Balkan Rising Stars with $1,000

The Balkan Rising Stars tournament will pit four teams from Southeastern Europe against each other for a $1,000 prize pool.

Sponsored by Hitbox and hosted by E-FRAG.net, the Balkan Rising Stars tournament will play out over the course of the 29th of January.

Four teams will compete in best-of-three semifinals and a grand final for a $1,000 winner's prize.


Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač & iNation will be one of the four teams competing

With another Balkan tournament having been announced recently and teams such as Gplay, iNation and volgare gaining more attention on the European circuit, this tournament will likely bring further exposure to the Balkan scene.

The four teams competing are:

Bulgaria Gplay Romania NextPlease! 
Serbia iNation Greece Elysium

Meanwhile, the schedule for the tournament is as follows:

17:00 Bulgaria Gplay vs. Greece Elysium
19:00 Serbia iNation vs. Romania NextPlease!
21:00 Grand final

The tournament will be streamed on efrag.tv on the 29th of January.

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Bosnia and Herzegovina Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač
Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač
Age:
17
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.19
Maps played:
117
KPR:
0.84
DPR:
0.71
#1
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Poland soth
n1
2015-01-21 22:08
0
7 replies
#35
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Israel vakenT
N1 comment on number one post
2015-01-21 22:24
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5 replies
N1 comment on N1 comment on number one post
2015-01-22 03:26
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4 replies
#70
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Argentina viciecal
N1 comment on N1 comment on N1 comment on number one post
2015-01-22 07:32
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3 replies
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2015-01-22 08:52
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2 replies
#77
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Sweden sayh3llo
N1 comment on N1 comment on N1 comment on N1 comment on N1 comment on number one post
2015-01-22 13:52
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#78
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device | 
Estonia nubchik
,
2015-01-22 13:52
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n1 stands for nice one not for number 1 lol
2015-01-22 13:47
0
#2
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Canada Madfallod
n1
2015-01-21 22:08
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4 replies
#4
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Poland soth
rekt shrekt bby
2015-01-21 22:08
0
2 replies
#14
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Canada Madfallod
:(
2015-01-21 22:09
0
posted same second as you. dont be rude
2015-01-21 22:09
0
#63
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Serbia ASUSBigBoss
n1
2015-01-21 23:34
0
#3
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Belgium oiD
lol
2015-01-21 22:08
0
#5
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Romania Foxie1
n1 gl next
2015-01-21 22:08
0
#6
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Germany dmx1337
n1
2015-01-21 22:08
0
#7
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Germany Frooost
nice go gplay :D
2015-01-21 22:08
0
gl niko
2015-01-21 22:08
0
#9
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
France bylka019
ez Gplay
2015-01-21 22:08
0
wow so much value
2015-01-21 22:09
0
#11
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Bulgaria ne0lit
ination vs gplay inc :D
2015-01-21 22:09
0
1 reply
#81
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Poland mcsilva
f1nal 100%
2015-01-22 15:22
0
#12
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Brazil skipin
easy4niko
2015-01-21 22:09
0
someone give them some more money plzzz
2015-01-21 22:09
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1 reply
#26
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North Macedonia balich
you should not exist
2015-01-21 22:15
0
#16
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Netherlands XenoSpeedcore
Greeks gonna throw for skins no matter the odds.
2015-01-21 22:10
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1 reply
#54
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Serbia Strumfleus
can you blame them? they bankrupt and all kappa
2015-01-21 22:59
0
#17
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Romania RaggyR
noice
2015-01-21 22:10
0
#18
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Slovenia saveeey
2 bad no volgare, good for the scene tho
2015-01-21 22:11
0
#19
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World swqzz
Nice to give exposure to this player, hitbox doing it right ! Keep it up
2015-01-21 22:11
0
#20
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Greece frozito
wtf is this elysium ?
2015-01-21 22:11
0
322 league
2015-01-21 22:11
0
#23
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Greece notor1ous_
probably 16-0 for Gplay but good luck elysium
2015-01-21 22:12
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3 replies
#24
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Greece frozito
100-0 odds inc
2015-01-21 22:13
0
#25
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Greece jerrytheterry
support gr pls
2015-01-21 22:15
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1 reply
#56
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Greece hekzy
who the fuck are they?
2015-01-21 23:02
0
This is going to be good! - Get ready!
2015-01-21 22:16
0
#28
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Albania -cable
elysium a shame
2015-01-21 22:17
0
#30
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Greece notor1ous_
lakon my friend is that you ?
2015-01-21 22:20
0
#31
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markeloff | 
Greece Light_GR
Laughed so hard on this!
2015-01-21 22:21
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#33
