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 Wolfen Berkant Joshkun Vince Vincent Kranz samed Samed Topbas KovaQ Blendi Kovaci Zyppan Pontus Eek 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 Inactive Luzuh Joseph Loose Louitan Louis Beresford 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 #230 Tezics Tim Leszkovich Swung Nirvia frazune Franz Enigl fl1xxd and Ignite Ignite Inactive . 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 Inactive caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov waddle Wadir Taraki 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 Europe Rank #22 bucher Maximilian Bucher luckeRRR Niels Jasiek Leosen Leonardo Hennrich Luc1d Kenny Gauthier Kühlmann eNes Enes Bulut , 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 #23 Pa1ze Mohammad Khatib MOLSI Michał Łącki shinnok Viktor Zsombor Maglóczki Serial Maikls Zdanovs pyrolll Artur Minin 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: