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FNCS Solo Reload: EU advances from separate daily qualifiers, with the next cut on Saturday

JMCTijn led Wednesday’s EU session with 455 points. Epic’s current rules give each opening day its own advancement places; Saturday cuts the field to 500.

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ClutchScope editorial
Published 6 Nov 2026 · 2 min read
Fact-checked 6 Nov 2026 · Times stated with their timezone
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In this article
  1. Wednesday’s result is a session win
  2. Why the regional distinction matters
  3. Saturday narrows the field to 500

JMCTijn finished first in Wednesday’s EU FNCS Solo Reload qualifying session with 455 points, ahead of Pro_Theo2018 on 441 and twitch twice207 on 440. The next round is on Saturday, November 7—but the route into it is not the same in every region.

Epic’s current rules treat the November 3 and 4 sessions as separate qualifiers in Europe. The top 4,000 players from each day advance; their two scores are not added together. A player who qualified on day one was not permitted to play day two.

Wednesday’s result is a session win

Epic’s November 4 EU leaderboard credits JMCTijn with three Victory Royales, nine matches and 33 eliminations. Runner-up Pro_Theo2018 recorded two wins and 98 eliminations across eight matches; third-placed twitch twice207 had one win and 47 eliminations across eight.

That leaves a 14-point gap between the first two despite the runner-up’s much larger elimination total. These are the results of Wednesday’s session, not the overall FNCS championship or a combined two-day table.

Why the regional distinction matters

Section 2.2.2 of the official rules sets out four routes:

  • EU: the top 4,000 on each day qualify separately.
  • Oceania, Asia and Middle East: the top 1,000 on each day qualify separately.
  • North America Central and West: the two days’ points are combined, with the top 2,000 in NAC and top 1,000 in NAW advancing.
  • Brazil: one opening session, on day two, advances the top 1,000.

Epic’s event-page summary still describes combined scores more broadly. The regional breakdown above follows the explicit wording of the current competition rules.

Eligible top-1,000 Global Power Rankings players could skip the opening round. Those who entered it instead gave up that automatic place and had to qualify through their results.

Saturday narrows the field to 500

EU round two is listed for November 7 at 18:00 UTC / 19:00 CET in Stockholm. Its top 500 advance to round three on November 8 at the same start time. The top 80 from that round reach the heats.

Both weekend rounds are still upcoming. Wednesday’s points do not establish a place in the heats: players must clear the next two cuts. Our full qualification guide explains the later heats, last-chance route and regional finals.