EU Minor Open Qualifier 2

Day one of the second European Open qualifier has come to its conclusion, with the tournament reaching the quarter-final stage.

We'll once again be taking you through the action during the first day of the Europe Minor open qualifier, which is not going to be covered in matches on the front page until the Round of 16, so we will instead be posting live updates in this article.

Sprout are trying their luck again after falling short in the first qualifier

Only the top two teams will advance to the closed qualifier, for which eight teams have been directly invited, while Dignitas and BIG advanced via the first open qualifier.

Below you can see at which stage each notable team got eliminated and who reached the second day of the tournament:

Top 8

Sprout
Copenhagen Flames
Nordavind
Juggernauts ex-Virtus.pro
AGO
PACT
AVEZ

Eliminated

Round of 16

Complexity
FiveG
Secret
FATE AGF
ad hoc
Endpoint
HAVU

Round of 32

SKADE
GamerLegion
Singularity
Fierce Wisla Krakow
Defusekids
KPI

Round of 64

Nexus
SAW
SINNERS
Turkey5
Japaleno Lilmix
Unicorns of Love
Wygers
LDLC

Round of 128

Demolition Crew
WRTP Tricked

Round of 256

ALTERNATE aTTaX
Illuminar SMASH
SJ

You can find the full team list and bracket here:

Team list - Bracket

List of streamers broadcasting the Europe Minor:

ESL
ESL (YouTube)
FURIA
fluyr
ESL 9INE
DarfMike
TV2
CSGO_Bulgaria
Relog

Stay tuned for live updates from the Minor qualifier, which will be added to this article as the tournament goes on.

02:50 Four Polish teams in the quarter-finals

The first day of the second Europe Minor has concluded as we have learned the top-eight teams, who will fight for two spots in the closed qualifier over the last two rounds on Wednesday. The Poles have largely been successful over the course of the day, with four of them making it to day two. The rest of the bracket, which will be played from 17:00 , looks as follows:

ex-Virtus.pro vs. Nordavind
Copenhagen Flames vs. PACT
Juggernauts vs. AGO
Sprout vs. AVEZ

You can follow day two of the event on the tournament page.

00:45 Only the remainder of Round of 16 is left

With just the remainder of the Round of 16 left to be played on day one, we saw a few more surprises, such as Secret beating GamerLegion and FiveG eliminating SKADE, while Sprout had to fight off a scary-looking KPI team to reach the top 16.

Complexity have already been eliminated in the top-16 stage, with PACT stunning the so-called juggernaut 16-10 on Inferno. AVEZ, Copenhagen Flames, and Juggernauts have also made it through to the top eight.

From the Round of 16 on, the tournament is covered in Hot Matches, so head over there for information on the remainder of the qualifier.

23:00 Round of 32 begins

Round of 32 — the last round that is not covered in Hot matches at HLTV — has begun, after some more known names such as Lilmix, Wygers, and Turkey5 were eliminated from the tournament, as did LDLC at the hands of their former member Vincent "⁠Happy⁠" Schopenhauer in Secret.

Notable matches and streams:

Round 6 (Ro16)
The tournament is covered in hot matches from Round of 16 on.

Round 5 (Ro32)
Copenhagen Flames 16-9 Vexed UK
Sprout 22-18 KPI
Complexity 16-9 Sigma
TheDice 7-16 ex-Virtus.pro
Lyngby Vikings 16-19 Endpoint
FiveG 16-7 SKADE
FATE 16-12 Wisla Krakow
Singularity 14-16 AGO
GamerLegion 9-16 Secret
Defusekids 9-16 Juggernauts
Nordavind 16-6 IQFIGHTERS
HAVU 16-12 Fierce

22:15 Round 3 ends, we're down to less than 64 teams

We are down to less than 64 teams as we've passed the third round. Most of the favorites are still alive and more and more interesting matches pop up:

Round 4 (Ro64)
TheDice 16-14 KOVA
FiveG 16-7 Lilmix
AGF 16-9 Nexus
Lyngby Vikings 16-11 Unicorns of Love
Sigma 19-15 SAW
ad hoc 16-6 Wygers
Turkey5 14-16 Juggernauts
Secret 16-10 LDLC
Sprout 16-5 EURONICS
STEP 12-16 AVEZ
Japaleno 13-16 Fierce

21:50 Some interesting matches crop up in round 3 & 4

The competition is tightening as some known names battle it out:

