Final EU Minor open qualifier reaches end

The final open qualifier for the next Europe Minor Championship has come to an end, with French duo Vitality and LDLC securing tickets to the next stage. Relive the qualifier's biggest moments by going through our live updates.

Vitality will face GUNNERS for a spot in the closed bracket

Day two recap

22:00 : LDLC through to closed qualifier

LDLC followed in Vitality's footsteps and booked their spot in the closed qualifier for the Europe Minor with a convincing 2-0 victory over 2019.

Europe Minor Open Qualifier 4 - IEM Katowice 2019Best of 3 LDLCMatchpage 2 0 25th November 2018 2019 16Mirage 8 16Train 13

LDLC	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
David 'devoduvek' Dobrosavljevicdevoduvek	42 - 34	+8	90.8	1.26
Antoine 'to1nou' Pirardto1nou	42 - 28	+14	69.5	1.23
Alex 'ALEX' McMeekinALEX	41 - 38	+3	90.0	1.19
François 'amanek' Delaunayamanek	33 - 23	+10	63.2	1.12
Logan 'LOGAN' CortiLOGAN	35 - 35	0	78.3	1.05

2019	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Paweł 'innocent' Mocekinnocent	32 - 34	-2	67.8	1.01
Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelRUBINO	36 - 37	-1	76.6	0.99
Jorgen 'cromen' Robertsencromen	33 - 39	-6	66.8	0.89
Kevin 'HS' TarnHS	30 - 44	-14	70.8	0.86
Bastian 'ayken' Schendzielorzayken	27 - 39	-12	54.2	0.77

This means that the final team list for the closed qualifier, scheduled for December 12-13, looks as follows:

MOUZ
ENCE
North
OpTic
Fragsters
Sprout
MIKSTURA
Windigo HEROIC
Kinguin
Virtus.pro
ex-Space Soldiers
x-kom
Valiance
Vitality
LDLC

21:00 : Vitality secure closed qualifier spot

Vitality have booked the first spot in the closed qualifier after taking down GUNRUNNERS on just two maps. Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut was once again the name on everyone's lips as he topped the scoreboard, ending the first map with a 31-8 score.

Europe Minor Open Qualifier 4 - IEM Katowice 2019Best of 3 VitalityMatchpage 2 0 25th November 2018 GUNRUNNERS 16Mirage 9 16Dust2 3

Vitality	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Mathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautZywOo	47 - 18	+29	108.9	1.82
Dan 'apEX' MadesclaireapEX	40 - 27	+13	96.4	1.50
Cédric 'RpK' GuipouyRpK	41 - 20	+21	86.7	1.48
Nathan 'NBK-' SchmittNBK-	29 - 25	+4	70.5	1.15
Vincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerHappy	28 - 24	+4	65.5	1.06

GUNRUNNERS	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
David 'frozen' Čerňanskýfrozen	28 - 35	-7	64.3	0.76
Erik 'The eLiVe' SithThe eLiVe	25 - 36	-11	64.3	0.76
Karel 'fredi' Královecfredi	21 - 35	-14	59.8	0.71
Richard 'queztone' Strnátkoqueztone	21 - 42	-21	69.4	0.65
Patrik 'DEV7L' StuchlíkDEV7L	19 - 37	-18	52.8	0.59

The other semi-final, pitting LDLC against 2019, is still ongoing, with the French side having a 1-0 lead after winning Mirage 16-8.

19:15 : GUNRUNNERS, 2019 through to semi-finals

GUNRUNNERS, who are playing the tournament under the name "Warmup", beat Red Reserve with a strong display from star player David "⁠frozen⁠" Čerňanský, while 2019 squeezed past HAVU in a hard-fought match that went to all 30 rounds.

This means that the semi-final matches are the following:

Vitality vs. GUNRUNNERS
LDLC vs. 2019

18:56 : Vitality, LDLC breeze past opposition

LDLC and Vitality are the first two teams through to the semi-finals after easing past average25iqbutheadshots and 3DMAX, respectively, with Cédric "⁠RpK⁠" Guipouy and David "⁠devoduvek⁠" Dobrosavljevic raising eyebrows.

