have good teams unlike last time?

2023-04-03 16:34

sadly we have Liquid so this dallas also looks awful

2023-04-03 17:09

Liquid era soon, nt.

2023-04-04 12:59

Yea, with oSee xDD

2023-04-04 13:42

Goatsee Paris Major MVP

2023-04-04 14:20

devve is back

Dev1ce GOAT, Astralis is back

ESL for real? EG get an invite but the true local heroes and defending champions have to qualify?

2023-04-03 16:37

EG pays the big bucks

2023-04-03 17:42

Devve had enough of this bs, nt c9

2023-04-03 16:40

why clowns virtus pro have a spot lol

Lmao Talking about VP when they actually give spot to EG

ESL Ranking

coz they won last major

2023-04-04 19:29

GG WP! Happy for Astralis! Could be the time now to start turning around things. They showed pretty good CS so far in this tournament!

2023-04-03 16:50

rn they're onliners, they still need roster changes to be a top contender

2023-04-03 18:09

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there is literally no one better available, they just need time and not fuck up like they did with lucky and farlig

2023-04-03 18:36

I have been a firm believer in the Minister for long but i honestly think that Astralis aint gonna do any damage to other good teams on LAN with him anymore . get Pricetag.

2023-04-03 21:21