Team Liquid and Gaimin Gladiators won their first matches in the Western European final tournament of the Dota Pro Circuit. Both teams won 2-0 and made it one round further in the Upper Bracket. Liquid won against OG, Gaimin against Tundra Esports.

"These series are a bit arbitrary because no one has really played official games for a while now," Liquids Carry player Lasse "Matumbaman" Urplainen said in an interview after the game. "In practice games, you always don't know if you're really good, because it's not clear whether the opponent takes the game seriously. It's nice to see that at least some of our ideas are correct.»

Liquid and Gaimin, whose organization recently signed the team of Team Tickles, were engaged in very one-sided series with Tundra Esports and OG. The two losers must then play to stay in the tournament.