LDLC and Vitality round out Europe Minor Closed Qualifier team list

The last Europe Minor Open Qualifier was all about France as LDLC and Vitality were the ones to book their tickets to the next stage of the Minor qualifiers.

The last day of the last Europe Minor Open Qualifier was played out today, with three French teams in contention in the quarter-finals. Two of them, LDLC and Vitality, made it to the semi-finals after beating average25iqbutheadshots and 3DMAX respectively.

The other two semi-finalists were GUNRUNNERS, who took down Red Reserve on Train (16-12) and 2019, who beat the Finns of HAVU by the slimmest of margins, 16-14, on Dust2. The bracket then had GUNRUNNERS and Vitality facing off on one side and LDLC against 2019 on the other, for two places in the next round.

LDLC, one of the favorites to qualify, kicked off their semi-final off against 2019 on Mirage winning the CT-side by the slimmest of margins, 8-7. The French-Belgian team kept their lead after winning the T-side pistol round, and started to run away with it after resetting 2019 in the fourth round to make it 12-8 ahead of an anti-eco. Finally, they won the map out 16-8.

LDLC made it through to the closed qualifier

LDLC then took a 4-0 lead on the attacking side of Train, although it was finally 2019 who were able to win the half, albeit by only one round, 8-7. Despite losing the pistol round, 2019 managed to take the lead midway through the second half, but it was finally LDLC who were able to fine-tune their CT side to stop the European team and qualify for the the next round of matches, 16-13.

Europe Minor Open Qualifier 4 - IEM Katowice 2019Best of 3 LDLCMatchpage 2 0 25th November 2018 2019 16Mirage 8 16Train 13

LDLC	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
David 'devoduvek' Dobrosavljevicdevoduvek	42 - 34	+8	90.8	1.26
Antoine 'to1nou' Pirardto1nou	42 - 28	+14	69.5	1.23
Alex 'ALEX' McMeekinALEX	41 - 38	+3	90.0	1.19
François 'amanek' Delaunayamanek	33 - 23	+10	63.2	1.12
Logan 'LOGAN' CortiLOGAN	35 - 35	0	78.3	1.05

2019	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Paweł 'innocent' Mocekinnocent	32 - 34	-2	67.8	1.01
Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelRUBINO	36 - 37	-1	76.6	0.99
Jorgen 'cromen' Robertsencromen	33 - 39	-6	66.8	0.89
Kevin 'HS' TarnHS	30 - 44	-14	70.8	0.86
Bastian 'ayken' Schendzielorzayken	27 - 39	-12	54.2	0.77

The Vitality vs. GUNRUNNERS match kicked off on Mirage where despite losing the first pistol round and the following eco, Vitality were able to win the first half on defense, 10-5, before increasing their lead to 12-5 after taking the two first rounds on the attack. Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut had a huge impact on the map, with 31 frags in 25 rounds, helping his team close it out 16-9.

The DH Atlanta champions move on to the next stage

Dust2 started off with GUNRUNNERS once again taking the lead, but this time around Vitality won the forcebuy on the back of a four kill round by Cédric "⁠RpK⁠" Guipouy. Frome there on out the French team was in the driver’s seat the whole time, taking the first half 12-3. After winning the second pistol round, Vitality went on to close it out cleanly, 16-3.

Europe Minor Open Qualifier 4 - IEM Katowice 2019Best of 3 VitalityMatchpage 2 0 25th November 2018 GUNRUNNERS 16Mirage 9 16Dust2 3

Vitality	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Mathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautZywOo	47 - 18	+29	108.9	1.82
Dan 'apEX' MadesclaireapEX	40 - 27	+13	96.4	1.50
Cédric 'RpK' GuipouyRpK	41 - 20	+21	86.7	1.48
Nathan 'NBK-' SchmittNBK-	29 - 25	+4	70.5	1.15
Vincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerHappy	28 - 24	+4	65.5	1.06

GUNRUNNERS	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
David 'frozen' Čerňanskýfrozen	28 - 35	-7	64.3	0.76
Erik 'The eLiVe' SithThe eLiVe	25 - 36	-11	64.3	0.76
Karel 'fredi' Královecfredi	21 - 35	-14	59.8	0.71
Richard 'queztone' Strnátkoqueztone	21 - 42	-21	69.4	0.65
Patrik 'DEV7L' StuchlíkDEV7L	19 - 37	-18	52.8	0.59

