StarLadder reveal CIS Minor details

8-4-2016 23:18

Starladder will yet again host the CIS Minor, with the second iteration taking place in Moscow and offering $50,000 as well as two spots to the next Major offline qualifier.

With the next Major confirmed at ESL One Cologne this coming summer, the various tournament organisers have gotten into gear with announcements about the next wave of regional Minors that will award spots to the Major offline qualifier (about which details are not yet known).

As a reminder, all four Minors will feature $50,000 prize pools and also award two spots apiece to the ESL One Cologne offline qualifier, as opposed to one spot as was previously done at the Minors.

StarLadder have again announced the details for the second CIS Minor, which will be open to 12 countries from the former CIS region (the three Baltic area countries of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia have been this time omitted and will likely compete in the European region).

StarLadder will host the CIS Minor in Moscow this time around

The first stage of the Minor will be two online Open Qualifiers, which will run from April 11-17. All matches will be best-of-one, with maps decided by a veto process.

Teams must have three-fifths of their players from the countries listed below in order to enter the Open Qualifiers or participate in the CIS Minor:

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

The top four teams from each Open Qualifier (eight total) will then advance to an online Closed Qualifier, which will feature another eight teams invited by StarLadder.

Finally, the top four teams from the closed qualifier will advance to an offline final in Moscow, Russia, where they will also meet four teams invited by StarLadder. These eight teams will be divided into two groups of four, with an assumed playoff stage occurring afterward.

Information about the venue, exact dates for the Closed Qualifier and the Minor, 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. $5,000

stich writes for HLTV.org and can be found on Twitter

where u at

2016-04-08 23:18

10 replies

ez sltv

2016-04-08 23:23

2 replies

W W W . C S G O D I A M O N D S . C O M TO GET MONEY WRITE: 5 0 3 2 2

2016-04-09 19:12

1 reply

C S G O P O T . C O M TO GET 5$ WRITE - B A R A K

2016-04-09 22:44

u fucking sad child camping for first comment

4 replies

just saw notification

2016-04-08 23:24

3 replies

sure man

2016-04-08 23:25

You're just mad cuz u didnt get #1

2016-04-08 23:33

u are right xd

2016-04-09 01:46

my world will be edited.

-_-

2016-04-09 12:11

Nice, Lets go Empire

What?

2016-04-08 23:19

nt x2

2016-04-09 08:18

cant believe that

i ain't got no life

nice

gl my brothers Azerbaijan,Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Turkmenistan,Uzbekistan

2016-04-08 23:22

ty :D

2016-04-09 01:15

Sandniggers lawl

2016-04-09 06:45

nt Hitler

2016-04-09 07:52

thx XANTARES :D

2016-04-09 10:53

cool

VAI SAFADÃO!

asd

cool ez for russia

this gonna be weird

blyat

ASDASDA

Fak

2016-04-08 23:20

prize money is good, will encourage teams that otherwise would felt like they have no chance anyway

Surprisingly good format.

6 country = Turks

I can only see 5

2016-04-09 00:34

Succes towa & co.

Baltics back to Europe?

You are rusophobs,so bye bye CIS quals

2016-04-08 23:34

2016-04-09 15:00

gl Empire, gl Method

2016-04-08 23:26

ez towa

2016-04-08 23:29

ez tajikistan babam

2016-04-08 23:52

Rahim babam abdullaev or whatever his name is, is from Usbekistan isn't he?

2016-04-10 21:13

it's one of the ex-soviet stans i just gambled on it being tajikistan

2016-04-10 21:16

Kazak empire in the making, RIP sweeds when they come full power.

2016-04-08 23:53

ez 4 isis

2016-04-08 23:56

Only thing i see is 'kistan'

2016-04-09 00:03

21 replies

only 1 country has it...

