Sprout and Fragsters have come out on top of the first Europe Minor open qualifier to advance to the closed part, which will take place in mid-December.

The first open qualifier took place over the last two days, with various well-known teams battling for two spots in the closed part, where eight invited teams await.

The likes of LDLC, Red Reserve, Valiance, as well as a LeftOut mixteam featuring Fabien "⁠kioShiMa⁠" Fiey, Alexandre "⁠xms⁠" Forté, Adil "⁠ScreaM⁠" Benrlitom, Žygimantas "⁠nukkye⁠" Chmieliauskas, and Mikail "⁠Maikelele⁠" Bill, could not make it far enough, as they all went out in the round of 16.

Sprout move on to the closed qualifier

Meanwhile, Sprout made it all the way to the top after beating AGO, Vitality, and 3DMAX in the last three rounds of the qualifier, securing a spot in the closed part in which they found success in the last Major cycle.

Fragsters will also make their second consecutive closed qualifier appearance, as they secured the second spot in the other half of the bracket after beating PRIDE, x6tence Galaxy, Endpoint, and Chaos en route to the grand final.

The Europe Minor closed qualifier team list currently looks as follows:

MOUZ
ENCE
HEROIC
Kinguin
Sprout
Open qual. #2
Open qual. #3
Open qual. #4 North
OpTic
Virtus.pro
ex-Space Soldiers
Fragsters
Open qual. #2
Open qual. #3
Open qual. #4

The next Europe Minor open qualifier will run on October 29-30, with signups still being open on ESEA's website.

ex-Space Soldiers #20 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınAhmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' Kor Sprout #47 Martin 'PERCY' WesselTimo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' HowellNiels Christian 'NaToSaphiX' SillassenJosef 'faveN' Baumann PRIDE #113 Łukasz 'splawik' JahnsGrzegorz 'grzes1x' BiangaMichał 'Czapel' CzaplaAdrian 'SAYN' ŁączyńskiMikołaj 'Miki' Szemraj LDLC #26 Antoine 'to1nou' PirardAlex 'ALEX' McMeekinFrançois 'amanek' DelaunayDavid 'devoduvek' DobrosavljevicLogan 'LOGAN' Corti Alexandre 'xms' Forté Age: 21 Team: LeftOut Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 438 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.68 Endpoint #99 James 'Kryptix' AffleckReece 'Puls3' MarrsMax 'MiGHTYMAX' HeathJoseph 'Luzuh' LooseThomas 'Thomas' Utting Kinguin #19 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasJacek 'MINISE' JeziakKarol 'rallen' RodowiczPaweł 'reatz' JańczakMikołaj 'mouz' Karolewski MOUZ #5 Tomáš 'oskar' ŠťastnýChris 'chrisJ' de JongMiikka 'suNny' KemppiMartin 'STYKO' StykRobin 'ropz' Kool Chaos #118 Fredrik 'FREDDyFROG' GustafssonJoakim 'Relaxa' GustafssonNiclas 'PlesseN' Plessen Mikail 'Maikelele' Bill Age: 27 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 699 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.64 3DMAX #38 Audric 'JACKZ' JugDavid 'Davidp' PrinsBryan 'Maka' CandaLucas 'Lucky' ChastangGaëtan 'JiNKZ' Jamin North #7 Casper 'cadiaN' MøllerPhilip 'aizy' AistrupMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeNicklas 'gade' GadeValdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangså Adil 'ScreaM' Benrlitom Age: 24 Team: LeftOut Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 1250 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.66 Fabien 'kioShiMa' Fiey Age: 24 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 1126 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.64 x6tence Galaxy #96 André 'BARBARR' MöllerLinus 'Bååten' AnderssonGustav 'ZINKEN' BjörkTim 'nawwk' JonassonNicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora Virtus.pro #27 Filip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiMichał 'MICHU' MüllerPiotr 'morelz' TaterkaMichał 'snatchie' Rudzki AGO #29 Grzegorz 'SZPERO' DziamałekDamian 'Furlan' KislowskiDominik 'GruBy' SwiderskiTomasz 'phr' WójcikKacper 'kaper' Słoma Valiance #54 Luka 'emi' VukovićNemanja 'huNter-' KovačNestor 'LETN1' TanićAleksandar 'jayzaR' ZarkovicAleksa 'Impulse' Stankić Žygimantas 'nukkye' Chmieliauskas Age: 20 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 272 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.62 Fragsters #25 Lucas 'Bubzkji' AndersenIsmail 'refrezh' AliJacob 'dragonfly' LundNicolai 'torben' AmorimMartin 'stavn' Lund OpTic #17 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferRené 'cajunb' BorgJakob 'JUGi' HansenKristian 'k0nfig' WieneckeNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen Red Reserve #39 Joakim 'disco doplan' GidetunFredrik 'freddieb' BuöHampus 'hampus' PoserHaakon 'Radifaction' Tholo ENCE #12 Aleksi 'allu' JalliJani 'Aerial' JussilaSami 'xseveN' LaasanenAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenJere 'sergej' Salo Vitality #41 Nathan 'NBK-' SchmittCédric 'RpK' GuipouyDan 'apEX' MadesclaireVincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerMathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut HEROIC #18 Andreas 'MODDII' FridhAdam 'friberg' FribergAsger 'AcilioN' LarsenPatrick 'es3tag' HansenDaniel 'mertz' Mertz