Liquid bested Cloud9 2-0 in the grand final of the EPICENTER Americas closed qualifier, booking their place at the Russian event's Wild Card stage.
Peter "stanislaw" Jarguz's kicked off their run in the qualifier by beating Luminosity 2-1 in the group stage. From that point onward, the North Americans did not concede any more maps, defeating OpTic and Cloud9, respectively, before meeting the latter again in the grand final.
The series began on Train, Cloud9's map pick, with Jake "Stewie2K" Yip and co. getting out to a 9-6 half-time lead as Counter-Terrorists. However, Liquid managed to turn the game around in the second half, finishing it off with a 16-14 scoreline.
On Liquid's pick, Inferno, the ESL One New York runners-up took nine rounds into the second half, in which a flawless Terrorist side saw them secure seven rounds in a row to lock down the map in stunning fashion.
EPICENTER 2017 Americas Closed QualifierBest of 3 
Liquid
Matchpage 2 0 11th October 2017 
Cloud9 16Train 14 16Inferno 6
| Liquid | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguzstanislaw | 40 - 29 | +11 | 82.4 | 1.33 |
| Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEliGE | 47 - 33 | +14 | 93.9 | 1.28 |
| Russel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenTwistzz | 45 - 29 | +16 | 79.2 | 1.27 |
| Josh 'jdm64' Marzanojdm64 | 32 - 29 | +3 | 60.6 | 1.01 |
| Nick 'nitr0' Cannellanitr0 | 20 - 41 | -21 | 57.9 | 0.73 |
| Cloud9 | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake 'Stewie2K' YipStewie2K | 36 - 39 | -3 | 80.3 | 1.04 |
| Timothy 'autimatic' Taautimatic | 32 - 34 | -2 | 69.8 | 0.97 |
| William 'RUSH' WierzbaRUSH | 32 - 37 | -5 | 75.4 | 0.97 |
| Tarik 'tarik' Celiktarik | 35 - 39 | -4 | 74.6 | 0.92 |
| Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamSkadoodle | 26 - 35 | -9 | 50.9 | 0.82 |
Here is what the team list for the Wild Card Qualifier, which will be held on October 23, currently looks like:
 FaZe | Liquid |
 TYLOO | Null element CIS slot |
As for EPICENTER 2017, the list of participants looks as follows:
 Astralis |  G2 |
 Gambit | North |
 SK |  Virtus.pro |
 Wild Card slot | Wild Card slot |
Virtus.pro #12 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasFilip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' Bieliński 
Luminosity #23 Vinicios 'PKL' CoelhoGustavo 'SHOOWTiME' GonçalvesGabriel 'NEKIZ' SchenatoGustavo 'yel' KnittelMarcelo 'chelo' Cespedes 
FaZe #4 Finn 'karrigan' Andersen
Olof 'olofmeister' Kajbjer
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács
Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač
Håvard 'rain' Nygaard 
Astralis #5 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzMarkus 'Kjaerbye' Kjærbye 
Gambit #7 Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev
Mihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' KhassenovBektiyar 'fitch' Bahytov 
G2 #2 Richard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro 
OpTic #24 
Aleksi 'allu' JalliAdam 'friberg' Friberg
Oscar 'mixwell' Cañellas
Kevin 'HS' TarnEmil 'Magisk' Reif 
North #3 René 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke 
TYLOO #93 
Vladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukKe 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' Wu
Hansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandHaoWen 'somebody' Xu Liquid #6 Peter 'stanislaw' JarguzNick 'nitr0' CannellaJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguz 
Age: 23 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 559 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.67 
SK #1 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloJoão 'felps' Vasconcellos Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip 
Age: 19 Team: Cloud9 Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 558 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.70 Cloud9 #9 Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaTarik 'tarik' CelikTimothy 'autimatic' TaJake 'Stewie2K' Yip (责任编辑：keydrop cs)
