The second WCS Europe qualifier saw Acer.Bly, Fnatic.Zanster, Alliance.SortOf, Fnatic.Miniraser, Fnatic.Harstem, and Mill.BabyKnight advance into the first Challenger League of WCS 2014. Six other players including Grubby and jjakji qualified on the first day of the qualifiers, and six European spots remain up for grabs in the final qualifier to be played on January 11th. In addition, an unrestricted "wildcard" qualifier also remains.
The WCS 2014 system has changed the Challenger League drastically, with players who make it through the qualifier being matched up against one of the [i]previous season's Premier League/Challenger players in a single best-of-five series to decide qualification for the new Premier League season. A detailed description of the new WCS system can be found here.