The second of four open qualifiers for the Europe Minor has concluded, with Sprout and Epsilon through to the closed qualifier.

Sprout made it past the round-of-16 after winning against Singularity, 16-13, on Mirage. They then took out Vexed, 2-0, and faced Arte et Marte, a mix of European players who beat EnVyUs Academy in the quarter-finals, for a spot in the Europe Minor Closed Qualifier.

Arte et Marte and Sprout started their series on Inferno, which the Danish-German team took the lead on quick and never looked back, giving up just a few rounds for a 12-3 half. They were then able to close the map out in the first three rounds of the CT side, 16-3.

denis led the charge with 93.2 ADR and a 1.40 rating in the series

Arte et Marte then tied it up on Cache after a fairly one-sided 10-5 CT half and four rounds in a row right after switching sides, which made for a 14-5 lead and the ability to tie the series within their sights. Sprout tried to close the gap with three rounds in a row, were unable to stop the European mix who closed it out 16-8.

After a very dominating T-side on Mirage, which they were able to take 11-4, Sprout ultimately went on to close the best of three. Although Shane "⁠shaney⁠" Smith & co. won six of the first seven rounds of the second half to try and mount a comeback, Sprout were able to ride it out, closing the series out 2-1 with a 16-10 victory on the map.

Europe Minor Open Qualifier 2 - FACEIT Major 2018 Best of 3 Arte et Marte Matchpage 1 2 Sprout 3 Inferno 16 16 Cache 8 10 Mirage 16

Arte et Marte K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Shane 'shaney' Smithshaney 50 - 51 -1 82.8 1.09 Rigon 'rigoN' GashirigoN 56 - 57 -1 79.0 1.03 András 'ZEN' HidvégiZEN 44 - 49 -5 78.3 1.02 Damian 'derciak' Slaskiderciak 45 - 47 -2 64.6 1.01 Tobias 'shadow' Flodströmshadow 35 - 48 -13 62.7 0.80 Sprout K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Denis 'denis' Howelldenis 69 - 48 +21 93.2 1.40 Niels-Christian 'NaToSaphiX' SillassenNaToSaphiX 47 - 37 +10 79.7 1.26 Timo 'Spiidi' RichterSpiidi 59 - 43 +16 84.9 1.24 Dennis 'sycrone' Nielsensycrone 39 - 51 -12 68.9 0.95 Martin 'PERCY' WesselPERCY 37 - 51 -14 66.6 0.88

Epsilon beat eSuba, 16-14, and swept PAPERPLANES, 2-0, before going head-to-head with the Finns of HAVU—who made their way after taking out Tempo Storm and Rasmus "⁠Gux⁠" Ståhl’s hatersg0nnahate—for a spot in the next round.

The match kicked off on Train, where HAVU took a very early lead despite losing the pistol round, showing superiority on the CT side and closing the half 12-3. The Finns were were then unable to capitalize on the early lead, however letting Epsilon take it to overtime in the second half and winning it outright, 19-15, in overtime.

Epsilon move on to the closed qualifier with a 2-0 over HAVU

The second map started with HAVU once again taking the lead into the half, although only by the slightest of margins, 8-7. On the CT side, Epsilon were once again able to flip the match in their favour, winning seven rounds in a row for a 14-8 partial before HAVU could even get on the board. With such a lead, Tramaine "⁠stan1ey⁠" Stanley & co. were able to win out even after the Finnish side got to within one, closing it out 16-13.

Europe Minor Open Qualifier 2 - FACEIT Major 2018 Best of 3 Epsilon Matchpage 2 0 HAVU 19 Train 15 16 Mirage 13

Epsilon K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Tramaine 'stan1ey' Stanleystan1ey 48 - 45 +3 91.5 1.19 Mike 'mikeS' TunsmikeS 42 - 33 +9 69.0 1.15 Oskar 'oskarish' Stenborowskioskarish 49 - 44 +5 83.8 1.04 Kia 'Surreal' ManSurreal 38 - 42 -4 63.3 0.96 Joey 'CRUC1AL' SteuselCRUC1AL 38 - 44 -6 56.5 0.87 HAVU K - D +/- ADR Rating 2.0 Juho 'juho' Lampinenjuho 51 - 48 +3 100.5 1.24 Otto 'ottoNd' SihvoottoNd 50 - 42 +8 78.1 1.12 Jesse 'zehN' LinjalazehN 40 - 42 -2 62.8 0.95 Olli 'sLowi' PitkänensLowi 34 - 40 -6 59.8 0.92 Eetu 'sAw' SahasAw 33 - 43 -10 60.1 0.85

The list of teams through to the Europe Minor Closed Qualifier is currently: