Red Reserve have secured a place at DreamHack Open Valencia after defeating LDLC 2-1 in the grand final of the European closed qualifier.

Red Reserve began their quest for a spot in Valencia by beating both Gux & Friends and Outlaws by 2-0 scorelines. As for LDLC, they reached the grand final of the eight-team qualifier after edging past Org Incoming on three maps and beating Space Soldiers on just two.

Kévin "⁠Ex6TenZ⁠" Droolans' men got off to a good start by taking nine rounds as Terrorists on Overpass, their map pick. The second half followed the same pattern as Timothée "⁠DEVIL⁠" Démolon's new team took the map at 16-7.

Red Reserve have qualified for DH Valencia

As for Mirage, Red Reserve's map choice, the Swedish team managed to get out to a 7-3 lead despite losing the pistol round. From that point, the European mixture won five in a row to take a narrow 8-7 lead. However, Mikail "⁠Maikelele⁠" Bill and co. put on a great display in the second half, losing just four rounds before locking down the map, 16-12. 

On the decider map, Inferno, Red Reserve were completely dominant as Terrorists and picked up a 12-3 half-time lead. The Swedish squad then quickly wrapped things up, clinching the map 16-8 to book their spot at DreamHack Open Valencia, which will run from July 14-16.

DreamHack Open Valencia 2017 Europe Closed QualifierBest of 3 Red ReserveMatchpage 2 1 25th June 2017 LDLC 7Overpass 16 16Mirage 12 16Inferno 8

Red Reserve	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Hampus 'hampus' Poserhampus	66 - 46	+20	89.8	1.31
Fredrik 'FREDDyFROG' GustafssonFREDDyFROG	58 - 47	+11	90.6	1.27
Mikail 'Maikelele' BillMaikelele	58 - 48	+10	76.0	1.13
Joakim 'Relaxa' GustafssonRelaxa	44 - 49	-5	69.3	1.07
Alfred 'RuStY' KarlssonRuStY	42 - 52	-10	70.5	0.86

LDLC	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Antoine 'to1nou' Pirardto1nou	52 - 51	+1	70.1	1.02
Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' DroolansEx6TenZ	48 - 49	-1	75.5	1.01
Timothée 'DEVIL' DémolonDEVIL	49 - 54	-5	70.5	1.00
Mathieu 'Maniac' QuiquerezManiac	42 - 59	-17	73.1	0.91
Alex 'ALEX' McMeekinALEX	51 - 56	-5	65.0	0.88

Here is how the team list for the $100,000 Spanish tournament looks:

Ninjas in Pyjamas	HEROIC
Envy	CLG
Misfits	KPI
Red Reserve	NA qualifier