Renegades secure last DreamHack Malmo spot

Renegades have become the last team to secure a spot at DreamHack Masters Malmo after defeating Liquid 2-1 in the North American closed qualifier.

The North American qualifying process for DreamHack Masters Malmö came to an end on Sunday as 16 teams - half of whom invited - faced off in a single-elimination bracket for the chance to grab the last spot at at the Swedish event.

The Australian team fought their way through the 16-team single-elimination bracket , knocking out EZG, Denial and ex-paiN before reaching the final.

jks played a great final versus Liquid

Liquid started out strongly as they secured Renegades's pick, Mirage, by a 16-4 scoreline. Then, Justin "⁠jks⁠" Savage stepped up and inspired Renegades to turn the series around with 19-17 and 16-12 wins on Cobblestone and Train, respectively.

DreamHack Masters Malmö 2017 North America Closed QualifierBest of 3 LiquidMatchpage 1 2 12th July 2017 Renegades 16Mirage 4 17Cobblestone 19 12Train 16 News tags:

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This means that Renegades will complete the team list for the Swedish event, which will run from  August 30 to September 3, with a total of $250,000 on offer. The following teams will be in attendance at the event:

SK	Astralis
FaZe	G2
North	Natus Vincere
Virtus.pro	fnatic
OpTic	Immortals
Gambit	Ninjas in Pyjamas
BOOT-d[S]	MOUZ
Envy	Renegades

Virtus.pro #14 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński fnatic #11 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerDennis 'dennis' EdmanRobin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson Astralis #3 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Justin 'jks' Savage Age: 21 Team: Renegades Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 347 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.62 Natus Vincere #6 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsDenis 'seized' KostinEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Denial #64 Kyle 'flowsicK' MendezDavid 'Xp3' GarridoDavid 'Toy' HanMichael 'dapr' GulinoDylan 'RIKO' Sabin-Arnce Immortals #10 Vito 'kNgV-' GiuseppeLucas 'steel' LopesHenrique 'HEN1' TelesLucas 'LUCAS1' TelesRicardo 'boltz' Prass Ninjas in Pyjamas #13 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundRichard 'Xizt' LandströmWilliam 'draken' SundinFredrik 'REZ' Sterner MOUZ #12 Tomáš 'oskar' ŠťastnýChris 'chrisJ' de JongChristian 'loWel' Garcia AntoranDenis 'denis' HowellRobin 'ropz' Kool G2 #4 Richard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro OpTic #9 William 'RUSH' WierzbaJames 'hazed' CobbOscar 'mixwell' CañellasKeith 'NAF' MarkovicTarik 'tarik' Celik Gambit #15 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' Khassenov North #7 René 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupEmil 'Magisk' ReifKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Liquid #8 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoPeter 'stanislaw' JarguzJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken EZG #89 Connor 'codan' JordanChristopher 'Spriggals' SpriggsWilliam 'SgtWilly' SnelMason 'Bewd' GuzmanZach 'Amped' Patron Renegades #25 Justin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardKarlo 'USTILO' PivacNoah 'Nifty' FrancisNemanja 'nexa' Isaković ex-paiN Gabriel 'NEKIZ' SchenatoPaulo 'land1n' FelipeMarcelo 'chelo' CespedesDenis 'dzt' FischerAlef 'tatazin' Pereira BOOT-d[S] #83 Nevin 'splashske' AwBenedict 'Benkai' TanBenjamin 'moxie' KouAnthony 'ImpressioN' LimKumaresan 'Tommy' Ramani Envy #18 Christophe 'SIXER' XiaCédric 'RpK' GuipouyAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomVincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerAlexandre 'xms' Forté SK #1 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloJoão 'felps' Vasconcellos FaZe #2 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenAleksi 'allu' JalliNikola 'NiKo' KovačFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyHåvard 'rain' Nygaard