NoChance, Sprout, GamerLegion, and Maknitude are the four squads that made it through the gauntlet of the Europe Minor Open Qualifier so far, with two more teams set to earn a place in the Closed Qualifier tomorrow, when Europe Minor Open Qualifier 3 concludes.
draken's Ancient through to day two About 400 teams are expected to be competing in the Open Qualifier, with some big teams hoping the third time is the charm after failing in the first qualifiers.
-- Europe Minor Open Qualifier 3 bracket --
As the early rounds of the qualifier are not covered on HLTV and GOTVs are disabled for security reasons, we will be posting live updates on the cup as it progresses.
22:00 First day of the qualifier over; top 16 teams determined
After five rounds of matches, the first day of the qualifier is now over. The teams through to the last-16 stage, which will be covered by HLTV, are the following:
AGO
FrenchFrogs
Movistar Riders
Epsilon
Tricked
Giants
Aristocracy
Chaos
HAVU
Ancient
SJ
Nordavind
ALTERNATE aTTaX
MOLDOVENII
PACT
Copenhagen Flames 22:00 Epsilon, Aristocracy, HAVU through to day two
Epsilon, Aristocracy and HAVU are the first teams to have booked spots in the last-16 stage, which will be played only on Saturday. Teodor "SPELLAN" Nikolov's troops will be hoping that third time will be the charm for them after crashing out of the first two qualifiers in the semi-final stage.
The first results are in and look as follows:
HAVU 16-11
ImmuNe
Epsilon 16-4
London
Aristocracy 16-3
MAD Lions
FrenchFrogs 16-8
Salamander
21:07 First round of 32 matches underway
The opening day of this qualifier is almost over, with only one round of fixtures left to play. Below are some of the more interesting matches that will be played:
Aristocracy vs.
MAD Lions
FrenchFrogs vs.
Salamander
SJ vs.
Arena Bulls
AGO vs.
Snuussss
HAVU vs.
ImmuNe
Epsilon vs.
London
PANTHERS vs.
Nordavind
20:45 Ancient enter Round of 32 at Apeks' expense
In one of the biggest matches of Round of 64, Ancient moved past Apeks by a 16-8 scoreline to claim a spot in the last-32 stage.
Other results:
Nordavind 16-7
LDLC
Tricked 16-1
Unicorns of Love
PACT 16-4
Dragons
Aristocracy 16-10
DJAEVELS
SJ 16-13
OFFSET
20:20 Virtus.pro eliminated in Round of 128
Virtus.pro failed to make it to the last-64 stage after losing to STEP 16-19 on Nuke. The Danish team move on in the bracket and will take on GUFFERin the next stage.
19:49 Nordic clash headlines Round of 64
As the tournament progresses, more and more interesting clashes are taking place. With the big favourites still alive, the Round of 64 will be headlined by a Nordic showdown between Ancient and Apeks.
Below are some of the other interesting clashes:
Nordavind vs
LDLC
Tricked vs
Unicorns of Love
Giants vs
Budapest Five
Aristocracy vs.
DJAEVELS
SJ vs.
OFFSET
Movistar Riders and Tricked have claimed spots in the tournament's last-64 stage after moving past Bpro and AVEZ respectively, both by 16-6 scorelines.
19:37 Movistar Riders, Tricked progress
Movistar Riders and Tricked have claimed spots in the tournament's last-64 stage after moving past Bpro and AVEZ respectively, both by 16-6 scorelines.
Other results:
MIKSTURA 16-7
LOG
Aristocracy 16-1 OUTRAGE
18:47 Things heat up in round of 128
Three rounds into the tournament, things are starting to get more interesting. Below you can find some of the notable match-ups of the round of 128:
Movistar Riders vs.
Bpro
STEP vs.
Virtus.pro
Tricked vs.
AVEZ
Baecon vs.
Turkey5
MIKSTURA vs.
LOG
team bodyy vs.
Copenhagen Flames
18:30 MIKSTURA through to last-128
Polish team MIKSTURA, featuring former Virtus.pro member, are through to the last-128 stage after easing past k1ck 16-4 in one of the second round's biggest encounters.
17:15 The bracket has been drawn
The first matches started in the Europe Minor Open Qualifier 1, with the notable teams either without an opponent or facing a big underdog in the round-of-512.
16:50 bodyy signed up with mix
The former G2 player seems to have recovered from his injury as he is signed up for the qualifier alongside Sébastien "KenShaX" Loddé and other French players.

