16 teams have begun competing for the lion's share of the $50,000 prize pool.

The North Europe division of the Champions of Champions Tour (CCT) has begun, featuring 16 teams, including four currently residing in the top fifty. Names like FORZE, ex-Finest, and Tricked will be fighting to make it to playoffs for a shot at the first place prize of 150 CCT points.

MASONIC and ECLOT have stepped into the tournament perfectly, earning victories in the first round over Tricked and Falcons.

forZe will be playing with Aunkere and Krad as stand-ins

Eight teams will progress through the swiss-style group stage to face a further eight directly invited to the knockout stage. A prize pool of $50,000, and 15 to 150 CCT points are on offer depending on the team's final placement. The CCT points will be combined at the end of the online stage and the three teams with the highest amounts will gain a spot in the studio finals.

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Tricked currently sit in the best position to make the studio finals out of the teams present. They are in third of the North Europe Regional Rankings with 65 points. ECLOT are currently the only other team in the top ten of the North Europe Rankings, with 35 CCT points.

The 16 teams in attendance are:

FORZE
9INE
ex-Finest
Tricked
Illuminar
Endpoint
Falcons
HAVU AGO
ECLOT
eSuba
Into the Breach
MASONIC
ECSTATIC
777
Anonymo

The opening matches of the CCT Europe Series 2 are as follows:

Date	Matches
CCT North Europe Series 2
24/11/2022	HAVU16:00 AGO	Match
24/11/2022	Anonymo19:00 FORZE	Match
25/11/2022	Endpoint10:00 eSuba	Match
25/11/2022	ex-Finest13:30 ECSTATIC	Match
25/11/2022	9INE16:00 777	Match
25/11/2022	Illuminar20:20 Into the Breach	Match
24/11/2022	TrickedFinished0:2 MASONIC	Match
24/11/2022	FalconsFinished0:2 ECLOT	Match

777 #105 Kristian 'akez' KornbakkMikael 'mikki' GaupAlex 'PALM1' PalmSteffen 'SLY' AmundsenPreben 'Trax' Martinsen MASONIC #87 Anton 'notaN' PedersenSebastian 'Tauson' Tauson LindelofTheis 'J3nsyy' JensenAnton 'Anlelele' HuynhChristian 'Buzz' Andersen ECSTATIC #93 Jonas 'Queenix' DideriksenMarcus 'maNkz' KjeldsenCasper 'Cabbi' JensenTobias 'kraghen' Kragh JensenJason 'salazar' Salazar Illuminar #51 Paweł 'byali' BielińskiPiotr 'morelz' TaterkaMateusz 'TOAO' ZawistowskiHubert 'szejn' ŚwiatłyBartek 'mASKED' Trybuła Anonymo #111 Paweł 'innocent' MocekOskar 'oskarish' StenborowskiArek 'Vegi' NawojskiPatryk 'Demho' TomaszewskiŁukasz 'mwlky' Pachucki 9INE #39 Grzegorz 'SZPERO' DziamałekWiktor 'mynio' KrukKrzysztof 'Goofy' GórskiKamil 'KEi' PietkunKacper 'Kylar' Walukiewicz Falcons #55 Kenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittAli 'hAdji' HaïnoussKévin 'misutaaa' RabierJordan 'Python' Munck-Foehrle ECLOT #67 Vojtěch 'Valencio' MydlářFilip 'K1-FiDa' DvořákLukáš 'capseN' KoláčnýVít 'nbqq' PohlotMartin 'Dytor' Handl FORZE #38 Andrey 'Jerry' MekhryakovAleksandr 'zorte' ZagodyrenkoAleksandr 'shalfey' Marenov AGO #64 Damian 'Furlan' KislowskiEryk 'leman' KocębaMichał 'snatchie' RudzkiTomasz 'phr' WójcikGrzegorz 'jedqr' Jędras HAVU #59 Jesse 'zehN' LinjalaJani 'Aerial' JussilaSami 'xseveN' LaasanenJoonas 'doto' ForssJarkko 'spargo' Rahja Tricked #48 Magnus 'Nodios' OlsenOliver 'kwezz' RasmussenPhilip 'Lucky' EwaldOliver 'IceBerg' BergMathias 'PR1mE' Carlsen Into the Breach #83 William 'draken' SundinAlfred 'RuStY' KarlssonAdam 'Adam9130' AhmadCai 'CYPHER' WatsonWilliam 'dobbo' Dobson eSuba #75 Martin 'Pechyn' PechoušekLukáš 'luko' HrabčíkDominik 'Blogg1s' JanitaLukáš 'Levi' BouřaJakub 'M1key' Krausko ex-Finest #44 Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiSimon 'twist' EliassonNiclas 'PlesseN' PlessenOlek 'hades' MiskiewiczKristjan 'shokz' Jakobson Endpoint #52 Max 'MiGHTYMAX' HeathKia 'Surreal' ManGuy 'NertZ' IluzMiłosz 'mhL' KnasiakNikita 'HeavyGod' Martynenko