With a 3-1 victory over ORDER (default, 13-16 Mirage, 16-10 Overpass, 16-13 Nuke), Grayhound won the Oceania qualifier and secured a spot at IEM Sydney.

Eight Oceanic teams competed in the IEM Sydney 2019 Oceania Closed qualifier, a double-elimination BO3 bracket with a BO5 final, where one spot for IEM Sydney was on the line.

Grayhound, the highest ranked team in the region, took down Control (2-0) and Breakaway (2-1) to reach the upper-bracket final, where they met ORDER who overcame Astral Influence (2-0) and Chiefs (2-1). Grayhound dispatched of their opponents fairly comfortably (2-0), earning a spot in the grand final, with ORDER earning a rematch after defeating Chiefs in the consolidation final, a very tight 2-1 game.

Christopher "⁠dexter⁠" Nong and co. had a 1-0 map advantage going into the BO5, and started the series on Mirage, ORDER's map pick. Grayhound did take the early lead, 6-0 on the offensive side, but Chris "⁠emagine⁠" Rowlands stepped up to the task and helped his team fight back, securing a narrow, 16-13 win on the first map.

The action moved to Overpass, which was the Ollie "⁠DickStacy⁠" Tierney show as the 21-year-old stood out on both the offensive and defensive side of the map. ORDER was keeping in it during the first half, but after a force-buy win and a six-round streak in the second half, Grayhound closed it out 16-10, moving to Nuke.

It was another map heavily contested from both sides, Grayhound started well but ORDER found good momentum on the Terrorist side, finishing it with a minimal deficit, 8-7. They added the CT pistol to that and had a 12-9 lead before dexter pushed his team over the finish line with some great individual play, helping them take a 16-13 win, 3-1 for the series

Grayhound	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Ollie 'DickStacy' TierneyDickStacy	70 - 53	+17	82.7	1.18
Simon 'Sico' WilliamsSico	58 - 51	+7	73.2	1.18
Erdenetsogt 'erkaSt' GantulgaerkaSt	62 - 55	+7	73.9	1.09
Christopher 'dexter' Nongdexter	59 - 63	-4	76.6	1.09
Liam 'malta' Schembrimalta	47 - 55	-8	72.8	0.99

ORDER	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Chris 'emagine' Rowlandsemagine	61 - 57	+4	86.1	1.15
Joshua 'INS' PotterINS	55 - 60	-5	81.0	1.07
Jordan 'Hatz' BajicHatz	59 - 61	-2	76.2	1.00
Alistair 'aliStair' JohnstonaliStair	50 - 57	-7	66.7	0.94
Charlie 'zeph' Doddzeph	50 - 61	-11	60.5	0.86

Only one more slot is left to be filled for the $250,000 IEM stop in Sydney, with the last team to be found through the four-team IEM Sydney Derby, taking place on April 16-18: