FlipSid3 Tactics and Team WinneR have secured a spot in the EMS One Katowice offline qualifiers.
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The second EMS One Katowice European qualifiers have nearly conlcuded, with FlipSid3 Tactics and Team WinneR securing spots at the offline qualifiers, which will be held between February 14-15.
The first semi-final match, which was between the German side of WinneR (ex-myRevenge) and the Finnish 3DMAX saw a comeback by WinneR after they lost the first map on de_dust2 16-4. The second map was de_mirage, where WinneR completely flipped it around and won that match 16-4, and the third map of de_cache saw a closer 16-11 victory by WinneR.
The second semi-final was between the newly aquired FlipSid3 Tactics (ex-dAT Team) and LGB eSports (ex-London Conspiracy). This match had FlipSid3 taking the first map of de_cobblestone convincingly, winning 16-10 but losing the second map of de_mirage 16-6. The deciding map, de_infernowas a back and forth brawl until FlipSid3 finally came up on top winning 16-14. It is important to note that FlipSid3 Tactics player Aleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev had not been playing during these matches due to his ESL ban and was replaced by a stand-in.
One more final match between LGB eSports and ESC will decide another spot in the offline qualifiers.
Invited teams for the ESL One Katowice offline qualifiers (incomplete):
ESC
Piter
Copenhagen Wolves
Titan
Team Dignitas
Epsilon eSports *
mousesports
INShock
Cloud9
Team Liquid
Vox Eminor
FlipSid3 Tactics
Team WinneR
*Majority of team banned from majors for one year, pending Valve statement. Read more here.
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