ohnePixel's DRILLAS, JiJieHao among teams through to Middle East RMR qualifier

The open qualifiers for the Middle East RMR closed qualifier have concluded, seeing seven teams advance through the Arabia, South Africa, and Levant & North Africa open brackets to join NOM in a fight for a spot at the Asia RMR.

The Levant and North Africa qualifier featured the most teams (15) and a handful of notable names, including Richard "⁠ shox ⁠" Papillon competing with SSG Ghouls, POGGERZ featuring the former Twisted Minds core of Shuaib "⁠D0cC⁠" Ahmad and Deyvid "⁠h4rn⁠" Benchev, and Volodymyr "⁠Woro2k⁠" Veletniuk's DRILLAS, a mix-team supported by streamer ohnePixel.

The latter two won their best-of-threes to advance through to the closed qualifier, with Unlucky Much? claiming the final spot over Lebanon after winning the third-place decider.

Date	Matches
Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 Levant & North Africa RMR Open Qualifier
21/08/2024	POGGERZ Finished 2:1 Lebanon	Match
21/08/2024	DRILLAS Finished 2:0 Unlucky Much?	Match
22/08/2024	Unlucky Much? Finished 2:0 Lebanon	Match

Only nine teams took part in the Arabian open qualifier, including Christophe "⁠ SIXER ⁠" Xia's Onyx Ravens and Issa "⁠ISSAA⁠" Murad's JiJieHao .

JiJieHao played with Viktor "⁠Duplicate⁠" Mitev as a substitute after moving Markus "⁠Kjaerbye⁠" Kjærbye to the bench ahead of the qualifier, but showed no signs of struggle as they romped through the bracket alongside Onyx Ravens to advance, and beat them in the seeding match for a top finish.

Date	Matches
Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 Arabia RMR Open Qualifier
21/08/2024	Onyx Ravens Finished 2:0 LetUsQualify	Match
21/08/2024	JiJieHao Finished 2:0 DEPO	Match
21/08/2024	Onyx Ravens Finished 4:13 JiJieHao	Match

South African mainstay Bravado finished atop their region's qualifier, which featured 13 teams and saw Punishers claim the second spot over EXDHQ.

Date	Matches
Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 ZA RMR Open Qualifier
21/08/2024	EXDHQ Finished 0:2 Punishers	Match
21/08/2024	Bravado Finished 2:0 Southern5	Match
22/08/2024	Bravado Finished 13:9 Punishers	Match

The complete team list for the Perfect World Shanghai Major Middle East closed qualifier, set to play out from August 28-30 with one spot at the Asia RMR up for grabs, is: