ESL One Los Angeles Closed Qualifiers Day 1 — North America

The Closed Qualifiers for ESL One Los Angeles 2020 North America is off to a great start, with ten teams divided between two best-of-two groups. The third-place teams in each group will move on to the StarLadder ImbaTV Minor Season 3 North America Qualifier, while the two top teams from each group will advance to the Playoffs.

Group A put up a good show with Chaos Esports Club and Evil Geniuses tied at the top with two wins, but as a result, DoZe and TEAM TEAM currently sit at the bottom with two losses each. As for Group B, Fighting PandaS is at the top with 4 points, followed by business associates and Zoomies. Here are yesterday's standings:  

Day one standings

Group A

Group B

Day two matches

Day two's action begins in a few hours, but in both groups, we don't get to see any of the bracket leaders play until the second round of matches. Here is the match lineup for ESL One Los Angeles 2020 North America Closed Qualifiers day two:

Group A

• DoZe vs. TEAM TEAM
• Evil Geniuses vs. Chaos Esports Club
• Team Xolotl vs. DoZe
• Chaos Esports Club vs. TEAM TEAM
• Evil Geniuses vs. Team Xolotl

Group B

• Demon Slayers vs. Zoomies
• business associates vs. Fighting PandaS
• ghoul vs. Demon Slayers
• Fighting Pandas vs. Zoomies
• business associates vs. ghoul

ESL One Los Angeles 2020 takes place from March 14-22 at Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California. The 6,300 capacity venue will present 16 teams as they fight for the lion's share of $1 million and 15,000 DPC points.