Dust2 India - 1XBET Cup Open Qualifier 59: Recap

The Dust2 India - 1XBET Cup Open Qualifier 59 has come to a close. The open qualifier began earlier today with ten teams in contention for two Dust2 India - 1XBET Masters 30 slots. All teams received free passes in the first round either due to byes or no-shows. Xtreme 5 did not show up for their game against ARISE, giving Bhavi's team a semi-final slot and so did LateNighTers as a result of Pakboyz not showing up.

Round 1

• Legion (Bye)

• Rehman Dakait 1-0 Doge

• Flshbck (Bye)

• WahWah (Bye)

• Pakboyz (Bye)

• LateNighTers 1-0 S7REAK

• ARISE (Bye)

• Xtreme 5 (Bye)

Round 2

In the second round, Indian team Rehman Dakait went down to Legion on Dust2 and a clouda-f1redup show saw Flshbck eliminate WahWah to advance to round 3, the semi-finals. On the other side of the bracket, Pakboyz and Xtreme 5 did not show up for their games, sending LateNighTers and ARISE into the next round.

• Legion 13-6 Rehman Dakait (Dust2)

• Flshbck 13-7 WahWah

Round 3 (Qualification matches)

Legion took on Flshbck Gaming in the first semi-final with the latter emerging victorious on Dust2 as BENZENE and f1redup piled up 21 frags each. The second semi-final took us to Anubis, the newest returnee to the active duty map pool. LateNighTers gave the Indian side a run for their money but with Ph1NNN, Bhavi and borosto posting over 20 frags a piece, ARISE just about made it across the line.

• Flshbck Gaming 13-6 Legion

• ARISE 13-11 LateNighTers

Round 4

With wins in the earlier round, ARISE and Flshbck Gaming confirmed their main event slots. The final game of the single-elimination bracket, played out for seeding saw ARISE comfortably secure a win against Flshbck on Dust2. Ph1NNN topped the server with 20 frags to his name at an ADR of 108.

• ARISE 13-5 Flshbck Gaming

ARISE and Flshbck Gaming have qualified for the main event which features four teams in a single-elimination bracket with a prize pool of $1,500 USD. Dust2 India - 1XBET Masters 30 is a Valve Ranked event and gives teams the opportunity to open/advance and secure their VRS points. Two more teams can qualify to the main event from Dust2 India - 1XBET Cup Open Qualifier 60 which takes place this Saturday, 24th January 2026.