ENCE defeated HAVU 2-0 in the Finnish derby while tomorrow edged NOBO 2-1, both teams earning spots in the Europe Minor Closed Qualifier.

The final Europe Minor Open Qualifier saw teams such as LDLC, Giants and Singularity reach the round-of-16, but it was ENCE, HAVU, NOBO, and tomorrow that reached the semi-final matches which decided the two teams that would advance to the Europe Minor Closed Qualifier.

ENCE started off on the right foot against HAVU, getting a perfect 5-0 start on the CT side of Overpass. HAVU tied three T-side rounds together mid-half, but ENCE still finished the half confidently, 10-5 up. Despite losing the pistol, Aleksi "⁠allu⁠" Jalli's team quickly established themselves on the T-side, with Jani "⁠Aerial⁠" Jussila carrying his team to a 16-7 victory with 31 kills and 116.5 ADR.

It was an even more dominant performance by ENCE on the second map, Train, as they started off with an 11-1 lead as Terrorists. HAVU did manage to close the half with three consecutive rounds, but with ENCE winning the CT pistol, they couldn't put up a fight. Aleksi "⁠Aleksib⁠" Virolainen and co. closed out the map shortly, 16-4, to advance to the closed qualifier.

HAVU	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Juho 'juho' Lampinenjuho	28 - 39	-11	74.9	0.78
Jesse 'zehN' LinjalazehN	25 - 36	-11	66.6	0.75
Otto 'ottoNd' SihvoottoNd	23 - 34	-11	61.6	0.67
Eetu 'sAw' SahasAw	17 - 35	-18	55.4	0.58
Olli 'sLowi' PitkänensLowi	15 - 37	-22	47.8	0.50

ENCE	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Jani 'Aerial' JussilaAerial	48 - 22	+26	107.8	1.74
Jere 'sergej' Salosergej	37 - 20	+17	78.3	1.51
Sami 'xseveN' LaasanenxseveN	33 - 24	+9	89.1	1.39
Aleksi 'allu' Jalliallu	31 - 16	+15	71.4	1.37
Aleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenAleksib	32 - 26	+6	87.3	1.30

tomorrow was confident in the first map of the series against NOBO, Dust2, as the Polish side would run up a 10-5 lead as Terrorists despite the Frenchmen winning the opening pistol. After the switch, tomorrow won the pistol and a total of five rounds straight, soon finishing off the map 16-6.

Cache followed, where tomorrow looked good in the first half, on the T-side, bagging a 7-2 lead. NOBO fought back to salvage the half, 9-6, but the Poles still looked in control as they secured the second pistol (11-6). That's where a furious comeback from NOBO started, with the trio of David "⁠Davidp⁠" Prins, Lucas "⁠Lucky⁠" Chastang and Adlane "⁠Adlane⁠" Mokrani spearheading their team to a 16-11 victory.

It came down to the decider, Mirage, where tomorrow recovered from a 0-5 start as CTs to finish the half with a respectable 9-6 lead. Grzegorz "⁠SZPERO⁠" Dziamałek stood out for his side, and with five entries and 14 AWP killes, played a pivotal role in tomorrow's 16-9 win.

NOBO	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Lucas 'Lucky' ChastangLucky	47 - 50	-3	66.5	0.97
Bryan 'Maka' CandaMaka	49 - 53	-4	73.6	0.96
Adlane 'Adlane' MokraniAdlane	46 - 54	-8	70.2	0.95
David 'Davidp' PrinsDavidp	47 - 58	-11	78.6	0.93
Gaëtan 'JiNKZ' JaminJiNKZ	41 - 56	-15	62.7	0.78

tomorrow	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Piotr 'morelz' Taterkamorelz	56 - 42	+14	85.0	1.25
Kacper 'kaper' Słomakaper	53 - 42	+11	81.9	1.21
Wiktor 'mynio' Krukmynio	62 - 49	+13	77.5	1.16
Grzegorz 'SZPERO' DziamałekSZPERO	55 - 45	+10	78.3	1.14
Szymon 'JaKu' MaciągJaKu	45 - 52	-7	72.1	1.04

Now, eight of the sixteen teams for the European Minor Closed Qualifier are known. The remaining eight spots will be filled through invites:

Nordavind

Epsilon

EURONICS

ENCE

Japaleno

Sprout

Kinguin

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