The bracket of the EMEA Last Chance Qualifier has been revealed. Teams will play a Bo3 double elimination bracket, with Bo5 grand finals.
The opening matches in sequential order are:
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G2 Esports
G2 Esports Inactive vs. Anubis Gaming
Anubis Gaming Inactive
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FUT Esports
FUT Esports Europe Rank #8 xeus Doğan Gözgen MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen yetujey Eray Budak AtaKaptan Ata Tan qRaxs Doğukan Balaban vs. Oxygen Esports
Oxygen Esports Inactive
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Papara SuperMassive
Papara SuperMassive Europe Rank #22 skylen Asil Yalçın ip0TT Yiğit Karadeniz VenTT Emre Bozkurt OXMANN Aytekin Çakır umu7 Umut Pekdoğan vs. Guild Esports
Guild Esports Inactive
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Team Liquid
Team Liquid Europe Rank #10 paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski kamyk Maks Rychlewski nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Keiko Georgio Sanassy kamo Kamil Frąckowiak vs. One Breath Gaming
One Breath Gaming Inactive minse Vladislav Kuzminykh zeddy Nikolai Lapko
Notably absent is
forZe
forZe
Inactive
SUYGETSU
Dmitry Ilyushin
Art1st
Vyacheslav Lyadnov
Coffee
Nikita Antsypirovich
, who until recently, were the sole CIS representatives in the event. However, recent departures from the team involving
hugeon
, Nikolai "zeddy"
Lapko, and most recently Nikita "Coffee"
Antsypirovich to One Breath Gaming, have caused forZe to relinquish their spot in the Last Chance Qualifier.
Fnatic is also missing from the EMEA LCQ. Due to
Gambit Esports
Gambit Esports
Inactive
Redgar
Igor Vlasov
Chronicle
Timofey Khromov
d3ffo
Nikita Sudakov
sheydos
Bogdan Naumov
nAts
Ayaz Akhmetshin
's win and their taking of the Masters 3 Champions slot, Fnatic are drafted into Champions.
Representing Turkey are Futbolist, Oxygen Esports, and SuperMassive Blaze. Of the three, only Supermassive Blaze have triumphed against the combined gauntlet of European and CIS teams, and were the first team from Turkey to represent their region on the international stage.
Rounding out the teams in the Last Chance Qualifier are Team Liquid, G2 Esports, and Guild Esports. G2 come in after a successful run in the playoffs of Masters: Berlin, where they finished in top 4. Meanwhile Liquid are looking to redeem themselves after barely failing to qualify for Masters: Berlin. Finally, Guild Esports, who secured their spot in the LCQ after a multitude of top four finishes throughout the year, have yet to claim a first place finish. Their first-ever would be a ticket to Champions.
Anubis Gaming
Anubis Gaming
Inactive
will be MENA's sole representative after besting
Team RA'AD
Team RA'AD
MENA
Rank #3
Shalaby
Mohamed Shalaby
Shniider
Yousef Osama
chrollo
Omar Hussein
Depyro
Nour Sherif
SkaNoodles
Yousef Mohamed
Yassien
Yassien Ahmed
in the grand final of the Strike Arabia Championship.