Selfless and Cloud9 have both secured berths at DreamHack ZOWIE Open Austin after reaching the final of the North American qualifier.

Sixteen teams from across North America competed in the region's closed qualifier for the next DreamHack Open event, which will take place from May 6-8 at the Austin Convention Center.

Eight of the spots in the qualifier were filled through invites, while the remaining places were handed out to the leading teams of an open pre-qualifier, held on Saturday.



Cloud9 to attend DH ZOWIE Open Austin

The first round of matches brought a major surprise as OpTic Gaming withdrew from the tournament due to being unable to field a full lineup.

Cloud9, who will be in action at the MLG Major, were the first team to secure a place at DH Austin after beating Fatih "⁠gob b⁠" Dayik's NRG 2-0, with 16-9 victories on Dust2 and Cache.

DreamHack Austin 2016 Closed Qualifier Best of 3 Cloud9 Matchpage 2 0 NRG 16 Dust2 9 16 Cache 9

The other semi-final pitted Tempo Storm against Selfless, with the latter coming from behind to beat the Brazilian side 2-1 (8-16 on Cache, 16-14 on Train and 16-9 on Inferno).

DreamHack Austin 2016 Closed Qualifier Best of 3 Tempo Storm Matchpage 1 2 Selfless 16 Cache 8 14 Train 16 9 Inferno 16

With three invitations still left to issue, the list of participants for the event looks as follows: