Spongey helped to power his team to a spot in the Closed Qualifier

Favorites advance from DreamHack Open Rio open qualifier

Swole Patrol, iNTACT, LiviD, and FULL SEND have all earned berths into the Closed Qualifier.

The DreamHack Open Rio North America + North Latin America open qualifier has concluded, seeing the top seeded teams from each portion of the bracket earn spots in the upcoming Closed Qualifier.

Swole Patrol were the first to earn their spot with a narrow 16-13 win over Black, the recently renamed InControl lineup playing in ESEA Advanced. The first half saw Swole Patrol deal a number of economical resets against their opposition, managing nine rounds on their CT side and winning a trio of rounds to start the second half with a 12-6 lead. Black pushed back against Swole Patrol by dealing an economical reset of their own, winning seven of the next nine rounds before Braxton "swag" Piece and co. closed out the map.

Swole Patrol
16 - 13
Black
All maps
Swole Patrol K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Braxton 'swag' Pierce 26 - 15 +11 95.7 82.8% 1.50
Maxim 'wippie' Shepelev 20 - 17 +3 86.9 79.3% 1.29
United States Jordan 'Zellsis' Montemurro 24 - 17 +7 87.7 79.3% 1.29
United States Gage 'Infinite' Green 23 - 18 +5 73.3 69.0% 1.11
United States Michael 'dapr' Gulino 19 - 21 -2 79.8 72.4% 1.04
Black K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Jacob 'L0NER' Webster 28 - 21 +7 90.6 69.0% 1.31
Canada Tony 'w0w' Zachary 20 - 21 -1 70.6 75.9% 1.07
United States Jakub 'kuba' Matyskiewicz 18 - 22 -4 71.6 62.1% 0.87
United States Nolan 'bite' Hunstad 11 - 25 -14 51.7 51.7% 0.54
United States Anthony 'agony' Masterton 11 - 23 -12 51.1 55.2% 0.52

Swole Patrol's win was closely followed by iNTACT, who defeated another Advanced squad, Unity, 16-8 on Overpass to earn their own spot in the Closed Qualifier. Gabe "Spongey" Greiner powered his team to a 7-0 start on the T side, with the rest of iNTACT combining to lead 11-4 at the half. Unity fought back for four of the first five rounds in the second half, but were unable to maintain control as iNTACT brought the map to a swift end.

iNTACT
16 - 8
Unity
All maps
iNTACT K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Gabe 'Spongey' Greiner 24 - 12 +12 108.5 79.2% 1.71
United States Christopher 'Swahn' Swahn 19 - 10 +9 90.1 75.0% 1.51
Canada William 'will' Cheng 23 - 17 +6 95.8 70.8% 1.30
United States Jake 'kaboose' McDonald 19 - 17 +2 66.0 75.0% 1.15
United States Alan 'Shakezullah' Hardeman 9 - 14 -5 45.7 75.0% 0.79
Unity K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Austin 'RenZ' Dickman 22 - 17 +5 90.0 62.5% 1.18
Canada Shawn 'Magowi' O'Malley 16 - 19 -3 82.8 83.3% 1.03
United States Alexander 'knightmare' Sozzi 11 - 19 -8 68.9 70.8% 0.84
Canada Ian 'battery' Yates 12 - 19 -7 57.2 54.2% 0.74
United States Justin 'phean' Phean 9 - 20 -11 47.0 62.5% 0.48

The final two teams to earn their spots in the Closed Qualifier were LiviD and FULL SEND, picking up overtime wins over Hot Ass and Legacy, respectively. 

LiviD's matchup saw a clash between two of the top three teams in the current ESEA Advanced standings, with Hot Ass currently sitting one spot above LiviD in second place. Hot Ass started cool on Overpass, with LiviD taking the first three rounds of the map before Alex "vek" Voynov's side got on the board with two of their own. LiviD further extend their lead by winning six rounds straight, but Hot Ass managed to keep themselves competitive by snagging the final four of the half for a 9-6 scoreline.

