Cloud9 defeated TSM 2-0 (Train 16-3, Cache 16-12) at the Americas Minor to secure the second spot at the upcoming Major Qualifier.

Hunter "⁠SicK⁠" Mims picked up three USP-S kills defending the Ivy area of Train to start the match, but his team was quickly overwhelmed, resulting in Cloud9 taking the pistol round. Jordan "⁠n0thing⁠" Gilbert's team continued strong, taking a 5-0 lead thanks to a smartly played 1v3 from the 26-year-old.

TSM got a round on the board to make it 5-1, but were promptly reset as their double-AWP setup was unable to deal with Cloud9's fast A execute.

At 11-2, Timothy "⁠autimatic⁠" Ta managed to get a forward position on the A site to help out his team's attack, but Skyler "⁠Relyks⁠" Weaver's kill on the bomb planter combined with the low amount of time remaining got TSM the third round of the game.

After finishing the half 12-3 down, Kory "⁠SEMPHIS⁠" Friesen and co. were in dire need of the Terrorist pistol round, but were once again unable to capitalize on their openings. n0thing and Tyler "⁠Skadoodle⁠" Latham combined for three kills, making it 13-3 and effectively closing out the first match. 

In the end it was 16-3, as TSM's force-buy attempts ended up being unsuccessful.

Cloud9 weren't really tested on Train

Pujan "⁠FNS⁠" Mehta's team finally won a pistol on Cache, getting a 3-0 lead to start the second map of the series. Unfortunately for them, they weren't able to continue with the momentum as Skadoodle picked up a double kill with the AWP to help his team get the first gun round.

Following that, Cloud9 took over the momentum, with a 2v4 retake of the A bombsite in round 9 being crucial in their run.

At 8-3, Russel "⁠Twistzz⁠" Van Dulken traded two for one as Cloud9 tried to aggresive on the B site and his team managed to convert the lead to get another round. In the end that was all they got as Terrorists, as Cloud9 closed it out 11-4.

The second pistol round went the way of TSM as well, but this time they were able to string a couple of rounds together, shrinking their deficit to five rounds.

Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip got an opener for his team that then made it 12-8, but Cloud9 were reset straight after that, as a frantic round on B went the way of TSM. Just as the match got tied at 12-12, Skadoodle stepped up with three AK-47 kills on the B site offensive.

That ended up being all they needed, as the low-economy TSM wasn't able to hold on against autimatic and co. anymore, and ended up losing the map 16-12.

Americas Minor - ELEAGUE Major 2017Best of 3 Cloud9Matchpage 2 0 4th December 2016 TSM 16Train 3 16Cache 12

Cloud9	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamSkadoodle	41 - 22	+19	83.6	1.52
Jake 'Stewie2K' YipStewie2K	36 - 31	+5	93.4	1.37
Timothy 'autimatic' Taautimatic	41 - 29	+12	87.4	1.32
Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbertn0thing	35 - 28	+7	84.3	1.24
Mike 'shroud' Grzesiekshroud	27 - 27	0	55.1	1.09

TSM	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Hunter 'SicK' MimsSicK	36 - 34	+2	83.3	0.99
Kory 'SEMPHIS' FriesenSEMPHIS	29 - 35	-6	66.8	0.93
Russel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenTwistzz	24 - 37	-13	65.9	0.76
Skyler 'Relyks' WeaverRelyks	26 - 37	-11	70.8	0.76
Pujan 'FNS' MehtaFNS	21 - 37	-16	50.0	0.57

Final standings for the Americas Minor:

1. Immortals - Major Qualifier
2. Cloud9 - Major Qualifier
3. TSM
4. Muffin Lightning 

With the Americas Minor being brought to the end, we have the final team list for the Major Qualifier: 

Ninjas in Pyjamas	OpTic	MOUZ	CLG
Dignitas	Envy	FaZe	G2
TYLOO	Renegades	Vega Squadron	Spirit
GODSENT	HellRaisers	Immortals	Cloud9

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Immortals #11 Lucas 'steel' LopesHenrique 'HEN1' TelesLucas 'LUCAS1' TelesRicardo 'boltz' PrassJoão 'felps' Vasconcellos Muffin Lightning #67 Samuel 'SileNt' PortilloJoshua 'sancz' BallengerAdam 'aKis' KisseberthRyan 'ichibaNNN' ColucciJack 'arKimonday' Kastner CLG #28 Stephen 'reltuC' CutlerJames 'hazed' CobbKenneth 'koosta' SuenEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldYassine 'Subroza' Taoufik Skyler 'Relyks' Weaver Age: 21 Team: TSM Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 310 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.71 TSM #32 Hunter 'SicK' MimsKory 'SEMPHIS' FriesenPujan 'FNS' MehtaSkyler 'Relyks' WeaverRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Jordan 'n0thing' Gilbert Age: 26 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 579 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.67 Cloud9 #5 Jordan 'n0thing' GilbertTyler 'Skadoodle' LathamMike 'shroud' GrzesiekTimothy 'autimatic' TaJake 'Stewie2K' Yip Tyler 'Skadoodle' Latham Age: 23 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 580 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.58 GODSENT #17 Markus 'pronax' WallstenRobin 'flusha' RönnquistAndreas 'znajder' LindbergJesper 'JW' WecksellJonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson Renegades #19 Yaman 'yam' ErgenekonJustin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardRicardo 'Rickeh' MulhollandKarlo 'USTILO' Pivac Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Age: 17 Team: TSM Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 175 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.66 Vega Squadron Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip Age: 18 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 356 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.70 Dignitas #4 Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelRené 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenEmil 'Magisk' ReifKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Timothy 'autimatic' Ta Age: 20 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 395 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.68 MOUZ #14 Chris 'chrisJ' de JongNikola 'NiKo' KovačChristian 'loWel' Garcia AntoranTimo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' Howell HellRaisers #23 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukMartin 'STYKO' StykPatrik 'Zero' ŽúdelBence 'DeadFox' Böröcz G2 #7 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyEdouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro Hunter 'SicK' Mims Age: 18 Team: TSM Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 206 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.71 Envy #10 Christophe 'SIXER' XiaKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireVincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer Ninjas in Pyjamas #2 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundRichard 'Xizt' LandströmAdam 'friberg' FribergJacob 'pyth' Mourujärvi OpTic #13 William 'RUSH' WierzbaOscar 'mixwell' CañellasPeter 'stanislaw' JarguzKeith 'NAF' MarkovicTarik 'tarik' Celik Pujan 'FNS' Mehta Age: 24 Team: TSM Rating 1.0: 0.94 Maps played: 412 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.69 FaZe #9 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenAleksi 'allu' JalliFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyPhilip 'aizy' AistrupHåvard 'rain' Nygaard Spirit #46 Anton 'tonyblack' KolesnikovVadim 'DavCost' VasilyevDmitriy 'Dimaoneshot' BandurkaDmitry 'S0tF1k' ForostyankoPavel 'COLDYY1' Veklenko TYLOO #21 Ke 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuYuLun 'Summer' CaiYuanZhang 'Attacker' ShengHaoWen 'somebody' Xu Kory 'SEMPHIS' Friesen Age: 27 Team: TSM Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 496 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.70