Starladder reveals CIS minor details

Following up the announcements about the European, the American and the Asian minors, Starladder has finally shed some light on the CIS regional event, open to teams from 15 countries from Eastern Europe.

The road to the CIS Minor begins with two online qualifiers, each one open to 512 teams. Both tournaments will use a best-of-one, single-elimination format, with the map being determined by a veto. 

The top four sides from each open qualifier will secure spots at a closed tournament, in which they will be joined by eight sides invited by Starladder. This qualifier will kick off with a group stage, featuring four groups of four teams, followed by a single-elimination bracket.

Four teams from this qualifier will make it to the CIS Minor, which will be held in Minsk from January 22-24. Rounding out the eight-team list of participants will be four invited sides.

Below you can find the dates for the CIS Minor and its qualifiers:

• Open Qualifier #1 - December 17-18 - Sign up
• Open Qualifier #2 - December 19-20 - Sign up
• Closed Qualifier - December 21-27
• CIS Minor - January 22-24

Teams from the following countries are allowed to compete in the qualifiers for the CIS Minor, provided that they do not feature players who attended DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca:

Russia	Belarus	Georgia
Latvia	Moldova	Armenia
Lithuania	Kyrgyzstan	Azerbaijan
Estonia	Tajikistan	Uzbekistan
Ukraine	Kazakhstan	Turkmenistan

Information about the venue and the format for the CIS Minor will be revealed by Starladder shortly. The $50,000 prize pool for the tournament will be distributed as follows:

1. $30,000
2. $15,000
3-4. $2,500