Day one of the qualifier has concluded, and play will continue tomorrow at 12:00 with the round of 64. Some of the highlight matches can be found below, whilst the rest of the bracket can be found here.
Round of 64
AVANGAR vs 
Genk
LDLC vs SD Invicta
ECLOT vs 
TENSTAR
Partizan vs 
Sampi
HEET vs. 
ThunderFlash
Nexus vs 
BLINK
Permitta vs 
Sashi
MASONIC vs 
ROYALS
FTW vs 
Goodfellas
Movistar Riders vs 
HOTU
K23 vs The Prodigies
los kogutos vs Let us cook
Eternal Fire vs 
Wolsung
Round of 128
777 16-8 Singularity – lobby
Eternal Fire 16-6 GRGECHI – lobby
SINNERS 16-8 BiT – lobby
LDLC 16-2 paranoia – lobby
Anonymo 16-5 North kick – lobby
Partizan 16-4 TrashUnitKing – lobby
HOTU 16-5 d54 – lobby
ROYALS 16-13 shawties – lobby
FTW 16-7 goat5 – lobby
Movistar Riders 16-9 
PLATOON Beta – lobby
Forward 16-13 EstViki – lobby
boomer demons 12-16 scou7gang – lobby
K23 16-0 zakmp4 dog team – lobby
Sangal 10-16 Hydra_GG – lobby
los kogutos 22-20 papparefut – lobby
GODSENT 16-9 szczury123 – lobby
9 Pandas 16-10 Elite Kappucino – lobby
Wolsung 16-10 zelenata kotka – lobby
Websterz 16-3 Mamamu Deba – lobby
TENSTAR 16-13 godobegaem – lobby
Iron Branch 16-12 Falcons Omega Main – lobby
AVANGAR 16-1 Ogurki
Sampi 16-11 
EAGLES – lobby
undefined 14-16 BULLY_ – lobby
Nexus 22-18 Scythe – lobby
Lilmix 16-9 Spassk – lobby
HEET 16-6 Slavs Gaming – lobby
BLINK 16-14 YNT – lobby
Sashi 16-3 OldWardensClub – lobby
Metizport 16-8 Void UP – lobby
Permitta 16-14 lobsteru2137 – lobby
BLUEJAYS 14-16 The Witcherss – lobby
ALTERNATE aTTaX 16-6 team koalas – lobby
Endpoint 16-8 rpaqp gpakyJla – lobby
MASONIC 16-8 Dallas Stars – lobby
JANO 16-8 Slaughter Gang Murder Gang – lobby
7AM 10-16 MayBe – lobby
GenOne 16-5 Team Elessar – lobby
The Prodigies 16-5 Z E R O – lobby
Nakama 12-16 Let us cook – lobby
ECLOT 16-8 hltv dodgers – lobby
Round of 256
7AM 16-11 ELLA ELLE L A – lobby
Movistar Riders 16-7 S0lyanka – lobby
Sangal 16-1 lowskill1 – lobby
Forward 16-2 FC_THROW – lobby
K23 16-11 Welcome to Medina – lobby
Singularity 16-2 GreenWhite – lobby
Websterz 16-12 GHOSTRIDERPEEK – lobby
boomer demons 16-10 Madagascar – lobby
AVANGAR 16-5 Wild Panthers – lobby
TENSTAR 22-19 UNiTY– – lobby
LDLC 16-2 Leopard$ – lobby
Anonymo 16-11 NtK- – lobby
Partizan 16-4 LycoReco – lobby
Sampi 16-10 FLuffy Gangsters – lobby
Lazer Cats 10-16 EAGLES – lobby
HEET 16-1 Combined IQ 199 – lobby
Lilmix 16-4 Animos – lobby
Nexus 16-12 5Reasons – lobby
BLINK 16-1 Oskarovo pravnuci – lobby
ALTERNATE aTTaX 16-8 DrugCartel – lobby
BLUEJAYS 16-9 Benched Heroes – lobby
Permitta 16-3 3roundMax – lobby
Sashi 16-11 TOP993 – lobby
