ESL One Cologne open qual. finished

The two European ESL One Cologne open qualifiers have been brought to an end, with the three teams that will be moving to the closed qualifier now decided.

The first phase of the ESL One Cologne qualifiers has been finished, as the first three slots for the European closed qualifier have been filled.

From the first qualifier, that took place on April 22-23, Outlaws, the Bulgarian side that is currently in a contract dispute with BPRo, placed first overall.

To take the slot, Tsvetelin "⁠CeRq⁠" Dimitrov and co. had to overcome their countrymen Imperial, Vega Squadron and EPG in the end, the Swedish mix zzz.

CyberFocus' K29 will try to make a mark in the closed qualifier

The second open qualifier took place yesterday, and it was Polaris, a mix of four Norwegians and a Swede, and K29, the 'best of Belarus', taking the two slots.

Polaris, consisting of former Epsilon player Karl-William "⁠kalle⁠" Haraldsen, former fnatic Academy player Aleksandar "⁠jayzaR⁠" Zarkovic and the ex-Norse trio,  edged out ENCORE 16-14 and 2-1'd fnatic Academy to secure a spot in the closed qualifier.

On the other side of the bracket, Roman "⁠CyberFocus⁠" Dergach and co. defeated Tengri and a Swedish mix GreyFace to take the slot, as one of the favorites LDLC went out to Mathias "⁠PnX⁠" Pedersen's Ambush in the round of 16.

The following three teams will be joined by the winner of ESL Meisterschaft, ESL's German competition, and nine invited teams in the closed qualifier:

Outlaws

Polaris

K29

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Imperial #193 Hristian 'shEMETA' SpasovKamen 'bubble' KostadinovEmiliyan 'spyleadeR' DimitrovViktor 'v1c7oR' DyankovSimeon 'dream3r' Ganev Mathias 'PnX' Pedersen Age: 21 Team: Ambush Rating 1.0: 0.93 Maps played: 106 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.71 Outlaws #51 Nikolay 'niki1' PantaleevNikola 'NK4Y' RadushevIvan 'Rock1nG' StratievTeodor 'SPELLAN' NikolovTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov Norse Karl-William 'kalle' Haraldsen Age: 25 Team: Polaris Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 211 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.66 zzz #66 Samuel 'decent' OldenburgSimon 'downie' StormErik 'zende' SundeqvistJoachim 'darti' FornstedtRasmus 'Zitte' Johansson Vega Squadron #36 Leonid 'chopper' VishnyakovDmitriy 'jR' ChervakSergey 'keshandr' NikishinNikolay 'mir' BityukovPavel 'hutji' Lashkov Epsilon #39 André 'BARBARR' MöllerFredrik 'freddieb' BuöFredrik 'REZ' Sterner fnatic Academy #37 David 'Jayzwalkingz' KempnerNiclas 'PlesseN' PlessenLinus 'Bååten' AnderssonMaikil 'Golden' SelimAlex 'Karus' Saglamoglu EPG #79 Dmitry 'hooch' BogdanovAlexey 'ub1que' PolivanovSavelii 'jmqa' BraginNikita 'waterfaLLZ' MatveyevKirill 'Boombl4' Mikhailov Aleksandar 'jayzaR' Zarkovic Age: 19 Team: Polaris Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 186 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.70 Polaris Karl-William 'kalle' HaraldsenKristoffer 'Mystic' MichelsenAleksandar 'jayzaR' ZarkovicHenrik 'baby' BeckerJorgen 'cromen' Robertsen Ambush #80 Mathias 'PnX' PedersenTeis 'tmL' LøwensteinAlexander 'LATINOBOMBEN' Rahbek El SayedRasmus 'HooXi' NielsenJacob 's0mmer' Sommer LDLC #25 Mathieu 'Maniac' QuiquerezKévin 'Ex6TenZ' DroolansAntoine 'to1nou' PirardAlex 'ALEX' McMeekinValentin 'mistou' Balbastro ENCORE #49 Jesse 'KHRN' GrandellTimo 'REFLEX' RintalaTaneli 'disturbed' VeikkolaMikko 'xartE' VälimaaAleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen Tsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov Age: 17 Team: Outlaws Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 161 KPR: 0.81 DPR: 0.65 K29 #122 Roman 'roman' RedihinKirill 'hitMouse' TsarevVladimir 'ROBO' NeskeyIgor 'dERZKIY' RadosavlevichRoman 'CyberFocus' Dergach Tengri #61 Anuar 'sonic' AbuBakir 'pachanga' KurbanalievAleksandr 'SNk' SemkinBektiyar 'fitch' BahytovRamazan 'Ramz1kBO$$' Bashizov Roman 'CyberFocus' Dergach Age: 22 Team: K29 Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 306 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.69