dignitas and SK have qualified for DreamHack Open Leipzig after defeating HellRaisers and FlipSid3 in the Closed Qualifier, respectively.
The DreamHack Open Leipzig qualifiers, intended to give the two final spots to the eight-team, $100,000 event, hit their closed stage yesterday after 505 teams had taken part in an open qualifier.
With known teams such as ENCE, Vexed, and E-frag.net falling in the round-of-eight, the two best-of-three semifinals which would decide the two winners featured a match-up between dignitas and HellRaisers and SK and FlipSid3.
Kjaerbye and dignitas to attend Leipzig
The first match to finish was the former one as Tomáš "oskar" Šťastný and his HellRaisers team could not capitalise from yesterday's successful qualification bid for the PGL EU Minor and ended up dropping to dignitas.
The Danish-Norwegian team took de_cbble with a score of 16-10 after an impeccable CT defense on the map and then narrowly edged out HellRaisers on de_overpass with a 16-14 scoreline.
DreamHack Open Leipzig 2016 Closed QualifierBest of 3 
Dignitas
Matchpage 2 0 10th January 2016 
HellRaisers 16Cobblestone 10 16Overpass 14
| Dignitas | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 1.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kristian 'k0nfig' Wieneckek0nfig | 59 - 35 | +24 | - | 1.55 |
| Markus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeKjaerbye | 49 - 36 | +13 | - | 1.21 |
| Jesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannTENZKI | 33 - 32 | +1 | - | 0.99 |
 Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelRUBINO | 35 - 36 | -1 | - | 0.93 |
| Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL | 28 - 39 | -11 | - | 0.79 |
| HellRaisers | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 1.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tomáš 'oskar' Šťastnýoskar | 42 - 40 | +2 | - | 1.03 |
 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowANGE1 | 40 - 42 | -2 | - | 0.97 |
 Patrik 'Zero' ŽúdelZero | 36 - 36 | 0 | - | 0.96 |
| Martin 'STYKO' StykSTYKO | 35 - 42 | -7 | - | 0.84 |
 Emil 'kUcheR' AkhundovkUcheR | 25 - 44 | -19 | - | 0.61 |
The second match of the Closed Qualifier started in a more mundane fashion with Jacob "Pimp" Winneche & co. of SK annihilating FlipSid3 on de_overpass (FlipSid3's map pick) with a 16-3 score.
SK's pick of de_mirage was a much tenser affair as the game went into overtime and the Ukrainian FlipSid3 outfit took the map 21-18 off of the back of Georgi "WorldEdit" Yaskin's AWPing.
de_train was yet another overtime brawl by the map's end, but it was SK's revenge this time around as the Danish team won the map 21-16.
DreamHack Open Leipzig 2016 Closed QualifierBest of 3 
FlipSid3Matchpage 1 2 10th January 2016 
SK 3Overpass 16 21Mirage 18 16Train 21
| SK | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 1.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emil 'Magisk' ReifMagisk | 96 - 60 | +36 | - | 1.62 |
| Michael 'Friis' JørgensenFriis | 75 - 58 | +17 | - | 1.15 |
| Jacob 'Pimp' WinnechePimp | 74 - 63 | +11 | - | 1.12 |
 Andreas 'MODDII' FridhMODDII | 63 - 61 | +2 | - | 1.00 |
| Asger 'AcilioN' LarsenAcilioN | 55 - 66 | -11 | - | 0.82 |
| FlipSid3 | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 1.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinWorldEdit | 66 - 68 | -2 | - | 0.96 |
| Vladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchukbondik | 69 - 72 | -3 | - | 0.94 |
| Yegor 'markeloff' Markelovmarkeloff | 63 - 71 | -8 | - | 0.93 |
| Oleksandr 'Shara' HordieyevShara | 60 - 75 | -15 | - | 0.81 |
| Andrey 'B1ad3' GorodenskiyB1ad3 | 50 - 77 | -27 | - | 0.69 |
The eight teams that will be attending DreamHack Open Leipzig are therefore:
 Virtus.pro |  Luminosity |
 mousesports | Null element Na`Vi |
| G2 | questionmark |
| dignitas | SK |
DreamHack Open Leipzig will take place from January 22-24 at the Leipzig Trade Fair in the historic Saxon city.
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Jacob 'Pimp' Winneche 
Age: 20 Team: SK Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 643 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.63 Georgi 'WorldEdit' Yaskin 
Age: 24 Team: FlipSid3 Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 441 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.67 
Tomáš 'oskar' Šťastný 
Age: 24 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 224 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.68