The IEM Summer closed qualifier has come to an end following the completion of the lower bracket final featuring G2 and mousesports. The French-Balkan side repeated their upper bracket quarter-final victory over Christopher “⁠dexter⁠” Nong’s men, this time more convincingly with a 2-0 scoreline (Nuke 16-8, Dust2 16-10), to join the previously qualified OG and FunPlus Phoenix at the $250,000 main event.

To get to the lower bracket final, G2 had to fend off FaZe in a closely-contested three-map affair in the previous round, with a standout showing from Nikola “⁠NiKo⁠” Kovač edging his team past Finn “⁠karrigan⁠” Andersen’s troops. Meanwhile, mousesports secured 2-0 victories over BIG and Movistar Riders after falling to G2 in the upper bracket opening round.

G2 have extended their recent run of form with this win, building on their qualification to the BLAST Premier Spring Final earlier in April. Nemanja “⁠nexa⁠” Isaković & co. will be hoping to keep their momentum rolling into DreamHack Masters Spring on Thursday, when they will face off with Spirit in the best-of-one opening match.

JaCkz had 13 first kills and a 1.52 impact rating in the series

mousesports kicked off their map pick of Nuke promisingly by claiming a 5-2 lead early on, but a Audric “⁠JaCkz⁠” Jug 1v2 in the eighth round spelt the beginning of the end for dexter and company. G2 grabbed mousesports by the scruff of the neck to overwhelm them and shut down their offence comprehensively for a 9-6 halftime lead. NiKo then took control of his team’s T side with a high damage output (149.1 ADR) to help swiftly wrap up the map 16-8.

G2 opted to take the series to Dust2 next, which they had lost 11-16 to mousesports in their upper bracket encounter. This time around, the French-Balkan side enjoyed a successful offence, only faltering temporarily in the middle of the half as mousesports picked up a string of rounds, but a Nemanja “⁠huNter-⁠” Kovač 1v2 clutch ensured G2 secured the advantage at the break. The international side replied to dropping the opening two rounds of the second half with a trio of their own, but back-to-back clutches from the CT side put G2 back in the driver’s seat as they closed out the map 16-10 to qualify for IEM Summer.

IEM Summer 2021 is scheduled to take place from June 3-13, when 16 teams will battle it out for the lion’s share of the $250,000 prize pool as well as circuit points in the ESL Pro Tour and BLAST Premier World Leaderboard. The online tournament will feature two double-elimination GSL groups, which will lead into a single-elimination playoff and culminate with a best-of-five grand final. The team list currently looks as follows:

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Source: https://www.hltv.org/news/31654/g2-repeat-win-over-mousesports-to-qualify-for-iem-summer