It's about halftime in the qualification for the $250,000 CS:GO tournament at EMS One Katowice. The first round of qualifiers in all regions are finished, with only the 2nd set of qualifiers in CIS and Poland left before we know 50% of the regional finalists. Let's take a look at what happened in Germany and the United Kingdom this weekend and who managed to shine next to favorites like mousesports and fm! TOXIC! Germany: mousesports' new team passes their first test As the new ESL Pro Series 2014 has not yet started, many of the lineups and teams in the first German qualifier were completely new. Three teams made it through the first cup without losing a game to join mousesports. These three teams have some players you may have heard of before, such as /10/ with stavros and TORNADOTONI, Wild Fire with qk-Mantis and mnL or EYES ON U with KRAEUTERHUMPEN and four of the former EnRo players.



What about Team Alternate, Playing Ducks e.V. or EnRo GRIFFINS, you might ask. Well, they did not do too well in the first qualifier. Both Alternate (vs. MTF) and the ducks (vs. mouz) got eliminated in 3rd round while EnRo (vs. vin), fielding a completely new team, dropped out in round 2. All of them really need to play a perfect cup #2 or lose the chance to be part of German Finals. With MTF, dotpiXels and some other rising teams, this could be much easier said than done.



German Qualifier #1 - Brackets



United Kingdom: No big surprise - fm! TOXIC made it UK's favorite team, fm! TOXIC qualified for the regional finals, bringing down all their rivals. Their focus can now shift towards preparing for the Finals. Other teams were not so lucky. TLM beat out Rasta.Xd in the 2nd round whilst wilzooo and RattlesnK will have to prove themselves in the 2nd cup if they want to take the stage at the regional finals. Joining the teams who qualified are CRG and myXMG, which can take the regional finals as a chance to prove their skills and maybe surprise the bigger names.



UK Qualifier #1 - Brackets



EMS One Katowice: The regional qualifiers so far France Nordic Germany iGamerz EPS ESC ICY BOX Team Wild Fire Nativ.CSGO highgrade mousesports EMS Clan-Mystik Eu 3DMAX.Razer erledigt LeetGamerZ partyastronauts 10 Cup #2 - 24/01/14 Cup #2 - 24/01/14 Cup #2 - 31/01/14 Cup #2 - 24/01/14 Cup #2 - 24/01/14 Cup #2 - 31/01/14 Cup #2 - 24/01/14 Cup #2 - 24/01/14 Cup #2 - 31/01/14 Cup #2 - 24/01/14 Cup #2 - 24/01/14 Cup #2 - 31/01/14 UK Poland CIS fm! TOXIC Virtus.pro EMS Natus Vincere you stay classy AMNESIA CS:GO Team YP TLM Cup #2 - 21/01/14 Cup #2 - 21/01/14 Neil_M Girls Cup #2 - 21/01/14 Cup #2 - 21/01/14 Cup #2 - 31/01/14 Cup #3 - 31/01/14 Cup #3 - 31/01/14 Cup #2 - 31/01/14 Cup #3 - 31/01/14 Cup #3 - 31/01/14 Cup #2 - 31/01/14 Cup #4 - 07/02/14 Cup #4 - 07/02/14 Cup #2 - 31/01/14 Cup #4 - 07/02/14 Cup #4 - 07/02/14



The EMS One Katowice Qualification does not stop! Tonight the sign up for the 2nd qualifiers in Poland and CIS is closing, with the cups starting tomorrow evening. We will give you the updates on which teams take part and which streams to watch tomorrow afternoon!



As the new ESL Pro Series 2014 has not yet started, many of the lineups and teams in the first German qualifier were completely new. Three teams made it through the first cup without losing a game to join mousesports. These three teams have some players you may have heard of before, such as /10/ with stavros and TORNADOTONI, Wild Fire with qk-Mantis and mnL or EYES ON U with KRAEUTERHUMPEN and four of the former EnRo players.What about Team Alternate, Playing Ducks e.V. or EnRo GRIFFINS, you might ask. Well, they did not do too well in the first qualifier. Both Alternate (vs. MTF) and the ducks (vs. mouz) got eliminated in 3rd round while EnRo (vs. vin), fielding a completely new team, dropped out in round 2. All of them really need to play a perfect cup #2 or lose the chance to be part of German Finals. With MTF, dotpiXels and some other rising teams, this could be much easier said than done.UK's favorite team, fm! TOXIC qualified for the regional finals, bringing down all their rivals. Their focus can now shift towards preparing for the Finals. Other teams were not so lucky. TLM beat out Rasta.Xd in the 2nd round whilst wilzooo and RattlesnK will have to prove themselves in the 2nd cup if they want to take the stage at the regional finals. Joining the teams who qualified are CRG and myXMG, which can take the regional finals as a chance to prove their skills and maybe surprise the bigger names.Tonight the sign up for the 2nd qualifiers in Poland and CIS is closing, with the cups starting tomorrow evening. We will give you the updates on which teams take part and which streams to watch tomorrow afternoon! Soodi , Monday, 20/01/14 10:51