HellRaisers beat GODSENT 16-14 on Train and 16-14 on Cobblestone to win the upper bracket final in 60 rounds and secure a spot in the ELEAGUE Major Main Qualifier in Atlanta.

The first half of the first map started out with HellRaisers winning the CT side pistol and the following round, but thanks to two bomb plants GODSENT were able to fully buy on the third round and win the round, leaving the score at 2-1. The rest of the half then became a tradefest, with neither one of the two teams being able to establish dominance or build a solid economy. Finally, GODSENT were able to take the half 8-7 with Andreas "⁠znajder⁠" Lindberg playing a particularly strong half with 22 frags.

HellRaisers were then able to win the pistol round for the second time thanks to three USP-S headshots by Kirill "⁠ANGE1⁠" Karasiow. HellRaisers won the two anti-ecos and established a two point lead, 10-8. HellRaisers were able to keep the lead throughout the beginning of the second half, getting ahead 12-9, then a push by the Swedes tied the game up 12-12. Tied in the last round of the map, with HellRaisers up by one, it all came down to a last second knife kill in the smoke by Martin "⁠STYKO⁠" Styk on Markus "⁠pronax⁠" Wallsten who was defusing the bomb for a 16-14 first map.



ANGE1 and STYKO helped HellRaisers seals the deal in two maps

The second map, HellRaisers’ pick, was Cobblestone and the Swedish team started out winning the pistol and following it up to a 7-0 lead on the CT side. HellRaisers seemed unable to make anything happen, but a three kill round by STYKO and two kills by Bence "⁠DeadFox⁠" Böröcz got HellRaisers rolling to six rounds before the half.

After winning the pistol round on the CT side, HellRaisers managed to bring it back to 9-9 after the first gun round of the half and make a map with a particularly inspired STYKO leading the team on the scoreboard. HellRaisers then got on a roll, winning round after round giving up a single round out of the first ten to get ahead 15-11. A last effort by GODSENT brought the match to the 30th round but a 2vs1 clutch by ANGE1 finally sealed the deal for his team.