Renegades have become the last team to secure a spot at DreamHack Masters Malmo after defeating Liquid 2-1 in the North American closed qualifier.

The North American qualifying process for DreamHack Masters Malmö came to an end on Sunday as 16 teams - half of whom invited - faced off in a single-elimination bracket for the chance to grab the last spot at at the Swedish event.

The Australian team fought their way through the 16-team single-elimination bracket , knocking out EZG, Denial and ex-paiN before reaching the final.

jks played a great final versus Liquid

Liquid started out strongly as they secured Renegades's pick, Mirage, by a 16-4 scoreline. Then, Justin "⁠jks⁠" Savage stepped up and inspired Renegades to turn the series around with 19-17 and 16-12 wins on Cobblestone and Train, respectively.

DreamHack Masters Malmö 2017 North America Closed Qualifier Best of 3 Liquid Matchpage 1 2 Renegades 16 Mirage 4 17 Cobblestone 19 12 Train 16

Liquid K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Russel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenTwistzz 75 - 51 +24 93.2 1.36 Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0 74 - 56 +18 87.3 1.31 Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE 60 - 60 0 74.8 1.09 Josh 'jdm64' Marzanojdm64 49 - 57 -8 64.2 0.87 Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguzstanislaw 41 - 53 -12 62.9 0.82 Renegades K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Justin 'jks' Savagejks 67 - 59 +8 87.7 1.21 Noah 'Nifty' FrancisNifty 56 - 55 +1 67.6 1.04 Karlo 'USTILO' PivacUSTILO 56 - 60 -4 75.5 0.99 Aaron 'AZR' WardAZR 54 - 60 -6 74.7 0.96 Nemanja 'nexa' Isakovićnexa 43 - 66 -23 70.9 0.82

This means that Renegades will complete the team list for the Swedish event, which will run from August 30 to September 3, with a total of $250,000 on offer. The following teams will be in attendance at the event: