Tricked, Nordavind secure Europe Minor Closed Qualifier spots

Two more Europe Minor Closed Qualifier teams have been decided as Tricked defeated Aristocracy and Nordavind beat FrenchFrogs in the semi finals of Open Qualifier 3.

Two veterans of the game clashed in the first semi-final that took place as Wiktor "⁠TaZ⁠" Wojtas's Aristocracy took on Nicolai "⁠HUNDEN⁠" Petersen's Tricked. The Danes handled ALTERNATE aTTaX and Giants earlier in the day, while the Poles, who were playing with Olek "⁠hades⁠" Miskiewicz instead of Karol "⁠rallen⁠" Rodowicz, defeated PACT and Copenhagen Flames to make it to the last game of the Open Qualifier 3.

Tricked picked Dust2 to start it off and won the T pistol, only to lose to the following force buy as Mikołaj "⁠mouz⁠" Karolewski and Jacek "⁠MINISE⁠" Jeziak wrecked havoc with a Deagle and a Scout. Aristocracy grabbed the early lead off of that, 4-2, but only finished the half with seven rounds as Johannes "⁠b0RUP⁠" Borup's multikills denied them momentum half-way through. After winning the CT pistol, Tricked went on to take a seven-round lead (14-7), closing out the map shortly, 16-10.

Third time was the charm for HUNDEN and his pack

Mirage followed, where Tricked started as CTs and quickly ran up a 6-2 lead. Aristocracy then won a 2v2 afterplant, only for the Danish side to go on another winning streak, this time taking five in a row to finish the half 11-4 up. The Poles went four for one at the start of their CT half, reaching eight rounds, but with Lucas "⁠Bubzkji⁠" Andersen leading the way Tricked saw their opponents off, 16-8, to win the series and secure a closed qualifier spot.

Europe Minor Open Qualifier 3 - StarLadder Major 2019Best of 3 TrickedMatchpage 2 0 1st June 2019 Aristocracy 16Dust2 10 16Mirage 8

Tricked	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Johannes 'b0RUP' Borupb0RUP	42 - 29	+13	94.7	1.41
Frederik 'acoR' GyldstrandacoR	33 - 24	+9	75.4	1.19
Rasmus 'sjuush' Becksjuush	37 - 27	+10	75.3	1.19
Lucas 'Bubzkji' AndersenBubzkji	36 - 23	+13	74.9	1.17
Nicolai 'HUNDEN' PetersenHUNDEN	35 - 33	+2	70.0	1.06

Aristocracy	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Paweł 'dycha' Dychadycha	30 - 38	-8	70.5	0.88
Jacek 'MINISE' JeziakMINISE	31 - 38	-7	70.6	0.88
Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasTaZ	31 - 39	-8	64.2	0.83
Mikołaj 'mouz' Karolewskimouz	27 - 37	-10	60.0	0.82
Olek 'hades' Miskiewiczhades	17 - 33	-16	44.8	0.66

The second semi saw FrenchFrogs, who edged out Ancient and AGO after overtime matches, take on Nordavind who eliminated two highly-ranked teams, Epsilon and Movistar Riders.

The first map of the series was Nuke, the pick of David "⁠Davidp⁠" Prins and co., but the Norwegians were strong on the offense, keeping their opponents on just eight rounds in the first half. After the switch, FrenchFrogs looked great and quickly reached map point, 15-10, but Nordavind held on by the skin of their teeth to force overtime. Three sets of added rounds were played before the victor was found, with Haris "⁠H4RR3⁠" Hadzic's 1.21 rated map giving Nordavind the edge.

A 6-1 start as CT set up Nordavind for success on Inferno, but a 3K from Davidp got FrenchFrogs back on track, breaking their opponents' bank. Thanks to that, the Frenchmen managed to end the first half with a minimal, one-round deficit. They took the lead straight away in the second half and once again reached the match point, 15-13, but couldn't close out a 1v2 against Håkon "⁠hallzerk⁠" Fjærli and once again went into overtime. In the added rounds, Nordavind once again showed more and took the map 19-16, 2-0 for the series.

Europe Minor Open Qualifier 3 - StarLadder Major 2019Best of 3 NordavindMatchpage 2 0 1st June 2019 FrenchFrogs 25Nuke 21 19Inferno 16

Nordavind	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelRUBINO	61 - 61	0	81.5	1.09
Haris 'H4RR3' HadzicH4RR3	56 - 53	+3	73.6	1.07
Jorgen 'cromen' Robertsencromen	59 - 55	+4	73.0	1.04
Håkon 'hallzerk' Fjærlihallzerk	52 - 59	-7	64.0	0.99
Jesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannTENZKI	48 - 59	-11	68.2	0.87

FrenchFrogs	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
David 'Davidp' PrinsDavidp	62 - 56	+6	97.5	1.22
Ali 'hAdji' HaïnousshAdji	65 - 57	+8	75.2	1.16
Gaëtan 'JiNKZ' JaminJiNKZ	61 - 57	+4	81.7	1.13
Bryan 'Maka' CandaMaka	55 - 51	+4	68.7	1.05
Logan 'LOGAN' CortiLOGAN	44 - 56	-12	64.1	0.94

