The first DreamHack Winter European open qualifier took place today and four teams that will advance to the Closed Qualifier have been found – duttdutt, ESC, PENTA and FlipSid3.

Earlier today 256 teams started the battle for the first four slots in the main European DreamHack Winter qualifier, and after 6 rounds of the single elimination bracket the winners were been found.

Andreas "⁠znajder⁠" Lindberg & Dennis "⁠dennis⁠" Edman's duttdutt were the first to secure the slot, shooting past the lesser known teams in the early rounds and then taking out ALTERNATE 16-11 in Ro16 and Infused-mix 16-13 in the deciding quarter-final clash.

schneider & dennis' mix team duttdutt took one of the four spots

German side PENTA had a relatively easy way until the last match, only facing one somewhat known opponent in Russians ex-OneShot (now iNC) in Ro16. Their main challenge saw them take on Jacob "⁠pyth⁠" Mourujärvi's new Orbit lineup that had just beat Property-mix featuring Mikail "⁠Maikelele⁠" Bill, and they came out on top 16-10 on de_mirage

French mix-team called tahlesou looked like the surprise package of the day, as they nearly managed to snatch a slot ahead of Poles from ESC. Previously they took out Slaava "⁠Twista⁠" Räsänen's Recursive (who knocked out myXMG in the round before) and Martin "⁠cENTRYZ⁠" Brandal's mix team Temp.no, but ESC fought their way back from a 5-14 deficit on de_cbble and ended up winning in triple overtime 31-26.

SZPERO & co.'s nerves were tested in de_cbble 31-26 victory

The last quarter-final of the day initially included the most controversial team of the tournament, German side TDB who knocked out Planetkey Dynamics in Ro32 and Hungarians volgare in Ro16, both of whom lodged in cheating protests to the admins.

They then started playing their quarter-final match against FlipSid3 and were up 10-9, when the news came from the admins that they will be immediately disqualified from the tournament for cheating.

To slightly rectify the situation, FACEIT admins allowed volgare the chance to take on Flipsid3, which would decide who gets the fourth slot for the Closed qualifier, but Simon "⁠twist⁠" Eliasson's squad expectedly came out on top 16-12 on de_inferno.

The teams later played out the semi-finals and the final for seeding purposes, and FlipSid3 ended up beating PENTA and duttdutt to earn the best seed out of the qualified teams.

Here are the lineups from today's winners:

1. FlipSid3

André "⁠berg⁠" Kjellberg
Simon "⁠twist⁠" Eliasson
Miran "⁠dumz⁠" Matković
Robin "⁠robiin⁠" Sjögren
Benjamin "⁠BENDJI⁠" Söderena

2. duttdutt

Andreas "⁠znajder⁠" Lindberg
Dennis "⁠dennis⁠" Edman
Hugo "⁠huggan⁠" Lopez
Fredrik "⁠slap⁠" Junbrant
Sacha "⁠Quantum⁠" Boström

3-4. ESC

Jacek "⁠MINISE⁠" Jeziak
Mikołaj "⁠mouz⁠" Karolewski
Karol "⁠rallen⁠" Rodowicz
Paweł "⁠innocent⁠" Mocek
Grzegorz "⁠SZPERO⁠" Dziamałek

3-4. PENTA

Kevin "⁠kRYSTAL⁠" Amend
Felix "⁠fel1x⁠" Zech (played until the semi-final)
Robin "⁠r0bs3n⁠" Stephan
Timo "⁠Spiidi⁠" Richter
Oskar "⁠oskarish⁠" Stenborowski (stand-in)
Denis "⁠denis⁠" Howell (returned for the semi-final)

These four teams will take part in the DH Winter 2014 EU Closed Qualifier on October 21st-22nd, where they will be joined by four more from tomorrow's pre-qualifier #2, as well as eight directly invited teams which will be revealed tomorrow.

Robin 'r0bs3n' Stephan Age: 22 Team: PENTA Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 45 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.69 Oskar 'oskarish' Stenborowski Age: 17 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 11 KPR: 0.81 DPR: 0.69 Mikołaj 'mouz' Karolewski Age: 18 Team: ESC Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 44 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.68 Jacob 'pyth' Mourujärvi Age: 21 Team: Orbit Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 134 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.68 Andreas 'znajder' Lindberg Age: 21 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 281 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.66 Sacha 'Quantum' Boström Age: - Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.61 Maps played: 2 KPR: 0.48 DPR: 0.83 Jacek 'MINISE' Jeziak Age: 20 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 106 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.72 Timo 'Spiidi' Richter Age: 19 Team: PENTA Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 83 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.64 Karol 'rallen' Rodowicz Age: 20 Team: ESC Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 28 KPR: 0.80 DPR: 0.66 Benjamin 'BENDJI' Söderena Age: 19 Team: FlipSid3 Rating 1.0: 0.83 Maps played: 15 KPR: 0.57 DPR: 0.74 Slaava 'Twista' Räsänen Age: 27 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.88 Maps played: 55 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.72 Grzegorz 'SZPERO' Dziamałek Age: 23 Team: ESC Rating 1.0: 0.84 Maps played: 53 KPR: 0.60 DPR: 0.73 Fredrik 'slap' Junbrant Age: 21 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.93 Maps played: 7 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.72 Kevin 'kRYSTAL' Amend Age: 21 Team: PENTA Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 222 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.67 André 'berg' Kjellberg Age: 18 Team: FlipSid3 Rating 1.0: 0.86 Maps played: 69 KPR: 0.58 DPR: 0.67 Simon 'twist' Eliasson Age: 19 Team: FlipSid3 Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 169 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.69 Robin 'robiin' Sjögren Age: 19 Team: FlipSid3 Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 17 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.71 Paweł 'innocent' Mocek Age: 20 Team: ESC Rating 1.0: 0.88 Maps played: 87 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.70 Mikail 'Maikelele' Bill Age: 23 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 154 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.63 Miran 'dumz' Matković Age: 19 Team: FlipSid3 Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 16 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.63 Denis 'denis' Howell Age: 20 Team: PENTA Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 59 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.69 Martin 'cENTRYZ' Brandal Age: 19 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 68 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.67 Dennis 'dennis' Edman Age: 23 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 131 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.67 Felix 'fel1x' Zech Age: 26 Team: PENTA Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 227 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.69 Hugo 'huggan' Lopez Age: 21 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.78 Maps played: 10 KPR: 0.56 DPR: 0.75