IEM Katowice EU open qual. #2 over

3/2/2017 - 01:35

With the second open qualifier coming to an end, four teams have advanced to the IEM Katowice closed qualifier, which will have three spots at the $250,000 event on offer.

The first open qualifier took place two weeks ago, with GODSENT and Heroic claiming their spot in the closed qualifier.

In the second, which was played over the last two days, four closed qualifier spots were on offer. 255 teams fought in the single-elimination, best-of-one bracket for their place in the deciding quarter-finals, played in best-of-three series.

The quarter-finals saw Tricked taking down Copenhagen Flames, who eliminated Kinguin in the round of 32, while BIG beat ALTERNATE aTTaX and Epsilon edged Team123.

gob b's BIG advanced to the closed qualifier

After eXtatus defeated FlipSid3 and Vega Squadron in the deciding series, ESL disqualified the Slovakian-Czech lineup due to 14-year-old David "⁠frozen⁠" Čerňanský, as the age restriction in the rulebook is set at 16 years.

Instead, FlipSid3 faced Vega Squadron at the end of the day, and Andrey "⁠B1ad3⁠" Gorodenskiy's side clinched the last spot following three maps.

With the aforementioned four joining the closed qualifier's team list, it is now the following:

Natus Vincere	Envy	G2	fnatic
MOUZ	GODSENT	Heroic	Tricked
Epsilon	BIG	FlipSid3

The closed qualifier, where the aforementioned 11 teams will battle for three spots at IEM Katowice, will take place from February 4-5.

GL big

2017-02-03 01:35

6 replies

ez4frozen

1 reply

G2s first official Match :0

2017-02-03 01:37

omg why fckng F3, shits go on... sad

2017-02-03 08:10

3 replies

YE F3 IS EVERYWHERE AND ALWAYS 0:5 LOSES, ROUND 10:12000 WHO INVITES THEM FFS?!

2017-02-03 08:33

I just can't believe this sht. F3 had to know that frozen is 14yo before the match and they told that to admin after they got rekt 16-7? Well i liked that team before, but not anymore. Anyway, that rule is only for offline tournament, so basically, thay should be able to pick up stand-in for that offline event. But yeah ESL, DQ that team was a lot easier.

2017-02-03 08:46

frozen had to know he is 14yo, right? Or at least org.. god damnit.. if you have kids in lineup, pretty much 1st thing to check: Is there any age rules in tournament? fucking amateurs..

2017-02-04 01:07

Germans on lan HaHAha

ez navi

rip frozen

ez fnatic

2017-02-03 01:36

FROZEN

2 replies

im 9 again ahhah :D

KID

2017-02-03 08:34

Envyus lol

wonder how's the lineups going to look like in the actual event (not qualifiers).

so ez for G2 go shox & kennyS >

ESL admins should be really ashamed of themselves.That kid had a big chance to show up at international scene. Demotivation LVL99999

2017-02-03 01:40

14 replies

I really wanted to see Frozen playing against top teams :( but ESL...

2017-02-03 01:56

+100

2017-02-03 02:48

you can legaly play csgo when you're 16+.

2017-02-03 03:02

Actually there is a problem in the rule book. The rule about the age restriction (2.9.1) can be understood in two different ways. Either it means players who are <16yo before the first OFFLINE match can not participate in any game... OR players must be over 16yo to participate in the first OFFLINE match. ESL should improve the interpretation of this rule because it can really be understood differently.

2017-02-03 09:15

what? where did u find this? :}

2017-02-03 09:36

pegi is just recommendation not a law

2017-02-03 11:18

+1, #freeFrozeN

2017-02-03 05:16

Ikr, he already showed off at top fragging against Flipsid3 and Vega, they let him play at qualifiers, but when they qualify, they kick the team.. Wtf is that logic, ESL admins must be some 13 years old kids...

2017-02-03 09:03

Should be ashamed of themselves for following the rules? Autism level 9999999

2017-02-03 09:07

4 replies

#91 - check the facts first pls

2017-02-03 09:16

Quote me the rule pls cause I can't find the updated rulebook

2017-02-03 09:32

2.9.1 Age Restriction All participants of Intel Extreme Masters have to be over 16 years of age before their required arrival at the first offline part of the competition. If in doubt, an admin has to be contacted to confirm eligibility.

