OG, KOI, and BLEED miss out as EU RMR qualifiers reach end

The full 32-team list for the Perfect World Shanghai Major Europe RMRs is now complete.

KOI are among the favorites missing out on the RMR

The Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 EU RMR Closed Qualifiers have come to an end following the conclusion of the do-or-die 2-2 pool matches, with Sashi, Rebels, B8, TSM, GamerLegion, and Nemiga securing the final available spots.

This means that all 32 teams set to compete at the Europe RMR in Shanghai are now known, with the participants set to be split into two 16-team Swiss groups at a later date.

The Closed Qualifier A 2-2 pool saw three high-octane bouts between teams expected to make it to the RMR before the event. B8 were the first to qualify after a 13-1 demolition of Monte on Mirage, while TSM followed shortly after with their win over KOI.

The final match was a clash between Aleksandar "⁠kassad⁠" Trifunović's BLEED and GamerLegion, and the Erik "⁠ztr⁠" Gustafsson-led team came out on top after a spirited 3-12 comeback on Mirage. The failure to qualify is a tough pill to swallow for BLEED, with their Serbian coach branding the exit "embarrassing" in a post-match tweet.

Date Matches
Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 EU RMR Closed Qualifier A
23/08/2024
Finished
0:2
Match
23/08/2024
Finished
0:2
Match
23/08/2024
Finished
0:2
Match

Closed Qualifier B was a more subdued affair, as the favorites had already secured their spots at the RMR. OG were bested by Sashi in the biggest clash of the round to miss out on their second consecutive Major, while Rebels won the Polish derby against Permitta to secure a spot.

The final RMR berth went to Nemiga, who beat Insilio in a three-map series that spanned 73 rounds.

Date Matches
Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 EU RMR Closed Qualifier B
23/08/2024
Finished
0:2
Match
23/08/2024
Finished
0:2
Match
23/08/2024
Finished
2:1
Match

The full Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 EU RMR team list is as follows:

