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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.

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.