cxzi helped a Rugratz mix secure qualification to the closed stage

Rugratz, Whalers, Russian Canadians and Secret Club through to DreamHack Masters Winter Closed Qualifier

The four teams will take on TeamOne, Yeah, paiN, and Triumph in the closed stage.

The open qualifier for DreamHack Masters Winter 2020 has concluded, seeing Secret Club, Rugratz, New England Whalers, and Russian Canadians advance to the Closed Qualifier.

Secret Club were the first to secure their berth as they made short work of ex-Warriors International in a two-map series. Despite Veritgo kicking off as a keenly contested affair, it was Secret Club who prevailed by stealing their opponent's map pick with a 16-12 victory. 

Derek "Hendy" Hendrixson and company were then left reeling as were on the receiving end of a battering on Overpass, a map on which they were unable to muster a single round as Jordan "jitter" Ruggiero and Ethan "reck" Serrano led their side to swift victory with 2.08 and 1.96 ratings, respectively.

Secret Club
2 - 0
ex-Warriors International
All maps
Secret Club K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Jordon 'jitter' Ruggiero 36 - 19 +17 87.2 84.1% 1.44
United States Collin 'wrath' McSweegan 39 - 24 +15 89.7 70.5% 1.37
United States Ethan 'reck' Serrano 39 - 26 +13 87.3 68.2% 1.34
United States Adam 'WolfY' Andersson 29 - 23 +6 72.9 77.3% 1.17
United States Anthony 'CLASIA' Kearney 26 - 25 +1 74.2 77.3% 1.17
ex-Warriors International K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Armen 'armen' Fesliyan 33 - 36 -3 93.3 59.1% 1.06
United States Eric 'Ryze' Brown 25 - 31 -6 56.7 61.4% 0.83
United States Derek 'Hendy' Hendrixson 27 - 33 -6 60.6 59.1% 0.76
United States Andrew 'vein' Lindeman 21 - 37 -16 67.2 56.8% 0.69
Canada Walker 'walker' Harris 10 - 34 -24 37.6 52.3% 0.45

A Rugratz mix featuring Danny "cxzi" Strzelczyk, Justin "FaNg" Coakley, and Koby "kobruh" Higgs was the next to qualify for the closed stage, dispatching of GGPR in fast fashion.

Although the ESEA Advanced competitors were initially able to take the lead on Vertigo, they were quickly left in the dust as Rugratz took control, securing the first map win 16-11. Nuke was far more one-sided as FaNg and cxzi were at the forefront of a 12-3 T-side effort, with the team wasting little time in closing out the series in the second half.

Rugratz
2 - 0
GGPR
All maps
Rugratz K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Danny 'cxzi' Strzelczyk 44 - 26 +18 98.6 87.2% 1.63
Canada Adam 'mada' Pampuch 42 - 25 +17 91.2 80.9% 1.48
United States Jeff 'RZU' Ngo 38 - 25 +13 79.4 83.0% 1.34
Canada Justin 'FaNg' Coakley 37 - 28 +9 83.7 70.2% 1.25
United States Koby 'kobruh' Higgs 28 - 25 +3 67.4 74.5% 1.10
GGPR K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Jeorge 'Jeorge' Endicott 31 - 39 -8 80.9 74.5% 0.87
United States Victor 'v1c' T. 30 - 34 -4 69.7 51.1% 0.81
United States Evan 'Creed' Dao 28 - 41 -13 65.0 68.1% 0.74
United States Justin 'jsfeltner' Feltner 18 - 36 -18 58.5 55.3% 0.62
United States Chase 'lowrider' Releford 20 - 39 -19 51.6 61.7% 0.59

New England Whalers also faced initial contention from Kinship in their qualification series, with Brennan "grape" Greer aiding his side to a 9-6 lead on the T-side of Train. However, the combined forces of Brendan "Bwills" Williams and Ramal "Rampage" Silva saw the Whalers fight back on their own offensive effort, rallying back against Kinship to secure a 16-13 map win.

Overpass was a slightly more one-sided affair as the Whalers were in control for much of the first half, with Kinship only piecing together six rounds by the end of their CT-side. The side swap was not favorable for Kinship either as the Whalers continued to run rampant, conceding only three rounds before bringing about an end to the series with a 16-9 scoreline.

New England Whalers
2 - 0
Kinship
All maps
New England Whalers K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Ramal 'Rampage' Silva 43 - 41 +2 94.7 70.4% 1.24
United States Brendan 'Bwills' Williams 42 - 36 +6 83.2 74.1% 1.19
United States Ben 'ben1337' Smith 41 - 33 +8 76.5 74.1% 1.13
United States Josh 'PwnAlone' Pigue 33 - 27 +6 66.7 72.2% 1.13
Canada Jonathan 'djay' Dallal 37 - 36 +1 70.6 70.4% 1.01
Kinship K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Brennan 'grape' Greer 39 - 38 +1 80.3 64.8% 1.07
United States Christopher 'Swahn' Swahn 39 - 36 +3 72.2 72.2% 1.02
United States Troy 'ara' Pollock 36 - 41 -5 67.8 66.7% 1.00
United States Connor 'chop' Sullivan 29 - 40 -11 74.2 79.6% 1.00
United States Sean 'naes' Fontaine 29 - 42 -13 68.4 64.8% 0.80

It seemed as if Russian Canadians would waste little time in closing out their match against Revenant as they opened their series with a dominant 16-4 victory on Inferno, carrying the momentum of the map win into their own pick of Overpass as they took a 10-5 lead at the break.

However, Ernie "amen" Yokley and Ryan "notorious" Gordon stepped up to bat for Revenant as they fought back into the map, pushing it all the way to overtime. There, the teams continued to lock horns, but ultimately Revenant emerged victorious 25-21 to keep themselves in the running heading into the decider map, Nuke.

Unfortunately for Revenant, that was where their Cinderella run came to an end as Russian Canadians once again mustered a 10-5 lead on the T-side to open the map. This time, Ian "battery' Yates and company refused to let their edge slip away as they only gave up two more rounds en route to a 16-7 finish, earning themselves a spot in the closed stage.

Russian Canadians
2 - 1
Revenant
All maps
Russian Canadians K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
Canada Ian 'battery' Yates 78 - 54 +24 81.6 74.2% 1.28
Canada David 'J0LZ' Jolin 59 - 53 +6 84.3 73.0% 1.17
United States Kyle 'Wolffe' Greenfield 64 - 54 +10 77.3 74.2% 1.09
Canada Wayne 'castro' Einarsson 55 - 63 -8 72.9 69.7% 1.05
Canada Alex 'vek' Voynov 63 - 66 -3 74.3 69.7% 1.02
Revenant K - D +/- ADR KAST Rating 2.0
United States Dylan 'SATURN' Finch 71 - 64 +7 92.5 69.7% 1.21
United States Josh 'Spoice' Betters 60 - 62 -2 73.9 66.3% 0.98
United States Ernie 'amen' Yokley 56 - 70 -14 67.1 73.0% 0.94
Canada Ryan 'notorious' Gordon 52 - 59 -7 61.1 66.3% 0.91
United States Austin 'AJaxz' Janocha 44 - 65 -21 61.8 66.3% 0.79

The matchups for the DreamHack Masters Winter 2020 Closed Qualifier look as follows:

Brazil TeamOne vs.    United States Rugratz
Brazil paiN vs.    United States Secret Club
Brazil Yeah vs.    United States New England Whalers
United States Triumph vs.    Canada Russian Canadians

The quarterfinal round of matches are set to get underway at 6 PM EDT tomorrow, with the semifinal qualification round taking place immediately after at 9 PM EDT.

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