Fantastic Five shine in TI6 EU Open Qualifiers 2

The TI6 EU Open Qualifiers 2 has come to an end. Fantastic Five landed the second TI6 EU Regional Qualifiers spot, after wiping out E-Lab, 2:0, in the finals. The regional qualifiers will begin June 25 at 04:00 CEST with the best-of-one series for the group stage.

Fantastic Five convincingly wiped out E-Lab 2:0, in the finals of TI6 EU Open Qualifiers 2.

The newly reformed team was eliminated early in the first round of TI6 EU Open Qualifiers. The team had problems with a player connecting and were forced to play 4 vs 5, dropping to a mixed stack called TWA in round of 128.

The CIS team came back for the TI6 EU Open Qualifiers 2 with a vengeance and cruised through the brutal best-of-one series, taking out Polarity in the process. They then bested Elements One 2:1 and wiped through E-Lab by the end.

Fantastic Five grabbed the second TI6 EU Regional Qualifiers spot. The team was forced to register for the open qualifiers when they became ineligible for a direct invite into the Regional Qualifiers for Europe, due to roster changes made outside the transfer window.

In May, the team was down to only two members and had recruited their last two positions -Ilya “Illidan” Pivcaev and Pavel “9pashaebashu” Khvastunov only shortly before the qualifiers.

F5 will go up against Alliance, Power Rangers, Team Empire, Ad Finem, Vega Squadron, Flipsid3 Tactics, Virtus.Pro, Escape Gaming (formerly No Diggity) and Team Secret. The qualifiers are scheduled to take place between June 25th-28th.

TI6 Regional Qualifiers

The format for the TI6 Regional Qualifiers are different this year to accommodate less invites. The regional qualifiers will each gain two spots for TI6 main event and one spot in the TI6 Wild Card series.

Group Stage

• 10 teams in one group, played in a round-robin format
• Eight invited teams
• Two teams qualified through the TI6 EU Open Qualifiers
• All matches are played best-of-one
• The top team qualifies to The International 2016
• Second through fifth place teams advance to the Playoffs
• Tiebreakers: Head-to-head, then best-of-one round robin, then time rating on the round robin

Playoffs

• Four teams compete in a double-elimination bracket
• All matches are played best-of-three
• Grand Final is best-of-five
• The winning team qualifies to The International 2016
• The runner-up qualifies to The International 2016 Wild Card

TI6 EU Open Qualifiers 2 winners

Fantastic Five

Illidan at Frankfurt Major

Fantastic Five was originally spotted in early September, in the registration list for the Frankfurt Major. At the time, it consisted of Stanislav “BzzIsPerfect” Glushan, Andrey “Ghostik” Kadyk, and Vladimir “yol” Basov, plus two other players.

The team had some roster instability in October and again in December but that didn’t stop Tornado RoX from picking up the squad. However, the team continued in the next two months with less than desirable results and roster instability, losing Sedoy, Ghostik and ArsZeeqq within one month.

Ghostik returned to the team when the squad parted ways with RoxKis at the end of March and signed on Alexander “XBOCT” Dashkevich and Roman “rmN-“ Paley.

Then, in May, the team would suffer a devastating blow. Fantastic Five parted ways with Alexander “XBOCT” Dashkevich and Andrey “Ghostik” Kadyk and was left with only three members.

The separation came following disappointing results in the Manila Major open qualifiers and minimal commendable placements during the Spring Season.

The team has registered for the TI6 open qualifiers with both Ilya “Illidan” Pivcaev and Pavel “9pashaebashu” Khvastunov.

Fantastic Five roster:

Stanislav “BzzIsPerfect” Glushan
Roman “rmN-“ Paley
Vladimir “yol” Basov
Ilya “Illidan” Pivcaev
Pavel “9pashaebashu” Khvastunov

The International 6

The most anticipated tournament of the year for Dota 2 players and enthusiasts will return to the KeyArena in Seattle, Washington, this August. The International 6 main event is set to run for six days, from Monday, August 8th, through Saturday, August 13th.

The current prize pool currently stands at $12,543,595 ($10,943,595 added by the community).