Epsilon & ENCE qualify for EU Minor

The first qualifier for the PGL Regional Minor Championship has finished, with Epsilon eSports and ENCE securing spots for the LAN in November.

After 11 European teams unsuccessfully protested the direct invites for the Minor earlier this week, two new teams for the PGL-hosted event have been found through the online qualifier.

In the last day of the first qualifier, the Swedes of Epsilon cruised past iNation before meeting Tricked in the deciding match.

Epsilon will feature on another Minor - the third for REZ and draken

Jakob "⁠JUGi⁠" Hansen and Nikolaj "⁠niko⁠" Kristensen had solid games over the three-map affair, but Nicolai "⁠HUNDEN⁠" Petersen's team wasn't able to get more than one map in the series. After losing Train 16-9, William "⁠draken⁠" Sundin and co. won their map pick - Mirage (16-9) and closed the deal on Cobblestone (16-7).

PGL Regional Minor Championship Europe - ELEAGUE Major 2017 - Qualifier 1Best of 3 TrickedMatchpage 1 2 19th October 2016 Epsilon 16Train 9 10Mirage 16 7Cobblestone 16

Epsilon	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
William 'draken' Sundindraken	62 - 47	+15	83.4	1.23
Fredrik 'REZ' SternerREZ	61 - 52	+9	84.0	1.20
Fredrik 'freddieb' Buöfreddieb	53 - 47	+6	82.6	1.18
Joakim 'disco doplan' Gidetundisco doplan	47 - 43	+4	68.4	1.07
André 'BARBARR' MöllerBARBARR	48 - 49	-1	74.3	1.03

Tricked	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Jakob 'JUGi' HansenJUGi	64 - 50	+14	90.9	1.28
Nikolaj 'niko' Kristensenniko	56 - 51	+5	73.7	1.06
Patrick 'es3tag' Hansenes3tag	47 - 53	-6	72.5	0.94
Lasse 'maeVe' ElgaardmaeVe	42 - 56	-14	68.2	0.81
Nicolai 'HUNDEN' PetersenHUNDEN	29 - 62	-33	56.0	0.60

On the other side of the bracket, ENCE eliminated Kévin "⁠Ex6TenZ⁠" Droolans's LDLC, who had connectivity issues, before moving on to Bpro that featured Emiliyan "⁠spyleadeR⁠" Dimitrov and Nikolay "⁠nkl⁠" Krastev.

The Finns took down the Bulgarian team 2-0, starting with a 16-13 win on Train and ending with an 21-16 overtime game on Mirage.

PGL Regional Minor Championship Europe - ELEAGUE Major 2017 - Qualifier 1Best of 3 BproMatchpage 0 2 19th October 2016 ENCE 13Train 16 16Mirage 21

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With these results, following teams will be in Bucharest this November for the European Minor:

fnatic	HEROIC	HellRaisers	Space Soldiers
Epsilon	ENCE	Qualifier #2	Qualifier #2

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Epsilon #27 André 'BARBARR' MöllerWilliam 'draken' SundinJoakim 'disco doplan' GidetunFredrik 'freddieb' BuöFredrik 'REZ' Sterner fnatic #14 Olof 'olofmeister' KajbjerDennis 'dennis' EdmanJohn 'wenton' ErikssonSimon 'twist' EliassonJonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson LDLC #151 Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' DroolansAntoine 'to1nou' PirardAlex 'ALEX' McMeekinValentin 'mistou' BalbastroAlexandre 'xms' Forté iNation #49 Luka 'emi' VukovićAleksandar 'kassad' TrifunovićĐorđe 'DJOXiC' NiciforovićNestor 'LETN1' TanićDarko 'soLo' Mitić Bpro #51 Emiliyan 'spyleadeR' DimitrovTeodor 'psycho' DimovNikolay 'niki1' PantaleevNikola 'NK4Y' Radushev HellRaisers #26 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukMartin 'STYKO' StykPatrik 'Zero' ŽúdelBence 'DeadFox' Böröcz William 'draken' Sundin Age: 21 Team: Epsilon Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 275 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.66 HEROIC #16 Michael 'Friis' JørgensenAndreas 'MODDII' FridhMarco 'Snappi' PfeifferLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderValdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangså Nikolay 'nkl' Krastev Age: 22 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.90 Maps played: 622 KPR: 0.60 DPR: 0.67 Emiliyan 'spyleadeR' Dimitrov Age: 26 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 626 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.71 ENCE #33 Niko 'naSu' KovanenMiikka 'suNny' KemppiJuho 'juho' LampinenTony 'arvid' NiemeläAleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen Jakob 'JUGi' Hansen Age: 19 Team: Tricked Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 236 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.63 Nicolai 'HUNDEN' Petersen Age: 25 Team: Tricked Rating 1.0: 0.79 Maps played: 517 KPR: 0.54 DPR: 0.71 Nikolaj 'niko' Kristensen Age: 18 Team: Tricked Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 158 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.65 Space Soldiers #36 Tugay 'TuGuX' KeskinIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşÇağatay 'DESPE' SedefAhmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' Kor Tricked #41 Nicolai 'HUNDEN' PetersenLasse 'maeVe' ElgaardPatrick 'es3tag' HansenJakob 'JUGi' HansenNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' Droolans Age: 26 Team: LDLC Rating 1.0: 0.94 Maps played: 878 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.64