2017-02-03 10:22

#91

2017-02-03 12:19

Rules are Rules lol

2017-02-03 09:55

#FreeFrozen

2017-02-03 05:10

ez4navi or fnatic

2017-02-03 01:38

Why NA'VI and Fnatic are in qualifiers?

2017-02-03 01:39

bc thay are noobs

2017-02-03 06:50

xD I'm asked because Fnatic won IEM Katowice 2016 and NA'VI reached semis.

2017-02-03 08:39

Na'Vi out of groups in IEM Oakland and fnatic didn't even attend it.

2017-02-03 14:21

Thanks.

2017-02-03 15:30

now we will see the shox new team with kenny xD

The rule about AGE is older than JESUS

But frozen is still 14

2017-02-03 06:43

Kinguin :(

2017-02-03 01:41

Would love to see Gob B more on stage again

2017-02-03 01:44

shuffle presentation will be awesome! We smart, we loyal, we friendly, we are from BRAZIL! Kreygasm

2017-02-03 01:46

ESL makes me vomit.

2017-02-03 01:47

Lmao get a grip

2017-02-03 09:14

tfw when you're 14 and rek people who played majors and qualifiers for those but get dq'd because basically you're too good at a too young age..

2017-02-03 01:48

10 replies

14yo onliner, probably cheating, and if not cheating he would get fucking smashed. No chance to qualify for him anyway seeing as fnatic, Navi and G2 are gonna qualify easily.

2017-02-03 01:51

9 replies

onliner only cuz of bad rules bro

7 replies

not like they would have had a chance to qualify either way with these teams attending.

2017-02-03 01:57

5 replies

yeah but they could try,and i am sure that he want play on lans like this

2017-02-03 01:59

Maybe not but how else are you supposed to improve?

2017-02-03 02:05

2017-02-03 02:26

2017-02-03 07:07

Frozen > Navi

>onliner eXtatus rekted Cz/Sk scene on lan but ok

2017-02-03 05:19

onliner? LOL they won ROG a while ago on lan

good luck FlipSid3, show that you can do it given a 2nd chance.

rip xantares

Na'Vi French super team Fnatic These teams will secure 3 places out of 11...

2017-02-03 01:53

Glad F3 got in but I'd rather Frozen was in there, shame to see him lose out just cause of his age. Would have liked to have seen him prove the F3 owner who called him an onliner wrong.

2017-02-03 01:55

ez for Heroic

[*] RIP frozen. He didn't deserve for rekt.

2017-02-03 02:09

If frozen's parents consent, I don't see why he can't participate. Worst case scenario, they require presence of at least one of the parents at the event.

2017-02-03 02:27

2017-02-03 08:25

justice for frozen

2017-02-03 02:29

Ez NaVi

2017-02-03 02:32

ez frozen

2017-02-03 04:00

Flipsid3 lucky...

2017-02-03 06:17

Fucking vega squadron

2017-02-03 06:55

FlipSid3 and Vega are so shit

2017-02-03 06:57

-LEGIJA +NiKo Then they could make something BIG

2017-02-03 07:20

2017-02-03 07:26

2017-02-03 07:43

OFC F3 ALWAYS finds a way to qualify. Fcking trash team pls disband alreadyyyyyy

2017-02-03 07:44

2017-02-03 08:14

2017-02-03 07:57

cloud,optic invited to the main event but major quartefinalist, semifinalist need to play qual rip

2017-02-03 08:01

ENVYUS IS NOT G2? WHEN THEY GET MIXED

2017-02-03 08:35

Pray for Frozen... Bad teams on IEM...

2017-02-03 08:52

After eXtatus defeated FlipSid3 and Vega Squadron in the deciding series, ESL disqualified the Slovakian-Czech lineup due to 14-year-old David "frozen" Čerňanský, as the age restriction in the rulebook is set at 16 year #FREEFROZEN

ez for godsent

2017-02-03 09:21

''After eXtatus defeated FlipSid3 and Vega Squadron in the deciding series, ESL disqualified the Slovakian-Czech lineup due to 14-year-old David "frozen" Čerňanský, as the age restriction in the rulebook is set at 16 years.'' XDDDDDDDDDD

2017-02-03 09:24

flipside are crying jokers..nuuuubs

2017-02-03 09:37

#FREEFROZEN

2017-02-03 09:42

Fucking stupid bastards, in rule is written player under 16 cant go to offline , not be a part of online qualify, they dont break rules, vega or f3 just cant accept they got rekt by 14 yrs old , they go cry to esl admins, how múch they paid for it?

