Orgless and Yeah secure final Americas Minor NA closed qualifier spots

Orgless and Yeah have earned the last two slots in the North American closed qualifier for the Americas Minor after topping the final open bracket.

Pujan "⁠FNS⁠" Mehta's Orgless squad prevailed in their fourth attempt to qualify, fighting their way past New England Whalers and Faint to set up a clash against Big Frames for a spot in the closed stage. There, the trio of Yassine "⁠Subroza⁠" Taoufik, Jaccob "⁠yay⁠" Whiteaker, and Gage "⁠Infinite⁠" Green combined to help their side to wins on Nuke and Inferno to take the series 2-0.

Orgless secured qualification in their fourth open qualifier attempt

Meanwhile, the Brazilian side of Yeah attained permission to compete in the final qualifier after they were ruled out of the third open bracket because they had not requested to play in the region in advance.

Rodrigo "⁠RCF⁠" Figueiredo and company made short work of their opponents early on in the bracket to set up a best-of-three bout against Recon 5. Yeah opened the series with a 16-13 win on Inferno, but found themselves on the losing side of a thirty-round affair on their own pick of Train before they were able to take the decider, Dust2, 16-5.

The final team list for the North American closed qualifier looks as follows:

Cloud9
Gen.G
eUnited
Triumph
Envy
Ze Pug Godz
Divine
Orgless FURIA
Chaos
Bad News Bears
Swole Identity
Rugratz
LiViD
Mythic
Yeah

The NA closed qualifier will run from March 6-8, utilizing a double-elimination, best-of-three bracket to determine six teams that will advance to the Americas Minor for the ESL One Rio Major.

Faint #190 Alex 'vek' VoynovEzekiel 'KmZ' HughesGeorge 'Powerzz' YaedeDanny 'Cxzi' StrzelczykBrian 'Brian2K' Ladron De Guevara Jaccob 'yay' Whiteaker Age: 21 Team: Orgless Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 592 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.69 Bad News Bears #35 Peter 'ptr' GurneyMitch 'mitch' SemagoJonathan 'Jonji' CareyAustin 'crashies' RobertsMichael 'Grim' Wince Cloud9 #19 Aran 'Sonic' GroesbeekJohnny 'JT' TheodosiouRicky 'floppy' KemeryIan 'motm' HardyJosh 'oSee' Ohm Rodrigo 'RCF' Figueiredo Age: 19 Team: Yeah Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 346 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.71 New England Whalers #120 Jonathan 'djay' DallalLucas 'Fiziq' BlowJosh 'PwnAlone' PigueBrandon 'bew' Roberts Mythic #80 Erik 'fl0m' FlomDavid 'DAVEY' StaffordAdam 'Polen' PolenCorbin 'C0M' LeeKaitlin 'Keiti' Boop Rugratz #72 Alexander 'zanz' DiazJoshua 'Hunter' MadoreJordan 'Zellsis' MontemurroNathan 'leaf' OrfErik 'penny' Penny Chaos #66 Owen 'smooya' ButterfieldAnthony 'vanity' MalaspinaCameron 'cam' KernBen 'ben1337' SmithJacob 'FugLy' Medina Orgless #224 Pujan 'FNS' MehtaJaccob 'yay' WhiteakerYassine 'Subroza' TaoufikMatthew 'WARDELL' YuGage 'Infinite' Green Swole Identity #87 Sebastian 'seb' BuckiSkyler 'Relyks' WeaverJake 'kaboose' McDonaldJason 'neptune' Tran Gen.G #48 Hansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandDamian 'daps' SteeleTimothy 'autimatic' TaKenneth 'koosta' SuenSam 's0m' Oh Yeah #132 Victor 'iDk' TorracaAlef 'tatazin' PereiraRodrigo 'RCF' FigueiredoEduardo 'dumau' WolkmerArthur 'f4stzin' Schmitt Envy #50 Michał 'MICHU' MüllerBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınNoah 'Nifty' FrancisRyan 'ryann' WelshKaleb 'moose' Jayne LiViD #82 Abdo 'c4Lypso' AghaMathieu 'INCRED' BergeronAnthony 'gMd' GuimondDanny 'huynh' HuynhMichael 'MkaeL' De Luca Gage 'Infinite' Green Age: 21 Team: Orgless Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 440 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.65 Recon 5 #149 Dominick 'JazzPimp' DimpfelChad 'Oderus' MillerRiley 'Reality' FuschAustin 'AAustiN' UrbCarson 'nosraC' O'Reilly eUnited #74 Ryan 'freakazoid' AbadirVictor 'food' WongEdgar 'MarKE' MaldonadoAustin 'Cooper' Abadir Yassine 'Subroza' Taoufik Age: 22 Team: Orgless Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 562 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.70 Big Frames #238 Andy 'devastation' ParrDaniel 'picky' MilazzoLiam 'Welshy' NewhouseMatthew 'nero' SeymourNolan 'bite' Hunstad Pujan 'FNS' Mehta Age: 27 Team: Orgless Rating 1.0: 0.90 Maps played: 892 KPR: 0.61 DPR: 0.68 Divine #91 Brenden 'stellar' McGrathBrady 'thief' DeverChris 'riku' PiaseckiRobert 'robby' Brown FURIA #20 Henrique 'HEN1' TelesAndrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosVinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoKaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato Ze Pug Godz #63 Spencer 'Hiko' MartinBradley 'ANDROID' FodorChristopher 'cJ dA K1nG' JonesNoah 'ULTRA' Giesbrecht Triumph #92 Logan 'Voltage' LongRyan 'Snakes' AmannGabe 'Spongey' GreinerAlan 'Shakezullah' Hardeman