The closed qualifiers kicked off for CS_Summit 8 and Extra Salt and O PLANO have secured a win in their opening matches to set up a clash with each other on Sunday. The winner of the match would then book a place in the main tournament. The direct invitee, Extra Salt faced GODSENT, who also received a direct invite to the closed qualifiers on the basis of ranking. On the other side Triumph and O PLANO had advanced to the closed qualifiers through the open qualifiers.
Aran "Sonic" Groesbeek led Extra Salt to a 16-8 win on Nuke, after a lot of to and fro on Inferno Extra Salt found a win in triple overtime. O PLANO played all three maps to win the series with a trio of Henrique "HEN1" Teles, Leonardo "leo_drk" Oliveira, and Vinicius "vsm" Moreira working hard in the decider map, Train for a win.