The second of four open qualifiers for the Europe Minor has concluded, with Sprout and Epsilon through to the closed qualifier.

Sprout made it past the round-of-16 after winning against Singularity, 16-13, on Mirage. They then took out Vexed, 2-0, and faced Arte et Marte, a mix of European players who beat EnVyUs Academy in the quarter-finals, for a spot in the Europe Minor Closed Qualifier.

Arte et Marte and Sprout started their series on Inferno, which the Danish-German team took the lead on quick and never looked back, giving up just a few rounds for a 12-3 half. They were then able to close the map out in the first three rounds of the CT side, 16-3.

denis led the charge with 93.2 ADR and a 1.40 rating in the series

Arte et Marte then tied it up on Cache after a fairly one-sided 10-5 CT half and four rounds in a row right after switching sides, which made for a 14-5 lead and the ability to tie the series within their sights. Sprout tried to close the gap with three rounds in a row, were unable to stop the European mix who closed it out 16-8.

After a very dominating T-side on Mirage, which they were able to take 11-4, Sprout ultimately went on to close the best of three. Although Shane "⁠shaney⁠" Smith & co. won six of the first seven rounds of the second half to try and mount a comeback, Sprout were able to ride it out, closing the series out 2-1 with a 16-10 victory on the map.

Europe Minor Open Qualifier 2 - FACEIT Major 2018Best of 3 Arte et MarteMatchpage 1 2 6th June 2018 Sprout 3Inferno 16 16Cache 8 10Mirage 16

Arte et Marte	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Shane 'shaney' Smithshaney	50 - 51	-1	82.8	1.08
Rigon 'rigoN' GashirigoN	56 - 57	-1	79.0	1.03
András 'ZEN' HidvégiZEN	44 - 49	-5	78.3	1.02
Damian 'derciak' Slaskiderciak	45 - 47	-2	64.6	1.00
Tobias 'shadow' Flodströmshadow	35 - 48	-13	62.7	0.80

Sprout	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Denis 'denis' Howelldenis	69 - 48	+21	93.2	1.41
Niels Christian 'NaToSaphiX' SillassenNaToSaphiX	47 - 37	+10	79.7	1.26
Timo 'Spiidi' RichterSpiidi	59 - 43	+16	84.9	1.24
Dennis 'sycrone' Nielsensycrone	39 - 51	-12	68.9	0.95
Martin 'PERCY' WesselPERCY	37 - 51	-14	66.6	0.89

Epsilon beat eSuba, 16-14, and swept PAPERPLANES, 2-0, before going head-to-head with the Finns of HAVU—who made their way after taking out Tempo Storm and Rasmus "⁠Gux⁠" Ståhl’s hatersg0nnahate—for a spot in the next round.

The match kicked off on Train, where HAVU took a very early lead despite losing the pistol round, showing superiority on the CT side and closing the half 12-3. The Finns were were then unable to capitalize on the early lead, however letting Epsilon take it to overtime in the second half and winning it outright, 19-15, in overtime.

Epsilon move on to the closed qualifier with a 2-0 over HAVU

The second map started with HAVU once again taking the lead into the half, although only by the slightest of margins, 8-7. On the CT side, Epsilon were once again able to flip the match in their favour, winning seven rounds in a row for a 14-8 partial before HAVU could even get on the board. With such a lead, Tramaine "⁠stan1ey⁠" Stanley & co. were able to win out even after the Finnish side got to within one, closing it out 16-13.

Europe Minor Open Qualifier 2 - FACEIT Major 2018Best of 3 EpsilonMatchpage 2 0 6th June 2018 HAVU 19Train 15 16Mirage 13

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The list of teams through to the Europe Minor Closed Qualifier is currently:

Nordavind	Japaleno
Epsilon	Sprout
Qualifier #3	Qualifier #3
Qualifier #4	Qualifier #4