Europe - In ESL's own words..

The national qualifiers are complete and it is time to enter the next stage of qualification. This week is Qualifying Round 1, where sixteen teams from across Europe and the world will play each other, half of them will be eliminated, half of them will make it through to fight next week.

Qualifying Round 1
Teams that qualified for Qualifying Round 1 have been randomly placed against each other, the winners will go through to play the Qualifying Round 2 teams next week.

Matches are best of 3, each team picks a map from the pool, in case a decider is needed the third map is cp_badlands, matches should be played by midnight Sunday.

Pool: cp_well, cp_dustbowl, cp_gravelpit, ctf_turbine, cp_granary

Related: EMS National Qualifiers
The 8 teams that placed 2nd in the Nationals advance directly to the Q2, while the 3rd and 4th place teams (16 in total, matches below) will duke it out in Q1 first, then go on to Q2 for a chance to compete the main round of Season II.



Source: www.ESL.eu