FURIA, BIG among teams to make IEM Sydney EU open qualifier 1 Ro16

Vladislav "⁠nafany⁠" Gorshkov's BetBoom are also still in the running after dispatching of FTW.

FalleN and company are through to day two

The first Europe open qualifier for IEM Sydney has reached the end of day one, with a considerable number of favorites advancing to the Round of 16, and a handful of notable names bowing out early.

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BetBoom to make first appearance in IEM Sydney open qualifier

MIBR, Bad News Eagles, Aurora, and Movistar Riders were all among the names to miss out on making day two, with the Brazilian team in particular suffering a blowout loss in their first match to bsmpeeek, a Bulgarian mix featuring Tsvetelin "⁠CeRq⁠" Dimitrov and Georgi "⁠SHiPZ⁠" Grigorov.

The newly-reported 00NATION roster, playing as QM, fell short to 9 Pandas, while Endpoint, GODSENT, and 1win also failed to advance.

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syrsoN leaves BIG amid reports of international move

Kirill "⁠Boombl4⁠" Mikhailov's side ended up losing to BetBoom, nafany's newly-formed lineup, with the Russian roster making it through to the Round of 16. FURIA, BIG, Falcons, and Spirit were among the names to also make it through to day two.

You can find the matchups for day two below:

Date	Matches
IEM Sydney 2023 Europe Open Qualifier 1
10/08/2023	The Prodigies 15:00 500	Match
10/08/2023	FURIA 18:00 Sprout	Match
10/08/2023	Space 18:00 faceaters	Match
10/08/2023	Victory Zigzag 18:00 9 Pandas	Match
10/08/2023	BIG 18:00 B8	Match
10/08/2023	BetBoom 18:00 ECLOT	Match
10/08/2023	Into the Breach 18:00 Falcons	Match
10/08/2023	Spirit 18:00 Insilio	Match