The main favorite of the first open qualifiers for EU RMR, Heroic, were eliminated in the top 64 after they squandered a huge 9-2 lead against CIS team Nemiga.
The second day of the first qualifiers did not bring too many surprises so far, except for the defeat of Heroic, the favorites are solidly holding on, and only one more round is left before the turn of the Bo3 matches in the final battle for the top 4 placement.
The Serbian team Zero Tenacity is still in the game and they are currently fighting against the unpleasant Poles 9INE, BLEED is playing against the IKLA mix, and Fnatic has already qualified for the quarterfinals with an express victory against HAVU.
However, we will not watch the big derby that awaited us between Fnatic and Heroic, and Heroic, which until recently was one of the best teams in the world, will have to look for its chance at one of the remaining three tournaments from the open qualification series.
In the top 16 matches, they meet:
Fnatic - HAVU
ESCTATIC - Illuminar
Johnny Speeds - ex-ThunderFlash
ECLOT - Espionage
Entropiq - ENEID
FISH - BLEED
Zero Tenacity - 9INE
KOI - K10
If you are confused as to why MRS KOI is there even though they lost their last match yesterday, the reason is that their opponent was disqualified after evidence of cheating was found, giving Movistar Riders respective KOI another chance.