The Europe Minor Closed Qualifier team list now looks as follows:

fnatic
North
Windigo
Valiance
NoChance
GamerLegion
Tricked
Qualifier #4 HEROIC
BIG
MOUZ
OpTic
Sprout
Maknitude
Nordavind
Qualifier #4 Mikołaj 'mouz' Karolewski Age: 23 Team: Aristocracy Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 1172 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.65 Valiance #16 Nemanja 'huNter-' KovačNestor 'LETN1' TanićNemanja 'nexa' IsakovićOtto 'ottoNd' SihvoRokas 'EspiranTo' Milasauskas Maknitude #95 Martin 'PERCY' WesselDanni 'smF' DygDennis 'sycrone' NielsenAllan 'AnJ' JensenJacob 'dragonfly' Lund OpTic #18 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferMathias 'MSL' LauridsenKristian 'k0nfig' WieneckeNikolaj 'niko' KristensenIsmail 'refrezh' Ali HEROIC #23 Adam 'friberg' FribergPatrick 'es3tag' HansenNiels Christian 'NaToSaphiX' SillassenMartin 'stavn' LundBenjamin 'blameF' Bremer David 'Davidp' Prins Age: 24 Team: FrenchFrogs Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 513 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.66 Jacek 'MINISE' Jeziak Age: 25 Team: Aristocracy Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 1292 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.69 BIG #22 Fatih 'gob b' DayikJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschJohannes 'nex' MagetIsmailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş Lucas 'Bubzkji' Andersen Age: 20 Team: Tricked Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 433 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.68 Karol 'rallen' Rodowicz Age: 24 Team: Aristocracy Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 1188 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.66 Olek 'hades' Miskiewicz Age: 19 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 25 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.65 Giants #43 Ricardo 'fox' PachecoChristopher 'MUTiRiS' FernandesRicardo 'roman' OliveiraJoao 'KILLDREAM' FerreiraLuís 'ZELIN' Lousada NoChance #58 Mikail 'Maikelele' BillJesse 'zehN' LinjalaMartin 'STYKO' StykKevin 'kRYSTAL' AmendThomas 'Thomas' Utting Aristocracy #33 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasJacek 'MINISE' JeziakKarol 'rallen' RodowiczMikołaj 'mouz' KarolewskiPaweł 'dycha' Dycha Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas Age: 32 Team: Aristocracy Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 1680 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.67 Windigo #21 Kamen 'bubble' KostadinovViktor 'v1c7oR' DyankovYanko 'blocker' PanovGeorgi 'SHiPZ' GrigorovValentin 'poizon' Vasilev Nordavind #70 Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelJesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannJorgen 'cromen' RobertsenHåkon 'hallzerk' FjærliHaakon 'Radifaction' Tholo Tricked #28 Nicolai 'HUNDEN' PetersenLucas 'Bubzkji' AndersenJohannes 'b0RUP' BorupFrederik 'acoR' GyldstrandRasmus 'sjuush' Beck Haris 'H4RR3' Hadzic Age: 22 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.94 Maps played: 84 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.71 PACT #73 Piotr 'morelz' TaterkaDawid 'lunAtic' CieślakKacper 'darko' ŚcieraPatryk 'Sidney' KorabKamil 'Sobol' Sobolewski North #13 Philip 'aizy' AistrupMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeJakob 'JUGi' HansenNicklas 'gade' GadeValdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangså Håkon 'hallzerk' Fjærli Age: 18 Team: Nordavind Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 199 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.67 Johannes 'b0RUP' Borup Age: 19 Team: Tricked Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 707 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.69 MOUZ #12 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenChris 'chrisJ' de JongÖzgür 'woxic' EkerDavid 'frozen' ČerňanskýRobin 'ropz' Kool AGO #27 Grzegorz 'SZPERO' DziamałekDamian 'Furlan' KislowskiDominik 'GruBy' SwiderskiTomasz 'phr' WójcikKacper 'kaper' Słoma Epsilon #37 Joey 'CRUC1AL' SteuselKia 'Surreal' ManRasmus 'kreaz' JohanssonTeodor 'SPELLAN' NikolovHelvijs 'broky' Saukants ALTERNATE aTTaX #65 Stefan 'stfN' SeierDustin 'DuDe' GroßmannMateusz 'mantuu' WilczewskiMarko 'kressy' ĐorđevićFritz 'slaxz-' Dietrich Sprout #32 Florian 'syrsoN' RischeTimo 'Spiidi' RichterSabit 'mirbit' CoktasarNils 'k1to' GruhneJosef 'faveN' Baumann FrenchFrogs #46 David 'Davidp' PrinsAli 'hAdji' HaïnoussLogan 'LOGAN' CortiBryan 'Maka' CandaGaëtan 'JiNKZ' Jamin Ancient #50 William 'draken' SundinJoakim 'disco doplan' GidetunFredrik 'freddieb' BuöAlfred 'RuStY' KarlssonNicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora Movistar Riders #34 Aitor 'SOKER' FernándezOscar 'mixwell' CañellasAlejandro 'alex' MasanetAlejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo CanoRaúl 'DeathZz' Jordán Nieto GamerLegion #39 Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' DroolansAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomKevin 'HS' TarnHampus 'hampus' PoserTim 'nawwk' Jonasson Nicolai 'HUNDEN' Petersen Age: 27 Team: Tricked Rating 1.0: 0.81 Maps played: 1342 KPR: 0.55 DPR: 0.70 fnatic #7 Richard 'Xizt' LandströmJesper 'JW' WecksellSimon 'twist' EliassonFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonLudvig 'Brollan' Brolin Copenhagen Flames #57 Rasmus 'HooXi' NielsenMads 'Console' SkovbySebastian 'Basso' AagaardAsger 'Farlig' JensenFredrik 'roeJ' Jørgensen