Photo courtesy of Alliance
Alliance, Team Secret and NiP have all earned their place at The Kuala Major main event in November.
Three of the four teams that were invited to compete in the EU closed qualifiers for The Kuala Major have come out ahead, although not necessarily the three teams that fans might have expected.
Alliance was the first team to secure a spot in the first Major after outdrafting and outplaying NiP 2:0 in the upper brackets Round 1. NiP, who had gone undefeated through the group stage were then dropped to the lower brackets where they had a longer but not necessarily harder road to take. Once again, NiP barreled through their opponents undefeated to claim their spot.
Team Secret had meanwhile overpowered Team Liquid 2:0, dropping the TI7 championship team to the lower brackets. It was there, they would meet an unexpected fate as they were eliminated by Team Lithium 2:1.
There still need to be one last day of competition for the three EU teams for seeding purposes, but regardless of the outcome, all three teams will head to Kuala Lumpur Malaysia to compete for the lion's share of $1,000,000 and 15,000 DPC points - the first of the season.
Alliance Roster:
Michael 'miCKe' Nguyen
Max 'qojqva' Bröcker
Samuel 'Boxi' Svahn
Tommy 'Taiga' Le
Aydin 'iNsania' Sarkohi
Team Secret Roster:
Micha? 'Nisha' Jankowski
Yeik Nai 'MidOne' Zheng
Ludwig 'Zai' Wahlberg
Yazied 'YapzOr' Jaradat
Clement 'Puppey' Ivanov
NiP Roster:
Marcus "Ace" Hoelgaard
Adrian "Fata" Trinks
Neta '33' Shapira
Martin "Saksa" Sazdov
Peter 'PPD' Dager
The Kuala Lumpur Major details:
- Qualifier
- 15 teams qualify through regional qualifiers: three teams each from Europe, China, and North America and two teams each from CIS, Southeast Asia, and South America
- One team qualifies as the champion of the preceding Minor
- Open Qualifiers start September 10th in each region
- Closed Qualifiers take place from September 16 to 21st
- Group Stage
- November 9 and 10th
- Playoffs
- November 11-18th
- The final three days will be held in front of a live audience at the Axiata Arena.
