Cloud9 qualify for IEM Dallas over OG

The Russian squad became the second team to go through the European qualifier after Astralis.

Cloud9 secured their attendance at IEM Dallas 2023 after going through the European closed qualifier and finishing in second place. The Russian squad defeated OG in the consolidation final 2-0 to earn the chance to defend their title from 2022.

Vladislav "⁠nafany⁠" Gorshkov and company lifted the trophy at the inaugural edition of the $250,000 event last year, but were not part of the initial invites so had to make their way through the closed qualifier.

nanfany and company will get the chance to defend their title in Texas

The Russian quintet were directly invited to the online competition and defeated sYnck and Ninjas in Pyjamas on their way to the upper bracket final, where they met Astralis. In a surprising turn of events, the Danes came out victorious to secure the first qualification spot and send Cloud9 to the lower bracket.

Dmitry "⁠sh1ro⁠" Sokolov was on point in the final series against OG, especially in the opening map as he led his team to a narrow 16-14 win on Mirage thanks to his 1.84 rating and 29-8 K-D. The 21-year-old marksman slowed down on Overpass, ending the series with a 1.52 score across the two maps.

One more team is set to claim a spot at IEM Dallas from the South American qualifier taking place between April 12-13 as 00NATION, 9z, Fluxo, and INTZ battle it out for the last qualifying spot. ESL will also invite one last team based on their position in the organizer's World Ranking.

The list of teams attending IEM Dallas 2023 is as follows:

Russia Dmitry 'sh1ro' Sokolov
Dmitry 'sh1ro' Sokolov
Age:
21
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.23
Maps played:
976
KPR:
0.77
DPR:
0.53
Russia Vladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov
Vladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov
Age:
21
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.95
Maps played:
977
KPR:
0.66
DPR:
0.69
Cool
2023-04-03 19:44
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gratz
2023-04-03 19:44
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Peru jrpatriniz
if C9 lost against OG, they would be in the tournament in the ESL ranking invitation xD
2023-04-03 19:46
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#9
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Estonia simondoggo
It still boggles my mind that c9 didn’t get an invitation before EG. I’m an EG black fan but for godsakes c9 LITERALLY won this event last year
2023-04-03 19:54
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I’m also an EG (Black) fan and I agree!
2023-04-03 19:59
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i know its crazy... As champions they should get auto invite. If the champions cant have the chance to defend the title then why fight for it in the first place? Useless title if you cant defend it. Trash event.
2023-04-03 20:03
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+1, putting the reigning champions to go through qualifiers is so retarded I can't even
2023-04-03 21:54
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Yes and no? Its arguably about quality of games. Why would a maybe underperforming team get an auto invite and a team that worked 1, maybe 2 years to build a top 10 position not? Also, if a team 1 year later fell off and is absolute garbage, why waste a spot on it? I think it is a good thing they need to go through qualifiers, if anything it proves for overall better game quality.
2023-04-04 07:26
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Overall better game quality > EG invited
2023-04-04 17:01
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Not the point that entry was referring to at all. But yes, EG and Nouns are garbage. Arguably liquid is too, but they seem to be able to win and lose from anyone.
2023-04-04 17:42
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Russia M31F
based
2023-04-04 08:32
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#26
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Peru jrpatriniz
totally agrre with u
2023-04-03 21:14
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flair
2023-04-04 02:46
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Can ESL just invite them through ranking next time.... waste of time
2023-04-03 19:47
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2 replies
+1
2023-04-03 19:59
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well they are the current winners so doesn't make sense at all +1
2023-04-03 20:13
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well done
2023-04-03 19:47
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why EU flag for astralis news but RU flag for C9?
2023-04-03 19:47
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4 replies
#17
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k0nfig | 
England Sandbag02
c9 are russian and astralis are danish
2023-04-03 20:11
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so why no danish flag?
2023-04-03 21:00
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1 reply
#45
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k0nfig | 
England Sandbag02
population thing
2023-04-04 14:51
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Because EU qualifier
2023-04-04 05:53
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Chad Journalism
nanfany
2023-04-03 19:55
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xD
2023-04-03 20:00
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I'm glad the two teams that qualified are the most fair results
2023-04-03 20:02
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#19
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Russia mshkoda
Nice concert tour
2023-04-03 20:13
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#20
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Chad kdorek
kinda weird some teams were just invited like ENCE and that the team that won last edition has to qualify to it
2023-04-03 20:14
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Yeah invite system is kinda wierd. Invites were revealed on 27th February and by the time Ence (who are ESL partners) were only #16 team on esl ranking, while Fnatic, also esl partner and #10 team by the time, had to go through closed qualifier. Faze clan and mouz were invited based on esl ranking for some reason although they partners as well. Vita and Navi declined invites i assume.
2023-04-03 20:37
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nais
2023-04-03 20:38
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Reigning champs with same core having to qualify again is retarded.
2023-04-03 20:43
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og just needs to win the major to get an insta invite to dallas
2023-04-03 21:00
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2 replies
what eg did to get it?
2023-04-04 05:30
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1 reply
they are "local hero" or some bs twitter.com/ESLCS/status/163023632368363..
2023-04-04 14:06
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United States sziasztok
Congrats to C9. Kinda weird that the reigning champs have to come to the qualifier, but well done nevertheless
2023-04-03 21:57
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Brazil hugoooo
Nouns on the list triggers me
2023-04-04 00:08
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#31
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Finland inshallah
nan fany
2023-04-04 00:09
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#33
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Russia edgepy
instead of some potential strong team qualifying to contest for the title, we get the reigning champions having to emarassly sweat through the qualifiers to the smallest s-tier event on the scene, congrats esl
2023-04-04 00:25
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lmfao, well said
2023-04-04 05:34
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OG is not even close
2023-04-04 10:46
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winner of dallas 2022 need to qualify for 2023 what a joke
2023-04-04 12:14
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#43
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Saudi Arabia Gobino
bhhhppp
2023-04-04 14:25
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#44
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Saudi Arabia Gobino
Hyp
2023-04-04 14:26
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#47
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jackasmo | 
Russia *Tpo-_-JI.b*
Expected from pros of Cloud9! 3 events / quals - 3 top finishes! 1st - BetBoom Playlist Urbanistic 2023 / $165,000 1st - BLAST Premier Fall Showdown 2022 Europe / $20,000 1st/2nd - IEM Dallas Qualification 2023 GG BB
2023-04-04 17:03
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