World Championships EU group draw

24 teams participating in the European qualifier for The World Championships have been drawn into four groups of six according to two seed pools.

Two pre-qualifiers were held prior to the main European online stage and today those have been concluded with Belarus and Romania securing the last two spots among the 24 participants.

Those 24 teams have been drawn into four groups today according to two pools, with every group featuring three seeded teams and three qualified teams after a random draw.

Group A	Group B
Poland	France
Denmark	Netherlands
Kazakhstan	Serbia
Portugal	Ukraine
Romania	Hungary
Latvia	Spain
Group C	Group D
Russia	Sweden
Slovakia	Belgium
Finland	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Germany	Norway
United Kingdom	Iceland
Turkey	Belarus

The format used at this stage will be the usual best-of-one round-robin system, with top four sides from each group advancing to the last stage, round of 16, whose winners will qualify for The World Championships.

According to the organizers, the full schedule for both the group stage and the round of 16 will be released tomorrow, so stay tuned to HLTV.org for more information on the European stage for The World Championships.