HellRaisers have beaten AGO with a convincing 2-0 score, while OpTic had to beat 3DMAX on three maps to book their spot at the DreamHack Masters Stockholm.

The first upper bracket semi-final saw HellRaisers take on AGO, and it all started on the latter's map pick, Inferno. But it was the European mixture who started things off on the right foot with a dominant first half, 12-3, and then by closing out the map fairly quickly, 16-6, as Vladyslav "⁠bondik⁠" Nechyporchuk led the way with an impressive 1.77 rating.

woxic was on fire on Inferno

If the Polish side had a bad performance on Inferno, on Dust2 it was even worse. On the back of Özgür "⁠woxic⁠" Eker's unbelievable 3.21 rating, HellRaisers made light work of AGO to finish things off with a convincing 16-2 victory.

DreamHack Masters Stockholm 2018 Europe Closed QualifierBest of 3 HellRaisersMatchpage 2 0 27th June 2018 AGO 16Inferno 6 16Dust2 2

HellRaisers	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Özgür 'woxic' Ekerwoxic	58 - 15	+43	141.2	2.27
Vladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchukbondik	37 - 17	+20	90.5	1.50
Bence 'DeadFox' BöröczDeadFox	35 - 14	+21	79.7	1.46
Issa 'ISSAA' MuradISSAA	27 - 13	+14	66.6	1.33
Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowANGE1	19 - 27	-8	67.0	0.94

AGO	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Michał 'snatchie' Rudzkisnatchie	21 - 35	-14	56.9	0.65
Tomasz 'phr' Wójcikphr	19 - 35	-16	51.3	0.58
Damian 'Furlan' KislowskiFurlan	14 - 35	-21	49.8	0.57
Mateusz 'TOAO' ZawistowskiTOAO	19 - 35	-16	51.7	0.55
Dominik 'GruBy' SwiderskiGruBy	13 - 36	-23	52.1	0.46

Later on, 3DMAX and OpTic met in the second upper bracket semi-final. The series kicked off on the Frenchmen's map pick, Inferno, and they got off to a 7-3 lead as their opponents could not follow up on any round win. The Danes reduced the deficit to a sole round by half-time, however, and went on to lock down the map after losing just three more rounds to close it out 16-10.

Next up was Train, OpTic's map pick. It began with OpTic securing their CT pistol and following that up with three more rounds, but 3DMAX were the better side and got to half-time with an 8-7 lead. With Bryan "⁠Maka⁠" Canda and David "⁠Davidp⁠" Prins spearheading their team's run with a 1.31 and 1.28 rating, respectively, 3DMAX took the series to a third map with a 16-11 win.

Overpass was the polar opposite of the previous maps as OpTic were simply in charge, losing just two rounds before half-time. Jakob "⁠JUGi⁠" Hansen and co. then kept crushing their opponents' hopes, closing out the map with a dominant 16-3 victory that saw the 21-year-old top the scoreboard with a 2.19 rating.

DreamHack Masters Stockholm 2018 Europe Closed QualifierBest of 3 3DMAXMatchpage 1 2 27th June 2018 OpTic 10Inferno 16 16Train 11 3Overpass 16

3DMAX	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Bryan 'Maka' CandaMaka	51 - 51	0	73.9	1.05
Alexis 'alex_' Fasquellealex_	52 - 53	-1	73.5	0.98
David 'Davidp' PrinsDavidp	45 - 52	-7	69.0	0.92
Gaëtan 'JiNKZ' JaminJiNKZ	30 - 49	-19	54.9	0.76
Lucas 'Lucky' ChastangLucky	28 - 52	-24	53.1	0.70

OpTic	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wieneckek0nfig	59 - 45	+14	86.8	1.32
Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferSnappi	56 - 45	+11	93.3	1.30
Nicklas 'gade' Gadegade	50 - 36	+14	73.9	1.19
Jakob 'JUGi' HansenJUGi	55 - 42	+13	71.4	1.14
René 'cajunb' Borgcajunb	36 - 39	-3	56.3	0.89

There is still one spot up for grabs in the European qualifier, which will resume on Thursday. The $250,000 event will run from August 29 to September 2, at the Ericsson Globe, and will feature 16 teams. The current roster for the tournament looks as follows:

FaZe
MIBR
MOUZ
Natus Vincere
Gambit
HellRaisers
NA qual. slot
Europe qual. slotNinjas in Pyjamas
fnatic
Astralis
North
NRG
OpTic
Asia qual. slot
China qual. slotGambit #14 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' KhassenovNikolay 'mir' Bityukov MOUZ #4 Tomáš 'oskar' ŠťastnýJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiChris 'chrisJ' de JongMiikka 'suNny' KemppiRobin 'ropz' Kool 3DMAX #64 David 'Davidp' PrinsBryan 'Maka' CandaAdlane 'Adlane' MokraniLucas 'Lucky' ChastangGaëtan 'JiNKZ' Jamin Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif AGO #17 Damian 'Furlan' KislowskiDominik 'GruBy' SwiderskiMichał 'snatchie' RudzkiMateusz 'TOAO' ZawistowskiTomasz 'phr' Wójcik fnatic #9 Richard 'Xizt' LandströmRobin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonWilliam 'draken' Sundin FaZe #2 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' NygaardJorgen 'cromen' Robertsen David 'Davidp' Prins Age: 23 Team: 3DMAX Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 217 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.68 MIBR #6 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaRicardo 'boltz' PrassJake 'Stewie2K' YipMarcelo 'coldzera' David Jakob 'JUGi' Hansen Age: 21 Team: OpTic Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 603 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.61 Bryan 'Maka' Canda Age: 20 Team: 3DMAX Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 106 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.68 Vladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchuk Age: 24 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 942 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.66 Natus Vincere #3 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov North #8 Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåDaniel 'mertz' Mertz OpTic #19 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferRené 'cajunb' BorgJakob 'JUGi' HansenNicklas 'gade' GadeKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke HellRaisers #16 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukÖzgür 'woxic' EkerBence 'DeadFox' BöröczIssa 'ISSAA' Murad Ninjas in Pyjamas #13 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundDennis 'dennis' EdmanJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonFredrik 'REZ' Sterner NRG #7 Damian 'daps' SteeleJacob 'FugLy' MedinaVincent 'Brehze' CayonteEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov Özgür 'woxic' Eker Age: 19 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.15 Maps played: 489 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.62