EU Minor Open Qualifier 1 day one concluded; top 16 teams found

From over 400 teams competing for two Closed Qualifier spots, the list has been narrowed down to 16 teams which will continue their battle tomorrow.

With the competition in Europe being more and more cutthroat every year, the interest for the Europe Minor Open Qualifiers is reaching an all-time high.

While the eight teams invited to the Closed Qualifier have been announced and include the likes of fnatic, MOUZ, and North on the list, eight more teams will join them through the Open Qualifiers as they search for a path to the Major and international recognition.

Virtus.pro are one of the five Polish sides to reach day two

The following teams reached the second day of the Europe Minor Open Qualifier 1:

Virtus.pro
NoChance
FATE
ALTERNATE aTTaX
Chaos
Sprout
Denzaaaa
Epsilon

Pompa Black
finkatt
PACT
AGO
BuzzKill
GameAgents
Lyngby Vikings
Ambush

-- Europe Minor Open Qualifier 1 bracket --

22:40 First day of the Europe Minor Open Qualifier concluded

Five Polish teams managed to fight their way through the qualifier today, with Germany and Denmark also strongly represented with two teams each. As the bracket reached the top16 point, the games will end for the day and continue tomorrow from 17:00 . Check out our event page for more information.

22:05 NoChance, Sprout amongst first to reach top16

With the first round-of-32 matches finished, some teams that will be continuing tomorrow have been found. NoChance reached top16 with a confident win over FcottoNd, Sprout took down TheDice, with ALTERNATE aTTaX joining them by defeating Lilmix.

21:42 Last matches of the day are underway

The competition has been narrowed down to 32 teams, with the winners of these matches continuing the run tomorrow, in matches which will be covered on HLTV.org.

Round-of-32 matches are as follows:

Ancient vs. Virtus.pro
Budapest Five vs. PTBLACK
NoChance vs. FcottoNd
Dragons vs. finkatt | STREAM
FATE vs. Kuruma_
PACT vs. PVE
ALTERNATE aTTaX vs. Lilmix
Copenhagen Flames vs. AGO | STREAM
Chaos vs. UrMumRasclart
Buzzkill vs. Wiseguys
Sprout vs. TheDice
FUZOS vs. DENZAAAA
Lyngby Vikings vs. RS-_- |STREAM
Epsilon vs. STEP
Ambush vs. TRUSTUNI

21:25 LDLC, GamerLegion, ex-3DMAX fall to underdogs

In the Round-of-64, NoChance edged out MIKSTURA in an overtime game on Nuke, 22-19, with Martin "⁠STYKO⁠" Styk leading the fragging with 40 kills. In other matches, ALTERNATE aTTaX eliminated Turkey5, while Copenhagen Flames upset GamerLegion off the back of Fredrik "⁠roeJ⁠" Jørgensen's 37-20 K-D.

Another big upset was LDLC losing to Polish side DENZAAAA 16-12 thanks to Marcin "⁠Shatar⁠" Lubowicki's 32-14 K-D game, and another French side, ex-3DMAX, also fell to a underdog, RS-_-.

Results:

NoChance 22-19 MIKSTURA
ALTERNATE aTTaX 16-7 Turkey5
Copenhagen Flames 16-14 GamerLegion
Chaos 16 - 12 The Final Tribe
Buzzkil 16 - 7 Unicorns of Love
AGO 16 - 11 1337HUANIA
BLUEJAYS 16 - 10 Tricked Academy
DENZAAAA 16 - 12 LDLC
RS-_- 16-12 ex-3DMAX
Epsilon 16 - 2 ImmuNegg

21:36 LDLC take down Pasha's Youngsters

The French squad LDLC defeated Jarosław "⁠pashaBiceps⁠" Jarząbkowski's Youngsters 16-12 on Inferno, Vincent "⁠Happy⁠" Schopenhauer was topfragging with 27 kills.

20:00 Round of 128 concluded

While most of the results in this leg have not been massive surprises, HAVU's loss to TheDice was an unexpected result, as were the one-sidedness of certain matches.

Ancient 16 - 14 x-kom
Budapest Five 16 - 9 PANTHERS
The Final Tribe 16 - 6 Maknitude
GamerLegion 16 - 4 Movistar Riders
TheDice 16 - 11 HAVU

Coming up next are another bunch of exciting matches, with Mikail "⁠Maikelele⁠" Bill's NoChance in action, GamerLegion taking on Copenhagen Flames, and more.

MIKSTURA vs. NoChance
ALTERNATE aTTaX vs. Turkey5 - streamed by rootthegamer
Endpoint vs. Budapest Five
Copenhagen Flames vs. GamerLegion - streamed by blameF
Epsilon vs. ImmuNegg

18:55 First results in: Tricked, Aristocracy eliminated

Some notable teams were taken out of the running early, as they faced strong opponents in round-of-256. Nicolai "⁠HUNDEN⁠" Petersen's Tricked and Wiktor "⁠TaZ⁠" Wojtas's Aristocracy are amongst them, as is Asger "⁠AcilioN⁠" Larsen's mix-team D-D-D who went out to their Polish counterpart MIKSTURA.

ALTERNATE aTTaX 16-12 Tricked
MIKSTURA 16 - 14 D-D-D
Copenhagen Flames 16-10 Aristocracy

An interesting match is coming up next in the round-of-128, as GamerLegion will take on Movistar Riders, amongst others:

GamerLegion vs. Movistar Riders - Streamed by PituHerranz
Maknitude vs. The Final Tribe - Streamed by blameF
Ancient vs. x-kom
Budapest Five vs. PANTHERS
eXtatus vs. 1337HUANIA

17:41 byali giving another MIKSTURA a shot

Following his exit from Virtus.pro, Paweł "⁠byali⁠" Bieliński has created a new version of MIKSTURA. Last time around, while being on the bench of Virtus.pro, the Pole led his side to the IEM Katowice Minor Closed Qualifier, and will try to do so again with Konrad "⁠EXUS⁠" Jeńczeń, Tomasz "⁠ToM223⁠" Richter, Michał "⁠Czapel⁠" Czapla, and Miłosz "⁠mhL⁠" Knasiak along his side.

The Poles are likely to meet against Danish mix "-D-D-D" in the next round, featuring AcilioN, Michael "⁠Friis⁠" Jørgensen, and Rasmus "⁠SandeN⁠" Sanden.

17:33 ex-Space Soldiers complete roster with youngsters

Engin "⁠ngiN⁠" Kor and Ahmet "⁠paz⁠" Karahoca are competing in the qualifier as Turkey5, however, without Buğra "⁠Calyx⁠" Arkın. The three remaining players in the squad are Ömer "⁠imoRR⁠" Karataş, "eneshan", and "hNNN-".

17:15 Bracket drawn, lack of seeding riles players

The 512-team bracket for the Open Qualifier has been drawn and is available here. Certain players, such as Tricked's Lucas "⁠Bubzkji⁠" Andersen and x-kom's Paweł "⁠innocent⁠" Mocek, have already taken to Twitter to express their unhappiness about the matter.