The first day of the TI4 European Qualifiers is now over, with RoX.KIS and Mousesports leading the race, being undefeated in their matches today. The top four is completed by Team Coast and Virtus.Pro. The groupstage will continue tomorrow at 12:00 CEST.

The fourth and final regional qualifier of The International 4 is currently underway, with ten European squads battling for their ticket to Seattle. Today brought the premiere of the European round-robin phase, with every squad playing five or six matches against their groupstage competitors. The second round of the groupstage will take place tomorrow, followed by two days of playoffs on May 26th and May 27th. 

The first day went by without many upsets or surprises, as the GosuBet predictions were confirmed for the most part. The two favorites, RoX.KIS and Mousesports, managed to win every single match today, with RoX.KIS currently occupying the first position of the leaderboard due to their game advantage. The third place currently belongs to the Swedish squad Team Coast with a 4-2 gamescore, tied with the Russians Virtus.Pro with the same score.

For the next round of the groupstage, the action will begin with at 12:00 CEST with the first four matches of the day. It should be reminded that the top four teams of the leaderboard advance to the playoffs, and head-to-head results do not count in the event of the tie. With 17 matches remaining, anything can happen between those two teams. Will today's fallen become tomorrow's victors? We will find out soon enough!

For more information about The International 4, check out our coverage hub here.

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