Thunderpick WC 2024 Qualifiers – The Winners So Far

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The regional Qualifiers are almost complete for the Thunderpick World Championship 2024, with just the second EU qualifier to play. With five teams decided, we’re taking a look at all the winners, so you can keep on top of the state of play so far.

EU – BLEED

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BLEED came through the EU Qualifiers of the Thunderpick World Championship 2024, beating some stiff competition along the way in the likes of Gaimin Gladiators and BIG. They certainly earned their place in the October LAN CS2 tournament, although the roster we see there will look considerably different from the one that qualified.

In the time since BLEED qualified for the Thunderpick World Championship 2024, they have replaced both VLDN and CeRq with jkaem and nawwk from Apeks. When two players of that caliber become available, it’s understandable that you move Heaven and Earth to make it happen. Still, you’ve got to feel a little for the duo that helped them qualify in the first place, and that’s before you even talk about nexa‘s pickup from G2. Seeing kassad’s BLEED on LAN will certainly be an interesting prospect later this year.

SA 1 – Imperial

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Imperial are often seen as the best South American Counter-Strike has to offer, with young talents like decenty and noway proving the perfect foil for veterans like felps. It’s only right that Imperial are the first South American representatives in the Thunderpick World Championship 2024, having come out on top in the first SA Qualifier.

It was a legit run to qualification too, beating other top teams such as 9z and Fluxo, as well as Lionel Messi’s KRÜ roster. When the Thunderpick World Championship 2024 begins later this year, we expect Imperial to cause some real problems for other teams.

SA 2 – BESTIA

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BESTIA are the surprise package of the Thunderpick World Championship 2024 qualifiers so far. Although they lost to eventual winners Imperial in the first SA qualifier, they went the distance on their second attempt by beating Fluxo in the Grand Final. We certainly didn’t expect it, but we can’t say they didn’t deserve it.

While we don’t expect them to make a huge impact at the Thunderpick WC 2024, we also didn’t expect them to make it there in the first place. Prove us wrong, BESTIA!

NA 1 – M80

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M80 proved the victors of the recent Thunderpick WC 2024 Qualifiers, showing themselves as the rising stars of NA Counter-Strike. Overall, it was a pretty comfortable run, with their toughest opposition coming in the Grand Final against a Nouns team rejuvenated by the recent addition of CS:GO Major winner RUSH.

This was another tournament that continued to prove the rise of malbsMd, who really was the star of this M80 roster. His transfer to G2 was a big loss for the team, and it’ll be interesting to see if Lake can fill that void at the Thunderpick World Championship 2024.

NA 2 – Legacy

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We’re not here to pass judgment on whether Brazilian team Legacy should be able to qualify for the Thunderpick World Championship 2024 via the North American qualifiers. Regardless, that’s exactly what happened in the second NA qualifiers, after beating Party Astronauts in a close Grand Final.

With talents like latto and dumao on the roster, we’re excited to see what kind of impact Legacy can have at the Thunderpick World Championship 2024.

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