Round 3 (Ro128)
IQFIGHTERS16-13 Cream (link)
Wisla Krakow 22-18 Izako Boars (link)
SKADE 16-9 Riddle (link)
Juggernauts 16-9 Absolute Legends (link)

20:30 ALTERNATE, SMASH, Illuminar, SJ the first to go

The first two rounds are nearly over and the underdogs have caused the first few upsets:

ALTERNATE aTTaX 7-16 Yoink (link)
SMASH 12-16 Lomza0Cyberwolves(link)
Illuminar 13-16 Pier00gi&KlooPsiki(link)
SJ 12-16 Alltech(link)

18:50 First notable matches in Round 2

ALTERNATE aTTaX vs. Yoink

18:13 GuardiaN and Zero teamed up for the tournament

Ladislav "⁠GuardiaN⁠" Kovács, Patrik "⁠Zero⁠" Žúdel, Lubos "⁠HenkkyG⁠" Ilko, Erik "⁠ecko⁠" Koširer, and Martin "⁠CreZe⁠" Bagala have teamed up in a mixteam called IQFIGHTERS. Zero is streaming the tournament from his point of view.

18:06 The bracket has been drawn

The bracket has been drawn and can be found here. Many of the featured teams have received a free win in the first round and will only start playing in the second.

17:45 Demolition Crew to play with mixwell

David "⁠Davidp⁠" Prins's Demolition Crew has Bastian "⁠ayken⁠" Schendzielorz unable to play because of exams, so the team has decided to bring in Oscar "⁠mixwell⁠" Cañellas to stand in.

