Extra Salt, paiN qualify for DreamHack Open January NA

The two teams will join Rebirth and Triumph on the team list for the $30,000 event.

The North American closed qualifier for DreamHack Open January has concluded, seeing Extra Salt and paiN claim the two spots on offer in the main event.

Justin "⁠FaNg⁠" Coakley's debut under the Extra Salt banner went swimmingly as the team edged past Bad News Bears and paiN in the upper bracket to claim their spot in the $30,000 tournament.

Josh "⁠oSee⁠" Ohm was the driving force in both of his team's series victories, narrowly securing 16-13 and 16-14 wins on Inferno and Nuke against Peter "⁠ptr⁠" Gurney's men before defeating the Brazilian roster in a three-map series, requiring overtime for a victory on map one before recovering from a Dust2 loss by scoring a 16-9 win on Nuke to claim a win.

oSee led the way for Extra Salt with 1.58 and 1.26 series ratings

Vinicios "⁠PKL⁠" Coelho's side recovered from their upper bracket final loss to Extra Salt as they soundly took down High Coast 2-0 in the final series of the qualifier.

The two teams had previously squared off in the opening round, in which paiN had come out the better side in a closely-contested affair, but this was not the case in the rematch as the Brazilian team remained in control throughout to claim a 2-0 victory and ensure their berth to the main event.

The team list for DreamHack Open January North America, which is set to run from January 27-31, looks as follows:

Triumph
Extra Salt Rebirth
paiN Bad News Bears Peter 'ptr' GurneyJonathan 'Jonji' CareyGabe 'Spongey' GreinerNick 'alter' JacksonMichael 'Swisher' Schmid Vinicios 'PKL' Coelho Age: 26 Team: paiN Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 804 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.68 Josh 'oSee' Ohm Age: 21 Team: Extra Salt Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 721 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.64 Peter 'ptr' Gurney Age: 30 Team: Bad News Bears Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 1000 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.61 Extra Salt #59 Aran 'Sonic' GroesbeekJohnny 'JT' TheodosiouIan 'motm' HardyJosh 'oSee' OhmJustin 'FaNg' Coakley High Coast #50 Jonathan 'djay' DallalBen 'ben1337' SmithJosh 'PwnAlone' PigueBrandon 'bew' RobertsRamal 'Rampage' Silva Triumph Alan 'Shakezullah' HardemanAustin 'Cooper' AbadirBrendan 'Bwills' WilliamsDanny 'Cxzi' StrzelczykWesley 'viz' Harris paiN #64 Vinicios 'PKL' CoelhoGabriel 'NEKIZ' SchenatoWesley 'hardzao' LopesRodrigo 'biguzera' BittencourtRafael 'saffee' Costa Justin 'FaNg' Coakley Age: 18 Team: Extra Salt Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 272 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.71 Rebirth #45 Ali 'phantom' SachsSebastian 'retchy' TropianoRahul 'curry' NemaniCarson 'nosraC' O'ReillySean 'Inseaniac' Morrison