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.
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 Patrol
Matchpage 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.
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:
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ComplexityeUnitedSwole Patrol GhostLuminosityWin Scrims Not MatchesBad 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 
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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' Khan
Rory 'dephh' JacksonPeter 'stanislaw' Jarguz
Ricardo '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 (责任编辑：skinhub)
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