After five matchdays, the group stage of VCT EMEA Ascension has come to an end. Apeks Apeks Europe Rank #12 hype Tautvydas Paldavicius kaajak Kajetan Haremski MOLSI Michał Łącki soulcas Dom Sulcas AvovA Auni Chahade , Acend Acend Europe Rank #10 ALIVE Gilad Hakim musashi Alessio Xhaferi Br0die Jack Emmott baddyG Kamil Graniczka chiwa Egor Stepanyuk Vuubit Roope Eilola , Gentle Mates Gentle Mates Europe Rank #9 TakaS Jonathan Paupard beyAz Beyazit Körpe nataNk Nathan Bocqueho Wailers Wailers Locart logaN Logan Corti , and SAW SAW Europe Rank #13 Fragger Henrique Correia brk Bruno Ferreira k1zpawn Ian Rebelo Addicted Eduardo Torres Cunha20 David Cunha have moved to the playoffs, which will take place in the VCT EMEA Coliseum.

Apeks is the only one of the four teams with a flawless 4-0 record so far. The team won three of its Group B bouts in 2-0 fashion — meaning Gentle Mates took second in the group with a 3-1 record — and only needed a third map against their regional counterparts and Play-Ins winner FOKUS FOKUS Europe Rank #27 Matrixx Iljas Amagow SEIDER Mathias Seider al0rante Felix Brandl YaBoiLewis Lewis Hughes DisisJohn John Gabrido .

Both Group A teams finished with a 3-1 record, leaving Apeks isolated at the top. Acend were denied a perfect run by DSYRE DSYRE Europe Rank #4 caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov waddle Wadir Taraki Filu Dawid Czarnecki Musyka Mirco Caiazza — the latter's only win of the groups — and then denied SAW their own flawless streak with a 2-0 in the final match of the week. Despite sharing a 3-1 record, SAW will go through the groups in second due to Acend winning the tiebreaker.

VCT EMEA Ascension group record Image by Riot Games

Just two teams finished with a tied record in the groups: Digital Athletics Digital Athletics Europe Rank #192 DeadInk Utku Onur Aydin doma Domagoj Fancev DeepMans Yiğithan Kesici KILICARSLAN Kılıçarslan Atila mini Muhammed Salman and FOKUS FOKUS Europe Rank #27 Matrixx Iljas Amagow SEIDER Mathias Seider al0rante Felix Brandl YaBoiLewis Lewis Hughes DisisJohn John Gabrido both went 2-2. Case Esports Case Esports Europe Rank #85 GatsH Guillaume Kalka H1ber Joona Parviainen Kiles Vlad Shvets Wolfen Berkant Joshkun Lime Jacob Foster , despite regional dominance, struggled to find a map win in Ascension and were the only 0-4 roster. The remaining squads — CGN Esports CGN Esports Europe Rank #16 elllement Dragan Milanović aNguiSt Ross Pendleton DaviH David Cruz BennY Benjamin Domgörgen Vince Vincent Kranz , DSYRE DSYRE Europe Rank #4 caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov waddle Wadir Taraki Filu Dawid Czarnecki Musyka Mirco Caiazza , Team Falcons Team Falcons MENA Rank #1 Akai OuTLaW Abdullah Sulaiman Al-Salem SpYzera Abed Doughan Moh Mohammad Bin Oti KHaaLiD Khalid Al Talib — all left the tournament with a 1-3 record in groups.

The remaining four teams have a few days to rest and prepare for the upcoming playoffs, which kick off on July 13. The four teams will play a double-elimination bracket through to July 16. Every match will be a Bo3, with Bo5 lower bracket finals and grand finals. The VCT EMEA Ascension winner will participate in the VCT EMEA in 2024 and 2025, dropping back to its respective league thereafter.

Tickets are available for every day but the grand final, and can be found here.

The opening VCT EMEA Ascension matches are: