The final open qualifier for the next Europe Minor Championship has come to an end, with French duo Vitality and LDLC securing tickets to the next stage. Relive the qualifier's biggest moments by going through our live updates.

Vitality will face GUNNERS for a spot in the closed bracket

Day two recap

22:00 : LDLC through to closed qualifier

LDLC followed in Vitality's footsteps and booked their spot in the closed qualifier for the Europe Minor with a convincing 2-0 victory over 2019.

This means that the final team list for the closed qualifier, scheduled for December 12-13, looks as follows:

21:00 : Vitality secure closed qualifier spot

Vitality have booked the first spot in the closed qualifier after taking down GUNRUNNERS on just two maps. Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut was once again the name on everyone's lips as he topped the scoreboard, ending the first map with a 31-8 score.

The other semi-final, pitting LDLC against 2019, is still ongoing, with the French side having a 1-0 lead after winning Mirage 16-8.

19:15 : GUNRUNNERS, 2019 through to semi-finals

GUNRUNNERS, who are playing the tournament under the name "Warmup", beat Red Reserve with a strong display from star player David "⁠frozen⁠" Čerňanský, while 2019 squeezed past HAVU in a hard-fought match that went to all 30 rounds.

This means that the semi-final matches are the following:

Vitality vs. GUNRUNNERS

LDLC vs. 2019

18:56 : Vitality, LDLC breeze past opposition

LDLC and Vitality are the first two teams through to the semi-finals after easing past average25iqbutheadshots and 3DMAX, respectively, with Cédric "⁠RpK⁠" Guipouy and David "⁠devoduvek⁠" Dobrosavljevic raising eyebrows.

In the next round, Alex "⁠ALEX⁠" McMeekin's side will take on the winner of the match between HAVU and 2019, while the DreamHack Open Atlanta champions will face the team coming out of the match between Red Reserve and GUNRUNNERS.

18:10 : Day two begins

The quarter-final matches are now live. Follow all the action by clicking the links below:

LDLC vs. average25iqbutheadshots - MATCH PAGE

Red Reserve vs. GUNRUNNERS - MATCH PAGE

3DMAX vs. Vitality - MATCH PAGE

HAVU vs. 2019 - MATCH PAGE

16:00 : Tournament about to resume

We are just two hours away from the kick-off time for the quarter-finals, the final stage to feature a best-of-one format. The teams emerging victorious from this round will progress to the best-of-three semi-finals. You can follow all the action on our match page.

Day one recap

00:30 : Quarter-final matches determined

2019 eased past SJ in the last Round of 16 match, which means that all quarter-final slots have been filled. Below you can find the match-ups for the next round, scheduled for 18:00 :

LDLC vs. average25iqbutheadshots

Red Reserve vs. GUNRUNNERS

3DMAX vs. Vitality

HAVU vs. 2019

23:55 : First quarter-finalists determined

iESF champions HAVU edged past Movistar Riders 16-12 in the standout match of the Round of 16. There is now just one ongoing match, pitting SJ against the former Tempo Storm squad, who are playing under the name 2019.

Below you can find the results so far:

3DMAX 16-12 PANTHERS

LDLC 16-14 Copenhagen Flames

HAVU 16-12 Movistar Riders

3DMAX 16-12 PANTHERS

Red Reserve 16-10 Horus

Vitality 16-9 Jordan's Money Crew

GUNRUNNERS 16-12 LeftOut

average25iqbutheadshots 16-9 expert

22:28 : Round of 16 set to start

The fifth round of matches, the last one of the day, is about to start, with a number of mouth-watering clashes. Follow all the action by heading over to our match page.

22:20 : Round 4 results

LDLC 16-4 Nexus

expert 16-6 Ignite

HAVU 21-18 Chaos

Movistar Riders 16-6 pieuwpieuw

Red Reserve 16-5 Dark Tigers

LeftOut 19-16 PRIDE

Vitality 16-4 Gravity

20:55 : Favourites prevail in Round 3

With only a few matches left to play, Round 3 went according to expectations as most of the favourites progressed to the next round. The exceptions so far are Codewise Unicorns (19th seed), who were hammered 16-3 by Berzerk, and Giants, who were defeated by Nova.Pro.

Below are some of the results from this round:

Chaos 16-11 OFFSET

HAVU 16-6 Arctic

Berzerk 16-3 Codewise Unicorns

3DMAX 16-13 Madness

Vitality 16-6 PSIHOAKTIV

LDLC 16-5 Kuruma

Nova.Pro 16-9 Giants

19:50 : Round 3 set to start

3DMAX vs. madness - mixer.com/IEMKatowiceCSGO

expert vs. Team Kramer - twitch.tv/esl_99damage

Izako Boars vs. Gravity - twitch.tv/esl_csgo_pl

Vitality vs. PSIHOAKTIV - twitch.tv/esl_csgo_fr2

Chaos vs. OFFSET - twitch.tv/esl_fraglider

Giants vs. Nova.Pro - twitch.tv/esl_moreira

PANTHERS vs. Lyngby Vikings - twitch.tv/esl_99damage1

19:40 : PACT eliminated in Round 2

Polish side PACT, the 11th seed of the qualifier, have been eliminated after being defeated by GUNRUNNERS, who are competing in the tournament under the name Warmup.

Below you can find the first notable results from Round 2:

2019 16-1 tZEN

PACT 6-16 GUNRUNNERS

3DMAX 16-4 noFuture

x6tence Galaxy 16-2 F1racecar

LDLC 16-2 LowLandLiars

expert 16-9 AGAiN

Vitality 16-6 Headex

Giants 16-13 oksucc

19:10 : Big names enter the fray

With the first round done and dusted, the seeded teams will now join in on the action. Follow some of the key matches by clicking the links below:

Giants vs. oksuuc - https://www.twitch.tv/esl_csgo_es

Vitality vs. Headex - https://www.twitch.tv/esl_csgo_fr2

PACT vs. Warmup - https://www.twitch.tv/esl_csgo_pl

PANTHERS vs. MIX_FTW - https://twitch.tv/esl_99damage1

expert vs. AGAiN - https://www.twitch.tv/esl_99damage

18:00 : Bracket unveiled

ESEA has revealed the bracket for the tournament, with LDLC and Vitality earning the top two seeds. Epsilon are a last-minute absentee as they did not check in for the tournament.

Below you can find some of the notable sides who will be taking part in the qualifier:

16:45 : ScreaM to skip qualifier

Belgian talent Adil "⁠ScreaM⁠" Benrlitom has revealed on Twitter that he will play no part in the qualifier, for which LeftOut currently has the following line-up submitted:

16:42 : ALTERNATE aTTaX pull out of qualifier

On his Twitter page, ALTERNATE aTTaX captain Nicolai "⁠HUNDEN⁠" Petersen has announced that his team will not be taking part in the qualifier as they will be focusing on fixing the team's line-up issues.