Western Europe, MENA and Eastern Europe slots on ESL One Bangkok

The closed qualifiers for ESL One Bangkok 2024 across Western Europe, MENA, and Eastern Europe have wrapped up. AVULUS, Nigma Galaxy, and PuckChamp secured their places in the upcoming tournament in Thailand.

In the decisive matches, AVULUS from Western Europe overcame OG, Nigma Galaxy from Lebanon defeated Winter Bear from MENA, and PuckChamp from the CIS region won against 1win Team from Russia.

AVULUS Line-up (Western Europe):

• Alexey 'Smiling Knight' Sviridov
• Daniel 'Stormstormer' Schoetzau
• Andreas 'Xibbe' Ragnemalm
• Marcel 'Ekki' Holowienko
• Akbar 'SoNNeikO' Butaev
• Andriy 'Mag' Chipenko (Coach)

Nigma Galaxy Line-up (Lebanon):

• Amer 'Miracle-' Al-Barkawi
• Syed 'SumaiL' Hassan
• Tony 'No!ob' Assaf
• Omar 'OmaR' Mougrabi
• Maroun 'GH' Merhej
• Kuro 'KuroKy' Salehi Takhasomi (Coach)

PuckChamp Line-up (CIS):

• Inje 'Shad' Lub
• Sukhbat 'sanctity-' Otgondavaa
• Miroslav 'BOOM' Bičan
• Vitalii 'QBFY' Ivanov
• Oleh 'kaori' Medvedok

Gaimin Gladiators' support player, Melchior ‘Seleri’ Hillenkamp, acknowledged his team was not in top form for the qualifiers, but expressed hope for a return to LAN events in the future.

Meanwhile, Khaled 'sQreen' El-Habbash from Virtus.pro commented on their elimination from the Eastern Europe qualifiers, expressing disappointment in the team's lack of preparation.

PuckChamp’s Miroslav "BOOM" Bican shared a post about his team's late training before the qualifiers, stating they only had about five days to prepare.

Former Virtus.pro leader Alexander “StrangeR” Solomonov reflected on the qualifiers, noting that despite poor performances across the board, PuckChamp’s unexpected success proved they were the strongest in the current Eastern European qualifiers. He also hinted at possible reshuffles in the losing teams as the year ends.