PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR Open Qualifier 1Europe RMR Open Qualifier 1 day one ends, round of 16 bracket set
Over 700 teams have signed up for the first of four open qualifiers in Europe, where four of the 19 spots available at the EU RMRs are in play.
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Notable matches - Bracket
Round-of-16
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Round-of-32
trickst3rs 5-16
Dignitas - lobby
fnatic 16-3
Nexus - lobby
Lost of Elo - lobby
SKADE 16-8
Falcons - lobby
BIG - lobby
FORSAKEN - lobby
Round-of-64
NEWCOMERS 1-16
VOID-APPARAT 2-16
OFFSET - lobby
Round-of-128
Levadia - lobby
B8 - lobby
AVANGAR - lobby
Round-of-256
Cryptova 9-16
Eternal Fire - lobby
LastWind 12-16
Round-of-512
SKILLSTARSpro 5-16
prozyum DC 9-16temp - lobby
23:25 Day one concludes with only 16 teams left standing
The final round of the first day has come to an end, leaving only the strongest alive as the herd of over 700 teams was thinned out to less than 20. Mos of the strongest contenders made it through, however, with top 30 heavyweights BIG, fnatic, OG, K23, HEET, GamerLegion, Movistar Riders and Dignitas all still alive and fighting for the four spots at the RMR tournaments.
The Round-of-16 match-ups, which will kick off Wednesday at 16:00 , are the following:
22:45 fnatic, BIG, Movistar Riders move on through RO64
In the penultimate round of the first day of the qualifier, the stakes continue to raise as more big names are knocked out and others stay in the running. The biggest upsets in this round include Nexus eliminating ECSTATIC and FORZE losing to Russian lineup UNPLUGG3D, while Endpoint met their fate at the hands of BIG.
Other notable names Apeks, the newly signed Falcons, and Spirit all win their games as well, setting up some big matches in the final round of the day:
20:35 SAW, 1WIN, Finest fall in RO128
As the team count continues to shrink, more and more notable names begin to meet, with Tricked taking down SAW, K23 defeating regional rivals 1WIN, and ECSTATIC beating Enterprise. Both SKADE and Bulgarian compatriots WinX move on to the round of 64 after victories over 4glory and the new LDLC, respectively.
The biggest favorites continue to march forward, as fnatic, BIG, HEET, and Sprout all move on to the next round. A Swedish mix headed up by Robin "flusha" Rönnquist and Jesper "JW" Wecksell, HeLlSlAyErZ, remain in contention and are next set to face off against HitMasters.
19:06 Eternal Fire eliminated in RO256 by OG
As the round of 256 nears its end, many notable squads have matched up with each other, with most of the big favorites advancing onwards. Notable results from before this round include the elimination of Aleksi "allu" Jalli's team temp by the hands of Ukrainian squad IKIGAI, cowana taking down MAD Lions, and SAW defeating the new-look Sangal.
The round of 256 itself has featured many notable matchups with some upsets for bigger teams: EC Brugge fell to Swedish mix e4e while NLG took down 777. OG remains strong, having beaten Eternal Fire to move on to the round of 128, while Movistar Riders, Spirit, BIG, and fnatic follow suit.
16:12 Bracket set, first matches going live
The first Europe RMR open qualifier's round of 1024 is underway with the bracket set and the top seeded teams given a BYE into the round of 512. Find all of the match-ups here.
15:55 Brollan to miss RMR open qualifiers
After removing Owen "smooya" Butterfield from the active roster and bringing up Iulian "regali" Harjău to take over AWPing duties, fnatic have now announced they will be without Ludvig "Brollan" Brolin for the coming RMR qualifiers and will instead field a second academy player, Peppe "Peppzor" Borak, as a stand-in.
15:50 First Europe RMR open qualifier set to start
Teams from all over Europe, including the CIS region, are set to face off against each other in the first PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR open qualifier, which is taking place across two days on February 22-23 with four spots at the European Regional Major Ranking tournaments up for grabs.
All matches, starting at 16:00 both days, will be best-of-ones with the exception of the best-of-three quarter-finals, which are the qualifying matches.
The whole bracket will be played out for seeding purposes even after the four semi-finalists who punch their ticket to the Europe RMR are known, including a third-place decider.
Top 30 teams that have to compete in the open qualifiers to reach the Europe RMRs:
The full team list for the first RMR qualifier is here.
The teams that will not be competing in the open qualifier due to already being placed in the Europe RMRs because of their top 16 finishes in the PGL Stockholm Major are:
This article will be updated with more information as the qualifier develops, including links to streams and a list of noteworthy match results. Streamers are invited to link their streams in the comments with information regarding the broadcast language in order to have them added to the article.
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Abay 'HObbit' Khassenov
Amin 'sugaR' Azimov
Dion 'FASHR' Derksen
Adam 'WolfY' Andersson
Mareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis
Robert 'manguss' Kasper
Nicolas 'Keoz' Dgus
Pavle 'Maden' Bošković
Ermek 'enzero' Kartanbaev
Christopher 'dexter' Nong
Ádám 'torzsi' Torzsás
Efekan 'S3NSEY' Topaloglu
Mohammad 'BOROS' Malhas
Max 'Marix' Kugener
Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken
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