After five matchdays, the group stage of VCT EMEA Ascension has come to an end. Apeks Apeks Europe Rank #3 hype Tautvydas Paldavicius MOLSI Michał Łącki AvovA Auni Chahade , Acend Acend Inactive ALIVE Gilad Hakim musashi Alessio Xhaferi pyrolll Artur Minin cullumx Nikolaj Cullum Andersen chiwa Egor Stepanyuk , Gentle Mates Gentle Mates Europe Rank #22 K4DAVRA Thomas Johner , and SAW SAW Inactive Fragger Henrique Correia brk Bruno Ferreira GrTw Tiago Costa Addicted Eduardo Torres Cunha20 David Cunha have moved to the playoffs, which will take place in the VCT EMEA Coliseum.

Apeks is the only one of the four teams with a flawless 4-0 record so far. The team won three of its Group B bouts in 2-0 fashion — meaning Gentle Mates took second in the group with a 3-1 record — and only needed a third map against their regional counterparts and Play-Ins winner FOKUS FOKUS Europe Rank #20 hoody Aaro Peltokangas YaBoiLewis Lewis Hughes Mistic James Orfila al0rante Felix Brandl xuss Tselmeg Tsolmon .

Both Group A teams finished with a 3-1 record, leaving Apeks isolated at the top. Acend were denied a perfect run by DSYRE DSYRE Europe Rank #4 caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov waddle Wadir Taraki — the latter's only win of the groups — and then denied SAW their own flawless streak with a 2-0 in the final match of the week. Despite sharing a 3-1 record, SAW will go through the groups in second due to Acend winning the tiebreaker.

VCT EMEA Ascension group record Image by Riot Games

Just two teams finished with a tied record in the groups: Digital Athletics Digital Athletics Europe Rank #74 s0pp Efe Tur wezzy Arda Celbiş WerlasS Metin Ünal audaz Soner Ekiz pckwN Efekan Yorulmaz MerSa Mert Saatcı and FOKUS FOKUS Europe Rank #20 hoody Aaro Peltokangas YaBoiLewis Lewis Hughes Mistic James Orfila al0rante Felix Brandl xuss Tselmeg Tsolmon both went 2-2. Case Esports Case Esports Inactive , despite regional dominance, struggled to find a map win in Ascension and were the only 0-4 roster. The remaining squads — CGN Esports CGN Esports Europe Rank #5 elllement Dragan Milanović DaviH David Cruz BennY Benjamin Domgörgen Vince Vincent Kranz , DSYRE DSYRE Europe Rank #4 caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov waddle Wadir Taraki , Team Falcons Team Falcons Inactive — all left the tournament with a 1-3 record in groups.

The remaining four teams have a few days to rest and prepare for the upcoming playoffs, which kick off on July 13. The four teams will play a double-elimination bracket through to July 16. Every match will be a Bo3, with Bo5 lower bracket finals and grand finals. The VCT EMEA Ascension winner will participate in the VCT EMEA in 2024 and 2025, dropping back to its respective league thereafter.

Tickets are available for every day but the grand final, and can be found here.

The opening VCT EMEA Ascension matches are: