Swole Patrol, Bad News Bears finalize IEM Sydney NA closed qualifier team list

Swole Patrol and Bad News Bears round out the IEM Sydney North America Closed qualifier after placing top two in the second open qualifier.

A total of 96 teams participated in the second leg of open qualifiers in North America for IEM Sydney, where teams such as Singularity, Spacestation, Denial, and Rogue dropped in the best-of-one stages.

Swole Patrol was the first team to make their way through the inital best-of-one games after taking down the likes of The Fundamentals and MASSIVEimpact. Braxton "⁠swag⁠" Pierce and his men were then matched against the Brazilians' INTZ, who knocked out Singularity to earn their place in the best-of-three decider.

swag's Swole Patrol earn their place in the closed qualifier

The series kicked off on Dust2, where a highly-contested battle ensued as Swole Patrol were able to edge their opponents 16-14. Moving to Mirage, Vito "⁠kNgV-⁠" Giuseppe & co. were faced with yet another 5-10 deficit heading into the second half, where they were unable to force the decider as Edgar "⁠MarKE⁠" Maldonado shined with a 1.77 rating to send his team to the next stage.

IEM Sydney 2019 North America Open Qualifier 2Best of 3 Swole PatrolMatchpage 2 0 4th February 2019 INTZ 16Dust2 14 16Mirage 9

Swole Patrol	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Braxton 'swag' Pierceswag	49 - 27	+22	85.9	1.43
Edgar 'MarKE' MaldonadoMarKE	48 - 38	+10	101.0	1.37
Victor 'food' Wongfood	45 - 32	+13	89.7	1.25
Sam 's0m' Ohs0m	40 - 36	+4	71.8	1.12
Anthony 'vanity' Malaspinavanity	30 - 35	-5	56.5	0.90

INTZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Gustavo 'yel' Knittelyel	38 - 36	+2	78.0	1.11
Vito 'kNgV-' GiuseppekNgV-	48 - 43	+5	83.1	1.11
Alexandre 'xand' Zizixand	31 - 43	-12	65.9	0.85
Lucas 'destiny' Bullodestiny	25 - 43	-18	56.7	0.75
Marcelo 'chelo' Cespedeschelo	26 - 47	-21	64.2	0.73

On the other side of the bracket, Peter "⁠ptr⁠" Gurney's Bad News Bears turned heads as they powered through by defeating Rogue to go head to head against TeamOne, who knocked out South Africans Denial 16-2 to reach the final decider of the tournament.

ptr's squad defeat TeamOne in two overtime bouts

The second deciding series of the tournament saw ptr and his men bounce back in the second halves of Train and Mirage to reach map point after slow starts. However, TeamOne would not go down without a fight as Bruno "⁠BIT⁠" Fukuda Lima & co. rallied back across both maps to force overtime, but, in the end, Bad News Bears prevailed, 19-17 and 19-16, booking their place in the closed qualifier.

IEM Sydney 2019 North America Open Qualifier 2Best of 3 TeamOneMatchpage 0 2 4th February 2019 Bad News Bears 17Train 19 16Mirage 19

TeamOne	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Alencar 'trk' Rossatotrk	60 - 51	+9	88.8	1.22
Victor 'iDk' TorracaiDk	51 - 55	-4	85.9	1.08
Pedro 'Maluk3' CamposMaluk3	44 - 49	-5	61.6	0.98
Bruno 'BIT' Fukuda LimaBIT	41 - 48	-7	66.7	0.94
Nicolas 'NikoM' MiozziNikoM	36 - 51	-15	62.6	0.79

Bad News Bears	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Mitch 'mitch' Semagomitch	63 - 41	+22	91.6	1.40
Peter 'ptr' Gurneyptr	51 - 41	+10	65.8	1.20
Tyson 'TenZ' NgoTenZ	60 - 53	+7	92.9	1.18
Josh 'shinobi' Abastadoshinobi	41 - 47	-6	61.8	0.90
Jeff 'RZU' NgoRZU	37 - 50	-13	67.1	0.86

The finalized IEM Sydney North America Closed Qualifier team list looks as follows:

Envy
Complexity
eUnited
Swole Patrol Ghost
Luminosity
Win Scrims Not Matches
Bad News Bears

The IEM Sydney North America Closed Qualifier is set to take place on February 6-8, with the eight teams battling through a double-elimination bracket for the one available spot at IEM Sydney.

