Rise Nation win spot at DreamHack Open Winter

The final of the DreamHack Open Winter North America qualifier saw Rise Nation playing the former ESL Pro League side of Ghost, with the latter using Collin "wrath" McSweegan in place of player/coach Phong "bee" Nguyen.

On their march to victory, Rise Nation inarguably faced the toughest path of any team in the qualifier, playing Rogue, compLexity, and finally Ghost, in order to punch their tickets to Sweden. Ultimately, Ghost put up a good fight on the opening map of Train, but were swept aside on Nuke, which has become a speciality of Rise Nation.

DreamHack Open Winter 2017 North America Closed Qualifier

Bo3

Ghost

0 - 2

Rise Nation

StatisticsOverview

All maps

Ghost	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Ronnie 'ryx' Bylicki	36 - 35	+1	87.0	67.4%	1.08
Connor 'CONNOR93' Glover	31 - 36	-5	72.3	65.2%	0.94
Sebastian 'seb' Bucki	26 - 39	-13	61.6	56.5%	0.78
Collin 'wrath' McSweegan	21 - 38	-17	54.8	60.9%	0.69
Matthew 'WARDELL' Yu	22 - 37	-15	54.1	45.7%	0.65

Rise Nation	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating 2.0
Kaleb 'moose' Jayne	51 - 23	+28	95.2	82.6%	1.63
Will 'dazzLe' Loafman	42 - 30	+12	101.2	78.3%	1.38
Andy 'vSa' Xu	39 - 25	+14	91.8	84.8%	1.36
Brandon 'Ace' Winn	28 - 27	+1	58.9	78.3%	1.04
Jonathan 'Jonji' Carey	25 - 31	-6	75.2	76.1%	0.92

Maps

10

Train

16

4

Nuke

16

moose29 kills

Most kills

moose1.65 rating

Best rating

moose1.97 rating

Best t-side

vSa1.64 rating

Best ct-side

Train Rounds

dazzLe24 kills

Most kills

dazzLe1.79 rating

Best rating

vSa2.12 rating

Best t-side

ryx2.12 rating

Best ct-side

Nuke Rounds

The team list for DreamHack Open Winter is now complete:

EnVyUs	fnatic
Gambit	Heroic
mousesports	Natus Vincere
North Academy	Rise Nation

Also read: EnVyUs replace Liquid as final DreamHack Winter invite

DreamHack Open Winter will run from December 1-3, in Jönköping, Sweden. Between now and attending the event, Rise Nation will have a busy schedule comprising both ESEA MDL and CEVO playoffs.