Space Soldiers to DreamHack Open Montreal

With a 2-0 win over HellRaisers, Space Soldiers have secured a spot at DreamHack Open Montreal, taking place from September 8-10.

The European qualifying process for DreamHack Open Montreal began with an open qualifier, which yielded eight of the closed qualifier teams, joined by eight sides invited by the organizers.

One spot at the $100,000 event was up for grabs in the second stage. The closed part was played entirely in best-of-three series, beginning with the quarter-finals, where FlipSid3 dropped out due to technical issues and Red Reserve forfeited their match with hatersg0nnahate because of a clash with the ELEAGUE Premier qualifier.

XANTARES powered Space Soldiers to a spot in Montreal

Two of the main favorites, HellRaisers and Space Soldiers, made it all the way to the grand final. The Turkish squad clinched their pick, Cache, without breaking a sweat and went on to edge Kirill "⁠ANGE1⁠" Karasiow's new squad on Overpass 16-13 much thanks to an in-form Ismailcan "⁠XANTARES⁠" Dörtkardeş.

DreamHack Open Montreal 2017 Europe Closed QualifierBest of 3 Space SoldiersMatchpage 2 0 27th August 2017 HellRaisers 16Cache 6 16Overpass 13 News tags:

Space Soldiers	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Ismailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşXANTARES	58 - 33	+25	132.0	1.92
Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliMAJ3R	40 - 35	+5	91.4	1.29
Buğra 'Calyx' ArkınCalyx	35 - 27	+8	70.0	1.25
Engin 'ngiN' KorngiN	34 - 26	+8	67.9	1.17
Ahmet 'paz' Karahocapaz	27 - 30	-3	51.1	0.95

HellRaisers	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Patrik 'Zero' ŽúdelZero	38 - 34	+4	83.7	1.09
Bence 'DeadFox' BöröczDeadFox	32 - 39	-7	68.3	0.94
Özgür 'woxic' Ekerwoxic	30 - 39	-9	60.5	0.87
Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowANGE1	26 - 40	-14	64.8	0.78
Issa 'ISSAA' MuradISSAA	25 - 42	-17	57.5	0.68

DreamHack Open Montreal 2017 Europe Closed QualifierBest of 3 Space SoldiersMatchpage 2 0 27th August 2017 HellRaisers 16Cache 6 16Overpass 13

Space Soldiers	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Ismailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşXANTARES	58 - 33	+25	132.0	1.92
Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliMAJ3R	40 - 35	+5	91.4	1.29
Buğra 'Calyx' ArkınCalyx	35 - 27	+8	70.0	1.25
Engin 'ngiN' KorngiN	34 - 26	+8	67.9	1.17
Ahmet 'paz' Karahocapaz	27 - 30	-3	51.1	0.95

HellRaisers	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Patrik 'Zero' ŽúdelZero	38 - 34	+4	83.7	1.09
Bence 'DeadFox' BöröczDeadFox	32 - 39	-7	68.3	0.94
Özgür 'woxic' Ekerwoxic	30 - 39	-9	60.5	0.87
Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowANGE1	26 - 40	-14	64.8	0.78
Issa 'ISSAA' MuradISSAA	25 - 42	-17	57.5	0.68

With Space Soldiers grabbing a spot at DreamHack Open Montreal, taking place from September 8-10, here is what the updated team list looks like:

Cloud9	North
CLG	Immortals
Space Soldiers	NA qualifier
Invite	Invite

Another name taking part in the $100,000 tournament will be known later today once the North America closed qualifier concludes.

CLG #23 Pujan 'FNS' MehtaStephen 'reltuC' CutlerRicardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandKenneth 'koosta' SuenEthan 'Ethan' Arnold Red Reserve #26 Mikail 'Maikelele' BillFredrik 'FREDDyFROG' GustafssonJoakim 'Relaxa' GustafssonAlfred 'RuStY' Karlsson Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş Age: 22 Team: Space Soldiers Rating 1.0: 1.25 Maps played: 516 KPR: 0.89 DPR: 0.70 Kirill 'ANGE1' Karasiow Age: 27 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 1170 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.70 North #8 René 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Space Soldiers #21 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınAhmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' Kor FlipSid3 #18 Yegor 'markeloff' MarkelovAndrey 'B1ad3' GorodenskiyGeorgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinJan 'wayLander' RahkonenDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov Immortals #4 Vito 'kNgV-' GiuseppeLucas 'steel' LopesHenrique 'HEN1' TelesLucas 'LUCAS1' TelesRicardo 'boltz' Prass hatersg0nnahate Cloud9 #9 Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaTarik 'tarik' CelikTimothy 'autimatic' TaJake 'Stewie2K' Yip HellRaisers #19 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowPatrik 'Zero' ŽúdelÖzgür 'woxic' EkerBence 'DeadFox' BöröczIssa 'ISSAA' Murad