Eternal Fire, Sangal, B8, and FANTASY secure Europe RMR spots

The third open qualifier for the IEM Rio Europe RMR has closed its second day of action with B8, Sangal, Eternal Fire, and FANTASY all punching thier tickets to Malta after victories in their respective quarter-finals.

There is still one more spot from the third RMR qualifier to be claimed from the fifth place decider. HEET, Entropiq, los kogutos, and ECSTATIC will all participate in the bracket to secure the last spot available after losing in the seventh round of the qualifier.

A few high-profile teams were eliminated on the second day of the qualifier, including Finest and SINNERS; however, the most notable ones were Astralis and Movistar Riders, who were eliminated by los kogutos and B8 respectively despite being the two highest-ranked teams in the fifth round.

The Ukrainian squad did not slow down after taking down the Spaniards, proceeding to beat AVANGAR ahead of their quarter-final match against HEET. There, B8 came out on top following two 16-14 maps to edge out the Frenchmen and secure their presence at the RMR. Arseniy “⁠cptkurtka023⁠” Derevinskiy was the difference-maker on Inferno as he finished with a 1.64 rating.

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Astralis, Movistar Riders eliminated from IEM Road to Rio Europe Open Qualifier 3

los kogutos followed their victory over Astralis with a win against RCL before coming across FANTASY in the seventh round of the online qualifier. Martin “⁠maaryy⁠” Nakonieczny‘s squad’s failure to organize a defense on Nuke cost them a potential 2-0 win and they eventually conceded the series to the European mix on Overpass.

Sangal beat the likes of Budapest Five and Sashi on their way to the qualification match, with Entropiq supposed to be their most difficult test yet. The European team cruised on Inferno before taking a close win on Mirage to sweep a squad ranked 52 places ahead of them.

The second day of the qualifier ended with Eternal Fire versus ECSTATIC. The new-look Danish squad came out on top of a double-overtime affair on their pick of Vertigo before being reverse swept by MAJ3R‘s men with wins on Dust2 and Nuke, securing the Turkish team’s spot at their second-ever RMR.

The teams participating at the EU RMR are currently:

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