WRTP #181 Zainab 'zAAz' TurkieJulia 'juliano' KiranMichaela 'mimi' LintrupPetra 'Petra' StokerAnastasia 'kr4sy' Khlobystina Dignitas #46 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundRichard 'Xizt' LandströmAdam 'friberg' FribergHåkon 'hallzerk' Fjærli Martin 'CreZe' Bagala Age: 23 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 4 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.71 Wisla Krakow #55 Grzegorz 'SZPERO' DziamałekWiktor 'mynio' KrukPiotr 'morelz' TaterkaKacper 'kaper' SłomaGrzegorz 'jedqr' Jędras Vincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer Age: 28 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 1457 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.67 Complexity #44 William 'RUSH' WierzbaKristian 'k0nfig' WieneckeValentin 'poizon' VasilevOwen 'oBo' SchlatterBenjamin 'blameF' Bremer GamerLegion #43 Dennis 'dennis' EdmanWilliam 'draken' SundinFredrik 'freddieb' BuöHampus 'hampus' PoserAlfred 'RuStY' Karlsson TheDice #166 Timothée 'DEVIL' DémolonGuillaume 'XpG' VeronLéo 'Kan4' IntronatiPaul 'Polox' BarbeMatthéo 'nonick' Canei Unicorns of Love #78 Christian 'crisby' SchmittOliver 'kzy' HeckPatrick 'P4TriCK' ZarembaJon 'JDC' de CastroAndreas 'Andyy' Schäfer AGO #38 Damian 'Furlan' KislowskiEryk 'leman' KocębaDominik 'GruBy' SwiderskiPatryk 'Sidney' KorabMiłosz 'mhL' Knasiak Demolition Crew #48 David 'Davidp' PrinsDavid 'devoduvek' DobrosavljevicSimon 'tabz' FeldtAurimas 'Bymas' PipirasOscar 'mixwell' Cañellas AGF #97 Hector 'HECTOz' JensenRasmus 'HooXi' NielsenKristoffer 'Kristou' AamandMagnus 'Frøslev' FrøslevAuni 'AvovA' Chahade KOVA #77 Samu 'uli' LeirilaaksoLauri 'pietola' HietalaSamuli 'Twixie' HerralaPetteri 'peku' JaakkolaNikita 'Derkeps' Sirmitev Secret #81 Guy 'anarkez' TrachtmanFilip 'tudsoN' TudevFlatron 'juanflatroo' HalimiDionis 'sinnopsyy' BudeciVincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer EURONICS Paul 'PerX' von ErdmannsdorffPatrick 'pdy' MerkenChristoph 'red' HinrichsPeter 'Seeeya' GortschakowChristopher 'PREET' Glaser SKADE #42 Ivan 'Rock1nG' StratievTeodor 'SPELLAN' NikolovDenislav 'dennyslaw' DimitrovKostadin 'rafftu' TurbinovAleks 'Rainwaker' Petrov Cream #100 Miguel 'Blastinho' LlombartFrancisco 'Zorrele' Rosa EgeaManuel 'thinkii' Martínez TorresTomás 'Ergasster' PerezPere 'sausol' Solsona Saumell Lilmix #70 Max 'quix' LindkvistJacob 'pyth' MourujärviRasmus 'kreaz' JohanssonJonathan 'b0denmaster' BodenmalmPeppe 'Peppzor' Borak SJ #62 Jesse 'KHRN' GrandellToni 'STOVVE' LiukkonenMikko 'xartE' VälimaaTony 'arvid' NiemeläTuomas 'SADDYX' Louhimaa Singularity #72 Tobias 'TOBIZ' TheoDaniel 'mertz' MertzCasper 'Celrate' AndersenJonas 'Queenix' DideriksenJakob 'jabbi' Nygaard Oscar 'mixwell' Cañellas Age: 24 Team: Cloud9B Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 836 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.66 Secret #81 Guy 'anarkez' TrachtmanFilip 'tudsoN' TudevFlatron 'juanflatroo' HalimiDionis 'sinnopsyy' Budeci FiveG #171 Antoine 'to1nou' PirardMatthieu 'matHEND' RoquignyAlexandre 'bodyy' PianaroMichael 'MIKE' LImAurélien 'afro' Drapier Sigma #121 Rasmus 'raalz' SteensborgThomas 'haste' DyrensborgSebastian 'larsen' LarsenJonas 'dfen' SørensenFrederik 'wAGNR' Christiansen SAW #90 Omar 'arki' ChakkorChristopher 'MUTiRiS' FernandesRicardo 'roman' OliveiraTiago 'JUST' MouraRenato 'stadodo' Gonçalves KPI #73 Juan 'meisoN' Carlos ChacónFrancesc 'donQ' Savall GarciaVictor 'xikii' GarcíaIván 'NaOw' GonzálezÁlvaro 'SunPayus' García ex-Virtus.pro #29 Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPaweł 'byali' BielińskiKamil 'kamil' KamińskiTomasz 'phr' WójcikArek 'Vegi' Nawojski Lubos 'HenkkyG' Ilko Age: 22 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 316 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.69 Erik 'ecko' Koširer Age: 28 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.79 Maps played: 73 KPR: 0.55 DPR: 0.74 Sprout #37 Tomáš 'oskar' ŠťastnýTimo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' HowellJosef 'faveN' BaumannPaweł 'dycha' Dycha Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács Age: 28 Team: Natus VincereB Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 1469 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.62 Absolute Legends Karl-William 'kalle' HaraldsenMikkel 'FliP1' GelverEimantas 'pounh' LazickasArmandas 'maty' KneitaAlex 'PALM1' Palm HAVU #36 