500 and SAW become finalists in RMR tournaments for Europe

The closed qualifying round for the RMR tournaments for Europe has ended. The last two participants in the upcoming competitions in Copenhagen were the teams 500 and sAw , who managed to win the dropout qualifiers and get the coveted tickets to the RMR tournaments.

As part of the qualifiers, the Bulgarian team 500 got two wins over Monte (19:17) and Aurora Gaming (16:7), but then lost three matches to Apeks (1:2), Team Falcons (1:2) and forZe (1:2)), having got into the de-sider-grid. However, here the team managed to outplay HAVU Gaming (2:0) in order to take advantage of the highest number of Buchholz points and advance to the RMR tournament.

In turn, the Portuguese team SAW managed to beat B8 Esports (16:10) and Mixfits (16:8), but at the same time lost to Tricked Esport (11:16), Astralis (1:2) and Viperio (0:2), having got into the desider-qualification. Here the team had to get two wins over HEET (2:0) and JANO Esports (2:0) to get their ticket to the RMR tournament.

Schedule and participants of RMR tournaments for Europe

• BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR A — April 6-9 (Copenhagen)
• BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 Europe RMR B — April 11-14 (Copenhagen)
• BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023: Europe RMR Decider — April 15 (Copenhagen)

Participants of RMR-tournaments for Europe:

• Outsiders, Heroic, MOUZ, Natus Vincere, Team Spirit, Cloud9, fnatic, BIG, ENCE, Sprout, Vitality, Bad News Eagles, Ninjas in Pajamas, FaZe Clan + 18 closed qualifier teams

Teams that advanced from the closed qualifiers:

• G2 Esports, 9INE, Apeks, GamerLegion, Eternal Fire, Astralis, Monte, iNation, Aurora Gaming, forZe, Team Falcons, OG, Into The Breach, 1WIN, B8 Esports, Viperio, 500 and SAW

Full cycle schedule of BLAST Paris Major 2023:

• RMR Open Qualifiers: February 13-26, 2023
• RMR tournaments: April 4-15, 2023
• Major: May 8-21, 2023 (Challengers - May 8-11, 2023; Legends - May 13-16, 2023; Champions - May 18-21, 2023)