CLG have secured the North American slot to the offline qualifier scheduled for February 14-15 in Katowice, defeating eLevate 2-1.

After a lengthy round-of-64 bracket that took two days to complete, the grand final saw CLG facing off against rivals eLevate, the two teams having played a thrilling quarterfinal the weekend before at ClutchCon.

Along the way, other known North American line-ups such as SKDC, Mythic and Denial fell to the wayside whilst fighting for the final spot for a North American team at the offline qualifier in Angelo Hotel, Katowice.

CLG in the booth vs. LDLC

CLG will be the third North American team confirmed for the offline qualifier

The first map already gave signs of being a closely contested contest, with both teams pushing the other into overtime on de_nuke. Ultimately, eLevate were able to prevail in the MR5 overtime set.

On the other hand, the second map de_dust2 was purely the CLG show as the young North American squad which shone at MLG X Games Aspen by defeating the old LDLC on the same map laid further claim to their expertise on dust2.

The deciding map of de_cache at first appeared to be a one-sided affair with CLG going up 10:5 on a strong T side, however eLevate were able to mount a small comeback. Ultimately, CLG drew on the strength of their defensive CT side and prevailed on the map, 16:10.

ESL One Katowice 2015 NA Qualifier Best of 3 eLevate Matchpage 1 2 CLG 21 Nuke 18 7 Dust2 16 10 Cache 16

The teams which have qualified for the offline qualifier are now:

Titan Titan Epsilon Epsilon dignitas dignitas ESC ESC mousesports mousesports CPH Wolves CPH Wolves Cloud9 Cloud9 Team Liquid Team Liquid Vox Eminor Vox Eminor Piter Piter INSHOCK INSHOCK WinneR WinneR Flipsid3 Flipsid3 3DMAX / LGB 3DMAX /LGB CLG CLG

The third place decider for the final European spot will be played out between 3DMAX and LGB.

Epsilon's slot will likely be reshuffled as well considering the lineup is effectively defunct following the one year bans some players received for match-fixing.

One more slot stands open for the offline qualifier, and this final space is left down to an invite, with plenty of speculation out there that it will go to the Brazilian side of KaBuM.