PGL reveal EU Minor qualifiers

21-4-2017 21:18

PGL have revealed the qualifying process for the PGL Europe Minor Championship, the stepping stone ahead of the next Major in Krakow.

The first stage of the qualifying process will feature four open, single-elimination qualifiers, taking place from April 27 to May 17, each of which will hand out two spots for the closed qualifier.

NiP will have to fight their way through the closed qualifier

A total of eight teams coming from the open stage will join eight invited sides in the closed qualifier, played in a Swiss format, with the top eight teams earning their place at the PGL Europe Minor.

The Minor itself is taking place from June 15-18 and will feature a GSL-style group stage followed by a double-elimination bracket.

The following teams have received an invite for the Swiss closed qualifier:

BIG	Envy
Epsilon	HEROIC
Kinguin	LDLC
Ninjas in Pyjamas	Space Soldiers

Here is a complete schedule of the entire qualifying process:

April 27-29 Open qualifier #1

May 3-5 Open qualifier #2

May 8-10 Open qualifier #3

May 15-17 Open qualifier #4

May 20-21 Swiss closed qualifier

June 15-18 PGL Europe Minor Championship

The open qualifiers will be held on FACEIT's platform, teams can register for the first qualifier here.

Details on the Americas and CIS Championships are yet to be revealed by PGL.

2017-04-21 21:19

13 replies

NIP became a minor team EleGiggle

7 replies

Even the minor looks hard, RIP NiP.

2017-04-21 21:23

5 replies

NiP are better than all of these teams except Heroic

2017-04-21 21:33

2 replies

PLS BIG HAHAHA THE DREAAAM!!! #goBIG

2017-04-21 22:04

2017-05-19 21:45

This is not even the minor but the qualif for it.. Things are getting ridiculous, too much good teams and not enough spot

2017-04-21 21:42

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not really, it rather filters out the teams who arent good enough for the highest level more spots would give less skilled teams oppertunities they shouldnt have, it would makes tournaments longer and shittier most likely. theres a reason theres no invite for shit teams like bravado or wolf gaming anymore.

2017-04-21 21:49

***NIP became a minor qualifier team

2017-04-21 22:30

Where the fuck is PENTA?

4 replies

chilling in germany they didnt qualify for the minor qualifier

2017-04-21 21:58

???

2017-05-19 21:48

2017-04-21 22:22

PENTA is better than BIG 100%

2017-04-22 02:45

very nice

WHY THE FUCK LATVIA IS IN THIS EU SHIT? ONCE WE PLAY CIS, 2ND TIME EU, THEN AGAIN CIS, NOW THIS ? wtf is going on?

2017-04-21 21:21

taiwan best

2017-04-21 21:22

nip lose in qualifiers

nip will fail lul spaceS, nV, Heroic, Kinguin > NiP

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Nah only heroic and kinguin are clearly better , ss and nv are shit. Maybe ldlc has a good chance aswell

2017-04-21 21:38

I remember making some comment when Polish G2 were set to make their first LAN appearance about how they'd do poorly and michu replied angrily about how there was no way to predict their results since it was their first tournament. They crashed out of groups

2017-04-22 00:22

I didnt say they'll qualify but they look like a better team than nip for me atm

2017-04-22 00:24

ez for gtr

2017-04-21 21:20

nice

hype

Lets Go Kinguin <3

yes

nip :/

nip lol

rip nip

HEROIC!

Lets go KINGUIN

nip LUL

poor nip

so ezz for heroic!

hahah nip hhahahah no way ez SS and LDLC

nip xD

NIP pls

ez for big

-ez for -Big Pick one

2017-04-22 18:24

PGL PogChamp

ez 4 kinguin

#gossgo

RiP NiP

nip LOL

NiP won't get out of the qualifiers

gl nip XDXDXD

ez for spacesoldiers

ahahaah ok ok, NiP getting invited but iGame.com doesn't

finally SS

Where is Penta?

HOOLLLYY shitt so many good teams

my prediction: Heroic and maybe nip XD

Holy shit! Let's go NiP, u can do it! We smart, we loyal, we friendly, we are from BRAZIL! Kreygasm

Epsilon ftw

1. Is it possible to watch matches online of open qualifiers? 2. If not then will it be possible to watch demos or atleast see bracket for those upcoming open qualifiers?