Bpro 
Ivan 'Rock1nG' Stratiev
Denislav 'dennyslaw' Dimitrov
Krasen 'Zix' Minchev
Kostadin 'rafftu' Turbinov 
Chaos #42 
Fredrik 'FREDDyFROG' Gustafsson
Joakim 'Relaxa' Gustafsson
Niclas 'PlesseN' Plessen
Linus 'Bååten' Andersson
Daniel 'djL' Narancic 
SJ #74 
Jesse 'KHRN' Grandell
Mikko 'xartE' Välimaa
Tony 'arvid' Niemelä
Elias 'Jamppi' Olkkonen
Tuomas 'SADDYX' Louhimaa 
STEP #85 
Tobias 'TOBIZ' Theo
Peter 'Inzta' Kragelund
Thomas 'Ryxxo' Nielsen
Anton 'notaN' Pedersen
Casper 'Celrate' Andersen 
k1ck 
João 'sh1zlEE' Sá
Joao 'plat' Ferreira
Claudio 'Cunha' Cunha
José 'Misk' Rangel
Renato 'renatoohaxx' Gonçalves 
Maknitude #95 
Martin 'PERCY' Wessel
Danni 'smF' Dyg
Dennis 'sycrone' Nielsen
Allan 'AnJ' Jensen
Jacob 'dragonfly' Lund 
PANTHERS #168 
Michele 'zonixx' Köhler
Lukas 'ecfN' Kauer
Patrick 'P4TriCK' Zaremba
Patrick 'pdy' Merken
Alexander 'Ultimate' Pauls 
Budapest Five #234 
Gábor 'gabesson' Málovics
Kevin 'Barcode' Bana
Ádám 'kolor' Domoszlay
Fodor 'fleav' Levente
Atif 'gejmzilla' Mustafa 
Salamander #144 
Viktor 'flashie' Tamás Bea
Patrik 'bodito' Boda
Renátó 'bzt' Bárányos
Áron 'Aaron' Homoki
András 'coolio' Fercsák 
London #75 
Calum 'Kray' Knight
Travis 'L1NK' Mendoza
Fraser 'Frazehh' Sollom
Adam 'Adam9130' Ahmad
William 'mezii' Merriman 
Teodor 'SPELLAN' Nikolov
Age: 21 Team: Epsilon Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 798 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.66 
LOG #162 
Muhammed 'mini' Salman
Emre 'ruffian' Tutçalı
Enes 'E5N' Erdoğan
Can 'Cizzx' Pars
Buğra 'mojj' Kiraz 
MIKSTURA 
Maciek 'Luz' Bugaj
Konrad 'EXUS' Jeńczeń
Tomasz 'ToM223' Richter
Miłosz 'mhL' Knasiak
Paweł 'byali' Bieliński 
MAD Lions 
Rubén 'TorPe' Jesús Gómez Rodríguez
Javier 'dragunov' Sánchez
Jose 'HUMANZ' Luis Cebrian Martinez
Iván 'NaOw' González 
G2 #15 
Audric 'JACKZ' Jug
Richard 'shox' Papillon
Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub
François 'amanek' Delaunay
Lucas 'Lucky' Chastang 
Giants #43 
Ricardo 'fox' Pacheco
Christopher 'MUTiRiS' Fernandes
Ricardo 'roman' Oliveira
Joao 'KILLDREAM' Ferreira
Luís 'ZELIN' Lousada 
AVEZ #97 
Wiktor 'mynio' Kruk
Rafał 'sany' Pietrzak
Patryk 'ponczek' Wites
Michał 'crank' Krystyniak 

Apeks #127 

Pål 'Polly' Kammen
Anders 'aNdz' Kjær
Kristian 'akez' Kornbakk
Ole 'Marcelious' Kristian Langan
Sander 'Grus' Iversen 
Virtus.pro #55 
Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski
Michał 'MICHU' Müller
Michał 'snatchie' Rudzki
Michal 'OKOLICIOUZ' Glowaty
Arek 'Vegi' Nawojski 
NoChance #58 
Mikail 'Maikelele' Bill
Jesse 'zehN' Linjala
Martin 'STYKO' Styk
Kevin 'kRYSTAL' Amend
Thomas 'Thomas' Utting 
Aristocracy #33 
Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas
Jacek 'MINISE' Jeziak
Karol 'rallen' Rodowicz
Mikołaj 'mouz' Karolewski
Paweł 'dycha' Dycha Time is adjusted to your selected timezone 
DJAEVELS #160 
Oliver 'Jesus' Kruusamägi
Alvar 'consss' Rämman
Berki 'Papaje1s' Noobel
Rene 'Wahtzz' Vahu
Raigo 'TRiXzN' Seim 
MOLDOVENII 

