unu.AiN, AliGon, GEDUKT and volgare remain in contention for two spots at ASUS ROG Winter, with the qualifier set to continue tomorrow at 14:00 .

The 128 team tournament began at 14:00 , and after four rounds of play, the last of them best-of-three, just four teams remain in the ASUS ROG Winter qualifier.

Due to the huge number of participating teams, the entire qualifier was played out using random seeding, which led to some known teams meeting early on in single elimination.

Friis & MSL advance to day two in ASUS ROG qualifier 

List of teams knocked out on Saturday include Jacob "⁠pyth⁠" Mourujärvi's Orbit, new Norwegian LGB, Swedish FlipSid3, and Timi "⁠aslak⁠" Verkkoperä's [v].

The qualifier now shifts to a double elimination format, with the two matches that teams qualify for ASUS ROG in played using best-of-three format. Schedule is as follows:

Sunday, January 11
14:00	unu.AiN	vs. AliGon	BO1	W1
14:00	GEDUKT	vs. volgare	BO1	W2
15:00	W1 winner	vs. W2 winner	BO3	W3
15:00	W1 loser	vs. W2 loser	BO1	L1
18:00	W3 loser	vs. L1 winner	BO3

We will provide hot matches for all remaining games, as well as statistics later on. Grand final will not be played out; instead, the upper bracket winner will receive higher seeding.

HLTV.org will be traveling to Helsinki Exhibition Centre on January 30-31 to provide full coverage of the tournament, including statistics, interviews, galleries, and more.

Timi 'aslak' Verkkoperä Age: 21 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 30 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.68 Jacob 'pyth' Mourujärvi Age: 21 Team: Orbit Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 163 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.67 Time is adjusted to your selected timezone