Subroza and Orgless were the first to punch their ticket to the qualification matches

Orgless, Triumph, Yeah, and Envy remain in contention for final Americas Minor spots

Eight teams fell short of a spot in Rio as the second day of the Closed Qualifier reached its end.

For four rosters, the dream of reaching Rio still remains alive after the conclusion of the second day of the ESL One Rio Americas Minor North America Closed Qualifier. Eight teams found those very hopes crushed as the majority of the lower bracket played out, leaving just two matches left to play on the final day of the tournament.

Triumph sought to bring their success in MDL into the Closed Qualifier, and they succeeded in their first matchup in the lower bracket against Swole Identity. Micheal "Grim" Wince had a stellar series, ending with 57 frags combined across Overpass and Vertigo.

Triumph
2 - 0
Swole Identity
All maps
Triumph K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Michael 'Grim' Wince 57 - 35 +22 114.2 76.0% 1.59
United States Gabe 'Spongey' Greiner 43 - 27 +16 95.4 92.0% 1.46
United States Peter 'Asuna' Mazuryk 39 - 32 +7 87.8 86.0% 1.31
United States Logan 'Voltage' Long 28 - 24 +4 56.1 86.0% 1.05
United States Alan 'Shakezullah' Hardeman 28 - 36 -8 61.1 66.0% 0.79
Swole Identity K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Sebastian 'seb' Bucki 32 - 38 -6 76.6 70.0% 1.01
United States Will 'dazzLe' Loafman 37 - 40 -3 83.9 58.0% 1.00
United States Skyler 'Relyks' Weaver 33 - 40 -7 77.7 62.0% 0.93
United States Stephen 'reltuC' Cutler 30 - 36 -6 56.8 72.0% 0.89
United States Jake 'kaboose' McDonald 22 - 43 -21 53.5 52.0% 0.60

A hard fought 2-0 victory from ex-eUnited saw them battle against Rugratz until the last hours on Vertigo and Overpass, needing 29 and 30 rounds, respectively, to close out the series.

Rugratz
0 - 2
ex-eUnited
All maps
Rugratz K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Canada Adam 'mada' Pampuch 47 - 47 +0 96.2 71.2% 1.23
Canada Erik 'penny' Penny 47 - 39 +8 76.7 62.7% 1.10
United States Alexander 'zanz' Diaz 38 - 41 -3 68.7 64.4% 0.94
United States Joshua 'Hunter' Madore 34 - 41 -7 62.4 55.9% 0.87
United States Tyler 'tweiss' Weiss 32 - 46 -14 67.0 61.0% 0.81
ex-eUnited K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadir 47 - 39 +8 89.2 71.2% 1.24
Maxim 'wippie' Shepelev 53 - 40 +13 85.2 78.0% 1.24
Mexico Edgar 'MarKE' Maldonado 39 - 34 +5 76.8 72.9% 1.17
United States Victor 'food' Wong 38 - 42 -4 71.6 64.4% 0.99
United States Austin 'Cooper' Abadir 37 - 43 -6 67.6 69.5% 0.92

Meanwhile, Yeah annihilated Divine, with the American side being unable to garner more than ten rounds combined. The match was also the last for Jared "MAC-1" Schneider, who retired from competitive play not long after its conclusion. 

Divine
0 - 2
Yeah
All maps
Divine K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Brenden 'stellar' McGrath 23 - 33 -10 77.7 55.0% 0.78
United States Chris 'riku' Piasecki 22 - 33 -11 64.5 57.5% 0.71
United States Brady 'thief' Dever 17 - 35 -18 61.8 50.0% 0.57
United States Robert 'robby' Brown 15 - 35 -20 45.0 47.5% 0.47
United States Jared 'MAC-1' Schneider 14 - 34 -20 42.5 40.0% 0.47
Yeah K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Brazil Victor 'iDk' Torraca 44 - 17 +27 112.8 87.5% 1.73
Brazil Rodrigo 'RCF' Figueiredo 37 - 17 +20 86.3 72.5% 1.50
Brazil Arthur 'f4stzin' Schmitt 36 - 23 +13 91.5 75.0% 1.42
Brazil Eduardo 'dumau' Wolkmer 25 - 18 +7 78.2 85.0% 1.31
Brazil Alef 'tatazin' Pereira 28 - 17 +11 76.5 77.5% 1.27

Chaos were able to manage just fine with Jacob "FugLy" Medina in place of Joshua "steel" Nissan as they swept the Canadian side of LiViD with comfortable wins on both maps. 

LiViD
0 - 2
Chaos
All maps
LiViD K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Canada Michael 'MkaeL' De Luca 31 - 37 -6 75.8 60.8% 0.91
Canada Abdo 'c4Lypso' Agha 34 - 39 -5 78.9 56.9% 0.91
Canada Danny 'huynh' Huynh 31 - 39 -8 66.8 60.8% 0.84
Canada Anthony 'gMd' Guimond 28 - 40 -12 61.1 64.7% 0.79
Canada Mathieu 'INCRED' Bergeron 21 - 39 -18 44.8 54.9% 0.66
Chaos K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United Kingdom Owen 'smooya' Butterfield 43 - 27 +16 82.4 78.4% 1.34
United States Cameron 'cam' Kern 41 - 31 +10 85.5 80.4% 1.27
United States Jacob 'FugLy' Medina 41 - 29 +12 84.2 68.6% 1.25
United States Anthony 'vanity' Malaspina 33 - 30 +3 78.5 82.4% 1.20
United States Ben 'ben1337' Smith 36 - 28 +8 73.6 82.4% 1.19

Triumph eventually prevailed against the  Mythic stream team in what ended up being a three-map slugfest. Two of the three maps went to thirty rounds, including the decider where Grim and Corbin "C0M" Lee went toe to toe. Grim bested C0M and Mythic, edging out C0M's 25 kills with 27 of his own for a grand total of 68 in the series. The series was also not without controversy, with Kaitlin "Keiti" Boop drawing attention to visibility issues with models at Long A.