Matches on open qualifiers are not hosted on GOTV servers, so no. Nobody can't watch them. The demos will be available yes as well as the brackets

Where will it be played?

dont forget calyx this time xd.

xDDDD

2017-04-21 21:24

NiP and Heroic are locks, gunna come down to nV Kinguin and BIG

Heroic4tw

2017-04-21 21:25

gl to space soldiers but despe is still the problem

2017-04-21 21:26

Despe playing pubg lul

2017-04-21 21:59

XDDDDDDDDDDDD

2017-04-21 21:27

nip - ss : 0-2

2017-04-21 21:29

NiP out in minor pre-qualifier

2017-04-21 21:31

NiP: From MLG Columbus Legends to a Minor team RIP NiP

2017-04-21 21:32

Dude, they have been 5 times in a major final (and won one): wiki.teamliquid.net/counterstrike/Majors .

2017-04-21 22:11

pretty bad quote if you ask me...1/5 is still 4 loses xD edit: and the win was a fluke because of cbbleshit

2017-04-21 23:30

Invites? Smh. Only teams that were at the Major Q should recieve invites imo. And maybe nV.

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its the minor qualifier, not even the eu minor lol

2017-04-21 22:34

oh yeah, true. But then I think NiP + nV should be invited to the Minor, no invites to the minor Q

2017-04-21 22:37

nV really? i feel like nV is the weakest team there

2017-04-21 22:41

but they did have 2 players x 2 at the last major

2017-04-21 22:54

yet i dont think thats enough to say they "should be" invited

2017-04-21 22:56

in some ways it's better than having 3 people who were in the last major, at least it means they have 4 decent players.

2017-04-21 23:06

looks like PGL have learned their lesson and not invited teams directly to the minor

BIG if true. Good thing the teams are only invited to the closed qualifier, not the minor itself.

2017-04-21 21:41

ez 4 calxytares

thanks :)

2017-04-21 21:44

comic

2017-04-21 21:48

Here's hoping that all 8 closed qualified teams make it to the Minor, and then NiP, EnVyUs and Heroic advance to the Major qualifier

EZ 4 Red Reserve

2017-04-21 21:43

PGL Minor closed qualifiers & ESL One Closed Qualifiers in same dates. :)))

2017-04-21 21:54

This is why eu quals should recive more spots ffs. Look at this shit! China doesnt desevre a spot!

2017-04-21 21:55

NiP lEl

2017-04-21 21:57

the worst thing is that they might not win this lul

2017-04-21 22:01

no inv for izako boars???? WTFF

hopefully NiP get rekt so I can have another great laugh

2017-04-21 22:08

My hopes go for Heroic,SS and kinguin but we shall see forsenC

2017-04-21 22:10

hard for nip

2017-04-21 22:17

#GOSSGO Space Soldiers

2017-04-21 22:21

NiP have failed every time they've played in Swiss lmfao

2017-04-21 22:31

Epsilon and nip plz

Envy xD

2017-04-21 23:16

So no HR in the invites considering the only team that could give them any competition on this list is Heroic.

2017-04-21 23:21

Hr already at the major qualifier...

2017-04-21 23:26

Ohh my bad. Didnt realise xD

2017-04-21 23:33

kinguin finally should be in major

EZ 4 SPACES

2017-04-21 23:25

PRIDE > KINGUIN INC

2017-04-21 23:43

How is SS or Kinguin in the list but not Penta lol?

2017-04-21 23:46

where is penta, evny? wtf

2017-04-21 23:54

ez for LANTARESSS

2017-04-22 01:03

ez for Ninjas In Pyjamas

2017-04-22 06:40

Nip is in the qualifier to the qualifier of the Major Qualifier Nip seems really Qualified And all because of FS3.Markeloff.Savage

2017-04-22 07:47

Lets go

2017-04-22 08:24

Haha NiP will not make it, wtf haha

2017-04-22 12:25

April 27-29	Open qualifier #1
May 3-5	Open qualifier #2
May 8-10	Open qualifier #3
May 15-17	Open qualifier #4
May 20-21	Swiss closed qualifier
June 15-18	PGL Europe Minor Championship

PGL reveal EU Minor qualifiers

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