Firedup Gaming, Team Respect Qualify for DreamHack Hyderabad

DreamHack Hyderabad 2023's Online qualifiers concluded today with the two semi-finals locking in the last LAN spots. Team Respect emerged victorious over Old School Esports while Firedup took down Fight 4 Fame.

Team Respect 2 - 0 Old School Esports

Team Respect kicked off the series with their pick of Ancient. Old School Esports had s1mple, -FURY and wildboy all performing well and with their CT sided start, they kept the game ultra-competitive throughout. Unfortunately, Team Respect showed their comfort in the map and with BuLL3T powering up, they took the win 13-11.

Over on their own Map Pick of Anubis though, OSE fell completely flat, barely mustering any rounds and taking a 13-2 beatdown. Team Respect locked in their LAN spot with a 2-0 win.

Firedup Gaming 2 - 0 Fight 4 Fame

The second semi-final was even more one sided, starting off on Nuke with Firedup getting the CT sided start. ghost and Catastrophe went huge combining for 36 frags in the 13-3 domination. Their own map pick got a bit closer but Fight 4 Fame were very much on the backfoot throughout as ChAmP took his turn to shine and secure their ticket to Hyderabad.

Firedup Gaming 13 - 10 Team Respect

The two qualified teams then battled it out in a BO1 final to decide who is the Qualifier champion and set their seeding. An ultra-close bout on Vertigo was largely decided by ghost's massive 37 frag haul to lock in Firedup's win.

DreamHack Hyderabad 2023's final team list now is:

• Gods Reign (Invited)

• Marcos Gaming (Invited)

• Revenant Esports (Invited)

• Enigma Gaming (Invited)

• Firedup Esports (Qualified)

• Team Respect (Qualified)