Natus Vincere qualified for BLAST Slam IX: closed qualifier results
The first closed qualifiers for BLAST Slam IX in Southeast Asia and Europe have concluded, and we are taking a look at the results.
European closed qualifier results
Natus Vincere became the first team to secure a slot at the tournament through the closed qualifier. The team received an invitation to the closed stage and defeated Zero Tenacity and Pipsqueak+4 2:0 during the qualifier.
The second team to secure a place at the tournament was Dawn Bulls, whose roster features Indji shad Lub and Daniyal yamich Lazebny. In the final match, they defeated Klim Sani4, having previously also beaten MOUZ.
Southeast Asian closed qualifier results
Team Nemesis became the strongest team in the region during the closed qualifier, defeating almost all of their opponents with clean sweeps.
In the final match, the team defeated Team Bored, a stack featuring Marc Raven Fausto and Timothy TIMS Randrup, 2:0 to secure a slot at the tournament.
Results of the open qualifiers for Europe
In the European region, GamerLegion, KlimSani4, Dawn Bulls, and Zero Tenacity earned slots in the closed qualifiers.
GamerLegion and KlimSani4 advanced through the first qualifiers, but the seeding match between the teams did not take place. As a reminder, there have been changes to the GamerLegion roster: Enzo Timado Gianoli O’Connor took over the first position on the roster.
In the second round of qualifiers, the strongest teams were Dawn Bulls and Zero Tenacity. It’s worth noting that one of the main favorites for the open qualifiers was PlayTime, which was joined before the competition by Daniel Stormstormer Shoetzau, Gustavo fcr Ribeiro, and former players from LGD Gaming, but the team failed to advance through both stages of the qualifiers.
Results of the open qualifiers for Southeast Asia
In Southeast Asia, YACHE123, Team Bored, Yangon Galacticos, and InterActive Philippines advanced to the closed qualifiers.
YACHE123 and Team Bored secured their spots in the closed qualifiers during the first round of the open qualifiers. While YACHE123 features relatively unknown players from the region, Team Bored is composed of Filipinos Mc Nicholson Mac Villanueva, Marc Raven Fausto and Timothy TIMS Randrup, who previously represented well-known teams, including PlayTime and OG.
From the second Southeast Asia Open Qualifiers, InterActive Philippines — featuring two former Team Nemesis players: Philip Joshua Karma丶 Torres and James Erice Guerra, as well as the Yangon Galacticos team with a revamped roster of players from Myanmar advanced to the next round.
BLAST Slam IX will take place from 20.11.2026 to 29.11.2026, with 10 teams competing for a prize pool of $1,000,000.
As CyberScore previously reported, the protracted transfer window has affected the upcoming championships.
by CyberScore