Imperial have booked their spot in the DreamHack Open Summer playoffs, topping Group A with a 16-4 victory over AGO on Mirage.

The Group A winners' match kicked off on Mirage, where the Poles of AGO took the A-site with ease, but a triple-kill retake from Rokas "⁠EspiranTo⁠" Milasauskas secured the pistol. Imperial went on to claim the following anti-ecos, with Nemanja "⁠nexa⁠" Isaković and EspiranTo putting in most of the work to make it 4-0.

AGO finally got on the board in the gun round, but Imperial replied with two in a row, resetting the Poles. Imperial then marched on giving AGO no room for error as EspiranTo continued his dominance on the AWP with an ace in the 9th round (8-1). AGO managed to string together a couple of rounds in the remainder of the first half, but Imperial stayed in the wheelhouse with a 12-3 lead at halftime.

nexa led Imperial with an impressive 2.09 rating

On the T-side, Kevin "⁠kRYSTAL⁠" Amend and his men continued their dominance by securing the second pistol and the following anti-ecos to reach match point. A full buy from AGO kept the team alive with their first of the half, but in the following round, nexa came out on top of a 1vs1 against Damian "⁠Furlan⁠" Kislowski to seal Imperial's 16-4 victory and secure a spot in the playoffs.