HAVU #59 
Eetu 'sAw' Saha
Lasse 'ZOREE' Uronen
Olli 'sLowi' Pitkänen
Aaro 'hoody' Peltokangas
Samuli 'Twixie' Herrala 
Dragons #262 
Juan 'meisoN' Carlos Chacón
Francesc 'donQ' Savall Garcia
Victor 'xikii' García
Rajohn 'EasTor' Linato
Alfredo 'enanoks' Alvarez 
Baecon 
Brunno 'Demonos' Nóbrega
Douglas 'Spit' Franco
José 'SLiNKY' Valera
Rafael 'fas7' Gianini
Braulio 'brA' Piraglia 

LDLC #80 

Christophe 'SIXER' Xia
Engin 'MAJ3R' Küpeli
Vincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer
Alexandre 'xms' Forté
Rodolphe 'roden' Bianco 
ImmuNe #178 
Kenni 'wezx' Holmberg
Andreas 'kiR' Kirstein
Oliver 'kwezz' Rasmussen
Philip 'Lucky' Ewald
Mads 'zypztw' Hermansen 
Nordavind #70 
Ruben 'RUBINO' Villarroel
Jesper 'TENZKI' Plougmann
Jorgen 'cromen' Robertsen
Håkon 'hallzerk' Fjærli
Haakon 'Radifaction' Tholo 
Tricked #28 
Nicolai 'HUNDEN' Petersen
Lucas 'Bubzkji' Andersen
Johannes 'b0RUP' Borup
Frederik 'acoR' Gyldstrand
Rasmus 'sjuush' Beck 

PACT #73 

Piotr 'morelz' Taterka
Dawid 'lunAtic' Cieślak
Kacper 'darko' Ściera
Patryk 'Sidney' Korab
Kamil 'Sobol' Sobolewski 
AGO #27 
Grzegorz 'SZPERO' Dziamałek
Damian 'Furlan' Kislowski
Dominik 'GruBy' Swiderski
Tomasz 'phr' Wójcik
Kacper 'kaper' Słoma 
OFFSET #102 
Tiago 'JUST' Moura
Ricardo 'zlynx' Matos
Francisco 'obj' Ramos
Renato 'stadodo' Gonçalves
Paulo 'pr' Silva 
Epsilon #37 
Joey 'CRUC1AL' Steusel
Kia 'Surreal' Man
Rasmus 'kreaz' Johansson
Teodor 'SPELLAN' Nikolov
Helvijs 'broky' Saukants 
ALTERNATE aTTaX #65 
Stefan 'stfN' Seier
Dustin 'DuDe' Großmann
Mateusz 'mantuu' Wilczewski
Marko 'kressy' Đorđević
Fritz 'slaxz-' Dietrich 
Arena Bulls 
Ufuk 'SasuKe' Göktaş
Emre 'sterben' Demirci
Mert 'KEY' Çelebi
Hüseyin 'ELOSSA' Tüysüz
Ekrem 'l0gicman' Aydin 
Sprout #32 
Florian 'syrsoN' Rische
Timo 'Spiidi' Richter
Sabit 'mirbit' Coktasar
Nils 'k1to' Gruhne
Josef 'faveN' Baumann 
FrenchFrogs #46 
David 'Davidp' Prins
Ali 'hAdji' Haïnouss
Logan 'LOGAN' Corti
Bryan 'Maka' Canda
Gaëtan 'JiNKZ' Jamin 
Unicorns of Love #128 
Christian 'crisby' Schmitt
André 'Kirby' Kempa
Oliver 'kzy' Heck
Markus 'maRky' Reitenbach
Denim 'DeniMM' Ameti 
Ancient #50 
William 'draken' Sundin
Joakim 'disco doplan' Gidetun
Fredrik 'freddieb' Buö
Alfred 'RuStY' Karlsson
Nicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora 
Movistar Riders #34 
Aitor 'SOKER' Fernández
Oscar 'mixwell' Cañellas
Alejandro 'alex' Masanet
Alejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo Cano
Raúl 'DeathZz' Jordán Nieto 
GamerLegion #39 
Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' Droolans
Adil 'ScreaM' Benrlitom
Kevin 'HS' Tarn
Hampus 'hampus' Poser
Tim 'nawwk' Jonasson
Sébastien 'KenShaX' Loddé
Age: 24 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.85 Maps played: 12 KPR: 0.55 DPR: 0.74 
Copenhagen Flames #57 
Rasmus 'HooXi' Nielsen
Mads 'Console' Skovby
Sebastian 'Basso' Aagaard
Asger 'Farlig' Jensen
Fredrik 'roeJ' Jørgensen