The two teams will face off on Sunday, with the winner advancing directly to the main event.

Extra Salt and O PLANO have claimed victory in their opening matches for the cs_summit 8 closed qualifier, advancing to the upper bracket semi-final where they will face off against one another for a spot in the Regional Major Ranking (RMR) event.

Extra Salt, who received a direct invite to the closed qualifier based off being the highest ranked side in North America not already competing in the main event, were matched up against GODSENT in the first round of play, with the Brazilian roster also receiving an invite despite being ranked below Triumph at the time invites were distributed.

The disparity led to the two invited sides facing off in the first round due to the bracket being seeded by more recent rankings than when the invites were distributed, while Triumph and O PLANO, who both advanced through the open qualifiers, were also drawn against each other.

Sonic led the way for Extra Salt in their opening match

Extra Salt, fresh off a gamut of European tournaments, put their practice to good use against GODSENT, with Aran "⁠Sonic⁠" Groesbeek shining in a 16-8 win on Nuke to open the series. Inferno, GODSENT's map pick, was a more keenly contested affair, with the lead being traded back and forth before Extra Salt narrowly prevailed in triple overtime to take the series.

O PLANO required all three maps to take a win over Triumph, with the two sides trading 16-13 wins on Nuke and Dust2, respectively, forcing a Train decider. There, the trio of Henrique "⁠HEN1⁠" Teles, Leonardo "⁠leo_drk⁠" Oliveira, and Vinicius "⁠vsm⁠" Moreira combined to help their team to an 8-7 scoreline at halftime, before establishing dominant control in the second half with eight rounds in a row to take the series.

cs_summit 8 Closed QualifierBest of 3 Extra SaltMatchpage 2 0 14th May 2021 GODSENT 16Nuke 8 25Inferno 22

Extra Salt	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Aran 'Sonic' GroesbeekSonic	58 - 45	+13	86.6	1.34
Josh 'oSee' OhmoSee	54 - 38	+16	70.8	1.18
Edgar 'MarKE' MaldonadoMarKE	48 - 45	+3	82.2	1.17
Justin 'FaNg' CoakleyFaNg	44 - 41	+3	65.1	1.05
Johnny 'JT' TheodosiouJT	36 - 50	-14	62.1	0.94

GODSENT	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Eduardo 'dumau' Wolkmerdumau	48 - 44	+4	84.8	1.17
Bruno 'b4rtiN' Câmarab4rtiN	55 - 46	+9	77.8	1.15
João 'felps' Vasconcellosfelps	41 - 48	-7	66.6	0.94
Epitacio 'TACO' de MeloTACO	39 - 54	-15	67.5	0.85
Bruno 'latto' Rebelattolatto	32 - 50	-18	48.6	0.74

cs_summit 8 Closed QualifierBest of 3 O PLANOMatchpage 2 1 15th May 2021 Triumph 13Nuke 16 16Dust2 13 16Train 7

O PLANO	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Lucas 'LUCAS1' TelesLUCAS1	58 - 54	+4	82.6	1.16
Henrique 'HEN1' TelesHEN1	52 - 47	+5	74.1	1.07
Vito 'kNgV-' GiuseppekNgV-	56 - 57	-1	69.2	1.07
Leonardo 'leo_drk' Oliveiraleo_drk	55 - 50	+5	72.6	1.06
Vinicius 'vsm' Moreiravsm	55 - 57	-2	76.6	1.05

Triumph	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
David 'cynic' Polstercynic	64 - 52	+12	91.0	1.26
Ian 'motm' Hardymotm	54 - 56	-2	69.2	1.01
Austin 'Cooper' AbadirCooper	50 - 60	-10	72.1	0.91
Brendan 'Bwills' WilliamsBwills	45 - 55	-10	66.3	0.89
Alan 'Shakezullah' HardemanShakezullah	49 - 53	-4	59.4	0.86

Vinicius 'vsm' Moreira Age: 21 Team: O PLANO Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 409 KPR: 0.80 DPR: 0.66 Leonardo 'leo_drk' Oliveira Age: 21 Team: O PLANO Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 474 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.70 Henrique 'HEN1' Teles Age: 25 Team: O PLANO Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 983 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.58 O PLANO #50 Vito 'kNgV-' GiuseppeHenrique 'HEN1' TelesLucas 'LUCAS1' TelesLeonardo 'leo_drk' OliveiraVinicius 'vsm' Moreira Aran 'Sonic' Groesbeek Age: 22 Team: Extra Salt Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 804 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.64 Extra Salt #21 Aran 'Sonic' GroesbeekEdgar 'MarKE' MaldonadoJohnny 'JT' TheodosiouJosh 'oSee' OhmJustin 'FaNg' Coakley GODSENT #90 Epitacio 'TACO' de MeloJoão 'felps' VasconcellosEduardo 'dumau' WolkmerBruno 'b4rtiN' CâmaraBruno 'latto' Rebelatto Triumph #48 Ian 'motm' HardyAlan 'Shakezullah' HardemanAustin 'Cooper' AbadirDavid 'cynic' PolsterBrendan 'Bwills' Williams