The closed European qualifier for the event, which starts at the end of May, has come to an end, with Astralis and Cloud9 emerging as the winners.

Astralis took first place in the qualifier, unexpectedly beating Cloud9 in the upper bracket final. Despite the loss, Cloud9 redeemed themselves in the lower bracket by defeating OG 2-0. While Danish player niko is gradually getting used to being the captain of OG, the team doesn't look as strong as it did with nexa. The situation is even more dire for NIP, who still can't seem to find their game and only occasionally manage to take a map off a top team.

The final bracket for the qualifier

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Intermediate list of participants for IEM Dallas 2023

As of April 3, 14 out of 16 teams that will participate in the tournament are known.

• Complexity
• ENCE
• FURIA
• G2
• Heroic
• Liquid
• EG
• FaZe
• MOUZ
• VP
• Astralis
• Cloud9
• Nouns
• Grayhound
• Winner of the South America qualifier
• Team from the ESL ranking

IEM Dallas 2023 will take place in LAN format in Dallas, USA, from May 29 to June 4. The championship prize pool is $250,000, with the first place receiving $100,000. This tournament will be the first major event after the last CS:GO major in Paris.