Rise Nation win spot at DreamHack Open Winter

Rsie Nation emerged on top of a depleted North American field to earn a trip to Jönköping.

The boys of Rise Nation are headed to Sweden

The final of the DreamHack Open Winter North America qualifier saw Rise Nation playing the former ESL Pro League side of Ghost, with the latter using Collin "wrath" McSweegan in place of player/coach Phong "bee" Nguyen.

On their march to victory, Rise Nation inarguably faced the toughest path of any team in the qualifier, playing Rogue, compLexity, and finally Ghost, in order to punch their tickets to Sweden. Ultimately, Ghost put up a good fight on the opening map of Train, but were swept aside on Nuke, which has become a speciality of Rise Nation.

Best of three maps DreamHack Open Winter 2017 North America Closed Qualifier Ghost 0 - 2 Rise Nation de_train 10 - 16 de_train de_nuke 4 - 16 de_nuke de_inferno de_inferno

The team list for DreamHack Open Winter is now complete:

EnVyUs fnatic Gambit Heroic mousesports Natus Vincere North Academy Rise Nation

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DreamHack Open Winter will run from December 1-3, in Jönköping, Sweden. Between now and attending the event, Rise Nation will have a busy schedule comprising both ESEA MDL and CEVO playoffs.