Vitality have booked their place at DreamHack Open Atlanta after beating Vyalie Pitoni 2-0 in the grand final of the Europe Closed Qualifier.

The French team got to the grand final by beating Sprout and PANTHERS 2-0 while Vyalie Pitoni upset Vega Squadron and Valiance as they defeated both teams 2-1.

The grand final kicked off on Inferno and the CT-sided Vitality pulled no punches, finishing the first half 12-3 ahead. Cédric "⁠RpK⁠" Guipouy & company lost only one round in the second half and closed out the map with a 16-4 victory.

Vitality didn't lose a single map in the closed qualifier

NBK's team started Dust2 on the side and led 12-3 at halftime, just like they did on Inferno. The Frenchmen won the map 16-11 and took the series 2-0.

With this result, Vitality became the first team confirmed for DreamHack Open Atlanta which will take place on November 16-18 with eight teams and a $100,000 prize pool.

DreamHack Open Atlanta 2018 Europe Closed QualifierBest of 3 VitalityMatchpage 2 0 21st October 2018 Vyalie Pitoni 16Inferno 4 16Dust2 11

Vitality	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Mathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautZywOo	49 - 21	+28	112.6	1.75
Nathan 'NBK-' SchmittNBK-	46 - 24	+22	95.3	1.57
Dan 'apEX' MadesclaireapEX	44 - 30	+14	99.9	1.44
Vincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerHappy	22 - 27	-5	56.4	0.92
Cédric 'RpK' GuipouyRpK	19 - 25	-6	43.6	0.80

Vyalie Pitoni	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Dmitry 'sh1ro' Sokolovsh1ro	37 - 32	+5	82.9	1.23
Vladislav 'nafany' Gorshkovnafany	31 - 34	-3	57.5	0.81
Sergey 'voidex' Droninvoidex	23 - 38	-15	62.6	0.75
Evgeny 'fenvicious' Mitsikfenvicious	22 - 36	-14	61.1	0.73
Petr 'krecker' Stepanovkrecker	14 - 40	-26	39.1	0.47

NBK Cédric 'RpK' Guipouy Age: 29 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 925 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.70 PANTHERS #87 Lukas 'ecfN' KauerDustin 'DuDe' GroßmannMateusz 'mantuu' WilczewskiJon 'JDC' de CastroAndreas 'Andyy' Schäfer Sprout #55 Martin 'PERCY' WesselTimo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' HowellNiels Christian 'NaToSaphiX' SillassenJosef 'faveN' Baumann Vega Squadron #13 Anton 'tonyblack' KolesnikovLeonid 'chopper' VishnyakovDmitriy 'jR' ChervakPavel 'hutji' LashkovIgor 'crush' Shevchenko Vyalie Pitoni Petr 'krecker' StepanovEvgeny 'fenvicious' MitsikSergey 'voidex' DroninDmitry 'sh1ro' SokolovVladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov Vitality #42 Nathan 'NBK-' SchmittCédric 'RpK' GuipouyDan 'apEX' MadesclaireVincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerMathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut Valiance #49 Luka 'emi' VukovićNemanja 'huNter-' KovačNestor 'LETN1' TanićAleksandar 'jayzaR' ZarkovicAleksa 'Impulse' Stankić