Inner Circle have secured a spot at BLAST Open Porto after winning RES Showdown 4, the Europe qualifier for the $1,000,000 tournament slated to play out from August 24 - September 6.
Viktor "onic" Babii's troops didn't drop a map en route to securing their spot, romping past GenOne, magic, and Virtus.pro with ease to earn a place at their first notable LAN since PGL Bucharest in April.
The victory comes weeks after the Ukrainian team impressed with a title-winning campaign at Super DraculaN Season 1, providing valuable VRS points as they inch closer towards earning future invites by being ranked 26th.
HLTV Prospect #8 David "Dawy" Bibik led his team's campaign, averaging a 1.38 rating over six maps even after taking a backseat in the grand final. Virtus.pro were hampered in the series as Petr "fame" Bolyshev had to substitute for Alexander "AquaRS" Kovalev on the second map, but the Russian team will likely be satisfied with a solid campaign overall — picking up wins over Ninjas in Pyjamas and B8 — after being absent from top competition for months.
Three more teams will earn spots at BLAST Open Porto through regional qualifiers in the Americas and Asia, while the remaining spots will be dolled out to teams on the Global VRS based on the July 6 ranking.
B8
Alexey 'alex666' Yarmoshchuk
Andrii 'npl' Kukharskyi
Artem 'kensizor' Kapran
Dmytro 'esenthial' Tsvir
Danylo 's1zzi' Vinnyk
Ivan 'maddened' Iordanidi
Petr 'fame' Bolyshev
Alexander 'AquaRS' Kovalev
Viktor 'onic' Babii
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer
Martin 'stavn' Lund
Rasmus 'sjuush' Beck
Roman 'n0te' Hamze
Kacper 'xKacpersky' Gabara
Richard 'Xizt' Landström
David 'Dawy' Bibik
Virtus.pro
Nikolay 'mir' Bityukov
Vladimir 'b1st' Krasikov
Dias 'F0R3VER' Kutubay
Alexander 'AquaRS' Kovalev
Vadim 'tO0RO' Arkov
Dmitriy 'ProbLeM' Martinov
Inner Circle
Arseniy 'cptkurtka023' Derevinskiy
Daniil 'headtr1ck' Valitov
Eduard 'zeRRoFIX' Petrovskyi
Viktor 'onic' Babii
David 'Dawy' Bibik
Dmytro 'jR' Chervak
magic
Svyatoslav 'MaSvAl' Masko
Vitaliy 'sFade8' Marushka
Andrey 'AW' Anisimov
Abdurakhim 'mo0N' Issa
Nikita 'tenzy' Kochenyuk
Danila 'eksiver' Yurkov
GenOne
Nicolas 'Keoz' Dgus
Thomas 'Djoko' Pavoni
Hugo 'Brooxsy' Di Bono
Jordan 'Chucky' Molnar
Elyas 'bL4SEZ' Amiar