Endpoint 16-3 shinikizo – lobby
JANO 16-11 EZKATKA1337 – lobby
MASONIC 16-9 toky0xd – lobby
ROYALS 16-9 HDE.hajde – lobby
FTW 16-11 BellaCiao – lobby
GenOne 16-0 GYM Buddys – lobby
HOTU 16-1 GhostZ Gaming – lobby
The Prodigies 16-4 T1Blaster – lobby
777 16-5 NaWeight – lobby
los kogutos 16-6 Bitfix – lobby
Nakama 16-8 The glecs – lobby
GODSENT 16-9 Hot Headed Gaming – lobby
9 Pandas 16-4 poulet noir – lobby
Eternal Fire 16-2 BingaBonga – lobby
undefined 16-5 Entropiq – lobby
ECLOT 16-2 Linx Legacy – lobby
Boston crab 9-16 Enterprise – lobby
Metizport 16-2 Pozdroo – lobby
XI 16-19 Zwarta Druzyna Skutecznosci – lobby
Let us cook 16-7 Miedzygalaktyczne Oro – lobby
Wolsung 16-2 417 – lobby
Iron Branch 16-9 n00rg – lobby
Round of 512
Enterprise 16-10 zJpeek – lobby
Benched Heroes 16-6 DIVERSEgg – lobby
Sashi 16-4 ProBaiters – lobby
Movistar Riders 16-1 Ruuvaajat – lobby
Forward 16-0 MOTIHUNT – lobby
K23 16-4 tagmix – lobby
Let us cook 16-0 dieinprem – lobby
Nemiga 12-16 Wolsung – lobby
Websterz 16-0 Eyedress – lobby
AVANGAR 16-8 PROTOKOL-PAUKI – lobby
LDLC 16-8 Something Special – lobby
Anonymo 16-9 MinasTirith – lobby
Lilmix 16-9 BUSHIDO- – lobby
EC Brugge 22-25 Metizport – lobby
MASONIC 16-12 TopTopic – lobby
7AM 16-3 Ynmama – lobby
GenOne 16-4 JorviVelehot – lobby
Sangal 16-1 pivnoe_puzo – lobby
Singularity 16-1 JEETU ESPORT – lobby
Nakama 16-13 majorWINNER$ – lobby
GODSENT 16-7 Kuro Yagi – lobby
Eternal Fire 16-3 HEP GAMING! – lobby
Iron Branch 16-14 5 – lobby
ECLOT 16-14 MVP.CYBER – lobby
TENSTAR 16-3 w8fortag – lobby
Partizan 16-7 MASTERCLASS1 – lobby
Sampi 16-6 CPH NOOBS – lobby
Lazer Cats 16-8 Sib-Esports – lobby
HEET 16-5 MAXPISYA – lobby
Boston crab 16-12 DEEZNUTSs – lobby
Nexus 16-10 Aimgods without malachi – lobby
ALTERNATE aTTaX 16-3 EUROJACKPOT – lobby
SINNERS 16-4 no_friends_club – lobby
boomer demons 16-7 AT LEAST WE TRIED – lobby
Endpoint 16-5 Ha MaSSe – lobby
BLUEJAYS 16-6 Luxera – lobby
JANO 16-2 +w na major – lobby
FTW 16-3 Zimograjki – lobby
ROYALS 16-7 Hannes Drenge – lobby
HOTU 16-2 y0die gang – lobby
The Prodigies 16-0 Away lobby
777 16-0 HooXi5 – lobby
ECSTATIC 16-12 SHIPACHI – lobby
XI 16-10 Kirikou – lobby
Into the Bin 20-22 Miedzygalaktyczne Oro – lobby
los kogutos 16-2 Oxuji Esports – lobby
Round of 1024
Lazer Cats 16-6 Turisti – lobby
Budapest Five 17-19 Insilio_ – lobby
Kyiv 16-1 Endlezz – lobby
The Prodigies 16-2 Allora – lobby
Singularity 16-4 shmonika – lobby
Streams
23:50 Day one concludes
Day one of the qualifier ended with Janusz “⁠Snax⁠” Pogorzelski triumphing over Richard “⁠shox⁠” Papillon, ensuring the Frenchman will miss the BLAST.tv Paris Major.