2017-02-03 10:02

LUL cry is free

2017-02-03 10:05

They broke the rules actually same as SK did in ELeague season 1 and they were disqualified for that the rules clearly posted on the website and you can see they broke a rule there.

2017-02-03 11:29

Wau !!! ESL admins -__- well done good job :/ Really you dont know who is Frozen ?

2017-02-03 10:24

Hahahah fatfuck kid frozen u sucks arrogant overhyped shit.

2017-02-03 10:25

ESL Admins hahahahhahahahah....yesterday there was a lot of time to do something before first match....markeloff's kindergarden crying so fckng much cuz they got rekt by 14 y.o players and his squad.

2017-02-03 10:29

ESL should let them play, if they could play this open qualifier, this is not fair at all....

2017-02-03 11:00

ez 4 french superteam

2017-02-03 11:02

imgur.com/cT0zKjB And don't even start with that "pre-aiming angles" shit.

2017-02-03 11:26

100% legit mate he just has a good gaming chair.

2017-02-03 11:28

yeah it's all about that gaming mousepad

2017-02-03 11:33

Not even surprised he came out of nowhere

2017-02-03 22:03

Today our team ROG.eXtatus participated in OPEN qualifier to IEM KATOWICE 2017, we managed to beat all our opponets and qualify to CLOSED qualifier which is being held on saturday. Unfortunately after the match versus VEGA admin contacted us and requsted documents(id/passport) from frozen claiming that he can not participate because he is 14 years old. There is a rule in official IEM rulebook (cdn2.esl.tv/fileadmin/user_upload/IEM/IE.. ),2.9.1 that says : All participants of Intel Extreme Masters have to be over 16 years of age before their required arrival at the first offline part of the competition. If in doubt, an admin has to be contacted to confirm eligibility. We can not even take stand in and basically we are disqualified because of this stupid rule. No problem for him getting signature from his parents to participate in this event like he did when he participated in Copenhagen Games when he was only 13 years old. I am sure you know frozen from FPL and that he is more than capable to play against these teams. Indeed, he is 14 years old with having his 15th birthday this year. But WHY is there even such rule? What is going on? Why are young talents not allowed to shine and play against top teams?

2017-02-03 11:36

+1 , Give us one good reason then will response that he cant play on IEM Katowice, cause his family, his parents can sign everything to let him play it. Atleast give them way like "stand-in", because they fought for that place and u just say "nope".... RIP CZ/SK Dreams

2017-02-03 11:42

You don't get it do you? They broke the rule so the event org can do whatever the fk they want simple as that whether you like it or not. imgur.com/cT0zKjB Notice after the aimlock he tries to preaim right side top mid cause he doesn't know the guy is that close to him on cat he misinterpret the information the aimbot is giving him, complete amateur.

2017-02-03 12:05

Well, this is dissapointing. Due to VP lately, you can read everywhere, that unlike other "sports" e-sport does't have age barriers, does it? He is well known as incredible talent (let the understandably childish behaviour aside) and he already participated in online AND offline tournaments AFAIK. Why can kids participate at ADULT olympic games (famously gymnasts) and kid who plays game AIMED for kids can't pursue his dream? Unless there are laws which restrict this, but it would be usually 18+, so thats most likely not the case. I'm double his age and i still feel sorry that he has to stay aside, as long as his parents are ok with what he's doing. Organizator/captain obv fuck*d up, they should know rules and CHECK before the start of event. Easy solution would be let them play with standin tho.

2017-02-03 12:39

Are they gonna stream this closed qualifier?

2017-02-03 15:10

Yes

2017-02-03 15:45

ESL retarded organization... Pls valve throw this shit away.Admins must learn this game,before they join ESL!

2017-02-03 15:44

frozen should be allowed to play as long as his parents consent to it as he is under 16. they should not get thrown out, way to demotivate such a young talent :(

2017-02-03 16:03

EZ 4 G²

2017-02-03 17:11

It's sad for frozen, he played really well.

2017-02-03 21:22

Really sad ppl are defending that pos cheater, not only do these low lives break the rules also blatantly cheating, honestly they shouldn't be DQ'd they should be banned just more fuk boys trying to cheat their way into the pro scene.

2017-02-03 21:39

IQ 50 spotted

2017-02-04 10:45

Defending a blatant 14 y/o cheater your IQ must be really high as well.

2017-02-04 21:09