In the next round, Alex "⁠ALEX⁠" McMeekin's side will take on the winner of the match between HAVU and 2019, while the DreamHack Open Atlanta champions will face the team coming out of the match between Red Reserve and GUNRUNNERS.

18:10 : Day two begins

The quarter-final matches are now live. Follow all the action by clicking the links below:

LDLC vs. average25iqbutheadshots - MATCH PAGE
Red Reserve vs. GUNRUNNERS - MATCH PAGE
3DMAX vs. Vitality - MATCH PAGE
HAVU vs. 2019 - MATCH PAGE

16:00 : Tournament about to resume

We are just two hours away from the kick-off time for the quarter-finals, the final stage to feature a best-of-one format. The teams emerging victorious from this round will progress to the best-of-three semi-finals. You can follow all the action on our match page.

Day one recap

00:30 : Quarter-final matches determined

2019 eased past SJ in the last Round of 16 match, which means that all quarter-final slots have been filled. Below you can find the match-ups for the next round, scheduled for 18:00 :

LDLC vs. average25iqbutheadshots
Red Reserve vs. GUNRUNNERS
3DMAX vs. Vitality
HAVU vs. 2019

23:55 : First quarter-finalists determined

iESF champions HAVU edged past Movistar Riders 16-12 in the standout match of the Round of 16. There is now just one ongoing match, pitting SJ against the former Tempo Storm squad, who are playing under the name 2019.

Below you can find the results so far:

3DMAX 16-12 PANTHERS
LDLC 16-14 Copenhagen Flames
HAVU 16-12 Movistar Riders
3DMAX 16-12 PANTHERS
Red Reserve 16-10 Horus
Vitality 16-9 Jordan's Money Crew
GUNRUNNERS 16-12 LeftOut
average25iqbutheadshots 16-9 expert

22:28 : Round of 16 set to start

The fifth round of matches, the last one of the day, is about to start, with a number of mouth-watering clashes. Follow all the action by heading over to our match page.

22:20 : Round 4 results

LDLC 16-4 Nexus
expert 16-6 Ignite
HAVU 21-18 Chaos
Movistar Riders 16-6 pieuwpieuw
Red Reserve 16-5 Dark Tigers
LeftOut 19-16 PRIDE
Vitality 16-4 Gravity

20:55 : Favourites prevail in Round 3

With only a few matches left to play, Round 3 went according to expectations as most of the favourites progressed to the next round. The exceptions so far are Codewise Unicorns (19th seed), who were hammered 16-3 by Berzerk, and Giants, who were defeated by Nova.Pro.

Below are some of the results from this round:

Chaos 16-11 OFFSET
HAVU 16-6 Arctic
Berzerk 16-3 Codewise Unicorns
3DMAX 16-13 Madness
Vitality 16-6 PSIHOAKTIV
LDLC 16-5 Kuruma
Nova.Pro 16-9 Giants

19:50 : Round 3 set to start

3DMAX vs. madness- mixer.com/IEMKatowiceCSGO
expert vs. Team Kramer- twitch.tv/esl_99damage
Izako Boars vs. Gravity - twitch.tv/esl_csgo_pl
Vitality vs. PSIHOAKTIV- twitch.tv/esl_csgo_fr2
Chaos vs. OFFSET - twitch.tv/esl_fraglider
Giants vs. Nova.Pro- twitch.tv/esl_moreira
PANTHERS vs. Lyngby Vikings - twitch.tv/esl_99damage1

19:40 : PACT eliminated in Round 2

Polish side PACT, the 11th seed of the qualifier, have been eliminated after being defeated by GUNRUNNERS, who are competing in the tournament under the name Warmup.

