NRG Esports
NRG Esports
North America
Rank #4
FiNESSE
Pujan Mehta
s0m
Sam Oh
Verno
Andrew Maust
mada
Adam Pampuch
Ethan
Ethan Arnold
and
The Guard
The Guard
Inactive
JonahP
Jonah Pulice
trent
Trent Cairns
neT
Michael Bernet
valyn
Jacob Batio
tex
Ian Botsch
have advanced to the group stage of North America Stage 1: Challengers through the first open qualifier's lower bracket.
They join six other teams who have already qualified for the group stage.
Version1
Version1
Inactive
and
XSET
XSET
Inactive
qualified yesterday through the upper bracket. Four other teams —
Cloud9
Cloud9
North America
Rank #8
Xeppaa
Erick Bach
v1c
Victor Truong
mitch
Mitch Semago
neT
Michael Bernet
OXY
Francis Hoang
,
Sentinels
Sentinels
North America
Rank #3
N4RRATE
Marshall Massey
bang
Sean Bezerra
Zellsis
Jordan Montemurro
zekken
Zachary Patrone
johnqt
Mohamed Amine Ouarid
,
100 Thieves
100 Thieves
North America
Rank #7
zander
Alexander Dituri
Cryocells
Matthew Panganiban
eeiu
Daniel Vucenovic
Boostio
Kelden Pupello
Asuna
Peter Mazuryk
, and
Envy
Envy
Inactive
Marved
Jimmy Nguyen
Victor
Victor Wong
crashies
Austin Roberts
FiNESSE
Pujan Mehta
yay
Jaccob Whiteaker
— received direct invites.
The Guard rebounded from a 2-0 defeat at the hands of XSET the day before, sweeping
Akrew
Akrew
Inactive
gucc107
Andrew Gutnichenko
Neon
Austin Hedge
Paincakes
Jake Hass
jovahnii
Jovanni Miramontes
ZachaREEE
Zachary Lombardo
in two maps to secure a place in the Challengers group stage. It will mark their first appearance in a Challengers main event.
NRG also came back from a defeat to XSET the day before, falling to them a round earlier than The Guard did. NRG defeated
Pioneers
Pioneers
Inactive
jmoh
Jason Mohandessi
wedid
Matthew Suchan
thief
Brady Dever
Critical
Tristan Trinacty
2-1 immediately afterwards to put themselves two matches away from the group stage heading into Sunday.
The team started the day with a 2-0 over
Knights
Knights
Inactive
before heading into the deciding match against
Rise
Rise
Inactive
, who were playing in their second consecutive qualification match. NRG handled Rise with back-to-back 13-3 victories to coast into the group stage.
Rise, Akrew, and the rest of the North American teams who fell short will have one more opportunity to qualify for the Challengers group stage. The final four spots will be determined next week in the second open qualifier.