HellRaisers defeat Orbit 2-1 (10-16 on Dust2, 16-3 on Cache, and 16-5 on Mirage) in the DreamHack EU Regional Minor and have thus qualified for the ESL One Cologne Main Qualifier and also advance to the EU Minor final.

One more spot at the ESL One Cologne 2016 Main Qualifier was up for grabs at the DreamHack Regional Minor Championship in Tours and the showdown was between two Eastern European teams in the consolidation final: HellRaisers and Orbit.

With the Bulgarians utilising their usual stand-in Nikolay "⁠pNshr⁠" Paunin (as Simeon "⁠dream3r⁠" Ganev is not allowed to take part in Valve-affiliated events), it was Orbit who made the first moves towards victory with a 16-10 win on Dust2, mostly due to a formidable CT-defense on the second half of the map.



Another day, another wild performance from oskar

However, "Šťastný oskar, straszny oskar," as a Pole might say, and the 24-year-old Czech player mounted a superb performance for his team on the following two maps, and ultimately scored a +43 kdd, 113.8 ADR, and a 1.84 rating in the series, much of which was on display on Cache and Mirage.

Cache went HR's way following a 12-3 T-half and a cleanly closed out second half after they won the pistolround, finishing the map 16-3. Mirage similarly saw another strong T-half from HellRaisers (this time with a 11-4 score) and another quick second half gave no space for Emiliyan "⁠spyleadeR⁠" Dimitrov and his team to even attempt a comeback, with the map finishing 16-5 for HellRaisers.

As a result, HellRaisers have now qualified for the ESL One Cologne 2016 Main Qualifier and have advanced to the grand final of DreamHack Tours against Dignitas mainly for the difference in prize money and prestige.

DreamHack Regional Minor Championship Europe at DH Tours 2016 Best of 3 HellRaisers Matchpage 2 1 Orbit 10 Dust2 16 16 Cache 3 16 Mirage 5

HellRaisers K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Tomáš 'oskar' Šťastnýoskar 78 - 35 +43 113.8 1.83 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowANGE1 49 - 40 +9 87.5 1.18 Martin 'STYKO' StykSTYKO 48 - 40 +8 78.9 1.18 Vladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchukbondik 43 - 40 +3 76.5 1.16 Patrik 'Zero' ŽúdelZero 39 - 35 +4 66.1 1.11 Orbit K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Kamen 'bubble' Kostadinovbubble 49 - 49 0 78.5 1.02 Nikolay 'pNshr' PauninpNshr 49 - 51 -2 81.3 0.95 Emiliyan 'spyleadeR' DimitrovspyleadeR 37 - 55 -18 58.9 0.72 Viktor 'v1c7oR' Dyankovv1c7oR 32 - 49 -17 59.0 0.70 Nikolay 'nkl' Krastevnkl 22 - 54 -32 55.3 0.50

The list of teams confirmed for the ESL One Cologne 2016 Main Qualifier is now:

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