mousesports and CSGL joined the DreamHack Masters Malmö team list following victories over G2 and FlipSid3, respectively, in the first European closed qualifier.

16 teams stood at the beginning in the first closed qualifier for DreamHack Masters Malmö, taking place from April 12-17.

As it often is with online competition, upsets happen and this tournament was no exception, as Dignitas fell to CSGL in the quarter-finals.

The Poles went on to play FlipSid3, who got to the deciding stage following three-map wins versus Preparation and Ancient. CSGL came out on top of an overtime-worthy de_train, as well as a convincing de_cache.

DreamHack Masters Malmö 2016 Europe Closed Qualifier #1Best of 3 CSGLMatchpage 2 0 14th March 2016 FlipSid3 19Train 17 16Cache 8

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G2 played surprisingly close series with eSuba as well as CPH Wolves before getting matched to Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač and company. MOUZ made short work of Chosen5 and noKappa (ex-Vexed) on their way to the last-four.

In the semi-finals, the Germany-based team lost de_inferno in overtime, came back from a 3-12 deficit on de_dust2 and advanced over the French-Belgian squad after a 16-13 de_cache.

DreamHack Masters Malmö 2016 Europe Closed Qualifier #1Best of 3 MOUZMatchpage 2 1 14th March 2016 G2 16Inferno 19 16Dust2 14 16Cache 13 News tags:

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DreamHack Masters Malmö 2016 Europe Closed Qualifier #1Best of 3 MOUZMatchpage 2 1 14th March 2016 G2 16Inferno 19 16Dust2 14 16Cache 13

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With the two teams joining the list of teams, it now looks as follows:

fnatic	Astralis	Liquid	CSGL
Ninjas in Pyjamas	Virtus.pro	Tempo Storm	MOUZ
Envy	Natus Vincere	CLG	EU Qualifier #2
Luminosity	FaZe	TYLOO	EU Qualifier #2

The second qualifying process is to be played next weekend, with the open qualifier played on Saturday, March 19th, and the closed qualifier will follow on Sunday, March 20th.

Virtus.pro #7 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński Chosen5 FaZe #11 Ricardo 'fox' PachecoMikail 'Maikelele' BillPhilip 'aizy' AistrupHåvard 'rain' NygaardJoakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad Liquid #16 Spencer 'Hiko' MartinNick 'nitr0' CannellaOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiKenneth 'koosta' Suen fnatic #1 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerDennis 'dennis' EdmanRobin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson noKappa #22 Karol 'rallen' RodowiczBartosz 'Hyper' WolnyKarol 'repo' CybulskiDamian 'Furlan' KislowskiDominik 'GruBy' Swiderski CLG #14 Stephen 'reltuC' CutlerJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoJames 'hazed' CobbJacob 'FugLy' MedinaTarik 'tarik' Celik Ninjas in Pyjamas #10 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundRichard 'Xizt' LandströmAdam 'friberg' FribergJacob 'pyth' Mourujärvi Natus Vincere #3 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsDenis 'seized' KostinEgor 'flamie' Vasilyev eSuba #74 Tomáš 'benq1' MasarykKarel 'fredi' KrálovecLubos 'HenkkyG' IlkoMartin 'MonttY' MelišekRadoslav 'rdO' Tóth MOUZ #9 Nikola 'NiKo' KovačChris 'chrisJ' de JongJohannes 'nex' MagetTimo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' Howell FlipSid3 #15 Yegor 'markeloff' MarkelovAndrey 'B1ad3' GorodenskiyOleksandr 'Shara' HordieyevVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukGeorgi 'WorldEdit' Yaskin Luminosity #4 Lincoln 'fnx' LauGabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo Ancient #27 Markus 'pronax' WallstenAndreas 'znajder' LindbergSimon 'twist' EliassonMathias 'pauf' KöhlerJonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson Dignitas #6 Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelJesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannMathias 'MSL' LauridsenMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Astralis #2 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenRené 'cajunb' BorgAndreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenNicolai 'device' Reedtz CSGL #28 Grzegorz 'SZPERO' DziamałekJacek 'MINISE' JeziakPaweł 'innocent' MocekMichał 'MICHU' MüllerMikołaj 'mouz' Karolewski TYLOO #51 Ke 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuYuLun 'Summer' CaiYuanZhang 'Attacker' ShengHaoWen 'somebody' Xu Tempo Storm #12 Henrique 'HEN1' TelesLucas 'LUCAS1' TelesRicardo 'boltz' PrassJoão 'felps' VasconcellosGustavo 'SHOOWTiME' Gonçalves Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač Age: 19 Team: MOUZ Rating 1.0: 1.18 Maps played: 321 KPR: 0.83 DPR: 0.70 Envy #5 Fabien 'kioShiMa' FieyKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireVincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer CPH Wolves #43 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferMartin 'PERCY' WesselLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderDanni 'smF' DygNicolai 'HUNDEN' Petersen G2 #8 Richard 'shox' PapillonKévin 'Ex6TenZ' DroolansCédric 'RpK' GuipouyEdouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxAdil 'ScreaM' Benrlitom Preparation #34 Frej 'kHRYSTAL' SjöströmNicolai 'glace' JensenFrederik 'LOMME' NielsenJohn 'wenton' ErikssonCasper 'cadiaN' Møller