PENTA, EnVyUs secure Minor spots

PENTA and EnVyUs are the first two teams through to the European Minor after finishing the first day of the closed qualifier with a 3-0 record.

The biggest surprise of the day came in the form of Ninjas in Pyjamas finding themselves on the brink of elimination after losing to iGame.com and Red Reserve in the first two rounds. The 2014 ESL One Cologne champions then redeemed themselves with a dramatic 16-14 victory against Epsilon thanks to a 1v3 clutch from William "⁠draken⁠" Sundin in the final round.

PENTA continued to show why they are one of the most in-form teams in Europe at the moment and picked up wins over Epsilon, fnatic Academy and BIG, exacting revenge on the German team for the loss in the ESL Pro League relegation stage.

EnVyUs have booked their spot at the Minor

With strong individual performances from Cédric "⁠RpK⁠" Guipouy and Vincent "⁠Happy⁠" Schopenhauer, EnVyUs also achieved a perfect record, moving past Nordic duo Red Reserve and Tricked, and Bulgarian team Outlaws.

Here is how the Swiss stage is looking after three rounds:

Qualified	2-1	1-2	Eliminated
Envy	BIG	Kinguin	North Academy
PENTA	LDLC	Outlaws	Epsilon
	fnatic Academy	HEROIC
	Tricked	Space Soldiers
	iGame.com	Ninjas in Pyjamas
	Dignitas	Red Reserve

Below you can find the match-ups for the fourth Swiss round, which is scheduled to start at 19:00 :

2-1
BIG	vs.	fnatic Academy
LDLC	vs.	Dignitas
Tricked	vs.	iGame.com
1-2
HEROIC	vs.	Red Reserve
Ninjas in Pyjamas	vs.	Space Soldiers
Kinguin	vs.	Outlaws

Cédric 'RpK' Guipouy Age: 27 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 630 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.69 Outlaws #36 Nikolay 'niki1' PantaleevNikola 'NK4Y' RadushevIvan 'Rock1nG' StratievTeodor 'SPELLAN' NikolovTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov Vincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer Age: 25 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 1005 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.66 Dignitas #40 Ricardo 'fox' PachecoRuben 'RUBINO' VillarroelJesper 'TENZKI' PlougmannJoakim 'jkaem' MyrbostadJorgen 'cromen' Robertsen HEROIC #14 Andreas 'MODDII' FridhMarco 'Snappi' PfeifferJakob 'JUGi' HansenValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen William 'draken' Sundin Age: 21 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 420 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.64 fnatic Academy #44 David 'Jayzwalkingz' KempnerNiclas 'PlesseN' PlessenLinus 'Bååten' AnderssonMaikil 'Golden' SelimAlex 'Karus' Saglamoglu Epsilon #46 André 'BARBARR' MöllerFredrik 'freddieb' BuöFredrik 'REZ' SternerCasper 'cadiaN' MøllerSimon 'atter' Atterstam Ninjas in Pyjamas #13 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundRichard 'Xizt' LandströmAdam 'friberg' FribergWilliam 'draken' Sundin PENTA #21 Jesse 'zehN' LinjalaPaweł 'innocent' MocekMiikka 'suNny' KemppiKevin 'kRYSTAL' AmendKevin 'HS' Tarn Space Soldiers #32 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşÇağatay 'DESPE' SedefBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınAhmet 'paz' Karahoca Red Reserve #38 Fredrik 'FREDDyFROG' GustafssonJoakim 'Relaxa' GustafssonHampus 'hampus' PoserAron 'xajdish' FredrikssonAlfred 'RuStY' Karlsson LDLC #30 Mathieu 'Maniac' QuiquerezKévin 'Ex6TenZ' DroolansAntoine 'to1nou' PirardAlex 'ALEX' McMeekinValentin 'mistou' Balbastro Tricked #24 Michael 'Friis' JørgensenNicolai 'HUNDEN' PetersenAsger 'AcilioN' LarsenPatrick 'es3tag' HansenJohannes 'b0RUP' Borup BIG #27 Fatih 'gob b' DayikNikola 'LEGIJA' NinićJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzKevin 'keev' BartholomäusJohannes 'nex' Maget iGame.com #37 Sami 'xseveN' LaasanenSaku 'SAGGERTON' JokinenJuho 'juho' LampinenEetu 'sAw' SahaLasse 'ZOREE' Uronen Time is adjusted to your selected timezone North Academy #39 Nicolai 'glace' JensenFrederik 'LOMME' NielsenNicklas 'gade' GadeDaniel 'mertz' MertzFrederik 'acoR' Gyldstrand Envy #23 Cédric 'RpK' GuipouyVincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerChristophe 'SIXER' XiaAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomAlexandre 'xms' Forté Kinguin #34 Grzegorz 'SZPERO' DziamałekKarol 'rallen' RodowiczMichał 'MICHU' MüllerBartosz 'Hyper' WolnyMikołaj 'mouz' Karolewski