Aurora Gaming beat Pixel Lumina 2-0 to achieve the Europe Qualifier 1 ultimate, days after the UK facet that had knocked them out was disqualified for dishonest. The ultimate decides seeding for the Europe Qualifier Playoffs, the following step in direction of VCT EMEA Kickoff 2027 in Berlin.
Aurora Gaming will play within the Europe Qualifier 1 ultimate. Their best-of-three semi-final towards Pixel Lumina started at 16:00 on Tuesday. Aurora took the opening map in 41 minutes and closed out the second in 35 minutes.
The win completes a turnaround for a facet that had already been eradicated from the qualifier. Their earlier exit had come towards BONK.
A dishonest ban gave Aurora a second probability
The fallout reached past the bracket. Each BONK participant and registered participant was additionally provisionally suspended, GINX TV reported.
The disqualification pressured a rework of the schedule. Riot had set Qualifier 1 for five to eight November as a single-elimination, best-of-three bracket. The Pixel Lumina semi-final and the ultimate have been pushed again to make room for the rebuilt bracket. All three affected organisations agreed to the brand new timetable.
Pixel Lumina, a crew based mostly in Hungary, got here into the match at rank 120 within the Elo energy rankings. They maintain a ranking of 1559 and a 30-28 file throughout 58 rated matches. Aurora are unranked. Earlier than this semi-final, Pixel Lumina misplaced to CGN Esports within the VCL EMEA Final Likelihood Qualifier 2026. That defeat adopted wins over FOKUS and Twisted Saints Esports in the identical occasion.
Aurora’s lineup options Boo, chiwa, Derke, B1SK and trexx. Derke joined straight after Valorant Champions 2026, the place his Vitality facet misplaced the grand ultimate 3-1 to LOUD.
The ultimate will set seeding for the 16-team playoffs
Aurora now face the winner of xXxMasterProMegaTeamxXx versus F9 EICAR. That ultimate decides seeding for the Kickoff Qualifier Playoffs. Aurora are already listed as certified for the playoffs by means of Qualifier 1, so the ultimate is about place fairly than survival.
The broader prize is a spot at VCT EMEA Kickoff 2027. Europe will provide half of the 4 non-partner sides heading to the occasion, Riot Video games stated, whereas Türkiye and MENA every ship a single crew. Kickoff itself will likely be performed offline on the Riot Video games Area in Berlin with 12 groups.
The remainder of the European subject remains to be taking form. Europe Qualifier 2 is scheduled for 12 to fifteen November and can be performed as single-elimination best-of-three brackets.
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