Giants qualify for DreamHack Valencia

Giants have punched their ticket to DreamHack Open Valencia after topping the Iberian qualifier with a 2-1 victory over OFFSET.

Giants reached the grand final after defeating Oscar "⁠mixwell⁠" Cañellas's clutchmasterz in the last-four stage, while OFFSET beat bellow Portuguese side HD to seal passage to the final round of the qualifier.

The series began on Train, where Paulo "⁠pr⁠" Silva led OFFSET to a close 16-12 victory on Train with a 1.47 rating. But then the Alejandro "⁠alex⁠" Masanet show began. The 22-year-old put in strong displays on Overpass and Inferno, averaging a 1.48 rating on these two maps to power Giants to complete the reverse sweep and seal passage to the DreamHack event.

ALEX & co wil attend DreamHack Open Valencia

The Spanish team's successful qualification campaign came just 24 hours after they swapped AWPers, with Miguel "⁠Blastinho⁠" Llombart, formerly of x6tence and MAD Lions, replacing Francisco "⁠obj⁠" Ramos on the roster.

DreamHack Open Valencia 2018 Iberia QualifierBest of 3 GiantsMatchpage 2 1 3rd June 2018 OFFSET 12Train 16 16Overpass 11 16Inferno 12

Giants	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Alejandro 'alex' Masanetalex	75 - 49	+26	92.5	1.38
Joao 'KILLDREAM' FerreiraKILLDREAM	69 - 56	+13	88.2	1.23
Omar 'arki' Chakkorarki	48 - 55	-7	75.4	1.09
Miguel 'Blastinho' LlombartBlastinho	49 - 54	-5	60.7	0.97
Ricardo 'roman' Oliveiraroman	46 - 56	-10	56.5	0.86

OFFSET	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Paulo 'pr' Silvapr	69 - 57	+12	89.3	1.18
Renato 'stadodo' Gonçalvesstadodo	57 - 54	+3	67.4	1.02
Tiago 'JUST' MouraJUST	52 - 62	-10	75.9	0.98
Rui 'RIZZZ' LimaRIZZZ	43 - 55	-12	65.3	0.91
Ricardo 'zlynx' Matoszlynx	49 - 59	-10	60.4	0.90

DreamHack Open Valencia will run from July 12-14 at Feria Valencia, with $100,000 up for grabs in the Counter-Strike tournament. Giants join Fragsters and Luminosity, the winners of the regional qualifiers, on the team list, which will be completed by five invitees, to be revealed by DreamHack shortly.

Miguel 'Blastinho' Llombart Age: 21 Team: Giants Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 67 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.67 x6tence #116 Antonio 'FlipiN' Rivas del ReyJonathan 'MusambaN1' TorrentJose 'HUMANZ' Luis Cebrian MartinezIván 'NaOw' GonzálezTomás 'Ergasster' Perez MAD Lions Oliver 'oW^' WintherRubén 'TorPe' Jesús Gómez RodríguezFrancisco 'Zorrele' Rosa EgeaRaúl 'DeathZz' Jordán NietoJavier 'Vasili' Huélamo Gracia Oscar 'mixwell' Cañellas Age: 22 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 583 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.66 Giants Omar 'arki' ChakkorRicardo 'roman' OliveiraJoao 'KILLDREAM' FerreiraAlejandro 'alex' MasanetMiguel 'Blastinho' Llombart Alejandro 'alex' Masanet Age: 22 Team: Giants Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 317 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.67 OFFSET #239 Rui 'RIZZZ' LimaTiago 'JUST' MouraRicardo 'zlynx' MatosRenato 'stadodo' GonçalvesPaulo 'pr' Silva Francisco 'obj' Ramos Age: 22 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 58 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.65 HD #208 João 'jay' DiogoDiogo 'HIDDEN' LopesJoão 'Krush' AbraãoFilipe 'NOPEEJ' DiasDiogo 'snapy' Rodrigues Luminosity #39 Vinicios 'PKL' CoelhoLucas 'steel' LopesGustavo 'SHOOWTiME' GonçalvesGabriel 'NEKIZ' SchenatoGustavo 'yel' Knittel Paulo 'pr' Silva Age: 17 Team: OFFSET Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 11 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.72 Fragsters #25 Lucas 'Bubzkji' AndersenIsmail 'refrezh' AliJacob 'dragonfly' LundNicolai 'torben' AmorimMartin 'stavn' Lund