Eetu 'sAw' SahaLasse 'ZOREE' UronenOlli 'sLowi' PitkänenJoonas 'doto' ForssAaro 'hoody' Peltokangas Endpoint Robin 'robiin' SjögrenJoey 'CRUC1AL' SteuselMax 'MiGHTYMAX' HeathKia 'Surreal' ManThomas 'Thomas' Utting David 'Davidp' Prins Age: 25 Team: Demolition Crew Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 747 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.65 PACT #66 Jacek 'MINISE' JeziakDawid 'lunAtic' CieślakKacper 'darko' ŚcieraKrzysztof 'Goofy' GórskiKamil 'Sobol' Sobolewski Nordavind #76 Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelJesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannKevin 'HS' TarnNiels Christian 'NaToSaphiX' SillassenJorgen 'cromen' Robertsen Yoink Martin 'PERCY' WesselDanni 'smF' DygRasmus 'SandeN' SandenJacob 'dragonfly' LundLucas 'Lukki' Pilheden AVEZ #58 Michał 'MOLSI' ŁąckiKuba 'Markoś' MarkowskiPiotr 'nawrot' NawrockiKamil 'KEi' PietkunKacper 'Kylar' Walukiewicz Juggernauts #52 Dimitrije 'DiMKE' VeljkovićMiloš 'dEE' MarčetaFilip 'aVN' BelojicaAleksa 'Impulse' StankićNemanja 'sarenii' Šarenac Riddle Morten 'zEVES' Vollan ChristensenEmir 'rhyme' MuminovicDaniel 'zykes' JensenEskil 'LaX' BjørnsenHåvard 'kfreq' Ytreland LDLC #161 Christophe 'SIXER' XiaLambert 'Lambert' PrigentAli 'hAdji' HaïnoussLogan 'LOGAN' CortiKilian 'Gringo' Garcia Turkey5 #215 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliAhmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' KorEkrem 'l0gicman' AydinBeyazıt 'beyAz' Körpe Japaleno #146 Fredrik 'FREDDyFROG' GustafssonJoakim 'Relaxa' GustafssonNiclas 'PlesseN' PlessenAdam 'dezon' WahlqvistDaniel 'djL' Narancic Japaleno #146 Fredrik 'FREDDyFROG' GustafssonJoakim 'Relaxa' GustafssonNiclas 'PlesseN' PlessenAdam 'dezon' Wahlqvist SINNERS #53 Jindřich 'ZEDKO' ChybaSebastian 'beastik' DaňoMax 'SHOCK' KvapilHubert 'CaNNiE' LudwigAdam 'NEOFRAG' Zouhar Copenhagen Flames #40 Asger 'AcilioN' LarsenMagnus 'Nodios' OlsenThomas 'TMB' BundsbækRené 'TeSeS' MadsenAsger 'Farlig' Jensen Patrik 'Zero' Žúdel Age: 21 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 598 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.63 Illuminar #33 Paweł 'innocent' MocekPaweł 'reatz' JańczakOskar 'oskarish' StenborowskiMichał 'mono' GabszewiczDaniel 'STOMP' Płomiński Tricked #82 Andreas 'kiR' KirsteinNicolai 'torben' AmorimOliver 'kwezz' RasmussenPhilip 'Lucky' EwaldMagnus 'Toft' Toft Bastian 'ayken' Schendzielorz Age: 25 Team: Demolition Crew Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 136 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.70 Nexus #110 Cătălin-Ionuț 'BTN' StănescuAdrian 'XELLOW' GuțăCristian 'sXe' NițăMihai 'iM' IvanCosmin 'ragga' Teodorescu Fierce #99 Reece 'Puls3' MarrsAaron 'frei' FreiTom 'jenko' JenkinsonJoseph 'Luzuh' LooseSam 'Astroo' Gresham ad hoc #117 Alexander 'alexRr' FrischDavid 'dav1dK' KonkolMichal 'OKOLICIOUZ' GlowatyMeriton 'MALI' IbrahimiMichael 'devraNN' Geutebrück Defusekids #65 Vincent 'v1N' BrouwerGido 'G1DO' BrouwerDion 'FASHR' DerksenThijs 'rilax' IzaksShuaib 'D0cC' Ahmad FATE #54 Nikolay 'niki1' PantaleevMartin 'mar' KuyumdjievVeselin 'doublemagic' AngelovKalin 'KalubeR' ErenditsovViktor 'Duplicate' Mitev SMASH #170 Kamen 'bubble' KostadinovKristjan 'fejtZ' AllsaarSebastian 'NEEX' TrelaJoakim 'disco doplan' GidetunDenis 'grux' Gutaj Demolition Crew #48 David 'Davidp' PrinsDavid 'devoduvek' DobrosavljevicSimon 'tabz' FeldtAurimas 'Bymas' PipirasBastian 'ayken' Schendzielorz BIG #22 Johannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschFlorian 'syrsoN' RischeIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşNils 'k1to' Gruhne Izako Boars Konrad 'EXUS' JeńczeńMateusz 'TOAO' ZawistowskiPiotr 'avis' ŚwierzynaHubert 'szejn' Światły ALTERNATE aTTaX #108 Stefan 'stfN' SeierDustin 'DuDe' GroßmannSabit 'mirbit' CoktasarMarko 'kressy' ĐorđevićFritz 'slaxz-' Dietrich Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Lyngby Vikings #164 Malthe 'Twinx' JensenJacob 'thamlike' HolmThomas 'birdfromsky' Due-FrederiksenCasper 'Cabbi' Jensen Vexed UK #84 Calum 'Kray' KnightTravis 'L1NK' MendozaAdam 'Adam9130' AhmadRussel 'Russ' MendesWilliam 'mezii' Merriman Wygers #91 Aitor 'SOKER' FernándezPeter 'shhhack' BelejMichal 'EMENK' BelejRaúl 'DeathZz' Jordán NietoMarcus 'MackDaddy' Eriksson Gonzalez STEP Peter 'Inzta' KragelundFilip 'zeq' PedersenThomas 'Ryxxo' NielsenOliver 'IceBerg' BergEmil 'bazzy' Beokow