Below you can find the first notable results from Round 2:

2019 16-1 tZEN
PACT 6-16 GUNRUNNERS
3DMAX 16-4 noFuture
x6tence Galaxy 16-2 F1racecar
LDLC 16-2 LowLandLiars
expert 16-9 AGAiN
Vitality 16-6 Headex
Giants 16-13 oksucc

19:10 : Big names enter the fray

With the first round done and dusted, the seeded teams will now join in on the action. Follow some of the key matches by clicking the links below:

Giants vs. oksuuc - https://www.twitch.tv/esl_csgo_es
Vitality vs. Headex - https://www.twitch.tv/esl_csgo_fr2
PACT vs. Warmup - https://www.twitch.tv/esl_csgo_pl
PANTHERS vs. MIX_FTW - https://twitch.tv/esl_99damage1
expert vs. AGAiN - https://www.twitch.tv/esl_99damage

18:00 : Bracket unveiled

ESEA has revealed the bracket for the tournament, with LDLC and Vitality earning the top two seeds. Epsilon are a last-minute absentee as they did not check in for the tournament.

Below you can find some of the notable sides who will be taking part in the qualifier:

Vitality
Giants
LeftOut
HAVU
Chaos
SJ
2019 LDLC
Movistar Riders
3DMAX
x6tence Galaxy
Bpro
Red Reserve

16:45 : ScreaM to skip qualifier

Belgian talent Adil "⁠ScreaM⁠" Benrlitom has revealed on Twitter that he will play no part in the qualifier, for which LeftOut currently has the following line-up submitted:

Kevin "⁠kRYSTAL⁠" Amend
Mikail "⁠Maikelele⁠" Bill
Žygimantas "⁠nukkye⁠" Chmieliauskas
Haakon "⁠Radifaction⁠" Tholo
Rasmus "⁠kreaz⁠" Johansson

16:42 : ALTERNATE aTTaX pull out of qualifier

On his Twitter page, ALTERNATE aTTaX captain Nicolai "⁠HUNDEN⁠" Petersen has announced that his team will not be taking part in the qualifier as they will be focusing on fixing the team's line-up issues.

