Forze and HellRaisers bested their opponents in the closed qualifier and can now look forward to the Dreamhack Open January Europe tournament. The Russian roster of Forze was the standout team at the closed qualifier as they won both their games 2-0. Forze seems more than ready for the new season and even managed their results with two of their star players in Bogdan “xsepower” Chernikov and Dmitriy “facecrack” Alekseyev missing.
We beat StylDunow and got the spot in the DreamHack Open January 2021: Europe.#goHR #WeAreHellRaisers pic.twitter.com/xsJdsOrz6a
— HellRaisers (@HELLRAISERSgg) January 23, 2021
The tournament will take place from January 27-31 and features eight competitors fighting for the $70.000 prize pool. The best team participating in the tournament is, according to the official HLTV world rankings, the BIG roster. BIG is currently placed 4th. in the world after their impressive performance in an otherwise tumultuous year of Counter-Strike.
The eight participating teams are as follows:
BIG (Germany)
Gambit (Russia)
Evil Geniuses (USA)
Sprout (Germany)
Spirit (Russia)
Forze (Russia)
HellRaisers (Europe)
FunPlus Phoenix (Unknown)
