The first day of the playoffs of DraculaN Season 7 is done and dusted, with 16 teams finding themselves whittled down to 12 as several important results were recorded in the race for a spot at PGL Major Singapore.
FaZe found themselves on the right side of the equation with a victory, Envy took a hit by dropping to the lower bracket but stayed alive, whilst Luminosity suffered elimination and face a tall task to make it to Singapore.
The highest-ranked team in attendance, FaZe, kicked off their playoff journey with a hard-fought win over ASTRAL, needing a big performance from Jason "JBOEN" Boe Nielsen in an overtime Cache decider to get the job done.
If FaZe can keep their run going until at least a top-four finish, and they make the final three at RLG Tesla Cup, the European combine will be all but guaranteed a Major berth.
Envy meanwhile suffered an upset loss at the hands of BASEMENT BOYS to kick off their playoff campaign, but bounced back in their next game against INFINITE to continue their journey in the lower bracket.
For Envy, a deep run in both DraculaN and RLG Tesla Cup is likely necessary to bag a Major spot, so there is still a lot of work left for the Frenchmen to do if they want to book a ticket for Singapore.
Luminosity were the notable casualty of the first day of DraculaN's playoffs, as they found themselves shocked by Nexus only to be punished by a tough lower bracket draw against BBL.
Whilst Luminosity are not dead and buried just yet, they are now in need of a trophy-winning campaign at RLG Tesla Cup to have any realistic chance, where they face stiff competition from the likes of FaZe, B8, GamerLegion and Envy.
The final notable result of the day saw BC.Game taking strides towards a spot in Stage 2 of the Singapore Major, grabbing a clean 2-0 victory over a solid BBL side. Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev and company will need to hope that the likes of The MongolZ and TYLOO slip up, and keep on winning themselves, but they have taken another step in the right direction.
There are still plenty more matches left to be played at DraculaN Season 7, with 12 teams still in contention spread across the upper and lower bracket. Tomorrow's schedule is as follows:
Luminosity
Aleks 'Rainwaker' Petrov
Aurélien 'afro' Drapier
Lucas 'lux' Meneghini
Simon 'yxngstxr' Boije
Oscar 'AZUWU' Bell
Alexander 'kakafu' Szymanczyk
BC.Game
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev
Emil 'Magisk' Reif
Tyson 'asap' Paterson
Azbayar 'Senzu' Munkhbold
Ayush 'mzinho' Batbold
Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas
INFINITE
Robin 'ScrunK' Röpke
Raul 'Blytz' Gligor
Can 'kyuubii' Ali
Sebastian 'volt' Maloș
Henrich 'sl3nd' Hevesi
Samy 'Tionix' von Gehlen
BBL
Oliver 'IceBerg' Berg
Mikkel 'MistR' Thomsen
Jason 'salazar' Salazar
Jamie 'leakz' Bugge West Jensen
Nicky 'NickyB' Bruhn
Kenni 'wezx' Holmberg
Envy
Bryan 'Maka' Canda
Lucas 'Lucky' Chastang
Kévin 'misutaaa' Rabier
Jeremy 'Kursy' Gast
Filip 'Graviti' Brankovic
Damien 'wasiNk' Dufour
Nexus
Roberts 'shield' Tipsis
Mihai 'fNk' Costache
Alexandru 's0und' Ștefan
Bram 'Nexius' Campana
Radu 'HOLY' Vrânceanu
Cătălin 'H4rder' Hardulea
The MongolZ
Yesuntumur 'nin9' Gantulga
Garidmagnai 'bLitz' Byambasuren
Sodbayar 'Techno' Munkhbold
Usukhbayar '910' Banzragch
Anarbileg 'cobrazera' Uuganbayar
Erdenedalai 'maaRaa' Bayanbat
GamerLegion
Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski
Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner
Sebastian 'Tauson' Tauson Lindelof
Timur 'FL4MUS' Marev
Milan 'hypex' Polowiec
Adrian 'imd' Pieper
FaZe
David 'frozen' Čerňanský
Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken
Ryan 'Neityu' Aubry
Jakub 'jcobbb' Pietruszewski
Jason 'JBOEN' Boe Nielsen
Niclas 'enkay J' Krumhorn
Jason 'JBOEN' Boe NielsenPast 3 months
B8
Alexey 'alex666' Yarmoshchuk
Andrii 'npl' Kukharskyi
Artem 'kensizor' Kapran
Dmytro 'esenthial' Tsvir
Danylo 's1zzi' Vinnyk
Ivan 'maddened' Iordanidi
ASTRAL
Genc 'gxx-' Kolgeci
Oliwier 'swiz' Janus
Roland 'RaY5ive' Siminejev
Artjom 'Neqy' Sahnjuk
Aleksandrs 'meowpop' Berezjuks
Allan 'Rejin' Petersen
BASEMENT BOYS
Bohdan 'kr1vda' Kryvda
Mykhailo 'OWNER' Lymar
Altair 'kAlash' Askarov
Egor 'Tr0ublE' Bulavin
Denis 'maggent' Kapinus
Oleksandr 's1mple' KostylievPast 3 months
TYLOO
Yi 'JamYoung' Yang
Dongkai 'Jee' Ji
Jingxiang 'Mercury' Wang
Qianhao 'Moseyuh' Chen
Su 'Zero' Jingshen
WeiJie 'zhokiNg' Zhong