Preview of the closed European qualifiers for BLAST Slam VIII in Dota 2
Tomorrow, August 29, the matches of the closed European qualifier for BLAST Slam VIII in Dota 2 will begin. The tournament format, team rosters, and schedule for the first day of play are detailed below.
Format
The qualifiers will take place from August 29 to 30. Teams will compete in a single-elimination bracket. All matches are best-of-three, while the final is best-of-five. Two teams will advance to the main tournament.
Team Rosters
MOUZ
- Remco “Crystallis” Aretz
- E “MidOne” Naizheng
- Miroslav “BOOM” Bichan
- Daniil “yamich” Lazebny
- Nikita “panto” Balaganin
- Daniel “ImmortalFaith” Moza (coach)
Natus Vincere
- Taras “gotthejuice” Linnikov
- Artem “Niku” Bachkur
- Yuri “pma” Prots
- Tamir “daze” Tokpanov
- Stanislav “Riddys” Mitroshkin
- Aske “Cy-” Larsen (coach)
HULIGANI
- Ilya “ssnovv1” Kondrashov
- Miras “Mirage`” Mutanov
- Ivan “Vazya” German
- Oleg “sayuw” Kalenbet
- Yegor “RESPECT” Prokurat
- Alexey “TheChosenOne” Karanevich (coach)
Pipsqueak+4
- TBD
- TBD
- TBD
- TBD
- TBD
Yellow Submarine
- Maxim “shigetsu” Popadinets
- Alexander “Rain” Nekrasov
- Bogdan “Batyuk” Batyuk
- Maxim “sematary” Kravchenkov
- Georgy “Xakoda” Lipartia
- Daniil “MeTTpuM” Gilyov (coach)
Team Lynx
- Aibek “TA2000” Tokayev
- Maxim “mellojul” Pnev
- Andrey “VladikTheHtiviy” Dovgal
- Vitaly “QBFY” Ivanov
- Konstantin “kreker” Dolomakin
- Semyon “CemaTheSlayer” Krivulia (coach)
Summer Bear
- Roman “Otaker” Aliullov
- Nikita “Panda” Katkov
- Mikhail “fortniteMan” Pilipenko
- Konstantin “waveformn” Kovalev
- David “Delight” Fenko
Level UP
- Nikolay “WoE” Ruban
- Alexey “Ainkrad” Diveevsky
- Nikolay “bb3px” Evdokimichev
- Alexander “queezy” Lipin
- Andrey “Htrd” Fedorov
- Sergey “sbdush” Fatullaev (coach)
- corpse (assistant coach)
Schedule for the first day of play
August 29, times are in Moscow time.
- 11:00 a.m. — Natus Vincere vs. Summer Bear;
- 2:00 p.m. — MOUZ vs. Yellow Submarine;
- 5:00 p.m. — HULIGANI vs. Team Lynx;
- 8:00 p.m. — Level UP vs. Pipsqueak+4.
Where to watch the closed European qualifiers for BLAST Slam VIII
- Broadcast in English:
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Broadcast in Russian:
- Twitch: betboom_dota_ru.
Photo — BLAST.
