Bad News Bears claim final DreamHack Masters Spring North America spot over Envy

Bad News Bears took down Envy to complete a run through the lower bracket of the DreamHack Masters Spring North America closed qualifier, earning the final spot in the main event.

Bad News Bears join Cloud9 on the team list for the North American division of DreamHack Masters Spring, with Johnny "⁠JT⁠" Theodosiou and his troops having narrowly prevailed over Envy in the upper bracket final on Sunday to advance. A harrowing loss on the final map of that best-of-three, Train, left Envy reeling after the team conceded a humiliating 1vs2 to Josh "⁠oSee⁠" Ohm at 14-13, leading to a defeat in the series.

Envy demonstrated an inability to recover from that loss to Cloud9 as they were felled by Bad News Bears in a two-map series, falling in narrow fashion on Dust2 before being completely demolished on their own pick of Overpass, 16-3.

Jonji helped his side dominate on Overpass with a 1.96 rating

The start of the series saw Envy enter in good form, running up a 5-0 lead on the T side of Dust2 before Peter "⁠ptr⁠" Gurney's troops got on the board, adding four to their tally. A strong showing from Michał "⁠MICHU⁠" Müller helped Envy maintain a small lead, but it was not enough for them to pull far ahead, with Bad News Bears bringing themselves within one round of their opposition by the break.

Envy initially remained in the lead as the second half got underway, winning five of the first seven rounds for a 13-9 lead, but the momentum of the map swung firmly in the favour of Bad News Bears towards the latter portion of the half as they only dropped one additional round on the road to a 16-14 victory.

Overpass unfolded in stark contrast to the close scoreline of Dust2 as Bad News Bears put up a stalwart defense, crushing Envy's attempts to enter bombsites time and time again to run up a 13-0 scoreline. Two rounds at the end of the half and a subsequent pistol win allowed Envy to put three on the board, but a force-buy from Bad News Bears turned the tides and left no chance for Noah "⁠Nifty⁠" Francis's side to make a comeback, with ptr's side quickly closing things out, 16-3.

DreamHack Masters Spring 2020 - North America Closed QualifierBest of 3 EnvyMatchpage 0 2 21st April 2020 Bad News Bears 14Dust2 16 3Overpass 16

Envy	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Michał 'MICHU' MüllerMICHU	39 - 36	+3	80.8	1.12
Ryan 'ryann' Welshryann	30 - 36	-6	64.4	0.88
Kaleb 'moose' Jaynemoose	27 - 34	-7	64.2	0.83
Noah 'Nifty' FrancisNifty	19 - 39	-20	59.6	0.71
Buğra 'Calyx' ArkınCalyx	24 - 35	-11	49.7	0.70

Bad News Bears	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Jonathan 'Jonji' CareyJonji	44 - 33	+11	97.1	1.32
Will 'dazzLe' LoafmandazzLe	41 - 26	+15	87.0	1.27
Peter 'ptr' Gurneyptr	33 - 27	+6	80.8	1.21
Mitch 'mitch' Semagomitch	33 - 27	+6	73.4	1.14
Michael 'dapr' Gulinodapr	28 - 26	+2	70.9	1.10

The North American division of DreamHack Masters Spring will run from May 19 - June 14 with $100,000 on offer, with the eight participating teams being divided equally into two round-robin groups.

The complete list of teams who will take part in the online tournament looks as follows:

Liquid
100 Thieves
FURIA
Cloud9 Evil Geniuses
MIBR
Gen.G
Bad News Bears MIBR #15 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoVito 'kNgV-' GiuseppeFernando 'fer' AlvarengaEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloIgnacio 'meyern' Meyer Josh 'oSee' Ohm Age: 20 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 614 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.64 Peter 'ptr' Gurney Age: 29 Team: Bad News Bears Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 974 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.61 Evil Geniuses #7 Peter 'stanislaw' JarguzTarik 'tarik' CelikVincent 'Brehze' CayonteEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov 100 Thieves #9 Justin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardJoakim 'jkaem' MyrbostadSean 'Gratisfaction' KaiwaiJay 'Liazz' Tregillgas Cloud9 #25 Aran 'Sonic' GroesbeekJohnny 'JT' TheodosiouRicky 'floppy' KemeryIan 'motm' HardyJosh 'oSee' Ohm Noah 'Nifty' Francis Age: 22 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 828 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.66 Johnny 'JT' Theodosiou Age: 21 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 576 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.67 Bad News Bears #31 Peter 'ptr' GurneyMitch 'mitch' SemagoWill 'dazzLe' LoafmanMichael 'dapr' GulinoJonathan 'Jonji' Carey Gen.G #22 Hansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandDamian 'daps' SteeleTimothy 'autimatic' TaKenneth 'koosta' SuenSam 's0m' Oh Envy #40 Michał 'MICHU' MüllerBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınNoah 'Nifty' FrancisRyan 'ryann' WelshKaleb 'moose' Jayne Liquid #6 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJake 'Stewie2K' YipRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken FURIA #12 Henrique 'HEN1' TelesAndrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosVinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoKaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato Michał 'MICHU' Müller Age: 23 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 1538 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.68