Astralis have secured a berth at IEM Dallas

The Danes advanced through Spirit, GODSENT, and Cloud9 to the closed qualification via the open stage. Their hardest test came in the spot-deciding match against Vladislav "nafany" Gorshkov's squad, where Dmitry "sh1ro" Sokolov's stellar play on the first two maps was unable to carry the Russian team to victory.

In the last stage versus Cloud9, Overpass, Nicolai "⁠device⁠"  Reedtz stood out for the Danish side with 34 kills, an average rating of 1.26 across eight maps, and the largest win for Astralis since the AWPer returned to the club (16-13). The last match of the closed qualifier, which will begin at 20:30, will feature OG and Cloud9 for the remaining available European qualifying place. In the past, fnatic, Ninjas in Pyjamas, GODSENT, Spirit, and sYnck were disqualified from the competition.