After five matchdays, the group stage of VCT EMEA Ascension has come to an end.
Apeks
Apeks
Europe
Rank #11
hype
Tautvydas Paldavicius
kaajak
Kajetan Haremski
MOLSI
Michał Łącki
soulcas
Dom Sulcas
AvovA
Auni Chahade
,
Acend
Acend
Europe
Rank #12
ALIVE
Gilad Hakim
musashi
Alessio Xhaferi
pyrolll
Artur Minin
cullumx
Nikolaj Cullum Andersen
chiwa
Egor Stepanyuk
,
Gentle Mates
Gentle Mates
Europe
Rank #16
TakaS
Jonathan Paupard
kAdavra
Thomas Johner
beyAz
Beyazit Körpe
nataNk
Nathan Bocqueho
Wailers
Wailers Locart
logaN
Logan Corti
, and
SAW
SAW
Europe
Rank #13
Fragger
Henrique Correia
brk
Bruno Ferreira
GrTw
Tiago Costa
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 #46
Lime
Jacob Foster
bucher
Maximilian Bucher
SEIDER
Mathias Seider
al0rante
Felix Brandl
YaBoiLewis
Lewis Hughes
.
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 #3
caydeN
Yari Olmi
Tag
Alessandro Voci
wackie
Rikardo Birjukov
waddle
Wadir Taraki
Filu
Dawid Czarnecki
— 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.
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Just two teams finished with a tied record in the groups:
Digital Athletics
Digital Athletics
Europe
Rank #198
DeepMans
Yiğithan Kesici
KILICARSLAN
Kılıçarslan Atila
mini
Muhammed Salman
and
FOKUS
FOKUS
Europe
Rank #46
Lime
Jacob Foster
bucher
Maximilian Bucher
SEIDER
Mathias Seider
al0rante
Felix Brandl
YaBoiLewis
Lewis Hughes
both went 2-2.
Case Esports
Case Esports
Inactive
, 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 #5
elllement
Dragan Milanović
aNguiSt
Ross Pendleton
DaviH
David Cruz
BennY
Benjamin Domgörgen
Vince
Vincent Kranz
,
DSYRE
DSYRE
Europe
Rank #3
caydeN
Yari Olmi
Tag
Alessandro Voci
wackie
Rikardo Birjukov
waddle
Wadir Taraki
Filu
Dawid Czarnecki
,
Team Falcons
Team Falcons
MENA
Rank #1
Sand
Mark Emad
stand-in
Akai
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: