Manila Major EU Open Qualifiers day #1 concludes: F5, Kaipi, Danish Bears advance

The first day of the Manila Major EU Open Qualifiers has come to an end. Thirty-two teams are left to compete for a spot in the European Regional Qualifiers. Out of the remaining teams Danish Bears, F5, Kaipi, Goomba and HWA are still in contention. The 32 remaining teams will continue battling for the regional spot starting at 14:00 CEST tomorrow, April 30.

The first round of the Manila Major EU Open Qualifiers has left 32 teams with hopes to continue their journey to China. More than 930 teams were sent home early to practice and try their luck again in the second set of the Manila Major EU Open Qualifiers, starting on May 1.

ATN is still in contention after knocking out PRIES in Round of 64 and will play against Kaipi today.

Goomba Gaming eliminated 4 Vikings and Dane to advance. Sqreens Squad, spigs, TBE, Elements, Aspera, Elab, HWA, F5, Danish Bears are also still in the running.

Rebels!, Enso, mYinsanity were knocked out in Round of 64.

The winners of the Manila Major EU Open Qualifiers will advance to the Regional Qualifiers, which will take place between May 3-6.

The Manila Major will be held between June 7-12, at the Mall of Asia Arena, in Manila, Philippines, with a set prize-pool of $3,000,000. Sixteen teams will compete in the main event hosted by PGL and Valve.

Progress can be followed in the FACEIT brackets as teams progress tomorrow.

Manila Major EU Open Qualifiers streams

A couple of channels and casters will be covering selections of games from the European, American and Southeast Asian Manila Major Open Qualifiers. The following spreadsheet will be updated throughout the four days of the Open Qualifiers.

• LlamaDownUnder’s stream
• rocky_x86’s stream
• Bkop’s stream
• Zambrella’s stream
• guacguac’s stream
• Chicago Ted’s stream
• PythianLegume’s stream
• MotPax’s stream
• GoGameStudios’s stream
• Ilummini’s stream
• Direct Esports (Spanish)’s stream

  Manila Major EU Open Qualifiers notable registered teams

  Manila Major Open Qualifiers teams – EU (963 teams checked in):

  • Goomba
  • Enso
  • HWA (Black^, Babyknight, Necroman)
  • myInsanity
  • PRIES
  • Danish Bears
  • Kaipi
  • Fantastic 5
  • The Puck
  • 4 Vikings and Dane
  • Rebels!
  • eLab
  • Aspera
  • ATN
  • TBE
  • Sqreens Squad
  • Elements
  • Team Toast
  • Team spigs (Kole, Lebron, mitch, g0g1le, -MONTI-)
  • BrooDMotherS
  • YeS

  Manila Major Open Qualifiers

  Much like for the Frankfurt and Shanghai Major, there will be two opportunities for teams to compete in the Manila Major Open Qualifiers. Two rounds of Open Qualifiers will be hosted – the first will take place between April 29-30, while the second is set for May 1-2. Teams are able to register and participate in both sets of events.

  Manial Major Open Qualifiers schedule

  1st round of the Manila Major Open Qualifiers

  Manila Major Open Qualifiers #1, Day 2 – April 30th

  

• EUROPE

  Start time: 14:00 CEST

Rounds played: Round of 32 (BO1), Round of 16 (BO1), Round of 8 (BO1), SemiFinals (BO3), Finals (BO3).