IEM Dallas qualifiers reach closed stage

Nearly 1,000 teams did battle in the European qualifier over six spots.

BC.Game were among the teams to advance in Europe

After two days of action, the IEM Dallas open qualifiers concluded with 12 teams across Europe, Asia, and the Americas advancing to the closed stages.

The HLTV-covered rounds of play — Round of 16 in Europe and South America, quarter-finals in North America and Asia — had VRS points on the line, playing to the misfortune of those looking to climb the rankings that fell just short in the Round of 32 or Round of 16 in their respective qualifiers.

BC.Game, who recently recreated the former BLEED core by adding Cai "⁠CYPHER⁠" Watson and Nemanja "⁠nexa⁠" Isaković, were one of the teams to make it through and defeated Ninjas in Pyjamas, Aurora, Partizan, and Zero Tenacity en route.

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The latter recovered and advanced through the 5-6th decider matches to join OG, NEVERMORE, TNL, and Hesta on the team list.

Complexity, who couldn't accept an invite for the NA closed qualifier because the dates clashed with their travel to PGL Cluj-Napoca and played in the Europe open qualifier instead, fell in the Round of 32 but may not have their points impacted because of the early exit.

fnatic, Ninjas in Pyjamas, and B8 were among the names who also missed out on the covered stage in Europe, while ENCE made it to the Round of 16 but fell to Zero Tenacity in a one-sided defeat.

Imperial, Legacy, Marsborne, and Party Astronauts advanced in the Americas while TYLOO and The Huns made it through the Asia qualifier, with M80 notably missing out in NA after losing to an Advanced team.

The Europe closed qualifier will run from February 10-12 and award five spots at IEM Dallas, while qualifiers in the Americas and Asia will run from February 11-12 with one spot on offer each.

You can find the complete team list for the regional closed qualifiers below:

Europe

Hesta
NEVERMORE
Falcons
Astralis
3DMAX
GamerLegion
BIG
BetBoom

HEROIC
Nemiga
OG
Nexus
Zero Tenacity
Metizport
BC.Game
TNL

North America
BOSS
NRG
Party Astronauts
Marsborne

South America
Imperial
Fluxo
Legacy
Sharks

Asia

Lynn Vision
ATOX

TYLOO
The Huns