HOTU, ENCE, Gentle Mates and Inner Circle Esports each won 2-1 decisions on Monday to advance to the Round 3 High matches at ESL Pro League Season 22 in Stockholm, Sweden.

Those four teams are now one win away from clinching their place in Stage 2. HOTU defeated B8, ENCE rallied past Astralis, Gentle Mates came back to beat G2 Esports and Inner Circle topped GamerLegion. Those four losing sides are still alive but drop into the Round 3 Mid matches.

There are 16 teams in Stage 1, with eight more teams invited to Stage 2: Team Vitality, MOUZ, Team Spirit, The MongolZ, Team Falcons, Aurora Gaming, FaZe Clan and Natus Vincere.

Stage 1 runs from Sept. 28 to Oct. 2 with a 16-team Swiss format and all matches best-of-three. The top eight teams advance to Stage 2, which is Oct. 4-8 and has the

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