ESL have announced the first matchups of the upcoming Europe Minor closed qualifier.

The tournament will be played in a double-elimination, best-of-three format, from which the top eight sides will advance to the Europe Minor.

Eight teams were invited to the closed qualifier, with the other half coming from four open qualifiers over the course of the last month.


mousesports will go up against x-kom in the first round of the upper bracket
The qualifier is set to be played on December 12-13, with the first-round matchups and the bracket looking as follows:

Europe mousesports vs. Poland x-kom
Poland Virtus.pro vs. France Vitality
France LDLC vs. Serbia Valiance
Bulgaria Windigo vs. Finland ENCE
Denmark OpTic vs. Poland MIKSTURA
Denmark Fragsters vs. Denmark Heroic
Poland Kinguin vs. Turkey ex-Space Soldiers
Germany Sprout vs. Denmark North