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The scene is set for the ELEAGUE Major Main Qualifier, as 16 teams are ready to start the battle for eight spots in the next stage, recently renamed to the "New Legends" stage, better known as the Major's group stage.

Vega Squadron and Renegades are about to begin the opening match of the tournament in the first round of the Swiss format, with MOUZ and AVANGAR also set up on the stage, ready to follow with the second match. 

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The scene is set

For more information about the tournament, head over to the event page where you'll find all day one match-ups and standings, which will of course be automatically updated as the tournament progresses.

In case you missed it, we have prepared a preview of sorts, where we took a look at the favorites of the tournament and theorized which of the other teams have the best chance of making it through.

Follow HLTV.org on Twitter to get all the recent updates, and make sure to keep up to date with the event page as well, where we'll upload photos taken by our own Joao "rzyx" Ferreira.