LiviD refused to let the lead slip as the moved swiftly up to a 13-6 lead to start the second half, but were unable to maintain momentum as Hot Ass won nine of the next eleven rounds to take the map into overtime. There, LiviD reigned supreme as they let just one round slip on their road to victory, edging out a 19-16 victory.

LiViD
19 - 16
Hot Ass
All maps
LiViD K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Canada Michael 'miLLe' St-Pierre 32 - 27 +5 103.8 77.1% 1.33
Canada Danny 'huynh' Huynh 30 - 24 +6 93.8 68.6% 1.20
Canada Mathieu 'INCRED' Bergeron 24 - 21 +3 68.9 74.3% 1.07
Canada Cedric 'Melio' Perrault 21 - 24 -3 53.4 68.6% 0.82
Canada Michael 'MkaeL' De Luca 17 - 26 -9 52.3 68.6% 0.77
Hot Ass K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Paytyn 'junior' Johnson 32 - 21 +11 83.0 71.4% 1.39
Canada Alex 'vek' Voynov 30 - 26 +4 89.6 71.4% 1.22
United States Stephen 'Huston' Huston 25 - 26 -1 87.7 68.6% 1.16
United States Chris 'CMX' Moe 18 - 27 -9 63.1 74.3% 0.87
United States Alex 'Obs1dian' Conrad 17 - 24 -7 45.9 62.9% 0.75

FULL SEND's matchup saw far more one-sided halves, with the Colombian side initially taking an 11-4 lead on the T side of Train against the fourth place Advanced side of Legacy. That lead dwindled rapidly in the second half as FULL SEND mustered just two sets of two rounds on their CT side, with Legacy pushing the map into overtime. With a proper economy in hand, FULL SEND fought to win four straight rounds in overtime, with Mario "malbsMd" Samayoa powering his side to a win by ending the map at 38 kills and a 1.67 rating.

FULL SEND
19 - 15
Legacy
All maps
FULL SEND K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Guatemala Mario 'malbsMd' Samayoa 38 - 22 +16 106.9 88.2% 1.67
Andres 'spamzzy' Correa 27 - 25 +2 85.7 64.7% 1.21
Santiago 'Daveeys' Galvis 26 - 22 +4 78.6 70.6% 1.16
Guatemala Javier 'cruzN' Cruz 22 - 25 -3 90.3 67.6% 1.05
Camilo 'points' Londoño 17 - 25 -8 58.4 64.7% 0.85
Legacy K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Canada Nicholas 'stealthy' Petrakos 29 - 23 +6 89.0 76.5% 1.24
United States Chris 'Rebo' Heindel 26 - 26 +0 70.6 70.6% 1.07
United States Frank 'Laxufy' Zeolla 22 - 28 -6 74.6 67.6% 0.99
United States Logan 'Zxav' D'Auria 23 - 26 -3 81.7 58.8% 0.96
United States Tyler 'nyuu' Delbene 16 - 27 -11 56.0 41.2% 0.64

With the conclusion of the open qualifier, the DreamHack Open RIo Closed Qualifier teamlist has now been finalized. The four matchups, kicking off simultaneously at 2 PM EST tomorrow, are as follows:

March 10th
United States eUnited -vs- Canada LiviD
United States Spacestation -vs- United States Swole Patrol
Brazil INTZ -vs- United States iNTACT
Brazil oNe -vs- FULL SEND

The DreamHack Open Rio Closed Qualifier will see the new-look eUnited lineup play their first official match tomorrow as the single-elimination, best-of-three bracket commences.

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#1(With 0 replies)
March 9, 2019 09:22PM
agony
MDL
gg swole :/
#2(With 1 replies)
March 9, 2019 10:43PM
Joe
Dust2 Birthday cake!
What do you mean the favorites advanced, I don't see hot ass going to the closed qualifier.
#4(With 0 replies)
March 10, 2019 06:12PM
006_tv
Dust2 Birthday cake!
They will be the final boss, just used a weaker copy of themselves

HA vs Astralis Major Finals 100%
#3(With 0 replies)
March 10, 2019 11:41AM
parks2214
Dust2 Birthday cake!
Good to Swole getting in there
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