After 3 consecutive weeks of competitive action in UKMasters Season 2, we see a total of 6 teams reach the league stage, each week of games 2 teams would be moved on into the league stage. The previous UKMasters Season 1 concluded with ex-CAZ eSports (tsack, jakem, Boaster, Kryptix & robiin) taking away the grand prize of £4,100 followed by FM eSports. Both of these teams have been invited to the league stage of UKMasters Season 2.
UKMasters Week 1 Qualifier:
Starting off week 1 of UKMasters Season 2, we see MnM & CeX make it through the first week. CeX making a breeze of their matches beating Nerdrage.pro 2-0 & swiftly knocking out uFrag alongside the nerdRage.Amateur lineup followed by Ruthless Gaming. MnM’s road to the finals of the first week of games involved Dragon eSports who were shut down 2-0 in the BO3 series, previously the team played against Truffle Butter and various contending teams for the same spot in the UKMasters League.
UKMasters Week 2 Qualifier:
Continuing from the previous week, a large majority of the top contending teams still playing to claim their spot in the league. Various teams falling just short of qualifying first time round attempting to take their position in week 2. Fish123 & XENEX to make their way through the matches and then solidify their place in the league. XENEX’s travels to the final 2 involved competing against the likes of Bulldog, Team Endpoint, Impulse Gaming White & Millwall Bushwackers after clawing a set of victories from their matches managing to reserve their place. Fish123 playing against a variety of skilled teams such as Dragon eSports who knocked out uFrag in the previous round, Fish123 also beating cleanupcrew of which sent Radix eSports & Enemies in disbelief (Now VATIC Gaming) home.
UKMasters Week 3 Qualifier:
The third and final chance to qualify for the UKMasters & the remaining teams to have a shot at taking their place in the league. Taking the final 2 spots in the league concluded in Team Endpoint & Generic Team Name an unexpected contending team overcoming the likes of VATIC Gaming & Dragon eSports two strong teams. Endpoint having a collection of games breezing through facing against Odin.Esports who took away nerdRage.Pro’s chances of making it into the league stages. Generic Team Name beat the odds & claw their way into the semi-finals beating VATIC Gaming and then qualifying for the league.
As the qualifiers conclude we see the following teams make it into the league stages;
- CeX Gaming
- MnM (Molotovs n Marshmallows)
- Fish123
- XENEX
- Team Endpoint
- Generic Team Name
Link to all 3 qualifiers can be found here. The action will start next Thursday at 7pm live on Twitch.
