Espionage, Nemiga clinch final IEM Chengdu EU closed qualifier spots

Another lackluster qualifier from the likes of NIP, ENCE, BLEED, and KOI leaves the teams out of contention for a spot in China.

Lucky and company are through to the closed stage

Espionage and Nemiga have advanced to the Europe closed qualifier for IEM Chengdu after emerging victorious from the second open bracket.

The teams scored wins over Insilio and RUBY in their respective qualifying games, and now join four invited teams and the first open qualifier victors, Guild Eagles and AMKAL, in a double-elimination bracket where one spot at the Chinese event is up for grabs.

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Guild Eagles, AMKAL make IEM Chengdu closed qualifier

Over 600 teams took part in the second open bracket, which featured a multitude of upsets akin to the first qualifier. Among the long list of notable names who fell were Ninjas in Pyjamas, BLEED, KOI, PARIVISION, and ENCE, none of whom could make it to the HLTV-covered Round of 16, while teams like GODSENT, Alliance, and Endpoint were also shot down early.

Nemiga faced difficult opposition in their run to a spot, dispatching of Endpoint, Aurora, 9 Pandas, and Sprout in the best-of-one rounds before securing a 2-0 over RUBY to qualify.

Espionage, meanwhile, recorded notable wins over Sangal, Illuminar, and FORZE to reach the qualifying round, where they needed all three maps to defeat Insilio, who had confidence running high after beating fnatic in their previous match.

The IEM Chengdu Europe closed qualifier is set to run from February 8-10, and will utilize a best-of-three, double-elimination bracket to determine who earns a spot at the event in China.

The complete closed qualifier team list is:

deserved
2024-01-31 01:02
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Nemiga has qualified. Wake me up. fnatic losing to Insilio 3-13. I've changed my mind
2024-01-31 01:09
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3 replies
and well deserved too.
2024-01-31 01:28
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aint new news they've been doing 2-13 chokes relentlessly since the summer roster rework management hoping to qualify to major for sticker profit before disband
2024-01-31 06:26
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1 reply
Facts
2024-01-31 08:24
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whoever’s the biggest onliner team out of those 8 will make it. Meaning Falcons and Guild are gone KEKW.
2024-01-31 01:15
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#5
z4kr | 
Russia YsvLive
insilio :(
2024-01-31 02:37
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#6
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France Diodele
too many russian teams in the open qual
2024-01-31 03:59
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Nemiga still exists lol
2024-01-31 05:21
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6 replies
Their founders live in Cyprus btw :)
2024-01-31 08:34
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5 replies
Thats why i mentioned nemigaa out of all the teams, also most russian companies have offices/are based in either cyprus or serbia
2024-01-31 12:53
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4 replies
#25
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Denmark Not_Dane
Are you from Ctprus?
2024-02-01 02:25
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2 replies
Yes
2024-02-01 20:36
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1 reply
#28
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Denmark Not_Dane
Oh, that's nice
2024-02-02 14:51
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Limassol for the win)
2024-02-06 20:07
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Hope people strive to play their best. Have morals and integrity. Stick together. United we stand divided we fall
2024-01-31 05:52
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#10
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Serbia S4V1C
lucky tier 1 comeback pls
2024-01-31 08:19
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2 replies
hopefully
2024-01-31 14:47
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#24
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England BobDude65
+1 I need it
2024-01-31 15:02
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Never thought I'd be cheering for a nickelback lineup but go AMKAL!! So cool to see these players stop being bums and play at a really high level in the server
2024-01-31 08:44
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#14
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Maldives fakingnob
Nemiga cheaters everytime start winning when were close to lose game cs dead
2024-01-31 10:27
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Open qualis full of cheaters xD
2024-01-31 10:28
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#16
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New Zealand LewsTherin
Does lucky look like hobbit to anyone?
2024-01-31 10:34
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2 replies
Kind of, lol.
2024-01-31 10:45
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#23
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England BobDude65
Yeah I’ve thought this for years
2024-01-31 15:02
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#18
Jame | 
Russia yewert
Me and my mate drew a wingman mm game against 1eer once. We both combined have like 5 times less playtime than that bot alone. Imagine how it feels losing to that Nemiga team after learning that some of their players can't beat DMGs in wingman
2024-01-31 11:56
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1 reply
Wow, you so good, go play pro))))
2024-02-06 20:41
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#20
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Ukraine delsix
nt insilio (almost made to hltv article headliners lol)
2024-01-31 13:24
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#22
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Poland NaKii
I cant believe that i see Nemiga Gaming anywhere around teams like BIG or ENCE core again
2024-01-31 14:48
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#26
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Turkey XANTHANOS
lol
2024-02-01 11:42
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#30
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
china | 
Brazil ginga do maroto
hi intelligence workers: there's terrorists, there's guns, but nothing to see here
2024-02-06 20:12
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