ENCE, Red Reserve, NiP advance to Europe Minor

ENCE, Red Reserve, and Ninjas in Pyjamas have secured berths at the Europe Minor by clinching their third wins in the closed qualifier.

Aleksi "⁠allu⁠" Jalli & co. started the qualifier with a close loss to the former EnVyUs team LeftOut, but they came back with three wins in a row, against Epsilon, Japaleno, and Sprout, to clinch their place at the Europe Minor.

Red Reserve shared a similar path and ended their run in the closed qualifier with a 3-1 record, beating Epsilon, EURONICS, and LeftOut, all in 2-0 series.

NiP through to the Europe Minor for the first time in three Major cycles

Having failed to make it past this stage in the previous two Major cycles, Ninjas in Pyjamas broke the streak despite losing the initial match to 3DMAX, as they defeated Fragsters, Nordavind, and AGO to make it to London.

Six teams are now left in the running: AGO, LeftOut, Sprout, Nordavind, Windigo, and 3DMAX, who are about to face off in the last round of the Swiss format.

With three more teams to be determined, here is the team list of the Europe Minor, which will take place on July 19-22 in London, United Kingdom:

OpTic
ENCE
Red Reserve Kinguin
Ninjas in Pyjamas Windigo #28 Nikolay 'pNshr' PauninKamen 'bubble' KostadinovViktor 'v1c7oR' DyankovYanko 'blocker' PanovGeorgi 'SHiPZ' Grigorov 3DMAX AGO #17 Damian 'Furlan' KislowskiDominik 'GruBy' SwiderskiMichał 'snatchie' RudzkiMateusz 'TOAO' ZawistowskiTomasz 'phr' Wójcik Japaleno #43 Fredrik 'FREDDyFROG' GustafssonJoakim 'Relaxa' GustafssonNiclas 'PlesseN' PlessenLinus 'Bååten' AnderssonDaniel 'djL' Narancic Red Reserve #22 Simon 'twist' EliassonJoakim 'disco doplan' GidetunFredrik 'freddieb' BuöHampus 'hampus' PoserLudvig 'Brollan' Brolin Fragsters #34 Lucas 'Bubzkji' AndersenIsmail 'refrezh' AliJacob 'dragonfly' LundNicolai 'torben' AmorimMartin 'stavn' Lund Kinguin #30 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasJacek 'MINISE' JeziakKarol 'rallen' RodowiczPaweł 'reatz' JańczakMikołaj 'mouz' Karolewski OpTic #19 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferRené 'cajunb' BorgJakob 'JUGi' HansenNicklas 'gade' GadeKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Epsilon #92 Mike 'mikeS' TunsJoey 'CRUC1AL' SteuselKia 'Surreal' Man Nordavind #69 Morten 'zEVES' Vollan ChristensenHenrik 'baby' BeckerJon 'ztk' Erik ØygardenHåkon 'hallzerk' FjærliHaakon 'Radifaction' Tholo EURONICS #50 Christian 'crisby' SchmittOliver 'kzy' HeckSabit 'mirbit' CoktasarMarko 'kressy' ĐorđevićJosef 'faveN' Baumann Aleksi 'allu' Jalli Age: 26 Team: ENCE Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 1097 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.65 Ninjas in Pyjamas #13 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundDennis 'dennis' EdmanJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonFredrik 'REZ' Sterner LeftOut #24 Christophe 'SIXER' XiaFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomAlexandre 'xms' FortéAli 'hAdji' Haïnouss ENCE #31 Aleksi 'allu' JalliJani 'Aerial' JussilaSami 'xseveN' LaasanenAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenJere 'sergej' Salo Sprout #46 Martin 'PERCY' WesselTimo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' HowellNiels Christian 'NaToSaphiX' SillassenDennis 'sycrone' Nielsen