Virtus.pro, Na`Vi, Clan-Mystik and Reason have managed to qualify for the EMS One Katowice $250,000 tournament.

The upper bracket quarter-finals of EMS One Katowice European Finals took place tonight, offering four of the six spots for the $250,000 tournament scheduled to start in two weeks' time in Poland.

Virtus.pro had the least troubles out of the four match-ups, even though they also trailed early on both maps against the Germans ALTERNATE. Nevertheless, Filip "Neo" Kubski's team came out on top 16-10 on both de_dust2 and de_mirage, to secure their spot at the big event on their home soil.

Neo's Virtus.pro will be in Katowice

Virtus.pro	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Filip 'NEO' KubskiNEO	50 - 27	+23	-	1.46
Paweł 'byali' Bielińskibyali	41 - 25	+16	-	1.41
Jarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskipashaBiceps	44 - 33	+11	-	1.14
Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiSnax	40 - 32	+8	-	1.11
Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasTaZ	35 - 31	+4	-	1.03

ALTERNATE aTTaX	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Azmican 'asmo' Berberogluasmo	35 - 38	-3	-	0.96
Kevin 'kRYSTAL' AmendkRYSTAL	36 - 41	-5	-	0.95
Manuel 'SolEk' ZeindlerSolEk	26 - 42	-16	-	0.69
Christian 'Rak' Hermenau-PuhlversRak	23 - 42	-19	-	0.60
Felix 'fel1x' Zechfel1x	27 - 47	-20	-	0.60

In the second of the two earlier matches, Clan-Mystik edged out Danes 3DMAX after three thrilling maps (22-26 on de_inferno, 16-10 on de_nuke, 21-16 on de_dust2). The Frenchmen were on the verge of defeat in the last map, trailing 11-15, but Kenny "kennyS" Schrub & co. stepped up and took the match to overtime and eventually prevailed.

kennyS leads Clan-Mystik to Katowice as the top fragger of the qualifier with 150 kills

Clan-Mystik	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Kenny 'kennyS' SchrubkennyS	99 - 66	+33	-	1.35
Gordon 'Sf' GirySf	91 - 69	+22	-	1.19
Fabien 'kioShiMa' FieykioShiMa	77 - 63	+14	-	1.08
Robin 'GMX' StahmerGMX	72 - 78	-6	-	0.91
Michael 'HaRts' ZanattaHaRts	57 - 69	-12	-	0.81

3DMAX	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossandergla1ve	76 - 79	-3	-	0.95
Philip 'aizy' Aistrupaizy	74 - 79	-5	-	0.94
Rasmus 'raalz' Steensborgraalz	67 - 77	-10	-	0.88
Jacob 'Pimp' WinnechePimp	68 - 76	-8	-	0.85
Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL	59 - 86	-27	-	0.72

Natus Vincere were heavily favored to get one of the spots, and the Swedish side TBA weren't supposed to present a big problem for them. However, after winning 16-11 on de_dust2, the Ukrainian-based side got stunned 5-16 on de_inferno, so it all came down to de_train.

The deciding map ended up going down to the wire, with TBA fighting hard and taking it to overtime, only for Na`Vi to need saving by Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovacs to take the match into another extra period.

In the end Ioann "Edward" Sukhariev's couple of great rounds gave the Ukrainians the key advantage on the T-side, and they closed out the map 26-23.

GuardiaN, together with Edward, excelled in the overtime on the deciding map

Natus Vincere	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsGuardiaN	74 - 61	+13	-	1.12
Sergey 'starix' Ischukstarix	67 - 64	+3	-	1.03
Ioann 'Edward' SukharievEdward	72 - 72	0	-	0.99
Denis 'seized' Kostinseized	63 - 67	-4	-	0.94
Danylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoZeus	66 - 67	-1	-	0.91

Property	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Mikail 'Maikelele' BillMaikelele	82 - 58	+24	-	1.26
Faruk 'pita' Pitapita	75 - 72	+3	-	1.01
Christian 'Spitfire' SchiöldeSpitfire	64 - 65	-1	-	0.98
Alexander 'SKYTTEN' CarlssonSKYTTEN	50 - 67	-17	-	0.78
Fredrik 'roque' Honakroque	60 - 80	-20	-	0.74

Reason Gaming, who featured two former fnatic stars Finn "karrigan" Andersen and Michael "Friis" Jørgensen as unconfirmed new members of the lineup, also managed to secure a spot in Katowice after defeating mousesports in two close maps (16-13 on de_train and 16-12 on de_nuke).

Friis is back in action after his departure from Copenhagen Wolves back in November

Reason	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Frederik 'LOMME' NielsenLOMME	44 - 39	+5	-	1.13
Nikolaj 'EXR' TherkildsenEXR	45 - 38	+7	-	1.12
Michael 'Friis' JørgensenFriis	39 - 34	+5	-	1.06
Danni 'smF' DygsmF	33 - 37	-4	-	0.93
Finn 'karrigan' Andersenkarrigan	37 - 47	-10	-	0.78

MOUZ	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Tizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschtiziaN	43 - 37	+6	-	1.13
Nikola 'LEGIJA' NinićLEGIJA	41 - 39	+2	-	0.97
Chris 'chrisJ' de JongchrisJ	36 - 38	-2	-	0.91
Johannes 'tabseN' WodarztabseN	37 - 43	-6	-	0.89
Casper 'cadiaN' MøllercadiaN	38 - 41	-3	-	0.81

Here are the 14 teams that are set to appear at EMS One Katowice:

fnatic	Titan	NiP	compLexity
ex-Astana Dragons	LGB eSports	dignitas	LDLC.com
Vox Eminor	iBUYPOWER	Clan-Mystik	Virtus.pro
Reason	Natus Vincere

The teams that were on the losing side today, ALTERNATE, 3DMAX, mousesports and TBA will still have a shot at qualifying from the lower bracket tomorrow, when they will tackle MYM, H2k, Wizards and USSR, respectively.

Those next matches are scheduled for 19:00 , while the winners will meet right after at 21:30 to decide which two will get to attend the $250,000 event.

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