VRL DACH: Evolution's qualifier has finally ended, and with it the eight participating teams are now known.

One double-elimination bracket stood between the 98 signed-up teams and the VRL. CGN Esports CGN Esports Europe Rank #17 elllement Dragan Milanović aNguiSt Ross Pendleton DaviH David Cruz BennY Benjamin Domgörgen Vince Vincent Kranz seemed to have full control over their side of the upper bracket, but got reverse swept by James "Kryptix" Affleck's MMix MMix Inactive al0rante Felix Brandl Luzuh Joseph Loose Kryptix James Affleck memset Laurent Werly Amilwa Amine Saidi in the decisive match. MMix qualified into the VRL, while CGN Esports were knocked down into the lower bracket.

Ovation eSports Ovation eSports Europe Rank #88 B3ASTM0D3 Ivan Patrik Ledić Luzuh Joseph Loose canefis James Barry Louitan Louis Beresford eleo Leonard Kulish were quick to qualify from the upper bracket, dropping just two maps in their final two games against Sissi State Punks Sissi State Punks Europe Rank #91 zProtection Maik Kolodziej iLectro Uy Dan Uy Dan Huynh kiyux and Ignite Ignite Europe Rank #174 . The latter started off the qualifying match with a 13-11 Haven victory, but were unable to secure the second point they needed for qualifying and were overtaken by Ovation eSports.

The final upper bracket teams to qualify were Wave Esports Wave Esports Inactive SimonD4rk Alexandr Skovbel Click Haydem Ali Saiz Daniel Ruiz and SPARX ESPORTS SPARX ESPORTS Inactive Karma Luka Tropsek Nikoluk Niko Lukosch SPMAK Markus Talliniemi IkE Jan Hendrik Vollmer . While the latter weren't opposed by many notable names — beating Orgless Olafs Orgless Olafs Inactive Kinguh Amon RxYaL Onur Yilmaz CraySone to qualify for the VRL — Wave swept PENTA PENTA Inactive and DSYRE DSYRE Europe Rank #5 caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov waddle Wadir Taraki Filu Dawid Czarnecki Musyka Mirco Caiazza in their final two matches to reach qualification. However, all of the aforementioned teams had a second chance waiting for them in the lower bracket.

By the time the final lower bracket matches rolled around, Valorando Valorando Inactive rAx Marcel Klenner stev0rr Stevie Brindley zonixx Michele Köhler Harmii Nico Harms pAn Simon Schumacher nookyyy Andre Utesch , Angry Titans Angry Titans Inactive ngiN Engin Kor HyDrO Lukas Brill , SENTHEX SENTHEX Inactive doM Axton Anton Hering Spindown Jaytato Yannic Joshua Grottendiek Aloush Alihan Ipekten , and FOKUS FOKUS Europe Rank #25 Matrixx Iljas Amagow SEIDER Mathias Seider al0rante Felix Brandl YaBoiLewis Lewis Hughes DisisJohn John Gabrido were the only teams that had survived the previous rounds. FOKUS were the first to qualify, shortly followed by CGN Esports, Angry Titans, and DSYRE.

The VRL DACH: Evolution regular season will be played between February 13 and March 19. The full team list is: