dignitas, Ancient to DH Malmo

dignitas and Ancient are the final two teams to attend DreamHack Masters Malmö next month after achieving victories over AGG and CPH Wolves respectively in the second European closed qualifier.

Another sixteen teams came into a second European closed qualifier gauntlet to try and secure the final two spots to the $250,000 DreamHack Masters Malmö tournament that will run from April 12-17.

With the format being a single elimination, best-of-three bracket, a few upsets did occur such as AGG taking down SK in the quarter-finals and Markus "⁠pronax⁠" Wallsten's Ancient bringing down FlipSid3 in their respective game.

pronax's Ancient qualify for DH Malmo 

By far the biggest upset however was Nicolai "⁠HUNDEN⁠" Petersen & co. of CPH Wolves bringing down G2 in a quarter-final match that went down to the wire.

In the first qualifying semifinal however, the Danish wolves were no match for the Swedes of Ancient as Andreas "⁠znajder⁠" Lindberg put in a dominant performance across two maps, with Ancient winning 16-3 on de_train and 16-11 on de_overpass.

DreamHack Masters Malmö 2016 Europe Closed Qualifier #2Best of 3 AncientMatchpage 2 0 20th March 2016 CPH Wolves 16Train 3 16Overpass 11

Ancient	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Andreas 'znajder' Lindbergznajder	49 - 14	+35	104.4	1.79
Mathias 'pauf' Köhlerpauf	38 - 24	+14	91.4	1.38
Simon 'twist' Eliassontwist	34 - 30	+4	82.7	1.17
Jonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonLekr0	32 - 27	+5	80.0	1.12
Markus 'pronax' Wallstenpronax	25 - 28	-3	56.6	0.91

CPH Wolves	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Martin 'PERCY' WesselPERCY	37 - 36	+1	86.1	1.06
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossandergla1ve	27 - 36	-9	62.2	0.87
Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferSnappi	22 - 33	-11	58.7	0.80
Danni 'smF' DygsmF	23 - 36	-13	70.6	0.73
Nicolai 'HUNDEN' PetersenHUNDEN	13 - 37	-24	41.9	0.49

Fans of close Counter-Strike games were therefore in for more of a treat in the second qualifying semifinal, as AGG at first appeared poised to continue a tournament-long streak of solid play by winning the first map of de_train against Dignitas with a score of 16-3.

The Danes, led by a strong effort via Markus "⁠Kjaerbye⁠" Kjærbye, rallied on the final two maps however and ultimately walked away as victors, winning de_mirage 16-10 and de_cbble 16-8.

DreamHack Masters Malmö 2016 Europe Closed Qualifier #1Best of 3 MOUZMatchpage 2 1 14th March 2016 G2 16Inferno 19 16Dust2 14 16Cache 13 News tags:

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DreamHack Masters Malmö 2016 Europe Closed Qualifier #2Best of 3 DignitasMatchpage 2 1 20th March 2016 AGG 3Train 16 16Mirage 10 16Cobblestone 8

Dignitas	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Markus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKjaerbye	65 - 43	+22	99.5	1.48
Jesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannTENZKI	54 - 47	+7	83.2	1.18
Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelRUBINO	46 - 53	-7	85.4	1.04
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wieneckek0nfig	47 - 48	-1	66.6	0.95
Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL	35 - 57	-22	58.7	0.79

AGG	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Karol 'rallen' Rodowiczrallen	66 - 40	+26	97.9	1.43
Damian 'Furlan' KislowskiFurlan	58 - 55	+3	93.4	1.17
Bartosz 'Hyper' WolnyHyper	50 - 43	+7	74.7	1.06
Dominik 'GruBy' SwiderskiGruBy	42 - 55	-13	59.9	0.80
Karol 'repo' Cybulskirepo	32 - 54	-22	60.5	0.69

The final list for the event in Sweden's third largest city therefore looks as follows:

fnatic	Astralis	Liquid	CSGL
Ninjas in Pyjamas	Virtus.pro	Tempo Storm	MOUZ
Envy	Natus Vincere	CLG	Ancient
Luminosity	FaZe	TYLOO	Dignitas

DreamHack Masters Malmö will go live from April 12-17 and feature 16 teams from across the globe competing for a share of a $250,000 prize purse.

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Virtus.pro #7 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński Andreas 'znajder' Lindberg Age: 22 Team: Ancient Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 546 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.67 Markus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Age: 17 Team: Dignitas Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 468 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.65 CLG #14 Stephen 'reltuC' CutlerJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoJames 'hazed' CobbJacob 'FugLy' MedinaTarik 'tarik' Celik SK #21 Michael 'Friis' JørgensenAndreas 'MODDII' FridhJacob 'Pimp' WinnecheAsger 'AcilioN' LarsenEmil 'Magisk' Reif MOUZ #9 Chris 'chrisJ' de JongNikola 'NiKo' KovačJohannes 'nex' MagetTimo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' Howell FlipSid3 #15 Yegor 'markeloff' MarkelovAndrey 'B1ad3' GorodenskiyOleksandr 'Shara' HordieyevVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukGeorgi 'WorldEdit' Yaskin Luminosity #4 Lincoln 'fnx' LauGabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo CSGL #28 Grzegorz 'SZPERO' DziamałekJacek 'MINISE' JeziakPaweł 'innocent' MocekMichał 'MICHU' MüllerMikołaj 'mouz' Karolewski Tempo Storm #12 Henrique 'HEN1' TelesLucas 'LUCAS1' TelesRicardo 'boltz' PrassJoão 'felps' VasconcellosGustavo 'SHOOWTiME' Gonçalves Envy #5 Kenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireVincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerTimothée 'DEVIL' Démolon G2 #8 Richard 'shox' PapillonKévin 'Ex6TenZ' DroolansCédric 'RpK' GuipouyEdouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxAdil 'ScreaM' Benrlitom FaZe #11 Ricardo 'fox' PachecoMikail 'Maikelele' BillPhilip 'aizy' AistrupHåvard 'rain' NygaardJoakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad Liquid #16 Spencer 'Hiko' MartinNick 'nitr0' CannellaOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiKenneth 'koosta' Suen fnatic #1 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerDennis 'dennis' EdmanRobin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson Markus 'pronax' Wallsten Age: 24 Team: Ancient Rating 1.0: 0.93 Maps played: 738 KPR: 0.61 DPR: 0.65 Ninjas in Pyjamas #10 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundRichard 'Xizt' LandströmAdam 'friberg' FribergJacob 'pyth' Mourujärvi Natus Vincere #3 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsDenis 'seized' KostinEgor 'flamie' Vasilyev Dignitas #6 Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelJesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannMathias 'MSL' LauridsenMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Nicolai 'HUNDEN' Petersen Age: 24 Team: CPH Wolves Rating 1.0: 0.78 Maps played: 334 KPR: 0.53 DPR: 0.71 Ancient #27 Markus 'pronax' WallstenAndreas 'znajder' LindbergSimon 'twist' EliassonMathias 'pauf' KöhlerJonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson Astralis #2 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenRené 'cajunb' BorgAndreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenNicolai 'device' Reedtz AGG #22 Karol 'rallen' RodowiczBartosz 'Hyper' WolnyKarol 'repo' CybulskiDamian 'Furlan' KislowskiDominik 'GruBy' Swiderski TYLOO #51 Ke 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuYuLun 'Summer' CaiYuanZhang 'Attacker' ShengHaoWen 'somebody' Xu CPH Wolves #43 Nicolai 'HUNDEN' PetersenMarco 'Snappi' PfeifferMartin 'PERCY' WesselLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderDanni 'smF' Dyg