FACEIT S3 EU closed qual. to begin*

This weekend saw four European teams move through the FACEIT open qualifiers to secure a spot at the closed qualifier, which runs from Sep 1-3. 

FACEIT have now released a schedule for the European closed qualifier as well as a team list that contains the four invited teams, who will be joined by the four qualifying teams as well as the bottom two finishing teams from Stage 2: Na`Vi and FlipSid3.

Kinguin are one of the four invited teams to the closed qualifier

The full team list for the Stage 3 closed qualifier is therefore: 

Europe

Null element Na`Vi (bottom two)

FlipSid3 (bottom two)

SK (invited)

Null element HellRaisers (invited)

E-frag.net (invited)

Kinguin (invited)

AlienTech (open quals.)

Reason (open quals.)

Vega Squadron (open quals.)

PiTER (open quals.)

In addition, FACEIT have released a complete schedule for the three day online qualifier, which will run as a best-of-three single elimination bracket. Na`Vi and FlipSid3 automatically await teams in the final qualifying round.

Quarter-finals, Sep. 1st
18:00	SK	vs. AlienTech	Q1	BO3
18:00	Null element HellRaisers	vs. Reason	Q2	BO3
21:00	E-frag.net	vs. PiTER	Q3	BO3
21:00	Kinguin	vs. Vega Squadron	Q4	BO3
Semifinal 1, Sep. 2nd
18:00	Q1 winner	vs. Q2 winner	S1	BO3
Semifinal 2, Sep. 2nd
21:00	Q3 winner	vs. Q4 winner	S2	BO3
Qualifying Round, Sep. 3rd
18:00	Null element Na`Vi	vs. S1 winner		BO3
21:00	FlipSid3	vs. S2 winner		BO3

Closed qualifier action will take place on FACEIT's Twitch channel which can be found here.

*Update: FACEIT have announced that SK Gaming will be replacing mousesports in the closed qualifier.