OpTic qualify for ESL One New York

OpTic have secured the eighth spot at ESL One New York by winning the North American qualifier over Cloud9.

Eight teams stood at the start of the ESL One New York North America qualifier, including some of the biggest names such as Cloud9, Immortals and OpTic, and played for a single spot at the $250,000 event kicking off in just under three days.

Jordan "⁠n0thing⁠" Gilbert's team defeated CLG in a narrow best-of-three in the quarter-finals and quickly disposed of TSM on their way to the grand final.

OpTic snatched the last spot at ESL One New York

On the other side of the bracket, the Brazilians and OpTic won their initial battles over Complexity and NRG respectively before meeting in the semi-finals. 

Oscar "⁠mixwell⁠" Cañellas and company squeaked by Immortals and took on Cloud9 in today's grand final. After two close encounters, on Train and Overpass, OpTic comfortably secured Cobblestone and grabbed the last spot at ESL One New York.

ESL One New York 2016 North America QualifierBest of 3 Cloud9Matchpage 1 2 28th September 2016 OpTic 14Train 16 16Overpass 13 6Cobblestone 16

OpTic	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Tarik 'tarik' Celiktarik	73 - 55	+18	85.3	1.26
Oscar 'mixwell' Cañellasmixwell	65 - 52	+13	83.5	1.23
William 'RUSH' WierzbaRUSH	66 - 56	+10	91.4	1.21
Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguzstanislaw	56 - 53	+3	80.7	1.13
Keith 'NAF' MarkovicNAF	46 - 54	-8	65.6	0.97

Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Timothy 'autimatic' Taautimatic	79 - 62	+17	99.1	1.30
Jake 'Stewie2K' YipStewie2K	48 - 63	-15	80.8	1.00
Mike 'shroud' Grzesiekshroud	56 - 61	-5	64.2	0.93
Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamSkadoodle	43 - 57	-14	59.3	0.84
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbertn0thing	43 - 63	-20	62.5	0.81

All teams are now locked in for the event running from September 30-October 2:

SK	Virtus.pro	G2	Astralis
Natus Vincere	Liquid	fnatic	OpTic

ESL One New York will begin with a group stage played in the Swiss format, with top four sides advancing to best-of-three single-elimination playoffs.

Make sure to stay tuned to HLTV.org as we'll roll out the event's preview as well as the viewer's guide in the next two days.

Liquid #13 Spencer 'Hiko' MartinJacob 'Pimp' WinnecheNick 'nitr0' CannellaJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoJonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski Virtus.pro #2 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński fnatic #26 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerDennis 'dennis' EdmanJohn 'wenton' ErikssonSimon 'twist' EliassonJonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson CLG #35 Stephen 'reltuC' CutlerJames 'hazed' CobbKenneth 'koosta' SuenEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldYassine 'Subroza' Taoufik TSM #24 Kory 'SEMPHIS' FriesenPujan 'FNS' MehtaSkyler 'Relyks' WeaverHunter 'SicK' MimsRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Natus Vincere #10 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsDenis 'seized' KostinEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev G2 #3 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyEdouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert Age: 25 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 520 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.67 OpTic #17 William 'RUSH' WierzbaOscar 'mixwell' CañellasPeter 'stanislaw' JarguzKeith 'NAF' MarkovicTarik 'tarik' Celik Cloud9 #5 Jordan 'n0thing' GilbertTyler 'Skadoodle' LathamMike 'shroud' GrzesiekTimothy 'autimatic' TaJake 'Stewie2K' Yip Astralis #8 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenAndreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye Oscar 'mixwell' Cañellas Age: 20 Team: OpTic Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 225 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.66 Complexity #32 Rory 'dephh' JacksonCory 'APE' BateKia 'Surreal' ManBradley 'ANDROID' FodorMichael 'Uber' Stapells NRG #25 Fatih 'gob b' DayikNikola 'LEGIJA' NinićJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzJacob 'FugLy' MedinaPeter 'ptr' Gurney SK #1 Lincoln 'fnx' LauGabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo Immortals #12 Wilton 'zews' PradoHenrique 'HEN1' TelesLucas 'LUCAS1' TelesRicardo 'boltz' PrassJoão 'felps' Vasconcellos