Nordavind, K23, Movistar Riders & VOYVODA advance to DHM Spring closed qualifier

The team list for the closed qualifier is now complete as the quartet joins four invited sides in the next stage.

The DreamHack Masters Spring Europe closed qualifier has come to an end after the second day of play on Friday, producing four teams advancing to the closed stage: Nordavind, K23, Movistar Riders, and VOYVODA.

The second day saw the final eight teams play out the spot-deciding quarter-finals after a number of fan favorites were eliminated from the tournament on Thursday, including MIBR, fnatic, EXTREMUM, and Sprout.

AdreN's K23 will fight an uphill battle in the next stage

Movistar Riders earned their spot with a comfortable victory over Budapest Five in the round of eight, with K23 following soon after thanks to an overtime win on Inferno and a dominant showing on Overpass against Singularity.

Meanwhile, Nordavind and VOYVODA — a Bulgarian team featuring former MK core Viktor "⁠v1c7oR⁠" Dyankov, Simeon "⁠dream3r⁠" Ganev, and Kamen "⁠bubble⁠" Kostadinov — won their series in three maps, facing SG.pro and Hard Legion, respectively.

Below is the final team list of the closed qualifier, which will hand out three spots at the main event via a double-elimination best-of-three bracket, played on March 6-7:

Complexity
OG
Movistar Riders
Nordavind HEROIC
Cloud9
VOYVODA
K23 Budapest Five #78 Patrik 'bodito' BodaFodor 'fleav' LeventeAndrás 'coolio' FercsákKornél 'kory' SzedlárÁdám 'torzsi' Torzsás MIBR #30 Ricardo 'boltz' PrassGustavo 'yel' KnittelMarcelo 'chelo' CespedesBruno 'shz' MartinelliDaniel 'danoco' Morgado VOYVODA #102 Kamen 'bubble' KostadinovViktor 'v1c7oR' DyankovSimeon 'dream3r' GanevMartin 'mar' KuyumdjievHristiyan 'REDSTAR' Pironkov Cloud9 #20 Alex 'ALEX' McMeekinPatrick 'es3tag' HansenRicky 'floppy' KemeryErick 'Xeppaa' BachWilliam 'mezii' Merriman Sprout #21 Timo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' HowellMarko 'kressy' ĐorđevićJosef 'faveN' BaumannFritz 'slaxz-' Dietrich EXTREMUM #32 Hansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandAaron 'AZR' WardJoakim 'jkaem' MyrbostadSean 'Gratisfaction' KaiwaiJay 'Liazz' Tregillgas SG.pro #100 Dmitry 'Diray' NikonchukAndrii 'sleiden' KopanytsiaGleb 's1natoRRR' OlchedayevskyArtyom 'kise' GlebkinDmytro 'Wonderful_Y' Horkusha Kamen 'bubble' Kostadinov Age: 29 Team: VOYVODA Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 1727 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.64 Singularity #89 Danni 'smF' DygSebastian 'larsen' LarsenAnton 'notaN' PedersenEmil 'Remoy' SchlichterOliver 'IceBerg' Berg K23 #143 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevRustem 'mou' TelepovSanzhar 'neaLaN' IskhakovDavid 'n0rb3r7' DanielyanPetr 'fame' Bolyshev HEROIC #14 Casper 'cadiaN' MøllerIsmail 'refrezh' AliMartin 'stavn' LundRené 'TeSeS' MadsenRasmus 'sjuush' Beck Complexity #11 Justin 'jks' SavageWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaKristian 'k0nfig' WieneckeValentin 'poizon' VasilevBenjamin 'blameF' Bremer Nordavind #113 Jesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannKevin 'HS' TarnDaniel 'mertz' MertzSabit 'mirbit' CoktasarAnton 'supra' Tšernobai OG #17 Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenIssa 'ISSAA' MuradMateusz 'mantuu' Wilczewski Hard Legion Svyatoslav 'svyat' DovbakhKonstantin 'Raijin' Trubarov Viktor 'v1c7oR' Dyankov Age: 26 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 1571 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.67 Simeon 'dream3r' Ganev Age: 24 Team: VOYVODA Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 807 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.62 MK Movistar Riders #27 Lucas 'steel' LopesAlejandro 'alex' MasanetAlejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo CanoOwen 'smooya' ButterfieldKristjan 'shokz' Jakobson fnatic #16 Jesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonMaikil 'Golden' SelimLudvig 'Brollan' BrolinJack 'Jackinho' Ström Mattsson