Elsewhere in the qualifier undefined were eliminated at the hands of BULLY_, BLUEJAYS fell to The Witcherss, and Sangal were defeated by Hydra_GG.
The qualifier continues with the round of 64 tomorrow at 12:00 . You can view the bracket here.
22:40 Two legends of the game clash for Major qualification
Richard “⁠shox⁠” Papillon and Janusz “⁠Snax⁠” Pogorzelski may not have gone head to head for some time, but they are matching up on the server once again as Let us cook and Nakama fight for a spot in the round of 64.
You can find the lobby for that game, which contains the GOTV link, here.
Snax will need to overcome shox to qualify for Paris
21:40 Known names start to fall as qualifier continues
Owen “⁠smooya⁠” Butterfield will not be continuing his quest for Major qualification after Benched Heroes were beaten 9-16 by BLUEJAYS in the round of 256.
Other casualties include Into the Bin, who were narrowly defeated 20-22 by the unknown Miedzygalaktyczne Oro in the round of 512, and EC Brugge were knocked out by Metizport in the same round.
smooya could not get past BLUEJAYS
20:45 Benched Heroes take on BLUEJAYS
One of the more interesting matchups of the qualifier so far has come up in the round of 256, with BLUEJAYS taking on Benched Heroes.
Benched Heroes fell to Sangal in the round of 32 in the last qualifier, whilst BLUEJAYS were bested by Lazer Cats in the round of 128.
19:30 boomer demons and Benched Heroes sport different lineups
The qualifier is well underway now, with a raft of round of 512 games close to finishing.
Some of the more well-known mix teams, boomer demons and Benched Heroes, have turned up for the second qualifier with different players in their ranks.
boomer demons have Ludvig “⁠HEAP⁠” Alonso playing in place of Olof “⁠olofmeister⁠” Kajbjer, whilst Benched Heroes count Özgür “⁠woxic⁠” Eker among their number.
Elsewhere in the qualifier Kyiv, Ioann “⁠Edward⁠” Sukhariev and Vladyslav “⁠bondik⁠” Nechyporchuk‘s team, made it through the round of 1024 with ease.
18:30 Bracket is live
Matches will be underway shortly as the bracket has gone live. You can view the bracket here.
There are few matches of interest to report right now, as most notable teams received a bye for the first round, however Lazer Cats are in action. The Ukrainian squad narrowly missed out on the closed qualifier to B8 last time out.
17:50 Second open qualifier begins shortly
We are back for the last of the two open qualifiers for the BLAST.tv EU RMRs, with eight spots left to be claimed for the closed qualifier.
There are just shy of 1000 teams signed up for this qualifier, with the first games set to kick off at 18:00 . Teams will fight their way through a single-elimination, best-of-one format up until the round of 16, when best-of-three will take over. The top eight teams will advance to the closed qualifier.
shox’s Nakama side are back for a second bite at the cherry
Once it is confirmed, the bracket will be available to view here.
Some of the notable teams already signed up for the qualifier are:
The invites and distribution of teams already set for the EU closed qualifiers are as follows:
Whilst the lineups already qualified for the two Regional Major Ranking tournaments based on their Legends Stage performances at the IEM Rio Major are:
This live post will be regularly updated as the open qualifier plays out and will feature a list of streams covering the event as well as noteworthy results. Streamers are invited to link their streams in the comments with information regarding the broadcast language in order to have them added to the article.