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Albania -cable
gl
2015-01-21 22:23
0
#34
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Greece tsack
kappa
2015-01-21 22:24
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1 reply
#76
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Denmark laaaaaaa
pou ise esi re mlk :P
2015-01-22 13:50
0
#39
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Morocco urachicho
lol first time to see a Greek team, after Greek tsack :P
2015-01-21 22:30
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4 replies
#41
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Greece frozito
kanas tsiros ?
2015-01-21 22:30
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#42
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Greece le swagger
kanas tsiros?
2015-01-21 22:31
0
#44
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Greece le swagger
What u eat for breakfast : prntscr.com/5vdm3u
2015-01-21 22:32
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1 reply
#50
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Morocco urachicho
kanas tsiros ?
2015-01-21 22:48
0
#43
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Greece EclipzH
kanas tsiros?
2015-01-21 22:32
0
#45
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United States get_rhythm
gplay easy, but hopefully ination will give them a run for their money.
2015-01-21 22:40
0
aimface izi
2015-01-21 22:42
0
#47
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Hungary IWASJUMP
gl
2015-01-21 22:44
0
gplay is going to win this tourny
2015-01-21 22:47
0
#49
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Havoc | 
Greece ^BreeZe
Elysium?!?! GL but there is no chance...hope we get a stream...
2015-01-21 22:48
0
#51
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Albania ottoman _
I hope Albania produces a team one day. But either way Gplay and ination are great balkan representatives gl all!
2015-01-21 22:51
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5 replies
#52
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Greece le swagger
Albania will steal the victory.
2015-01-21 22:57
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1 reply
#65
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Albania ottoman _
grow up
2015-01-22 00:52
0
#53
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Greece frozito
Marios Peqini add him on fb, he is albanian team leader
2015-01-21 22:57
0
#73
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Poland maticoooPL/RS
this joke made my day ty. sir
2015-01-22 12:38
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1 reply
#83
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Albania ottoman _
Hmm, didnt expect much maturity from your kind, then again you shouldnt expect much from sore losers ;)
2015-01-22 19:26
0
#55
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Netherlands woOtbot
prepare for ddos
2015-01-21 23:01
0
#57
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Slovenia n1nnx =D
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA such a good joke =D
2015-01-21 23:04
0
#58
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Bulgaria DeluxBG
Gl gplay gl all teams :)
2015-01-21 23:04
0
#59
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Greece hekzy
Elysium lineup plis? No tsack no party
2015-01-21 23:05
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3 replies
#60
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markeloff | 
Greece Light_GR
No tsack xD
2015-01-21 23:17
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2 replies
#79
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Greece hekzy
THEN WHAT?
2015-01-22 13:53
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1 reply
#82
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markeloff | 
Greece Light_GR
Just wait and see for yourself. Enjoy!! haha
2015-01-22 16:35
0
#61
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Greece Troboni
We have a GO team????
2015-01-21 23:22
0
#62
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Bulgaria bUHALOVIC
The Balkan el clasico once again <3 That is gonna be the first Ynk match against Gplay/Hsbg after his leave so lets see :D
2015-01-21 23:30
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2 replies
#67
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Romania NGeorge
remember the good old days when balkan derby was TeG vs HSBG ? :D Bring that back pls! :(
2015-01-22 03:25
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1 reply
#74
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Bulgaria bUHALOVIC
PeRRy, k1d0r, taofik, SedaN... ofc :D Maybe you need to bring back ur good players because i dont know anything about your scene atm. But for me, against serbians is always more interesting than romanians because in the rl we have some bad blood and you know
2015-01-22 13:17
0
#64
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Slovakia 1343214fdsaff
glhf :) gplay vs ination final, no-brainer
2015-01-22 00:26
0
#66
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China cui529694937
too ez for gplay
2015-01-22 02:35
0
#69
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United States Rivitur
Never seen next or Ely play but have seen scores of here and there... Gplay will take it over I nation.
2015-01-22 07:15
0
#71
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Italy MiracleWorker
GLHF
2015-01-22 08:50
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#80
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Greece hekzy
Ok, so the elysium gaming lineup is basicly the most active and not retired CSGO players: Alpha S ky0 acronym eLektr0 obeyme Thank god they were not those GameSpace silvers. Actually descent in terms of skill. Dunno doe.
2015-01-22 14:00
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1 reply
#84
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markeloff | 
Greece Light_GR
i thought the lineup were: electro obeyme tr1h saintmike numbjkz
2015-01-24 05:26
0
ez for gplay
2015-01-24 15:17
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