BIG booked their spot at DreamHack Open Sevilla following a 2-1 win over GamerLegion in the Europe closed qualifier grand final.

BIG successfully battled their way through the previous rounds of the eight-team, single-elimination bracket by taking down Nordavind and Illuminar. Meanwhile, GamerLegion picked up victories over Polish duo Aristocracy and Virtus.pro to set up a grand final matchup against Johannes "⁠tabseN⁠" Wodarz’s team for a spot in Sevilla.

The best-of-three series kicked off on Overpass, where a full 30 rounds could not determine a victor. However, as overtime ensued, GamerLegion buckled down to grind out a 22-18 win to draw first blood in the final. BIG struck back swiftly as the series moved to Train, though, with Ismailcan "⁠XANTARES⁠" Dörtkardeş spearheading a 16-12 reply with a 1.46 rating in a game in which he picked up an ace in the second half pistol.

tabseN and XANTARES delivered for BIG

The closely-contested matchup then headed in the direction of Dust2, where the map followed a similar pattern to that of Overpass. GamerLegion found themselves ahead at halftime by just one round, but BIG were relentlessly on their heels. The back-and-forth continued all the way up to the 30th round, in which overtime was forced by GamerLegion. Unlike the opening map, Hampus "⁠hampus⁠" Poser’s men could not get the game over the line as BIG narrowly secured the map 19-17 to book their ticket to the Spanish event.

DreamHack Open Sevilla 2019 Europe Closed QualifierBest of 3 BIGMatchpage 2 1 3rd November 2019 GamerLegion 18Overpass 22 16Train 12 19Dust2 17

BIG	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Johannes 'tabseN' WodarztabseN	90 - 73	+17	99.1	1.35
Ismailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşXANTARES	90 - 73	+17	92.1	1.28
Johannes 'nex' Magetnex	67 - 67	0	75.2	1.02
Owen 'smooya' Butterfieldsmooya	75 - 70	+5	68.5	0.99
Tizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschtiziaN	46 - 70	-24	52.3	0.79

GamerLegion	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Hampus 'hampus' Poserhampus	91 - 74	+17	93.5	1.27
Alfred 'RuStY' KarlssonRuStY	69 - 71	-2	72.4	1.03
Fredrik 'freddieb' Buöfreddieb	66 - 74	-8	71.1	0.98
Dennis 'dennis' Edmandennis	71 - 78	-7	73.3	0.96
Tim 'nawwk' Jonassonnawwk	56 - 72	-16	58.4	0.83

BIG's qualification means they are the first team confirmed for the $100,000 event in Sevilla, which will run from December 13-15, with six invites yet to be revealed. The final spot for the eight-team tournament will go to the winner of Dreamcup, which will act as the Iberian qualifier for the Spanish event.

The team list currently looks as follows:

Invite #1
Invite #3
Invite #5
BIG Invite #2
Invite #4
Invite #6
/Iberian qualifierNordavind #67 Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelJesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannJorgen 'cromen' RobertsenHåkon 'hallzerk' FjærliHaris 'H4RR3' Hadzic Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş Age: 24 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 1.21 Maps played: 1024 KPR: 0.85 DPR: 0.70 Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz Age: 24 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 1289 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.71 Hampus 'hampus' Poser Age: 20 Team: GamerLegion Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 883 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.69 BIG #24 Johannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschJohannes 'nex' MagetIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşOwen 'smooya' Butterfield Aristocracy #26 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasJacek 'MINISE' JeziakKarol 'rallen' RodowiczMikołaj 'mouz' KarolewskiPaweł 'dycha' Dycha GamerLegion #35 Dennis 'dennis' EdmanFredrik 'freddieb' BuöHampus 'hampus' PoserAlfred 'RuStY' KarlssonTim 'nawwk' Jonasson Virtus.pro #22 Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiMichał 'MICHU' MüllerMichał 'snatchie' RudzkiTomasz 'phr' WójcikArek 'Vegi' Nawojski Illuminar #23 Paweł 'innocent' MocekPaweł 'reatz' JańczakOskar 'oskarish' StenborowskiMichał 'mono' GabszewiczDaniel 'STOMP' Płomiński