Mythic
1 - 2
Triumph
All maps
Mythic K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Corbin 'C0M' Lee 65 - 52 +13 78.9 72.7% 1.20
United States Kaitlin 'Keiti' Boop 63 - 65 -2 83.0 73.9% 1.14
United States Adam 'Polen' Polen 62 - 58 +4 72.8 77.3% 1.08
United States Erik 'fl0m' Flom 55 - 49 +6 62.5 75.0% 1.06
Canada David 'DAVEY' Stafford 46 - 64 -18 65.6 78.4% 0.90
Triumph K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Alan 'Shakezullah' Hardeman 64 - 56 +8 80.4 72.7% 1.16
United States Michael 'Grim' Wince 68 - 65 +3 88.1 72.7% 1.15
United States Gabe 'Spongey' Greiner 54 - 54 +0 71.0 72.7% 1.06
United States Logan 'Voltage' Long 55 - 51 +4 63.5 68.2% 0.99
United States Peter 'Asuna' Mazuryk 46 - 66 -20 58.3 65.9% 0.74

ex-eUnited failed to close their second best-of-three series despite a dominant performance on the opening map of Nuke, with Orgless continued their strong form from recent weeks.

Orgless
2 - 1
ex-eUnited
All maps
Orgless K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Canada Yassine 'Subroza' Taoufik 56 - 52 +4 81.7 70.3% 1.17
United States Gage 'Infinite' Green 53 - 52 +1 77.7 70.3% 1.05
United States Jaccob 'yay' Whiteaker 44 - 46 -2 73.0 70.3% 1.04
Canada Matthew 'WARDELL' Yu 46 - 42 +4 54.6 73.0% 1.00
Canada Pujan 'FNS' Mehta 40 - 55 -15 71.5 71.6% 0.92
ex-eUnited K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Maxim 'wippie' Shepelev 57 - 47 +10 84.0 77.0% 1.23
Mexico Edgar 'MarKE' Maldonado 48 - 47 +1 78.3 70.3% 1.09
United States Austin 'Cooper' Abadir 55 - 44 +11 67.4 73.0% 1.08
United States Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadir 51 - 55 -4 68.9 77.0% 1.05
United States Victor 'food' Wong 36 - 46 -10 62.5 75.7% 0.96

Spencer "Hiko" Martin's team fell just short of upsetting the Brazilians from Yeah, losing the decider on Mirage 16-13 after their defense crumbled. Eduardo "dumau" Wolkmer was the hero for Yeah, he led all players with a 1.24 rating and tied Bradley "ANDROID" Fodor with 57 kills to lead the server.

Ze Pug Godz
1 - 2
Yeah
All maps
Ze Pug Godz K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Canada Bradley 'ANDROID' Fodor 57 - 46 +11 68.4 77.8% 1.20
United States Taylor 'Drone' Johnson 55 - 53 +2 72.3 72.8% 1.01
United States Spencer 'Hiko' Martin 55 - 56 -1 77.0 65.4% 1.01
United States Noah 'ULTRA' Giesbrecht 47 - 56 -9 68.3 69.1% 0.91
United States Christopher 'cJ dA K1nG' Jones 35 - 49 -14 51.1 66.7% 0.80
Yeah K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Brazil Eduardo 'dumau' Wolkmer 57 - 46 +11 74.4 74.1% 1.24
Brazil Victor 'iDk' Torraca 49 - 47 +2 78.7 71.6% 1.11
Brazil Alef 'tatazin' Pereira 53 - 49 +4 64.5 75.3% 1.02
Brazil Arthur 'f4stzin' Schmitt 50 - 53 -3 70.9 67.9% 1.01
Brazil Rodrigo 'RCF' Figueiredo 51 - 54 -3 69.5 63.0% 0.94

The first two maps of this series both required overtime to find a winner, with each team stealing the other's map pick. Envy started the decider with a 12-3 T-side on Overpass, closing out map three much more quickly than the previous two to send Envy through. Buğra "Calyx" Arkın was an absolute terror for Chaos this series, he led the server in kills in the first two maps, and was only just behind Michał "MICHU" Müller  on map three. Calyx finished the series with 86 kills and a 1.22 rating.

Envy
2 - 1
Chaos
All maps
Envy K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Buğra 'Calyx' Arkın 86 - 68 +18 83.9 76.2% 1.22
Michał 'MICHU' Müller 69 - 64 +5 81.8 67.3% 1.14
Canada Kaleb 'moose' Jayne 67 - 63 +4 75.9 79.2% 1.13
United States Ryan 'ryann' Welsh 55 - 71 -16 66.0 67.3% 0.93
United States Noah 'Nifty' Francis 57 - 70 -13 53.6 62.4% 0.83
Chaos K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United Kingdom Owen 'smooya' Butterfield 72 - 68 +4 85.8 77.2% 1.21
United States Cameron 'cam' Kern 77 - 67 +10 79.8 76.2% 1.17
United States Jacob 'FugLy' Medina 59 - 66 -7 65.7 75.2% 1.00
United States Ben 'ben1337' Smith 66 - 70 -4 69.0 72.3% 0.95
United States Anthony 'vanity' Malaspina 61 - 65 -4 65.5 61.4% 0.93

Tomorrow's matches will put the winners through to the Americas Minor in Brazil.

United States Triumph vs. Canada Orgless 6 PM EDT
Brazil Yeah vs. Envy 9 PM EDT

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