fnatic qualify for IEM Katowice

fnatic have secured their place at the $250,000 IEM Katowice after advancing to the closed qualifier's upper bracket final with wins over mousesports and G2.

Earlier today, the IEM Katowice closed qualifier began with 11 teams fighting in the best-of-three, double elimination bracket for three spots at the $250,000 event taking place from March 1-5.

So far, the bracket saw the new-old fnatic taking one of the three spots, defeating MOUZ 2-1 and the new G2 lineup 2-0.

The new-old fnatic qualified for Katowice with two wins in a row

Natus Vincere will lock horns with HEROIC for another spot tomorrow at 15:00 , while the last spot will be decided in the lower bracket.

G2, Tricked, Envy, and Epsilon are still in the run as well, while three teams have been eliminated. For the entire bracket, go over to the event page.

The IEM Katowice team list currently looks as follows:

OpTic	SK	Virtus.pro	North
Ninjas in Pyjamas	Cloud9	FaZe	Astralis
fnatic	EU closed qualifier	EU closed qualifier	NA closed qualifier

The North American closed qualifier also began today, where Liquid, Immortals, Misfits, and CLG lock horns for a single spot at IEM Katowice.

Immortals #18 Lucas 'steel' LopesHenrique 'HEN1' TelesLucas 'LUCAS1' TelesRicardo 'boltz' PrassJoão 'felps' Vasconcellos Liquid #16 Jacob 'Pimp' WinnecheNick 'nitr0' CannellaJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoPeter 'stanislaw' JarguzJonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski Virtus.pro #2 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński OpTic #4 William 'RUSH' WierzbaOscar 'mixwell' CañellasKeith 'NAF' MarkovicTarik 'tarik' Celik CLG #34 Pujan 'FNS' MehtaStephen 'reltuC' CutlerKenneth 'koosta' SuenEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldYassine 'Subroza' Taoufik Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye fnatic #8 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerDennis 'dennis' EdmanRobin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' Johansson Envy Christophe 'SIXER' XiaCédric 'RpK' GuipouyVincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerAlexandre 'xms' FortéDavid 'devoduvek' Dobrosavljevic Natus Vincere #9 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsDenis 'seized' KostinEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Ninjas in Pyjamas #7 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundRichard 'Xizt' LandströmAdam 'friberg' FribergJacob 'pyth' Mourujärvi Cloud9 #11 Jordan 'n0thing' GilbertTyler 'Skadoodle' LathamMike 'shroud' GrzesiekTimothy 'autimatic' TaJake 'Stewie2K' Yip HEROIC #22 Andreas 'MODDII' FridhMarco 'Snappi' PfeifferValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåNikolaj 'niko' KristensenCasper 'cadiaN' Møller MOUZ #15 Tomáš 'oskar' ŠťastnýNikola 'NiKo' KovačChristian 'loWel' Garcia AntoranTimo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' Howell G2 #10 Richard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro SK #3 Ricardo 'fox' PachecoGabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo Tricked #51 Nicolai 'HUNDEN' PetersenLasse 'maeVe' ElgaardPatrick 'es3tag' HansenAsger 'AcilioN' LarsenJohannes 'b0RUP' Borup FaZe #5 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenAleksi 'allu' JalliFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyPhilip 'aizy' AistrupHåvard 'rain' Nygaard Misfits #39 Sean 'seang@res' GaresShahzeb 'ShahZaM' KhanSkyler 'Relyks' WeaverHunter 'SicK' MimsRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Epsilon #23 André 'BARBARR' MöllerKarl-William 'kalle' HaraldsenWilliam 'draken' SundinFredrik 'freddieb' BuöFredrik 'REZ' Sterner North #6 Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelRené 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenEmil 'Magisk' ReifKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Time is adjusted to your selected timezone