Movistar Riders #49 Christian 'loWel' Garcia AntoranAitor 'SOKER' FernándezOscar 'mixwell' CañellasAlejandro 'alex' MasanetAlejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo Cano Cédric 'RpK' Guipouy Age: 29 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 953 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.70 PRIDE #116 Łukasz 'splawik' JahnsGrzegorz 'grzes1x' BiangaMichał 'Czapel' CzaplaAdrian 'SAYN' ŁączyńskiMikołaj 'Miki' Szemraj Valiance #60 Nemanja 'huNter-' KovačNestor 'LETN1' TanićNemanja 'nexa' IsakovićOtto 'ottoNd' SihvoRokas 'EspiranTo' Milasauskas OFFSET #195 Filipe 'Pizituh' PiresTiago 'JUST' MouraRicardo 'zlynx' MatosLuís 'ZELIN' LousadaFrancisco 'obj' Ramos Codewise Unicorns #119 Mateusz 'Morfan' ŚwiętochowskiŁukasz 'azizz' KałkowskiSzymon 'Crityourface' PlutaAlan 'mepsoN' CiszewskiDamian 'Falon' Tworek x-kom #89 Oskar 'oskarish' StenborowskiMichał 'mono' GabszewiczDaniel 'STOMP' PłomińskiGrzegorz 'jedqr' JędrasKrzysztof 'Goofy' Górski ALTERNATE aTTaX #53 Jesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannFlorian 'syrsoN' RischeNicolai 'HUNDEN' PetersenStefan 'stfN' SeierNils 'k1to' Gruhne average25iqbutheadshots Kinguin #27 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasJacek 'MINISE' JeziakKarol 'rallen' RodowiczPaweł 'reatz' JańczakMikołaj 'mouz' Karolewski Arctic #173 Miguel 'drifking' García BermellPablo 'psycko' AvilésMarcos 'AEROZ' Gonzalez OchoaCarlos 'sc4rx' SánchezMorís 'OMG' Marquez-Cid PANTHERS #67 Lukas 'ecfN' KauerDustin 'DuDe' GroßmannMateusz 'mantuu' WilczewskiJon 'JDC' de CastroAndreas 'Andyy' Schäfer Mikail 'Maikelele' Bill Age: 27 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 707 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.64 HAVU #46 Jesse 'zehN' LinjalaEetu 'sAw' SahaLasse 'ZOREE' UronenOlli 'sLowi' PitkänenSamuli 'Twixie' Herrala Ignite #144 Kenni 'wezx' HolmbergAndreas 'kiR' KirsteinJacob 'thamlike' HolmPhilip 'Lucky' Ewald LeftOut #135 Mikail 'Maikelele' BillAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomHaakon 'Radifaction' TholoŽygimantas 'nukkye' Chmieliauskas Izako Boars #118 Mateusz 'matty' KołodziejczykKarol 'tecek' KapczyńskiDawid 'xype' LachMichal 'RETO' SilskiPiotr 'nawrot' Nawrocki x6tence Galaxy #50 André 'BARBARR' MöllerLinus 'Bååten' AnderssonGustav 'ZINKEN' BjörkTim 'nawwk' JonassonNicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Virtus.pro #31 Filip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiMichał 'MICHU' MüllerPiotr 'morelz' TaterkaMichał 'snatchie' Rudzki Berzerk #140 Tahsin 'tahsiN' BroschkManuel 'SolEk' ZeindlerDavid 'dav1dK' KonkolFritz 'slaxz-' DietrichMeriton 'MALI' Ibrahimi pieuwpieuw Kevin 'kRYSTAL' Amend Age: 25 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.95 Maps played: 1193 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.67 PACT #57 Michał 'MOLSI' ŁąckiDawid 'lunAtic' CieślakKacper 'darko' ŚcieraArek 'Vegi' NawojskiTomasz 'ToM223' Richter Horus #316 Gadiel 'recent' EdriAviv 'sway' RazTal 'meztal' Hahiashvili Rasmus 'kreaz' Johansson Age: 20 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 152 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.65 Fragsters #32 Ismail 'refrezh' AliJacob 'dragonfly' LundNicolai 'torben' AmorimMartin 'stavn' Lund Bpro #59 Emiliyan 'spyleadeR' DimitrovNikolay 'niki1' PantaleevBranislav 'BrN' PanovIvan 'Rock1nG' StratievKrasen 'Zix' Minchev Lyngby Vikings #221 Malthe 'Twinx' JensenJakob 'Daffu' SchildtThomas 'birdfromsky' Due-FrederiksenMads 'zypztw' HermansenCasper 'Cabbi' Jensen HEROIC #18 Andreas 'MODDII' FridhAdam 'friberg' FribergAsger 'AcilioN' LarsenPatrick 'es3tag' HansenDaniel 'mertz' Mertz SJ #79 Jesse 'KHRN' GrandellMikko 'xartE' VälimaaTony 'arvid' NiemeläElias 'Jamppi' OlkkonenTuomas 'SADDYX' Louhimaa Giants #97 Ricardo 'fox' PachecoChristopher 'MUTiRiS' FernandesRicardo 'roman' OliveiraRui 'RIZZZ' LimaJoao 'KILLDREAM' Ferreira ex-Space Soldiers #26 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınAhmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' Kor MIKSTURA #52 Maciek 