Bravado have defeated INTZ in the grand final of the North America closed qualifier (16-10 on Inferno and 16-5 on Dust2) to book their spot at DreamHack Open Winter 2018.

In the opening bracket, INTZ earned their way into the closed qualifier taking down FURIA, before opening the closed part with a difficult three-map series over David "⁠DAVEY⁠" Stafford's Spacestation. The Brazilians then marched through the semifinals, easing past eUnited in two maps, reaching the grand final.

On the other side of the bracket, the South Africans of Bravado defeated Luminosity in three maps and squeezed by Mathias "⁠MSL⁠" Lauridsen & co. to meet the Brazilians in the final.

Sonic's 1.63 rating helped Bravado secure their place at DreamHack Open Winter

Vito "⁠kNgV-⁠" Giuseppe's INTZ kicked off the grand final on Inferno, with a slated 4-0 start as CTs, but Bravado brought the deficit to a minimum, before eventually topping the half 9-6 as Terrorists. In the second half, INTZ once again got off to a smooth start, racking up three in a row, but, in the end, the South Africans’ defenses held the line to take the 16-10 map victory and series lead.

The series then moved on to Dust2, where Bravado came right out of the gates on the CT-side in dominating fashion, securing the 14-1 lead at halftime. After the break, INTZ rallied back to stamp four on the board, but the South Africans eventually picked up two, closing the map 16-5 and the series 2-0, securing their spot in Jönköping,.

DreamHack Open Winter 2018 North America Closed QualifierBest of 3 INTZMatchpage 0 2 29th October 2018 Bravado 10Inferno 16 5Dust2 16

INTZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
João 'felps' Vasconcellosfelps	26 - 36	-10	68.5	0.84
Vito 'kNgV-' GiuseppekNgV-	28 - 36	-8	70.3	0.83
Alexandre 'xand' Zizixand	27 - 36	-9	63.0	0.77
Marcelo 'chelo' Cespedeschelo	20 - 34	-14	53.7	0.76
João 'horvy' Horvathhorvy	23 - 35	-12	47.5	0.69

Bravado	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Aran 'Sonic' GroesbeekSonic	48 - 22	+26	90.0	1.63
Rhys 'Fadey' ArmstrongFadey	43 - 30	+13	100.7	1.47
Dimitri 'Detrony' HadjipaschaliDetrony	36 - 21	+15	84.5	1.32
Ruan 'ELUSIVE' van WykELUSIVE	25 - 21	+4	53.9	0.99
Johnny 'JT' TheodosiouJT	25 - 30	-5	65.7	0.94

x6tence Galaxy and Bravado are the first two teams confirmed, with six invites still to be determined for the Swedish event, which will take place from November 30 through December 2, with $100,000 on the line. The team list currently looks as follows:

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Bravado Bravado #49 Dimitri 'Detrony' HadjipaschaliRuan 'ELUSIVE' van WykAran 'Sonic' GroesbeekRhys 'Fadey' ArmstrongJohnny 'JT' Theodosiou Mathias 'MSL' Lauridsen Age: 23 Team: Rogue Rating 1.0: 0.91 Maps played: 1366 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.72 Vito 'kNgV-' Giuseppe Age: 26 Team: INTZ Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 330 KPR: 0.80 DPR: 0.65 x6tence Galaxy #96 André 'BARBARR' MöllerLinus 'Bååten' AnderssonGustav 'ZINKEN' BjörkTim 'nawwk' JonassonNicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora eUnited #32 Pujan 'FNS' MehtaSkyler 'Relyks' WeaverWill 'dazzLe' LoafmanMichael 'dapr' GulinoKaleb 'moose' Jayne Spacestation #63 David 'DAVEY' StaffordChad 'Oderus' MillerRyan 'Snakes' AmannMichael 'Grim' WinceGage 'Infinite' Green David 'DAVEY' Stafford Age: 22 Team: Spacestation Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 527 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.70 INTZ #48 Vito 'kNgV-' GiuseppeAlexandre 'xand' ZiziJoão 'felps' VasconcellosMarcelo 'chelo' CespedesJoão 'horvy' Horvath Luminosity #36 Lucas 'steel' LopesHenrique 'HEN1' TelesLucas 'LUCAS1' TelesGabriel 'NEKIZ' SchenatoGustavo 'yel' Knittel FURIA #85 Andrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosVinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoKaike 'KSCERATO' CeratoRinaldo 'ableJ' Moda Junior