North have secured their place at ESL One Cologne after beating HellRaisers 2-0 in the upper bracket final of the Europe Closed Qualifier.

North and HellRaisers faced off in the upper bracket final of the ESL One Cologne Europe Closed Qualifier for a spot at the German event that will take place on July 3-8.

The best-of-three series kicked off on Inferno which was picked by HellRaisers. North started the game on the CT-side and finished the first half 10-5 ahead. The Danes managed to win the six of the first ten rounds in the second half, securing a 16-9 map victory.

MSL & co. Have qualified for ESL One Cologne

The second map was Overpass and the Danish squad started on the T-side to win the first half 11-4. Valdemar "⁠valde⁠" Bjørn Vangså & company went on to close out the map with a 16-4 scoreline, winning the series 2-0 and qualifying for ESL One Cologne.

ESL One Cologne 2018 Europe Closed QualifierBest of 3 HellRaisersMatchpage 0 2 26th May 2018 North 9Inferno 16 4Overpass 16

HellRaisers	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Issa 'ISSAA' MuradISSAA	29 - 36	-7	78.7	0.90
Özgür 'woxic' Ekerwoxic	26 - 32	-6	59.7	0.79
Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowANGE1	28 - 37	-9	67.4	0.78
Vladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchukbondik	21 - 34	-13	52.2	0.62
Bence 'DeadFox' BöröczDeadFox	13 - 36	-23	58.4	0.58

North	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangsåvalde	44 - 23	+21	103.0	1.62
Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL	41 - 25	+16	92.0	1.47
Markus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKjaerbye	36 - 21	+15	84.2	1.36
Philip 'aizy' Aistrupaizy	26 - 23	+3	70.7	1.22
Daniel 'mertz' Mertzmertz	28 - 25	+3	63.6	1.10

The current team list for ESL One Cologne can be found below:

Astralis	BIG
Cloud9	FaZe
fnatic	G2
Liquid	MOUZ
Natus Vincere	Ninjas in Pyjamas
SK	BOOT-d[S]
Renegades	North
EU Qualifier	GG.BET Majestic winner

HellRaisers will have another chance to qualify as they will take on the winner of the match between Space Soldiers and Gambit for the last European spot.

Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif Gambit #10 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovDenis 'seized' KostinAbay 'HObbit' Khassenov Natus Vincere #3 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangså Age: 22 Team: North Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 541 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.67 HellRaisers #15 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukÖzgür 'woxic' EkerBence 'DeadFox' BöröczIssa 'ISSAA' Murad BOOT-d[S] #55 Nevin 'splashske' AwBenedict 'Benkai' TanAnthony 'ImpressioN' LimKumaresan 'Tommy' RamaniAlikhan 'w1nt3r' Kopzhanov Ninjas in Pyjamas #9 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundDennis 'dennis' EdmanWilliam 'draken' SundinFredrik 'REZ' Sterner FaZe #2 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenOlof 'olofmeister' KajbjerLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' Nygaard Renegades #12 Justin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardJoakim 'jkaem' MyrbostadKarlo 'USTILO' PivacNoah 'Nifty' Francis BIG #28 Fatih 'gob b' DayikJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschJohannes 'nex' MagetOwen 'smooya' Butterfield Liquid #6 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken MOUZ #4 Tomáš 'oskar' ŠťastnýChris 'chrisJ' de JongMiikka 'suNny' KemppiMartin 'STYKO' StykRobin 'ropz' Kool North #13 Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåDaniel 'mertz' Mertz Space Soldiers #19 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınAhmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' Kor SK #8 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaRicardo 'boltz' PrassJake 'Stewie2K' YipMarcelo 'coldzera' David Cloud9 #7 Pujan 'FNS' MehtaTyler 'Skadoodle' LathamWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaTarik 'tarik' CelikTimothy 'autimatic' Ta G2 #11 Kenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireOscar 'mixwell' CañellasAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro fnatic #5 Richard 'Xizt' LandströmRobin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonMaikil 'Golden' Selim