Mousesports and Lounge Gaming qualify for DreamHack Malmö

First round of qualifiers for DreamHack Masters Malmö has been decided. Two spots are still left to be filled.

After a string of games over the weekend and the two deciding games yesterday, the first round of qualifiers for DreamHack Masters Malmö is over.

German team Mousesports and Polish team Lounge Gaming emerged victorious and will play in the $250,000 tournament next month.

Mousesports were the first team to secure their spot. They faced G2 Esports in their final game, with the French/Belgian team putting up quite a fight. They took the first map, Inferno, to overtime and won it 19-16. Mousesports fought back and won the second and third map, Dust2 and Cache, with 16-14 and 16-13 scores.

As for Gaming Lounge, the team had a notable run through the qualifiers and upset Dignitas in the quarterfinals. Their last game was against FlipSid3, a match they won 2-0 after a 19-17 overtime game on Train and a solid 16-8 win on Cache.

Also during the weekend, Chinese team TyLoo won the Asian qualifier and will be heading to Malmö as well.

A second round of qualifiers are played this coming weekend, locking in the final two spots for the tournament. Until then, the participant list looks like this.

Invited teams:
Fnatic
Ninjas in Pyjamas
EnVyUs
Luminosity Gaming
Astralis
Virtus.Pro
Natus Vincere
FaZe Clan

Qualified teams:
Team Liquid
Counter Logic Gaming
Tempo Storm
TyLoo
Mousesports
Lounge Gaming