All eyes are on Astralis at the Major Regional Qualifier, with the Danish mastodon having failed to qualify for four consecutive Counter-Strike Majors.

And today, Astralis got off to a horrendous start as they lost 13-8 to OG in the opening round on Monday.

Despite entering the MRQ as the top seed, Casper “cadiaN” Møller and his squad now find themselves 0-1 in the Swiss group stage and will need to bounce back quickly to stay in contention for a spot at BLAST.tv Austin Major.

OG vs Astralis (1-0) | European MRQ round 1

13-8 (Nuke) – nicoodoz | 1.97 rating  

Jame awaits in the second round

In the second round of the Swiss stage, Astralis will face off against Dzhami “Jame” Ali and his PARIVISION sqaud, another team that came up short in their opener. The Russian squad lost a close match to HEROIC, making their next game a must-win as well.

Meanwhile, OG will face 9 Pandas, who picked up a convincing victory over BIG earlier today.

Here are the standings for the EU MRQ so far:

1-0 teams:

HEROIC – OG – Nemiga – BetBoom – BC.Game – 9 Pandas – Metizport – ENCE

0-1 teams:

Astralis – Fnatic – GamerLegion – SAW – BIG – 500 – B8 – PARIVISION

Second-round matches (CET)

16:20 – HEROIC vs ENCE
16:20 – BIG vs 500
17:50 – BC.Game vs Metizport
17:50 – SAW vs B8
19:20 – OG vs 9 Pandas
19:20 – Astralis vs PARIVISION
20:50 – Nemiga vs BetBoom
20:50 – GamerLegion vs fnatic