Misfits qualify for DreamHack Tours

Misfits have picked up the final spot at DreamHack Open Tours following their 2-0 victory against NRG in the North America closed qualifier (16-7 on Mirage and 16-12 on Cache).

Eight North American teams competed in the DH Tours NA closed qualifier for the last spot at the LAN tournament in France. Four of these teams were invited and the other four came through the open qualifier.

The single-elimination bracket kicked off with invited teams facing qualified teams and all the invited teams (NRG, eUnited, Luminosity, Misfits) came on top.

seang@res' team are through to the LAN 

In the semi-finals NRG crushed eUnited, letting their opponents get twelve rounds on two maps. Misfits had a much closer affair with the Brazilians of Luminosity as the series went to three maps. Misfits won the last map Inferno 16-14 with Shahzeb "⁠ShahZaM⁠" Khan's 100.9 ADR and 1.72 rating performance.

Misfits, who used Ryan "⁠ichibaNNN⁠" Colucci as a stand-in, kicked off the grand final with an 11-4 CT-side on Mirage which secured them the first map (16-7). NRG put up a fight in the first half on Cache, winning it 8-7, but Misfits came alive on the T-side to win the map 16-12, winning the grand final 2-0 and qualifying for DreamHack Open Tours.

DreamHack Open Tours 2017 North America Closed QualifierBest of 3 NRGMatchpage 0 2 3rd April 2017 Misfits 7Mirage 16 12Cache 16

Misfits	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Skyler 'Relyks' WeaverRelyks	47 - 34	+13	102.5	1.46
Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanShahZaM	48 - 29	+19	90.6	1.40
Hunter 'SicK' MimsSicK	41 - 30	+11	82.6	1.24
Sean 'seang@res' Garesseang@res	29 - 30	-1	72.7	1.04
Ryan 'ichibaNNN' ColucciichibaNNN	30 - 34	-4	59.9	0.86

NRG	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Peter 'ptr' Gurneyptr	42 - 37	+5	95.1	1.29
Jacob 'FugLy' MedinaFugLy	39 - 40	-1	84.6	1.07
Edgar 'MarKE' MaldonadoMarKE	26 - 41	-15	67.5	0.80
Vincent 'Brehze' CayonteBrehze	24 - 38	-14	52.0	0.71
Damian 'daps' Steeledaps	26 - 39	-13	50.8	0.70

Here is the full team list for DH Open Tours 2017 which will take place in Tours, France from May 6-8 with a $100,000 prize pool:

MOUZ	Natus Vincere	HEROIC	Envy
Gambit	G2	HellRaisers	Misfits

BenjaCS is a staff writer at HLTV.org and can be found on Twitter.

eUnited #45 David 'DAVEY' StaffordMichael 'MAiNLiNE' JaberMitch 'mitch' SemagoJoel 'jcrueL' CruelJonathan 'Jonji' Carey Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' Khan Age: 23 Team: Misfits Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 458 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.66 HellRaisers #15 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukMartin 'STYKO' StykPatrik 'Zero' ŽúdelBence 'DeadFox' Böröcz HEROIC #8 Andreas 'MODDII' FridhMarco 'Snappi' PfeifferJakob 'JUGi' HansenValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen Luminosity #25 Vinicios 'PKL' CoelhoGustavo 'SHOOWTiME' GonçalvesLucas 'destiny' BulloGustavo 'yel' KnittelBruno 'shz' Martinelli Natus Vincere #6 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsDenis 'seized' KostinEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Ryan 'ichibaNNN' Colucci Age: 22 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.95 Maps played: 63 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.71 G2 #16 Richard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro Gambit #10 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' Khassenov MOUZ #14 Tomáš 'oskar' ŠťastnýChris 'chrisJ' de JongChristian 'loWel' Garcia AntoranTimo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' Howell Misfits #28 Sean 'seang@res' GaresShahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanSkyler 'Relyks' WeaverHunter 'SicK' MimsRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken NRG #23 Damian 'daps' SteeleJacob 'FugLy' MedinaPeter 'ptr' GurneyVincent 'Brehze' CayonteEdgar 'MarKE' Maldonado Envy #24 Christophe 'SIXER' XiaCédric 'RpK' GuipouyAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomVincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerAlexandre 'xms' Forté