EU Minor closed qualifier first round determined

FACEIT has revealed the first round match-ups for the closed qualifier for the Europe Minor Championship leading to the next Major.

Running from Friday to Sunday, the qualifier will feature 16 teams, who will face off in a best-of-three Swiss stage for the chance to play at the upcoming regional Minor, in London, with eight spots up for grabs.

Half of the teams were invited by FACEIT, while the remaining eight sides came through four open qualifiers, held earlier in the month.

The Ninjas will begin their journey against tomorrow

Ninjas in Pyjamas, the highest-ranked team in the qualifier, will take on tomorrow, who enter the tournament in high spirits after winning the Polish Esport League Season 3 Finals over AGO at the weekend.

ZOTAC Cup Masters European representative Kinguin will lock horns with Fragsters, while LeftOut will meet ENCE in the headline match of this first round, scheduled for 18:00 .

Below you can find the match-ups for the first Swiss round:

Ninjas in Pyjamas
HEROIC
AGO
Red Reserve
OpTic
Windigo
Fragsters
LeftOut vs. tomorrow
vs. Nordavind
vs. Japaleno
vs. Epsilon
vs. EURONICS
vs. Sprout
vs. Kinguin
vs. ENCE tomorrow #61 Grzegorz 'SZPERO' DziamałekWiktor 'mynio' KrukPiotr 'morelz' TaterkaSzymon 'JaKu' MaciągKacper 'kaper' Słoma Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Japaleno #43 Fredrik 'FREDDyFROG' GustafssonJoakim 'Relaxa' GustafssonNiclas 'PlesseN' PlessenLinus 'Bååten' AnderssonDaniel 'djL' Narancic AGO #17 Damian 'Furlan' KislowskiDominik 'GruBy' SwiderskiMichał 'snatchie' RudzkiMateusz 'TOAO' ZawistowskiTomasz 'phr' Wójcik Red Reserve #22 Simon 'twist' EliassonJoakim 'disco doplan' GidetunFredrik 'freddieb' BuöHampus 'hampus' PoserLudvig 'Brollan' Brolin Fragsters #34 Lucas 'Bubzkji' AndersenIsmail 'refrezh' AliJacob 'dragonfly' LundNicolai 'torben' AmorimMartin 'stavn' Lund Windigo #28 Nikolay 'pNshr' PauninKamen 'bubble' KostadinovViktor 'v1c7oR' DyankovGeorgi 'SHiPZ' Grigorov HEROIC #21 Andreas 'MODDII' FridhRuben 'RUBINO' VillarroelAdam 'friberg' FribergPatrick 'es3tag' HansenNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen Kinguin #30 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasJacek 'MINISE' JeziakKarol 'rallen' RodowiczPaweł 'reatz' JańczakMikołaj 'mouz' Karolewski Epsilon #92 Mike 'mikeS' TunsJoey 'CRUC1AL' SteuselKia 'Surreal' Man OpTic #19 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferRené 'cajunb' BorgJakob 'JUGi' HansenNicklas 'gade' GadeKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke EURONICS #50 Christian 'crisby' SchmittOliver 'kzy' HeckSabit 'mirbit' CoktasarMarko 'kressy' ĐorđevićJosef 'faveN' Baumann Nordavind #69 Morten 'zEVES' Vollan ChristensenHenrik 'baby' BeckerJon 'ztk' Erik ØygardenHåkon 'hallzerk' FjærliHaakon 'Radifaction' Tholo Ninjas in Pyjamas #13 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundDennis 'dennis' EdmanJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonFredrik 'REZ' Sterner LeftOut #24 Christophe 'SIXER' XiaFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomAlexandre 'xms' FortéAli 'hAdji' Haïnouss ENCE #31 Aleksi 'allu' JalliJani 'Aerial' JussilaSami 'xseveN' LaasanenAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenJere 'sergej' Salo Sprout #46 Martin 'PERCY' WesselTimo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' HowellNiels Christian 'NaToSaphiX' SillassenDennis 'sycrone' Nielsen