BIG, FORZE among teams eliminated with 1-3 record from European RMR closed qualifier

Six teams have been eliminated from the European RMR.

BIG's hopes of reaching the Major came to an end in the closed qualifier

Six teams have met their fate in the PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen Europe RMR Closed qualifiers, chief among them are BIG, who fell 0-2 to Nexus. The Romanian side had AWPer Adrian "⁠XELLOW⁠" Guță spearheading the feat with a 1.33 rating in the series.

The two other teams who said goodbye to their Major aspirations in the A closed qualifier were Permitta, who fell to ECSTATIC and Zero Tenacity, who were taken out in two maps by 3DMAX.

HEROIC survived their elimination bout against IKLA, knocking out the squad featuring the likes of Jonas "⁠Lekr0⁠" Olofsson and Michał "⁠MICHU⁠" Müller 2-0. Kristjan "⁠fejtZ⁠" Allsaar and his sYnck teammates eliminated Entropiq, while Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen and Fredrik "⁠roeJ⁠" Jørgensen's Preasy survived a close three-map bout with FORZE.

Date	Matches
PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 Europe RMR Closed Qualifier A
20/01/2024	ECSTATIC Finished 2:0 Permitta	Match
20/01/2024	BIG Finished 0:2 Nexus	Match
20/01/2024	3DMAX Finished 2:0 Zero Tenacity	Match

Date	Matches
PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 Europe RMR Closed Qualifier B
20/01/2024	sYnck Finished 2:0 Entropiq	Match
20/01/2024	IKLA Finished 0:2 HEROIC	Match
20/01/2024	Preasy Finished 2:1 FORZE	Match

The next round of eliminations will not come in the 2-2 pool, as the teams finishing in 9-11th place will go to the decider qualifier and will fight there to progress to the RMR. There are now 17 matches either ongoing or set to be played and at the end of it, only one out of six teams from the decider qualifier will be eliminated.