Today the last European qualification for Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023 ended. As a result of which knasigt and 1win entered the main stage of the tournament.

In their final match knasigt team defeated ThunderFlash team with the score 2:0 on cards (Overpass 16:12, Ancient 16:6).

The composition of the knasigt team looks as follows:

• Aleksandar "jayzaR" Žarković
• Ludwig "Ludwig" Eriksson
  
• Oliver "debo" Hallel
  
• Victor "virree" Bäckström
• Arvid "avid" Aberg
  

In turn, team 1win defeated team Zen in their final match with the score 2:0 (Ancient 16:7, Overpass 16:5).

The composition of the 1win team looks as follows:

• Aleksandr "TRAVIS" Timkiv
• Denis "deko" Zhukov
  
• Igor"Forester"  Bezotecheskiy
  
• Kirill "Boombl4" Mikhailov
  
• Alexey "NickelBack" Trofimov
  
• Dmitry "hooch" Bogdanov(coach)
  

The final stage of qualification looked like this:

In the closed qualification direct invites received four teams: Apeks, NIP, 9INE and OG. From August 23 to 25, the eight teams will play two tickets to the main stage of IEM Sydney.

Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023 will be held from October 16 to October 22, 2023. The prize fund of the championship amounted to $250,000. A total of 16 teams will participate in the tournament, and the winner of the tournament will get a direct quota to IEM Katowice 2024.