Gambit and North have locked their spots at IEM Katowice following wins against mousesports and HellRaisers, respectively, in the closed qualifier's lower bracket.

After fnatic and HEROIC secured a place at IEM Katowice via the upper bracket earlier today, it was time for the lower bracket matches. In the second round, MOUZ beat Epsilon 2-1 and North edged out Natus Vincere with the same score.

The European mixture then met Kazakh-Russian side Gambit, who lost to HEROIC earlier, and grabbed the first map, Train, following a dominant CT side.

Gambit will be in attendance at IEM Katowice at the end of February

Abay "⁠HObbit⁠" Khassenov & co. struck back on Cobblestone with eight rounds on each side, and clinched the spot at the Polish event after Overpass, where the two went neck and neck with Gambit grabbing a 16-13 win in the end.

IEM Katowice 2018 Europe Closed QualifierBest of 3 GambitMatchpage 2 1 4th February 2018 MOUZ 10Train 16 16Cobblestone 11 16Overpass 13 News tags:

Gambit	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevAdreN	64 - 58	+6	85.5	1.14
Abay 'HObbit' KhassenovHObbit	58 - 54	+4	79.3	1.14
Rustem 'mou' Telepovmou	63 - 58	+5	68.2	1.09
Mihail 'Dosia' StolyarovDosia	43 - 56	-13	72.8	0.94
Denis 'seized' Kostinseized	49 - 55	-6	62.5	0.88

MOUZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Miikka 'suNny' KemppisuNny	63 - 57	+6	87.6	1.14
Tomáš 'oskar' Šťastnýoskar	56 - 52	+4	73.3	1.10
Robin 'ropz' Koolropz	53 - 55	-2	78.8	1.04
Chris 'chrisJ' de JongchrisJ	60 - 55	+5	70.2	1.02
Martin 'STYKO' StykSTYKO	48 - 58	-10	70.9	0.94

IEM Katowice 2018 Europe Closed QualifierBest of 3 GambitMatchpage 2 1 4th February 2018 MOUZ 10Train 16 16Cobblestone 11 16Overpass 13

Gambit	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevAdreN	64 - 58	+6	85.5	1.14
Abay 'HObbit' KhassenovHObbit	58 - 54	+4	79.3	1.14
Rustem 'mou' Telepovmou	63 - 58	+5	68.2	1.09
Mihail 'Dosia' StolyarovDosia	43 - 56	-13	72.8	0.94
Denis 'seized' Kostinseized	49 - 55	-6	62.5	0.88

MOUZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Miikka 'suNny' KemppisuNny	63 - 57	+6	87.6	1.14
Tomáš 'oskar' Šťastnýoskar	56 - 52	+4	73.3	1.10
Robin 'ropz' Koolropz	53 - 55	-2	78.8	1.04
Chris 'chrisJ' de JongchrisJ	60 - 55	+5	70.2	1.02
Martin 'STYKO' StykSTYKO	48 - 58	-10	70.9	0.94

On the other side, HellRaisers started off well against North on Cobblestone with nine rounds on the defense and grabbed a 1-0 in the series following a comfortable Terrorist side.

Kirill "⁠ANGE1⁠" Karasiow's team then had a 14-12 lead on Inferno, but the Danes, who are making their online debut with Daniel "⁠mertz⁠" Mertz and Markus "⁠Kjaerbye⁠" Kjærbye, clawed back to equalize the series 1-1.

A great defence on Overpass, the deciding map, worth 11 rounds saw North clinching the fourth spot from the European closed qualifier.

IEM Katowice 2018 Europe Closed QualifierBest of 3 HellRaisersMatchpage 1 2 4th February 2018 North 16Cobblestone 11 14Inferno 16 10Overpass 16

HellRaisers	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Özgür 'woxic' Ekerwoxic	71 - 49	+22	91.5	1.34
Issa 'ISSAA' MuradISSAA	67 - 54	+13	83.4	1.23
Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowANGE1	62 - 53	+9	78.9	1.09
Vladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchukbondik	46 - 52	-6	65.2	0.92
Bence 'DeadFox' BöröczDeadFox	38 - 57	-19	59.0	0.90

North	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangsåvalde	69 - 52	+17	90.4	1.25
Markus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKjaerbye	59 - 59	0	79.9	1.07
Daniel 'mertz' Mertzmertz	49 - 49	0	58.8	0.96
Philip 'aizy' Aistrupaizy	44 - 60	-16	63.3	0.84
Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL	44 - 64	-20	63.8	0.83

With only one spot left to be determined, the team list for IEM Katowice looks as follows:

Astralis	Cloud9
FaZe	G2
Ninjas in Pyjamas	SK
Virtus.pro	Liquid
ORDER	Renegades
TYLOO	fnatic
HEROIC	Gambit
North

The last spot at the $500,000 tournament taking place from February 27 to March 4 will go to the winner of Farmskins Championship #2, which is currently in the group stage.

Gambit #11 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' KhassenovBektiyar 'fitch' Bahytov Natus Vincere #9 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov Daniel 'mertz' Mertz Age: 19 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.15 Maps played: 332 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.65 G2 #4 Richard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro HellRaisers #21 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukÖzgür 'woxic' EkerBence 'DeadFox' BöröczIssa 'ISSAA' Murad SK #1 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaRicardo 'boltz' PrassMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo HEROIC #22 Andreas 'MODDII' FridhMarco 'Snappi' PfeifferPatrick 'es3tag' HansenJakob 'JUGi' HansenNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen FaZe #2 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenOlof 'olofmeister' KajbjerLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' Nygaard Markus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Age: 19 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 906 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.66 TYLOO #30 Ke 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuHansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandHaoWen 'somebody' XuKevin 'xccurate' Susanto Abay 'HObbit' Khassenov Age: 23 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 347 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.66 Liquid #14 Lucas 'steel' LopesNick 'nitr0' CannellaJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Cloud9 #3 Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaTarik 'tarik' CelikTimothy 'autimatic' TaJake 'Stewie2K' Yip Kirill 'ANGE1' Karasiow Age: 28 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 1295 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.70 Epsilon #254 Konstantinos 'tsack' TheodoropoulosRobin 'robiin' SjögrenCosmin-Mihai 'cosmeeeN' ButucKia 'Surreal' ManOwen 'smooya' Butterfield North #12 Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåDaniel 'mertz' Mertz MOUZ #7 Tomáš 'oskar' ŠťastnýChris 'chrisJ' de JongMiikka 'suNny' KemppiMartin 'STYKO' StykRobin 'ropz' Kool Astralis #5 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' Reedtz ORDER #53 Chris 'emagine' RowlandsSimon 'Sico' WilliamsJay 'Liazz' TregillgasAlistair 'aliStair' JohnstonJordan 'Hatz' Bajic Renegades #19 Justin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardKeith 'NAF' MarkovicKarlo 'USTILO' PivacNoah 'Nifty' Francis Ninjas in Pyjamas #8 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundRichard 'Xizt' LandströmWilliam 'draken' SundinFredrik 'REZ' Sterner fnatic #6 Robin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonMaikil 'Golden' Selim Virtus.pro #10 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński