EU Minor Open Qualifier 3 down to 16 teams as day one reaches end

Teams are set to compete in the next-to-last Open Qualifier for the Europe Minor, which commences at 17:00

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' StratievDenislav 'dennyslaw' DimitrovKrasen 'Zix' MinchevKostadin 'rafftu' Turbinov Chaos #42 Fredrik 'FREDDyFROG' GustafssonJoakim 'Relaxa' GustafssonNiclas 'PlesseN' PlessenLinus 'Bååten' AnderssonDaniel 'djL' Narancic SJ #74 Jesse 'KHRN' GrandellMikko 'xartE' VälimaaTony 'arvid' NiemeläElias 'Jamppi' OlkkonenTuomas 'SADDYX' Louhimaa STEP #85 Tobias 'TOBIZ' TheoPeter 'Inzta' KragelundThomas 'Ryxxo' NielsenAnton 'notaN' PedersenCasper 'Celrate' Andersen k1ck João 'sh1zlEE' SáJoao 'plat' FerreiraClaudio 'Cunha' CunhaJosé 'Misk' RangelRenato 'renatoohaxx' Gonçalves Maknitude #95 Martin 'PERCY' WesselDanni 'smF' DygDennis 'sycrone' NielsenAllan 'AnJ' JensenJacob 'dragonfly' Lund PANTHERS #168 Michele 'zonixx' KöhlerLukas 'ecfN' KauerPatrick 'P4TriCK' ZarembaPatrick 'pdy' MerkenAlexander 'Ultimate' Pauls Budapest Five #234 Gábor 'gabesson' MálovicsKevin 'Barcode' BanaÁdám 'kolor' DomoszlayFodor 'fleav' LeventeAtif 'gejmzilla' Mustafa Salamander #144 Viktor 'flashie' Tamás BeaPatrik 'bodito' BodaRenátó 'bzt' BárányosÁron 'Aaron' HomokiAndrás 'coolio' Fercsák London #75 Calum 'Kray' KnightTravis 'L1NK' MendozaFraser 'Frazehh' SollomAdam 'Adam9130' AhmadWilliam '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' SalmanEmre 'ruffian' TutçalıEnes 'E5N' ErdoğanCan 'Cizzx' ParsBuğra 'mojj' Kiraz MIKSTURA Maciek 'Luz' BugajKonrad 'EXUS' JeńczeńTomasz 'ToM223' RichterMiłosz 'mhL' KnasiakPaweł 'byali' Bieliński MAD Lions Rubén 'TorPe' Jesús Gómez RodríguezJavier 'dragunov' SánchezJose 'HUMANZ' Luis Cebrian MartinezIván 'NaOw' González G2 #15 Audric 'JACKZ' JugRichard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' SchrubFrançois 'amanek' DelaunayLucas 'Lucky' Chastang Giants #43 Ricardo 'fox' PachecoChristopher 'MUTiRiS' FernandesRicardo 'roman' OliveiraJoao 'KILLDREAM' FerreiraLuís 'ZELIN' Lousada AVEZ #97 Wiktor 'mynio' KrukRafał 'sany' PietrzakPatryk 'ponczek' WitesMichał 'crank' Krystyniak Apeks #127 Pål 'Polly' KammenAnders 'aNdz' KjærKristian 'akez' KornbakkOle 'Marcelious' Kristian LanganSander 'Grus' Iversen Virtus.pro #55 Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiMichał 'MICHU' MüllerMichał 'snatchie' RudzkiMichal 'OKOLICIOUZ' GlowatyArek 'Vegi' Nawojski NoChance #58 Mikail 'Maikelele' BillJesse 'zehN' LinjalaMartin 'STYKO' StykKevin 'kRYSTAL' AmendThomas 'Thomas' Utting Aristocracy #33 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasJacek 'MINISE' JeziakKarol 'rallen' RodowiczMikołaj 'mouz' KarolewskiPaweł 'dycha' Dycha Time is adjusted to your selected timezone DJAEVELS #160 Oliver 'Jesus' KruusamägiAlvar 'consss' RämmanBerki 'Papaje1s' NoobelRene 'Wahtzz' VahuRaigo 'TRiXzN' Seim MOLDOVENII HAVU #59 Eetu 'sAw' SahaLasse 'ZOREE' UronenOlli 'sLowi' PitkänenAaro 'hoody' PeltokangasSamuli 'Twixie' Herrala Dragons #262 Juan 'meisoN' Carlos ChacónFrancesc 'donQ' Savall GarciaVictor 'xikii' GarcíaRajohn 'EasTor' LinatoAlfredo 'enanoks' Alvarez Baecon Brunno 'Demonos' NóbregaDouglas 'Spit' FrancoJosé 'SLiNKY' ValeraRafael 'fas7' GianiniBraulio 'brA' Piraglia LDLC #80 Christophe 'SIXER' XiaEngin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliVincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerAlexandre 'xms' FortéRodolphe 'roden' Bianco ImmuNe #178 Kenni 'wezx' HolmbergAndreas 'kiR' KirsteinOliver 'kwezz' RasmussenPhilip 'Lucky' EwaldMads 'zypztw' Hermansen Nordavind #70 Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelJesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannJorgen 'cromen' RobertsenHåkon 'hallzerk' FjærliHaakon 'Radifaction' Tholo Tricked #28 Nicolai 'HUNDEN' PetersenLucas 'Bubzkji' AndersenJohannes 'b0RUP' BorupFrederik 'acoR' GyldstrandRasmus 'sjuush' Beck PACT #73 Piotr 'morelz' TaterkaDawid 'lunAtic' CieślakKacper 'darko' ŚcieraPatryk 'Sidney' KorabKamil 'Sobol' Sobolewski AGO #27 Grzegorz 'SZPERO' DziamałekDamian 'Furlan' KislowskiDominik 'GruBy' SwiderskiTomasz 'phr' WójcikKacper 'kaper' Słoma OFFSET #102 Tiago 'JUST' MouraRicardo 'zlynx' MatosFrancisco 'obj' RamosRenato 'stadodo' GonçalvesPaulo 'pr' Silva Epsilon #37 Joey 'CRUC1AL' SteuselKia 'Surreal' ManRasmus 'kreaz' JohanssonTeodor 'SPELLAN' NikolovHelvijs 'broky' Saukants ALTERNATE aTTaX #65 Stefan 'stfN' SeierDustin 'DuDe' GroßmannMateusz 'mantuu' WilczewskiMarko 'kressy' ĐorđevićFritz 'slaxz-' Dietrich Arena Bulls Ufuk 'SasuKe' GöktaşEmre 'sterben' DemirciMert 'KEY' ÇelebiHüseyin 'ELOSSA' TüysüzEkrem 'l0gicman' Aydin Sprout #32 Florian 'syrsoN' RischeTimo 'Spiidi' RichterSabit 'mirbit' CoktasarNils 'k1to' GruhneJosef 'faveN' Baumann FrenchFrogs #46 David 'Davidp' PrinsAli 'hAdji' HaïnoussLogan 'LOGAN' CortiBryan 'Maka' CandaGaëtan 'JiNKZ' Jamin Unicorns of Love #128 Christian 'crisby' SchmittAndré 'Kirby' KempaOliver 'kzy' HeckMarkus 'maRky' ReitenbachDenim 'DeniMM' Ameti Ancient #50 William 'draken' SundinJoakim 'disco doplan' GidetunFredrik 'freddieb' BuöAlfred 'RuStY' KarlssonNicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora Movistar Riders #34 Aitor 'SOKER' FernándezOscar 'mixwell' CañellasAlejandro 'alex' MasanetAlejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo CanoRaúl 'DeathZz' Jordán Nieto GamerLegion #39 Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' DroolansAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomKevin 'HS' TarnHampus 'hampus' PoserTim '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' NielsenMads 'Console' SkovbySebastian 'Basso' AagaardAsger 'Farlig' JensenFredrik 'roeJ' Jørgensen