Blojexpressen, AliGon to EU Minor

The third online qualifier for PGL's European Minor Championship has come to an end, with Blojexpressen and AliGon advancing to the $50,000 tournament.

With four teams already through to the European Minor Championship following the end of the first two qualifiers, two more spots were awarded today in the third qualifier, which had in Blojexpressen, RCTIC, ALTERNATE aTTaX and AliGon its last surviving teams.

Blojexpressen, a Swedish mix team featuring renowned players like Erik "⁠zende⁠" Sundeqvist and Benjamin "⁠BENDJI⁠" Söderena beat RCTIC without breaking much of a sweat as they ran out 2-0 victors following 16-11 and 16-5 wins on de_cache and de_train, respectively.

PGL Regional Minor Championship Europe QualifiersBest of 3 BlojexpressenMatchpage 2 0 8th January 2016 RCTIC 16Cache 11 16Train 5

Blojexpressen	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Benjamin 'BENDJI' SöderenaBENDJI	51 - 23	+28	-	1.59
Erik 'zende' Sundeqvistzende	45 - 28	+17	-	1.35
André 'berg' Kjellbergberg	31 - 22	+9	-	1.07
Miran 'dumz' Matkovićdumz	33 - 26	+7	-	1.05
Isak 'cype' Rydmancype	32 - 33	-1	-	0.98

RCTIC	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 1.0
Lasse 'ZOREE' UronenZOREE	35 - 38	-3	-	0.95
Eetu 'sAw' SahasAw	31 - 38	-7	-	0.83
Saku 'SAGGERTON' JokinenSAGGERTON	30 - 37	-7	-	0.77
Sami 'xseveN' LaasanenxseveN	21 - 37	-16	-	0.65
Slaava 'Twista' RäsänenTwista	15 - 42	-27	-	0.38

The other match was a long drawn out contest as the new ALTERNATE aTTaX team pulled back with a 16-9 victory on de_dust2 after losing the initial map, de_cache, 7-16. The final map, de_train, went down to the wire, with AliGon sealing a 26-21 victory to seal passage to the Minor.

PGL Regional Minor Championship Europe QualifiersBest of 3 AliGonMatchpage 2 1 8th January 2016 ALTERNATE aTTaX 16Cache 7 9Dust2 16 26Train 21

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The list of teams qualified for the European Minor Championship, taking place from January 29-31 in Bucharest, now looks as follows:

LDLC White	CG
E-Frag.net	PENTA
Blojexpressen	AliGon
Open Qualifier #4	Open Qualifier #4

The fourth and last qualifier, featuring HellRaisers, CSGO.one, RUZKI and MIINLATE, will resume on Saturday, with the first match starting at 18:00 . 

Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Erik 'zende' Sundeqvist Age: 21 Team: DenDD Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 229 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.68 Benjamin 'BENDJI' Söderena Age: 20 Team: DenDD Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 181 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.71