The opening day of Fragadelphia 17 got underway earlier on Thursday with the Last Chance Qualifier. The first stage is hosting a multitude of North and South American teams as well as a handful of European sides that made the trip to the New World to compete in one of the staples of the regional CS:GO calendar.
The $100,000 open LAN started with a double-elimination, best-of-three bracket with 33 teams aiming to reach the playoffs. However, only eight squads will make it through the Last Chance Qualifier into the competition's main stage.
Strife were crowned champions of Fragadelphia 16 last spring The advancing teams will join the squads already qualified for the event proper which include the likes of ATK, timbermen, and Squirtle Squad. The group stage will be played in a GSL format with BO3 matches, and only eight will advance into the playoffs. A classic, single-elimination bracket will crown the champions.
This is reportedly the largest edition of the North American event yet, and similarly to Fragadelphia 16 last spring, the tournament hosts international squads from around the world. Notable teams participating in the Last Chance Qualifier include TeamOne, Apeks, BIG Academy, and BLVKHVND.
Both EG White and EG Black will attend the event, competing under the name Evil Geniuses Whiteand Evil Geniuses Blackrespectively.
HLTV.org will cover the first stage of the competition starting from the upper bracket round of 16. For more in-depth coverage of Fragadelphia 17 Last Chance Qualifier, including interviews and live posts, head on over to Dust2.us.
The list of teams competing in the Last Chance Qualifier is:
Apeks
EG White
EG Black
TeamOne
Victorum
DETONATE
7AM
BIG Academy
X13
Limitless
Red Wolves
Touch Point
BLVKHVND
Snakes Den
Vireo.pro
InControl
Atlas
Revel
Kari
All Gas No Brakes
Cyberstorm
Addice
Esoteric
Davenport University Black
Zenigma
Boyfriend_Peek6
NoVum
Fristwave
B4it
Davenport University White
Phoenix Rising
Bikini Bottom BabesThe list of teams attending Fragadelphia 17 is:
Squirtle Squad
ATK
timbermen
Vendetta
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Davenport University
Phantom Troupe
Electrify Steel
Argon
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Kari #134 

Andrew 'Kermi' Cretella
Kyle 'K2' Jacowleff
Mark 'merkn' Telesca
Ian 'PLx2' Jeong
Gregor 'Tribute' Harrison 
Cyberstorm 

Phantom Troupe #164 
Matthew 'Cryptic' Whitmore
Adam 'freshie' Paterson
John 'JTMythic' Timmermann
Benjamin 'niise' Mauldin
Sebastian 'Florence' Ogarev 
Revel 
James 'Jachro' Brooks
Deven 'Reaper' Cruthers
Colton 'KrakenS' Mareth
William 'AnThran' Chafee
Mathew 'Linkster' Link 
Victorum #223 
Max 'SolGoat' Wallace
Devin 'AtomiK' Ferrell
Bradley 'Slugy' Kohler
Andrew 'Drew' Warkentin
Isaac 'Izik' Zeigler 
Squirtle Squad 

Argon 

Vendetta #122 
Khizar 'Momo' Rehman
Kevin 'consti' Yi
Jake 'WOOHOO' J.
Andrew 'Tender' Cote
Saad 'Pluto' Siraj 
X13 #126 
Dave 'seziwana' Schrage
Aidan 'Feral' Wood
Andrew 'Andrew' Burrell
Austin 'Austin' Meadows
James 'Gonzo' Madden 
Atlas 
Ethan 'WEGO' Christie
Derek 'Lokier' Howland
Ezra 'PinheadLarry' Pereira
Ben 'benG' Myrick 
DETONATE #137 
Sam 'Noxio' Goodwin
Kyle 'Wolffe' Greenfield
Johnny 'JDubs' Wu
Landon 'landmaz' Lawrence
Connor 'jermanji' Buckles 

BLVKHVND #180 

Richard 'Zulu' Wood
Fraser 'Frazehh' Sollom
Jack 'DeXter' Hepple
Oliver 'husky' Gollings
Josh 'JAUSTERE' Philpott 
Snakes Den #190 
John 'yohan' Lee
Andrew 'VulcaN' Dominguez
Armen 'armen' Fesliyan
William 'rin' McGraw 

EG Black #99 

William 'RUSH' Wierzba
Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguz
Colby 'Walco' Walsh
Jerric 'wiz' Jiang
Connor 'chop' Sullivan 
TeamOne #72 
Pedro 'Maluk3' Campos
Victor 'iDk' Torraca
Alencar 'trk' Rossato
Mario 'malbsMd' Samayoa
Matheus 'pesadelo' Panisset 

Electrify Steel #226 

Chase 'hyun' Lewis
Ahmed 'ayy' Mahmoud
Umar 'Umar' Qaiser
Israel 'LEARSI' Vargas 
All Gas No Brakes #257 
Wrenna 'Stx' Trampel
Nicholas 'NICKHALDEN' Koehler
David 'davd' Stone
Jacob 'febreeze' Lee 

Apeks #84 

Richard 'shox' Papillon
Martin 'STYKO' Styk
Joakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad
Tim 'nawwk' Jonasson
Justinas 'jL' Lekavicius 

EG White #64 

Jonathan 'djay' Dallal
Jonathan 'Jonji' Carey
Ben 'ben1337' Smith
Josh 'PwnAlone' Pigue
Wesley 'viz' Harris 
Addice 

Touch Point 
Jason 'gir' Fox
Matthew 'Livid' Surma
Drew 'Drewtheshrew' Lamb
Nikolaos 'Pose1doNN' Antoniou
Brett 'Beastman' Eastman 
Red Wolves 


timbermen #81 

Damian 'EMIYA' Boulware
Shane 'shane' Dressler
Derek 'dare' Brown
Wyatt 'snav' Phillippi
Fern 'intra' Hak 
InControl 
Ken 'krotomo' Otomo
Alex 'Khobs' Davis 
ATK #52 
Rhys 'Fadey' Armstrong
Ian 'motm' Hardy
Jonathan 'b0denmaster' Bodenmalm
Michael 'Swisher' Schmid
Gareth 'MisteM' Ries 
Limitless #225 
Bobby 'stamina' Eitrem
Max 'Makzwell' Sparrey
Matthew 'scar' Bruni
Kamron 'kmrn' Manii
Josh 'JBa' Barutt 

BIG Academy #60 

David 'prosus' Hesse
Elias 's1n' Stein
Tom 'skyye' Hagedorn
Nico 'Aqua' Kembitzky
Marcel 'hyped' Köhn 
Davenport University #147 
Denis 'swicher' Baranov
Collin 'CoJoMo' Moren
Spencer 'Pugg' Moore
William 'spek' Smith
Tommy 'corn' Eckhart 

7AM #250 

Herman '1Knas' Hattevig
Oscar 'LVN' Levin
Mason 'Vacancy' Haines
Zy 'yz0' Esponilla
William 'zyyx' Sjögren 
Vireo.pro 
Frankie 'Champ' Miranda
Sebastian 'cbass' Bentancor
Steven 'drayza' Wisemore
Ian 'Fur_Daddy' McClive