Liquid bested Cloud9 2-0 in the grand final of the EPICENTER Americas closed qualifier, booking their place at the Russian event's Wild Card stage.

Peter "⁠stanislaw⁠" Jarguz's kicked off their run in the qualifier by beating Luminosity 2-1 in the group stage. From that point onward, the North Americans did not concede any more maps, defeating OpTic and Cloud9, respectively, before meeting the latter again in the grand final.

The series began on Train, Cloud9's map pick, with Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip and co. getting out to a 9-6 half-time lead as Counter-Terrorists. However, Liquid managed to turn the game around in the second half, finishing it off with a 16-14 scoreline.

Liquid have made it to the Wild Card qualifier after dropping one single map

On Liquid's pick, Inferno, the ESL One New York runners-up took nine rounds into the second half, in which a flawless Terrorist side saw them secure seven rounds in a row to lock down the map in stunning fashion.

EPICENTER 2017 Americas Closed QualifierBest of 3 LiquidMatchpage 2 0 11th October 2017 Cloud9 16Train 14 16Inferno 6

Liquid	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguzstanislaw	40 - 29	+11	82.4	1.33
Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE	47 - 33	+14	93.9	1.28
Russel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenTwistzz	45 - 29	+16	79.2	1.27
Josh 'jdm64' Marzanojdm64	32 - 29	+3	60.6	1.01
Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0	20 - 41	-21	57.9	0.73

Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Jake 'Stewie2K' YipStewie2K	36 - 39	-3	80.3	1.04
Timothy 'autimatic' Taautimatic	32 - 34	-2	69.8	0.97
William 'RUSH' WierzbaRUSH	32 - 37	-5	75.4	0.97
Tarik 'tarik' Celiktarik	35 - 39	-4	74.6	0.92
Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamSkadoodle	26 - 35	-9	50.9	0.82

Here is what the team list for the Wild Card Qualifier, which will be held on October 23, currently looks like:

FaZe	Liquid
TYLOO	Null element CIS slot

As for EPICENTER 2017, the list of participants looks as follows:

Astralis	G2
Gambit	North
SK	Virtus.pro
Wild Card slot	Wild Card slot

Virtus.pro #12 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński Luminosity #23 Vinicios 'PKL' CoelhoGustavo 'SHOOWTiME' GonçalvesGabriel 'NEKIZ' SchenatoGustavo 'yel' KnittelMarcelo 'chelo' Cespedes FaZe #4 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenOlof 'olofmeister' KajbjerLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' Nygaard Astralis #5 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Gambit #7 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' KhassenovBektiyar 'fitch' Bahytov G2 #2 Richard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro OpTic #24 Aleksi 'allu' JalliAdam 'friberg' FribergOscar 'mixwell' CañellasKevin 'HS' TarnEmil 'Magisk' Reif North #3 René 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke TYLOO #93 Vladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukKe 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuHansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandHaoWen 'somebody' Xu Liquid #6 Peter 'stanislaw' JarguzNick 'nitr0' CannellaJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguz Age: 23 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 559 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.67 SK #1 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloJoão 'felps' Vasconcellos Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip Age: 19 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 558 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.70 Cloud9 #9 Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaTarik 'tarik' CelikTimothy 'autimatic' TaJake 'Stewie2K' Yip