OG Will Participate in The International 2018
The regional qualifiers for The International 2018 have concluded in Europe, with OG defeating Wind and Rain 3-1 in the grand finals to secure the only ticket to the world championship.
The closed stage of the European qualifiers was held on June 22-25. There were eight teams competing, four of them were directly invited – Team Kinguin, The Final Tribe, Kingdra and Singularity Esports, while OG, Wind and Rain, BlinkPool and Alliance made it through the open qualifiers. As in other regions, they competed in a single round-robin group, from which top four teams advanced to the double-elimination playoffs bracket with best-of-three series and best-of-five finals. OG finished the group stage without a single loss, and then they defeated Team Kinguin (2-0) in the semifinals and outplayed Wind and Rain twice – in the winners’ finals and in the grand finals.
Group Stage:
| 1. | OG | 7-0 |
| 2. | Wind and Rain | 5-2 |
| 3. | BlinkPool | 4-2 |
| 4. | Team Kinguin | 4-3 |
| 5. | Alliance | 3-4 |
| 6. | Singularity Esports | 2-5 |
| 7. | The Final Tribe | 1-5 |
| 8. | Kingdra | 1-6 |
Playoffs:
Qualifier Results:
| Place | Qualified | Team |
| 1st | + | OG |
| 2nd | - | Wind and Rain |
| 3rd | - | BlinkPool |
| 4th | - | Team Kinguin |
| 5th-8th | - | Alliance, Singularity Esports, The Final Tribe, Kingdra |