'Luz' BugajPaweł 'byali' BielińskiKonrad 'EXUS' JeńczeńPatryk 'Sidney' KorabKamil 'Sobol' Sobolewski Sprout #43 Martin 'PERCY' WesselTimo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' HowellNiels Christian 'NaToSaphiX' SillassenJosef 'faveN' Baumann LeftOut #135 Mikail 'Maikelele' BillAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomHaakon 'Radifaction' TholoŽygimantas 'nukkye' ChmieliauskasKevin 'kRYSTAL' Amend LDLC #12 Antoine 'to1nou' PirardAlex 'ALEX' McMeekinFrançois 'amanek' DelaunayDavid 'devoduvek' DobrosavljevicLogan 'LOGAN' Corti Epsilon #41 Joey 'CRUC1AL' SteuselKia 'Surreal' ManBenjamin 'blameF' Bremer David 'devoduvek' Dobrosavljevic Age: 24 Team: LDLC Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 417 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.68 Nexus #69 Cătălin-Ionuț 'BTN' StănescuCostin 'jaxi' VrînceanuValentin 'SEMINTE' BodeaAdrian 'XELLOW' GuțăCristian 'sXe' Niță 2019 #114 Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelPaweł 'innocent' MocekBastian 'ayken' SchendzielorzKevin 'HS' TarnJorgen 'cromen' Robertsen Jordan's Money Crew #136 Danny 'BERRY' KrügerRasmus 'raalz' SteensborgEmil 'Remoy' SchlichterOliver 'Kolibrien' SchlichterBerthel 'Typos' Nielsen MOUZ #5 Tomáš 'oskar' ŠťastnýChris 'chrisJ' de JongMiikka 'suNny' KemppiMartin 'STYKO' StykRobin 'ropz' Kool GUNRUNNERS #113 Karel 'fredi' KrálovecRichard 'queztone' StrnátkoPatrik 'DEV7L' StuchlíkDavid 'frozen' ČerňanskýErik 'The eLiVe' Sith Gravity #251 David 'KAPARZO' LacinaRené 'fazen' SzíjjártóJan 'HONES' UrválekLuboš 'Tusi' TusjakOndřej 'Crazyy' Švec Dark Tigers Sebastian 'beastik' DaňoDominik 'NIO' MaxianTomáš 'Tomkeejs' TomkaOndřej 'EYO' Šťastný 3DMAX #44 Audric 'JACKZ' JugDavid 'Davidp' PrinsBryan 'Maka' CandaLucas 'Lucky' ChastangGaëtan 'JiNKZ' Jamin Haakon 'Radifaction' Tholo Age: 19 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 182 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.70 Adil 'ScreaM' Benrlitom Age: 24 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 1258 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.66 North #10 Casper 'cadiaN' MøllerPhilip 'aizy' AistrupMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeNicklas 'gade' GadeValdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangså Chaos #85 Fredrik 'FREDDyFROG' GustafssonJoakim 'Relaxa' GustafssonNiclas 'PlesseN' PlessenDenis 'grux' Gutaj Windigo #36 Kamen 'bubble' KostadinovViktor 'v1c7oR' DyankovYanko 'blocker' PanovGeorgi 'SHiPZ' GrigorovValentin 'poizon' Vasilev David 'frozen' Čerňanský Age: 16 Team: GUNRUNNERS Rating 1.0: 1.18 Maps played: 493 KPR: 0.81 DPR: 0.67 Red Reserve #42 William 'draken' SundinJoakim 'disco doplan' GidetunFredrik 'freddieb' BuöHampus 'hampus' PoserAlfred 'RuStY' Karlsson Žygimantas 'nukkye' Chmieliauskas Age: 21 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 281 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.62 OpTic #13 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferRené 'cajunb' BorgJakob 'JUGi' HansenKristian 'k0nfig' WieneckeNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut Age: 18 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 1.33 Maps played: 255 KPR: 0.91 DPR: 0.65 Nicolai 'HUNDEN' Petersen Age: 27 Team: ALTERNATE aTTaX Rating 1.0: 0.81 Maps played: 1188 KPR: 0.55 DPR: 0.70 Alex 'ALEX' McMeekin Age: 23 Team: LDLC Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 652 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.72 expert #75 Alexander 'alexRr' FrischThilo 'syken' PhanJan 'LyGHT' PatockaRobin 'ScrunK' RöpkeMarko 'kressy' Đorđević ENCE #14 Aleksi 'allu' JalliJani 'Aerial' JussilaSami 'xseveN' LaasanenAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenJere 'sergej' Salo Vitality #28 Nathan 'NBK-' SchmittCédric 'RpK' GuipouyDan 'apEX' MadesclaireVincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerMathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut Copenhagen Flames #170 Dennis 'sycrone' NielsenRasmus 'HooXi' NielsenSebastian 'Basso' AagaardAsger 'Farlig' JensenFredrik 'roeJ' Jørgensen