Europe Minor Open Qualifier 2 - FACEIT Major 2018Sprout and Epsilon make it to the EU Minor Closed Qualifier
The second of four open qualifiers for the Europe Minor has concluded, with Sprout and Epsilon through to the closed qualifier.
Sprout made it past the round-of-16 after winning against Singularity, 16-13, on Mirage. They then took out Vexed, 2-0, and faced Arte et Marte, a mix of European players who beat EnVyUs Academy in the quarter-finals, for a spot in the Europe Minor Closed Qualifier.
Arte et Marte and Sprout started their series on Inferno, which the Danish-German team took the lead on quick and never looked back, giving up just a few rounds for a 12-3 half. They were then able to close the map out in the first three rounds of the CT side, 16-3.
Arte et Marte then tied it up on Cache after a fairly one-sided 10-5 CT half and four rounds in a row right after switching sides, which made for a 14-5 lead and the ability to tie the series within their sights. Sprout tried to close the gap with three rounds in a row, were unable to stop the European mix who closed it out 16-8.
After a very dominating T-side on Mirage, which they were able to take 11-4, Sprout ultimately went on to close the best of three. Although Shane "shaney" Smith & co. won six of the first seven rounds of the second half to try and mount a comeback, Sprout were able to ride it out, closing the series out 2-1 with a 16-10 victory on the map.
Arte et Marte
K - D
+/-
ADR
KAST
Rating
50 - 51
-1
82.8
72.5%
1.08
56 - 57
-1
79.0
68.1%
1.03
44 - 49
-5
78.3
69.6%
1.02
45 - 47
-2
64.6
69.6%
1.00
35 - 48
-13
62.7
66.7%
0.80
SproutK - D
+/-
ADR
KAST
Rating
69 - 48
+21
93.2
76.8%
1.41
47 - 37
+10
79.7
78.3%
1.26
59 - 43
+16
84.9
76.8%
1.24
39 - 51
-12
68.9
73.9%
0.95
37 - 51
-14
66.6
69.6%
0.89
Epsilon beat eSuba, 16-14, and swept PAPERPLANES, 2-0, before going head-to-head with the Finns of HAVU—who made their way after taking out Tempo Storm and Rasmus "Gux" Ståhl’s hatersg0nnahate—for a spot in the next round.
The match kicked off on Train, where HAVU took a very early lead despite losing the pistol round, showing superiority on the CT side and closing the half 12-3. The Finns were were then unable to capitalize on the early lead, however letting Epsilon take it to overtime in the second half and winning it outright, 19-15, in overtime.
The second map started with HAVU once again taking the lead into the half, although only by the slightest of margins, 8-7. On the CT side, Epsilon were once again able to flip the match in their favour, winning seven rounds in a row for a 14-8 partial before HAVU could even get on the board. With such a lead, Tramaine "stan1ey" Stanley & co. were able to win out even after the Finnish side got to within one, closing it out 16-13.
EpsilonK - D
+/-
ADR
KAST
Rating
48 - 45
+3
91.5
66.7%
1.19
42 - 33
+9
69.0
77.8%
1.15
49 - 44
+5
83.8
65.1%
1.04
38 - 42
-4
63.3
68.3%
0.96
38 - 44
-6
56.5
60.3%
0.87
HAVUK - D
+/-
ADR
KAST
Rating
51 - 48
+3
100.5
68.3%
1.24
50 - 42
+8
78.1
68.3%
1.12
40 - 42
-2
62.8
73.0%
0.95
34 - 40
-6
59.8
65.1%
0.92
33 - 43
-10
60.1
71.4%
0.85
The list of teams through to the Europe Minor Closed Qualifier is currently:
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 Japaleno |
 Epsilon |
 Sprout |
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Qualifier #3 |
| Qualifier #4 |
Qualifier #4 |
Ricardo 'fox' Pacheco
Christian 'loWel' Garcia Antoran
Hendrik 'cheti' Vallimägi
Tramaine 'stan1ey' Stanley
Tomáš 'benq1' Masaryk
Konstantinos 'tsack' Theodoropoulos
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