The teams that will be competing at the Europe Minor Closed Qualifier in December are:

MOUZ
ENCE
North
OpTic
Fragsters
Sprout
MIKSTURA
Windigo HEROIC
Kinguin
Virtus.pro
ex-Space Soldiers
x-kom
Valiance
Vitality
LDLC Cédric 'RpK' Guipouy Age: 29 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 953 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.70 ex-Space Soldiers #26 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınAhmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' Kor MIKSTURA #52 Maciek 'Luz' BugajPaweł 'byali' BielińskiKonrad 'EXUS' JeńczeńPatryk 'Sidney' KorabKamil 'Sobol' Sobolewski Virtus.pro #31 Filip 'NEO' KubskiJarosław 'pashaBiceps' JarząbkowskiMichał 'MICHU' MüllerPiotr 'morelz' TaterkaMichał 'snatchie' Rudzki Windigo #36 Kamen 'bubble' KostadinovViktor 'v1c7oR' DyankovYanko 'blocker' PanovGeorgi 'SHiPZ' GrigorovValentin 'poizon' Vasilev Sprout #43 Martin 'PERCY' WesselTimo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' HowellNiels Christian 'NaToSaphiX' SillassenJosef 'faveN' Baumann LDLC #12 Antoine 'to1nou' PirardAlex 'ALEX' McMeekinFrançois 'amanek' DelaunayDavid 'devoduvek' DobrosavljevicLogan 'LOGAN' Corti Valiance #60 Nemanja 'huNter-' KovačNestor 'LETN1' TanićNemanja 'nexa' IsakovićOtto 'ottoNd' SihvoRokas 'EspiranTo' Milasauskas Red Reserve #42 William 'draken' SundinJoakim 'disco doplan' GidetunFredrik 'freddieb' BuöHampus 'hampus' PoserAlfred 'RuStY' Karlsson 2019 #114 Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelPaweł 'innocent' MocekBastian 'ayken' SchendzielorzKevin 'HS' TarnJorgen 'cromen' Robertsen x-kom #89 Oskar 'oskarish' StenborowskiMichał 'mono' GabszewiczDaniel 'STOMP' PłomińskiGrzegorz 'jedqr' JędrasKrzysztof 'Goofy' Górski OpTic #13 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferRené 'cajunb' BorgJakob 'JUGi' HansenKristian 'k0nfig' WieneckeNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen average25iqbutheadshots Kinguin #27 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasJacek 'MINISE' JeziakKarol 'rallen' RodowiczPaweł 'reatz' JańczakMikołaj 'mouz' Karolewski MOUZ #5 Tomáš 'oskar' ŠťastnýChris 'chrisJ' de JongMiikka 'suNny' KemppiMartin 'STYKO' StykRobin 'ropz' Kool Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut Age: 18 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 1.33 Maps played: 255 KPR: 0.91 DPR: 0.65 GUNRUNNERS #113 Karel 'fredi' KrálovecRichard 'queztone' StrnátkoPatrik 'DEV7L' StuchlíkDavid 'frozen' ČerňanskýErik 'The eLiVe' Sith Fragsters #32 Ismail 'refrezh' AliJacob 'dragonfly' LundNicolai 'torben' AmorimMartin 'stavn' Lund 3DMAX #44 Audric 'JACKZ' JugDavid 'Davidp' PrinsBryan 'Maka' CandaLucas 'Lucky' ChastangGaëtan 'JiNKZ' Jamin HAVU #46 Jesse 'zehN' LinjalaEetu 'sAw' SahaLasse 'ZOREE' UronenOlli 'sLowi' PitkänenSamuli 'Twixie' Herrala ENCE #14 Aleksi 'allu' JalliJani 'Aerial' JussilaSami 'xseveN' LaasanenAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenJere 'sergej' Salo Vitality #28 Nathan 'NBK-' SchmittCédric 'RpK' GuipouyDan 'apEX' MadesclaireVincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerMathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut HEROIC #18 Andreas 'MODDII' FridhAdam 'friberg' FribergAsger 'AcilioN' LarsenPatrick 'es3tag' HansenDaniel 'mertz' Mertz North #10 Casper 'cadiaN' MøllerPhilip 'aizy' AistrupMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeNicklas 'gade' GadeValdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangså