The first open qualifier ahead of the Europe Minor Championship has come to a close with North Academy and PENTA clinching their spots in the closed part.

Throughout the last three days, the first 512-slot open qualifier for the Europe Minor took place with teams such as Dignitas, PENTA, North Academy, and Tricked in attendance.

Mikail "⁠Maikelele⁠" Bill's team met their demise in the quarter-finals, where North Academy prevailed 2-0 and proceeded to end a rather surprising run of the Lithuanian side GameplayDNA in semis, grabbing their spot in the closed qualifier.

glace's North Academy made their way to the Swiss closed qualifier 

On the other side, Kevin "⁠kRYSTAL⁠" Amend's squad passed Singularity, Forcebuy, and finally Tricked in semis to secure their place in the next qualifying stage.

With PENTA and North Academy joining the fight for eight spots at the Europe Minor, the team list of the Swiss closed qualifier now looks as follows:

BIG	Envy	Epsilon	HEROIC
Kinguin	LDLC	Ninjas in Pyjamas	Space Soldiers
North Academy	PENTA	Open qual. #2	Open qual. #2
Open qual. #3	Open qual. #3	Open qual. #4	Open qual. #4

The second open qualifier will run from May 3-5, teams can still sign up on FACEIT's website.