MASSIVEimpact #125 Sebastian 'seb' BuckiMichael 'MAiNLiNE' JaberShawn 'witmer' TaylorCollin 'wrath' McSweeganDylan 'RIKO' Sabin-Arnce INTZ #39 Vito 'kNgV-' GiuseppeAlexandre 'xand' ZiziLucas 'destiny' BulloGustavo 'yel' KnittelMarcelo 'chelo' Cespedes Peter 'ptr' Gurney Age: 28 Team: Bad News Bears Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 716 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.62 Bad News Bears #67 Peter 'ptr' GurneyJosh 'shinobi' AbastadoMitch 'mitch' SemagoTyson 'TenZ' Ngo Swole Patrol #225 Braxton 'swag' PierceVictor 'food' WongEdgar 'MarKE' MaldonadoAnthony 'vanity' Malaspina Vito 'kNgV-' Giuseppe Age: 26 Team: INTZ Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 381 KPR: 0.80 DPR: 0.64 The Fundamentals #228 Jake 'Decko' MuseNolan 'Temperature' PepperMichael 'orbit' FaulknerCameron 'Skelly' ThomsonRamal 'Rampage' Silva Bruno 'BIT' Fukuda Lima Age: 28 Team: TeamOne Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 337 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.65 Envy #37 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenStephen 'reltuC' CutlerJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoNoah 'Nifty' FrancisTaylor 'Drone' Johnson Edgar 'MarKE' Maldonado Age: 20 Team: Swole Patrol Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 331 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.67 TeamOne #45 Bruno 'BIT' Fukuda LimaPedro 'Maluk3' CamposNicolas 'NikoM' MiozziVictor 'iDk' TorracaAlencar 'trk' Rossato Singularity #53 Ryan 'ryann' WelshCameron 'cam' KernIan 'motm' HardyJosh 'oSee' OhmGage 'Infinite' Green Luminosity #30 Lucas 'steel' LopesHenrique 'HEN1' TelesLucas 'LUCAS1' TelesRicardo 'boltz' PrassGabriel 'NEKIZ' Schenato Complexity #36 Jordan 'n0thing' GilbertShahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanRory 'dephh' JacksonPeter 'stanislaw' JarguzRicardo 'Rickeh' Mulholland Win Scrims Not Matches #75 Ricky 'floppy' KemeryBrenden 'stellar' McGrathBen 'ben1337' SmithJosh 'PwnAlone' PigueCasey 'SideStep' Hartzler Ghost #15 Joshua 'steel' NissanRyan 'freakazoid' AbadirKenneth 'koosta' SuenMatthew 'WARDELL' YuJason 'neptune' Tran Rogue #46 Spencer 'Hiko' MartinMathias 'MSL' LauridsenHunter 'SicK' MimsDaniel 'vice' KimNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen eUnited #47 Will 'dazzLe' LoafmanMichael 'dapr' GulinoKaleb 'moose' JayneAustin 'Cooper' Abadir Spacestation #70 David 'DAVEY' StaffordChad 'Oderus' MillerAnthony 'gMd' GuimondRyan 'Snakes' AmannMichael 'Grim' Wince Braxton 'swag' Pierce Age: 22 Team: Swole Patrol Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 438 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.62 Denial #31 Ruan 'ELUSIVE' van WykAran 'Sonic' GroesbeekRhys 'Fadey' ArmstrongJohnny 'JT' Theodosiou