Se7en and Ambush qualify for ECS Season 8 Europe Pinnacle Cup

Se7en and Ambush have successfully qualified for the ECS Season 8 Europe Pinnacle Cup following victories over paryvodnikov and Fierce, respectively.

Ambush and Se7en are the first two squads to qualify for the European version of the ECS Season 8 Pinnacle Cup, having successfully traversed the first 1024 slot open qualifier. Initially, both teams battled through best-of-one match-ups, succeeded by fruitful best-of-3 playoff performances that yielded them qualification.

refrezh and company have booked a spot in the ECS S8 EU Pinnacle Cup

Upon reaching the quarter-finals, Se7en secured a 2-0 victory against struggletony, subsequently facing off against paryvodnikov for a spot in the Pinnacle Cup. The deciding series kicked off on Train, where Alikhan "⁠w1nt3r⁠" Kopzhanov and company opened up with a dominant T performance at 10-5. The opposition was nearly able to bring it back in the latter half, but a last-minute resurgence meant a 16-13 conclusion in favour of the Kazakh squad.

Dust2 saw a similar dynamic, in that a 9-6 showing on the offense was followed up with slightly less convincing CT half that saw a last-minute sprint to the finish line with another 16-13 scoreline.

Meanwhile, Ambush ensured participation in the ECS Season 8 Pinnacle Cup having defeated Wiktor "⁠TaZ⁠" Wojtas's Aristocracy with a 2-1 scoreline, followed by a deciding series against Fierce, that also saw all three maps played out. The initial map, Mirage, saw the European mix team walk away with a 16-11 victory. The Danish quintet held composure on map two, Train, despite an initial 5-10 deficit, ensuring overtime in the latter half. Three overtimes later, Ismail "⁠refrezh⁠" Ali and company extended the series to map three at 25-21.

Overpass finalised affairs, and contrary to previous maps was lop-sided in favour of the Danes. A confident 13-2 defence was succeeded by a consecutive pistol round, concluding the third map with a brief 16-3 score.

Below are all currently-known participants of the ECS Season 8 Europe Pinnacle Cup:

Invite #1
Invite #3
Invite #5
Invite #7
Ambush
Open qualifier #2
Open qualifier #3
Open qualifier #4Invite #2
Invite #4
Invite #6
Invite #8
Se7en
Open qualifier #2
Open qualifier #3
Open qualifier #4struggletony Fierce Nemanja 'k1Ng0r' BoškovićAaron 'frei' FreiAleksa 'Impulse' StankićSam 'Astroo' GreshamArdis 'ardiis' Svarenieks Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas Age: 33 Team: Aristocracy Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 1723 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.67 Ismail 'refrezh' Ali Age: 21 Team: Ambush Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 568 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.65 Alikhan 'w1nt3r' Kopzhanov Age: 21 Team: Se7en Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 116 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.63 Aristocracy #37 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasJacek 'MINISE' JeziakKarol 'rallen' RodowiczMikołaj 'mouz' KarolewskiPaweł 'dycha' Dycha Ambush Rasmus 'raalz' SteensborgMathias 'PR1mE' CarlsenThomas 'Ryxxo' NielsenDanny 'BERRY' KrügerIsmail 'refrezh' Ali paryvodnikov Aleksei 'NickelBack' TrofimovIgor 'crush' ShevchenkoIvan 'AiyvaN' SemenetsDmitry 'dimasick' MatvienkoLeonard 'kenzor' Volodarchuk Se7en #94 Nurbol 'hpp' DyussembayevViktor 'Lack1' BoldyrevAlikhan 'w1nt3r' KopzhanovAlgat 'smiley' AbdulIldar 'kinder' Sadykov