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NRG qualify for IEM Sydney over compLexity

The red hot squad took down Liquid and coL to secure a spot in the Australian event.

NRG have topped the North American Closed Qualifier for IEM Sydney and earned a spot at the $250K event in May. They took down compLexity in the final after besting Liquid in their semifinal.

NRG dominated the first half of their map pick Cache, and decidedly closed it out 16-10, with Ethan "nahtE" Arnold topping the scoreboard with 23 kills. Interestingly, the second map, which was picked by coL, was easier for the NRG side, as a near flawless CT side allowed the Damian "daps" Steele-led side to win 16-9. Vincent "Brehze" Cayonte was the main man on Nuke and also sported 23 kills in the map.

Notably, usual star Tsvetelin "CeRq" Dimitrov was at the bottom of the table, but it is unlikely that the form would continue.

NRG
2 - 0
Complexity
All maps
NRG K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Ethan 'Ethan' Arnold 42 - 34 +8 93.9 66.7% 1.33
United States Vincent 'Brehze' Cayonte 45 - 32 +13 86.6 78.4% 1.32
United States Jacob 'FugLy' Medina 39 - 32 +7 85.3 86.3% 1.29
Canada Damian 'daps' Steele 37 - 27 +10 76.0 80.4% 1.24
Tsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov 37 - 28 +9 71.9 72.5% 1.13
Complexity K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United Kingdom Rory 'dephh' Jackson 34 - 39 -5 80.2 64.7% 1.01
Canada Bradley 'ANDROID' Fodor 29 - 40 -11 66.5 68.6% 0.84
United States Jaccob 'yay' Whiteaker 35 - 41 -6 63.6 68.6% 0.82
United States Peter 'ptr' Gurney 29 - 39 -10 60.8 51.0% 0.81
Canada Pujan 'FNS' Mehta 26 - 41 -15 68.0 58.8% 0.72

With this result, NRG have secured the single avenue of qualification from North America, and join the seven invited sides and the winner of the Europe Qualifier, Astralis.

Here is the updated team list for IEM Sydney:

United States Cloud9 FaZe Sweden Fnatic mousesports
Natus Vincere Australia Renegades Brazil SK GG:Origin
Denmark Astralis United States NRG World Asia World Asia
World Asia World Oceania World Oceania World Oceania

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