Last night, the final North American qualifier for the Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023 concluded, as a result of which the M80 and Forsaken teams advanced to the closed qualifiers for the tournament.

M80 played their final match against the Evil Geniuses team. The match ended with a score of 2:1 in favor of the M80 team (Inferno 22:20, Vertigo 13:16, Overpass 16:11).

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And here's what the open qualifier bracket looked like:

In turn, Forsaken defeated Evil Geniuses in the second qualifier for the championship with the same score of 2:1 (Mirage 12:16, Vertigo 16:12, Overpass 16:6).

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And here's what the bracket for this very open qualifier to the tournament looked like:

As a result of all this, the team with a massive salary (preliminary data suggests that player salaries in EG could reach up to $10,000) lost to a mix of friends and twice blew their chance to advance to the main qualification stage.

Now, all the participating teams in the closed qualifiers are known:

1. Complexity Gaming
2. Nouns Esports
   
3. M80
   
4. Forsaken
   

It should be noted that only one team from the closed qualifiers will make it to the tournament, and there is no prize pool for the qualifiers.

Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023 will take place from October 16th to October 22nd, 2023. The championship prize pool amounts to $250,000. A total of 16 teams will participate in the tournament, and the winner will receive a direct invitation to IEM Katowice 2024