Invited

Qualified

Sweden Erik 'ztr' Gustafsson
Erik 'ztr' Gustafsson
Age:
21
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.93
Maps played:
835
KPR:
0.63
DPR:
0.68
#1
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United States MrNorwood
It's a shame to see KOI missing the RMRs.
2024-08-23 21:49
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#7
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vanessa | 
Bhutan zyl3r
fraud team exposed without sunpayus/martinez
2024-08-23 22:02
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9 replies
Bleed and KOI from 2-0 to 2-3 typical Bo1 merchants
2024-08-23 22:18
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8 replies
#16
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vanessa | 
Bhutan zyl3r
indeed, so sad to see this KOI side failing, always been looking good with alvaro "paella" sunpayus idk how could they fix the roster ? maybe buying story from SAW? but they won't sell him for cheap the goat joao vieira
2024-08-23 22:21
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the only way for koi to fix the roster is going international they could also go br/pt/sp mix but it might not end up well since br is fishy region
2024-08-23 22:50
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#28
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vanessa | 
Bhutan zyl3r
what do you mean by fishy brotha?
2024-08-23 23:17
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2 replies
don't wanna get banned for saying that word again so i'll do this en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match_fixing
2024-08-23 23:28
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#33
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vanessa | 
Bhutan zyl3r
thx, yes indeed I understand your pov
2024-08-23 23:31
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#31
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Netherlands p2dr
If it's fishy, don't you think it would go very well for a org named KOI? :v
2024-08-23 23:24
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#49
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vanessa | 
Bhutan zyl3r
8/8
2024-08-24 14:29
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#48
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Spain Dicraftio
They should bring someone instead of stadodo because he was IGLing before (and now he isn't) and he's not performing as he should most of the time. It's either that or they find their form again / approach rounds a bit different
2024-08-24 14:20
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it's really not
2024-08-23 22:27
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Kassad masterclass
2024-08-23 21:51
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#3
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Bwills | 
Canada cdiixon
lmao someone need to make a new song called HARD4ENCE
2024-08-23 21:52
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#43
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Peru fr1daySzs
I Love this coment
2024-08-24 05:17
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#4
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Ireland Fl0werz
you snooze you lose :/
2024-08-23 21:56
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#5
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Brazil mooises
three czech teams wow
2024-08-23 21:59
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hope bleed management won't kick kassad after that failure (which was so anticipate) so we can make ever more fun of him
2024-08-23 22:02
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1 reply
so easy to anticipate*
2024-08-23 22:20
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#8
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vanessa | 
Bhutan zyl3r
I was watching you Nexa, ruining the chances of Bleed to qualify for RMR. Now take responsibility and leave.
2024-08-23 22:02
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bleed really fucked up ngl no exuses here, I am sad for ENCE tho :((
2024-08-23 22:04
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#36
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Serbia Dinarska_divizija
Nice name
2024-08-24 00:17
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2 replies
Its my real name belive it or not
2024-08-24 00:18
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1 reply
#38
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Serbia Dinarska_divizija
Im also slav i know
2024-08-24 00:53
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#10
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Norway biggamer69
Deserved, these teams just didn't have what it takes. Goes to show how incredibly quick the floor of professional counter-strike has risen. Love to see it, and makes me even more excited for the open circuit season start of 2025.
2024-08-23 22:05
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#12
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Norway biggamer69
Side-note: This new SINNERS looks damn good. Wonder how deep their stratbook is, and big their mappool is as their full 5-man roster hasn't been together for too long yet. Watch out for them!
2024-08-23 22:07
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#21
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Slovakia GloryMole
I mean they sucked for a long while with this roster. Then one day everything clicked and they started winning all of the matches
2024-08-23 22:47
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#23
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Norway biggamer69
Yeah, I think they always had a strong core, now from the outside it just seems they found the remaining pieces. I might be talking too soon of course, but it's looking great so far! Hope they keep it up for the actual RMRs.
2024-08-23 22:49
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KOI 2-0 to 2-3 damn :/
2024-08-23 22:06
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#20
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Slovakia GloryMole
same as Bleed
2024-08-23 22:44
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being a koi fan is rough man...
2024-08-23 22:19
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#26
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STYKO | 
Spain aDr1mAt3s
Yeah
2024-08-23 23:04
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#42
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Czech Republic RealKaxy
at least they got to the last major. i can tell you how rough is being a sinners fan since the 2-3 in antwerp rmrs it was one disaster after another. 2 times in row 3rd in ecl just missing on the epl slot, 2 times finalists at cct. and like 5 times finalists at czech lans always losing to eclot. btw last time they won an international tournament was in 2021.. (if not counting czech lans that last one was in 2022) this rmr cq is like the first time they managed to do something
2024-08-24 02:03
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the thing is that you'd expect koi to win at least 1 of the 3 bo3 they played against supposedly lower tier opposition, but they still managed to throw a 9-3 lead in ct side nuke against unity, who i believe had only won 20% of their nuke games over the last 3 months. the worrying thing is that they need to change at least stadodo but we don't have awpers (or players in general) to do so. sunpayus and martinez wont leave their respective teams to play for koi, so we just have to accept that this is the roster they'll play with unless they go international (which i hope never happens again) or they get try (probably wont happen because he just signed with imperial and he'd have to move to eu, which he surely wouldn't want)
2024-08-24 09:53
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#47
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Czech Republic RealKaxy
they could get an awper from brazil right tho? i believe there are some fine awpers there although players from sa are apparently very expensive
2024-08-24 13:29
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they could, but i don't think it'll happen either
2024-08-24 14:41
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Insilio lost, but I am still proud of our boys
2024-08-23 22:24
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NO KOI BOTS LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
2024-08-23 22:35
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#22
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Slovakia GloryMole
I mean did Ence and Monte actually expect to qualify with these rosters?
2024-08-23 22:48
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#27
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Czech Republic PaYaB
same goes for og, it still has to feel like crap when you see that teams like unity or rebels qualified over you
2024-08-23 23:05
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#34
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Slovakia GloryMole
I mean OG have a pretty solid team now.. They just assembled it way too late
2024-08-23 23:38
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I think considering the other rosters which qualified amd have players with no experience in tier1, they expected to at least make the rmr, yes
2024-08-23 23:21
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#25
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Czech Republic PaYaB
koi and bleed both strong on paper and both showed us that they're bo1 merchants, both went 1-6 (maps) after going 2-0 up..
2024-08-23 23:03
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#30
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Netherlands p2dr
3 CZ teams, impressive
2024-08-23 23:22
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#35
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New Zealand Skye620
I wonder how bleed are 33rd in the world. They’ve lost 10 out of the last 15 games played
2024-08-23 23:41
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why koi were considered as favourites? they showed absolutely nothing in any tournaments after last major
2024-08-24 01:34
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#40
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United States LongDong
czechia era starts now
2024-08-24 01:36
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#41
meow | 
North America TyIer
poor bleed...
2024-08-24 01:50
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man
2024-08-24 09:41
0
Czechia era begins RAAAH!!!!
2024-08-24 10:00
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