Red Reserve qualify for DH Valencia

Red Reserve have secured a place at DreamHack Open Valencia after defeating LDLC 2-1 in the grand final of the European closed qualifier.

Red Reserve began their quest for a spot in Valencia by beating both Gux & Friends and Outlaws by 2-0 scorelines. As for LDLC, they reached the grand final of the eight-team qualifier after edging past Org Incoming on three maps and beating Space Soldiers on just two.

Kévin "⁠Ex6TenZ⁠" Droolans' men got off to a good start by taking nine rounds as Terrorists on Overpass, their map pick. The second half followed the same pattern as Timothée "⁠DEVIL⁠" Démolon's new team took the map at 16-7.

Red Reserve have qualified for DH Valencia

As for Mirage, Red Reserve's map choice, the Swedish team managed to get out to a 7-3 lead despite losing the pistol round. From that point, the European mixture won five in a row to take a narrow 8-7 lead. However, Mikail "⁠Maikelele⁠" Bill and co. put on a great display in the second half, losing just four rounds before locking down the map, 16-12. 

On the decider map, Inferno, Red Reserve were completely dominant as Terrorists and picked up a 12-3 half-time lead. The Swedish squad then quickly wrapped things up, clinching the map 16-8 to book their spot at DreamHack Open Valencia, which will run from July 14-16.

DreamHack Open Valencia 2017 Europe Closed QualifierBest of 3 Red ReserveMatchpage 2 1 25th June 2017 LDLC 7Overpass 16 16Mirage 12 16Inferno 8

Red Reserve	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Hampus 'hampus' Poserhampus	66 - 46	+20	89.8	1.31
Fredrik 'FREDDyFROG' GustafssonFREDDyFROG	58 - 47	+11	90.6	1.27
Mikail 'Maikelele' BillMaikelele	58 - 48	+10	76.0	1.13
Joakim 'Relaxa' GustafssonRelaxa	44 - 49	-5	69.3	1.07
Alfred 'RuStY' KarlssonRuStY	42 - 52	-10	70.5	0.86

LDLC	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Antoine 'to1nou' Pirardto1nou	52 - 51	+1	70.1	1.02
Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' DroolansEx6TenZ	48 - 49	-1	75.5	1.01
Timothée 'DEVIL' DémolonDEVIL	49 - 54	-5	70.5	1.00
Mathieu 'Maniac' QuiquerezManiac	42 - 59	-17	73.1	0.91
Alex 'ALEX' McMeekinALEX	51 - 56	-5	65.0	0.88

Here is how the team list for the $100,000 Spanish tournament looks:

Ninjas in Pyjamas	HEROIC
Envy	CLG
Misfits	KPI
Red Reserve	NA qualifier

CLG #16 Pujan 'FNS' MehtaStephen 'reltuC' CutlerRicardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandKenneth 'koosta' SuenEthan 'Ethan' Arnold Red Reserve #29 Mikail 'Maikelele' BillFredrik 'FREDDyFROG' GustafssonJoakim 'Relaxa' GustafssonHampus 'hampus' PoserAlfred 'RuStY' Karlsson HEROIC #22 Andreas 'MODDII' FridhMarco 'Snappi' PfeifferPatrick 'es3tag' HansenJakob 'JUGi' HansenNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen Misfits #20 Sean 'seang@res' GaresShahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanHunter 'SicK' MimsFrançois 'amanek' DelaunayDavid 'devoduvek' Dobrosavljevic Outlaws #32 Nikolay 'niki1' PantaleevNikola 'NK4Y' RadushevIvan 'Rock1nG' StratievTeodor 'SPELLAN' NikolovTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov Org Incoming #127 Tomasz 'phr' WójcikDominik 'GruBy' SwiderskiMateusz 'TOAO' ZawistowskiMichał 'snatchie' RudzkiDamian 'Furlan' Kislowski Space Soldiers #25 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınAhmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' Kor Gux & Friends Rasmus 'Gux' StåhlFaruk 'pita' PitaMartin 'PERCY' WesselÖzgür 'woxic' EkerMuhammed 'mini' Salman Ninjas in Pyjamas #21 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundRichard 'Xizt' LandströmWilliam 'draken' SundinFredrik 'REZ' Sterner KPI #85 Juan 'meisoN' Carlos ChacónFrancesc 'donQ' Savall GarciaJavier 'dragunov' SánchezAlejandro 'alex' MasanetAlejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo Cano Mikail 'Maikelele' Bill Age: 26 Team: Red Reserve Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 545 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.64 LDLC #35 Mathieu 'Maniac' QuiquerezKévin 'Ex6TenZ' DroolansAntoine 'to1nou' PirardAlex 'ALEX' McMeekinTimothée 'DEVIL' Démolon Timothée 'DEVIL' Démolon Age: 22 Team: LDLC Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 277 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.68 Envy #17 Christophe 'SIXER' XiaCédric 'RpK' GuipouyAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomVincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerAlexandre 'xms' Forté Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' Droolans Age: 27 Team: LDLC Rating 1.0: 0.95 Maps played: 1026 KPR: 0.63 DPR: 0.64