The group A of the European qualifiers for StarLadder XII has concluded, Duza and Moscow5 are eliminated while Secret and LDCN proceed. The qualifiers will continue tonight with the start of group B.

The advancement of Secret and London Conspiracy should not come as too big of a surprise as the two teams seem to have shown the strongest performance in the recent days. However, a mention of Moscow5's performance in this group should be done, although going 0-3 in this group, they nearly took down both LDCN and Secret; bringing both series to a third game.

The Greek team LDCN seems to be doing quite well in recently, being able to consistently defeat teams which are widely regarded as tier two in the European scene such as mYinsanity. Having consistent results is always good for a team, but the question still remains as to whether they will finally reach a form where they can hold themselves against the tier one teams. They at least stood their ground in the group and gets a chance to prove themselves further in the next group stage.

Tonight will mark the start of group B with Empire vs Basically Unknown at 17:00 CET; the favorites for this group are Empire and Na'Vi as they consist of veteran players and have been putting up results more appealing than the other two teams. However, there could be some upsets pulled against these two teams as both Basically Unknown and Goomba has been known to surprise in the past. The least likely to proceed in this group is arguably Goomba as they have a bad track record against Basically Unknown and their upcoming head to head match might decide whether they proceed if upsets occur throughout the group.

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