The first open qualifier ahead of the Europe Minor Championship has come to a close with North Academy and PENTA clinching their spots in the closed part.
Throughout the last three days, the first 512-slot open qualifier for the Europe Minor took place with teams such as Dignitas, PENTA, North Academy, and Tricked in attendance.
Mikail "Maikelele" Bill's team met their demise in the quarter-finals, where North Academy prevailed 2-0 and proceeded to end a rather surprising run of the Lithuanian side GameplayDNA in semis, grabbing their spot in the closed qualifier.
glace's North Academy made their way to the Swiss closed qualifier
On the other side, Kevin "kRYSTAL" Amend's squad passed Singularity, Forcebuy, and finally Tricked in semis to secure their place in the next qualifying stage.
With PENTA and North Academy joining the fight for eight spots at the Europe Minor, the team list of the Swiss closed qualifier now looks as follows:
 BIG |  Envy |  Epsilon |  HEROIC |
 Kinguin |  LDLC | Ninjas in Pyjamas |  Space Soldiers |
| North Academy | PENTA | Open qual. #2 | Open qual. #2 |
| Open qual. #3 | Open qual. #3 | Open qual. #4 | Open qual. #4 |
The second open qualifier will run from May 3-5, teams can still sign up on FACEIT's website.
Dignitas #188 
Faruk 'pita' Pita
Ricardo 'fox' PachecoMikail 'Maikelele' Bill
Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelJoakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad 
Kinguin #19 Grzegorz 'SZPERO' DziamałekKarol 'rallen' RodowiczMichał 'MICHU' MüllerMikołaj 'mouz' KarolewskiDamian 'Furlan' Kislowski 
HEROIC #15 Andreas 'MODDII' FridhMarco 'Snappi' PfeifferJakob 'JUGi' HansenValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen 
Epsilon #39 André 'BARBARR' MöllerFredrik 'freddieb' BuöFredrik 'REZ' Sterner 
Forcebuy #328 Nikolaj 'EXR' TherkildsenKristian 'tabac0' SimonsenNicolai 'Jialocin' JensenSebastian 'larsen' LarsenJonas 'netrick' Wenzelsen 
Ninjas in Pyjamas #12 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundRichard 'Xizt' LandströmAdam 'friberg' FribergWilliam 'draken' Sundin 
PENTA #28 
Jesse 'zehN' LinjalaPaweł 'innocent' MocekMiikka 'suNny' KemppiKevin 'kRYSTAL' Amend
Kevin 'HS' Tarn 
Space Soldiers #22 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşÇağatay 'DESPE' SedefBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınAhmet 'paz' Karahoca Kevin 'kRYSTAL' Amend 
Age: 23 Team: PENTA Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 854 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.67 
LDLC #25 
Mathieu 'Maniac' Quiquerez
Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' DroolansAntoine 'to1nou' Pirard
Alex 'ALEX' McMeekinValentin 'mistou' Balbastro 
Tricked #27 Michael 'Friis' JørgensenNicolai 'HUNDEN' PetersenAsger 'AcilioN' LarsenPatrick 'es3tag' HansenJohannes 'b0RUP' Borup Mikail 'Maikelele' Bill 
Age: 25 Team: Dignitas Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 501 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.64 
BIG #23 Fatih 'gob b' DayikNikola 'LEGIJA' NinićJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzKevin 'keev' BartholomäusJohannes 'nex' Maget 
Envy #32 Christophe 'SIXER' XiaCédric 'RpK' GuipouyAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomVincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerAlexandre 'xms' Forté 
Singularity #20 Peter 'Inzta' KragelundThomas 'Ryxxo' NielsenLucas 'Lukki' PilhedenAllan 'AnJ' JensenMads 'Console' Skovby 
GameplayDNA #137 Robertas 'Carcass' MikuckisTitas 'haflex' MilasauskasMartynas 'Butters' JuodagalvisEdvinas 'Aikas' ŽemaitisJonas 'Delection' Mičiulis 
North Academy #41 Nicolai 'glace' JensenFrederik 'LOMME' NielsenNicklas 'gade' GadeDaniel 'mertz' MertzFrederik 'acoR' Gyldstrand (责任编辑：case opening)