2016-04-09 00:35

20 replies

Or 2

2016-04-09 00:38

19 replies

they were one country anyway :D like Tajikstan was part of Uzbeksitan :D

2016-04-09 01:08

18 replies

anyway most of them were Russia before :D

2016-04-09 01:10

17 replies

just like u guys :D

2016-04-09 01:12

16 replies

Yep :)

15 replies

since u r from Latvia do u watch that LeeKey guy or whatsoever ?:D

2016-04-09 01:13

14 replies

No idea who's that :D

2016-04-09 01:14

13 replies

youtube.com/user/DaiFiveTop/videos this :D

12 replies

Never heard of him might check im out later but s1 is steaming now bro :DD

2016-04-09 01:17

11 replies

check it now ffs..there is a grill :D need her name :D

Opa bro those boobies xaxa idk her name but ill save that for link later she's hottt

2016-04-09 01:20

9 replies

naah, not that one :D youtube.com/watch?v=5_4cNuYjtBg Veronika :D

2016-04-09 01:21

8 replies

Haha wtff

2016-04-09 01:24

7 replies

:'D youtu.be/42jM4Ab7FOc?t=2s the first one here :D

2016-04-09 01:25

6 replies

Why did you want her name :D

2016-04-09 01:27

5 replies

stalk....for educational purposes :'D and not the name, but vk or instg :D

2016-04-09 01:31

Gl hf lol

2016-04-09 01:32

oh c'mon xD I need ur Latvian help

2016-04-09 01:37

Bro ik my country is small but to find someone by their firstname is quite hard :D

2016-04-09 01:38

I was just kiddin, mate :) all good :D

2016-04-09 01:48

South América minor, please

2016-04-09 00:04

iits in russia, then no prize money anyway who the fuck will attend this anyway :D

GO MOLDOVA oh wait

2016-04-09 00:40

v3d1mak #neverforget

2016-04-09 09:46

for this prize pool its much more profitable to throw a game

2016-04-09 00:44

10/10 this is besides Eu only Minor I am going to watch

2016-04-09 01:00

Turkmenistan xD

what's funny?

Turk men is tan

Swedistan xD

2016-04-09 09:27

Putinstan

2016-04-09 10:20

ez ENSO. :]

If a country has no flag on HLTV.org, I will cheer for them.

2016-04-09 01:19

Ez Borat

2016-04-09 01:52

Georgia Moldova Armenia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Azerbaijan Turkmenistan Tajikistan Uzbekistan These countries havent eSports ! ! !

2016-04-09 04:48

Where is Belarus in ur list ?:D

2016-04-09 07:15

CyberFocus, roman, uNdo, dERZKIY, zoneR and more good players from Belarus =\

2016-04-09 08:28

and? it's tier8 team....

2016-04-09 09:31

gl hf :) hope starladder's admins will be fair this time and won't give free wins to their Russian friends as it happened last times :)

2016-04-09 10:14

Azerbaijan vs Armenia ayyyy

2016-04-09 10:19

lmfao :D

2016-04-09 10:43

we will rape you ^^

2016-04-09 10:59

UZBEKISTAN? WTF? WHO IS GONNA PLAY FOR UZBEKISTAN?

2016-04-09 10:42

CIS Minor should be together with EU Minor (and 4 spots ofc). FlipSid3, Gambit, NaVi already in major or major qual., HR not CIS anymore. The competition is going to suck and two of the teams gonna get ticket for major qual. On the other hand EU minor is gonna have teams like dignitas, SK, HR, E-Frag, Team AGG - and some of those teams are not gonna make it through. Therefore we might see Team YP getting rekt again (or someone like eXplosive or Empire) and not see some of those great EU teams at all...

2016-04-09 13:19

getting rekt again? :) we played with 2 subs, 2 guys in my team don't speak English fluently and we didn't even practice with that lineup, while other teams were prepared ;) and I think 2 teams from CIS is fair: we got 1 team which is Legend and 2 teams which are already in main qualifier. + CIS CS community is big, so please don't cry :p

2016-04-09 15:13

There is no wonder you are pleased with the current format, cause you would have 0 chance to get there if it was with EU combined. I recommend less HLTV commenting (leave that for us fans) and more practise, so you don´t have to make more excuses.

2016-04-09 16:09

ty for advices, but i have to upset you :( we didn't get main qualifier through minor, we did it through last chance qualifier winning 2 eu teams :) and yes, am pleased bcuz there many good talented teams and players in CIS region and I rly like this format :)

2016-04-09 16:31

Winning 2 EU teams online*

2016-04-09 16:52

Seeing how many players from CIS are just fakin cheaters and how bad those qualified teams are - I was more than right.

2016-04-21 23:20

ez 4 dosia

2016-04-09 11:03

ez for putistan !

2016-04-09 11:18

cyka blyat

2016-04-09 11:58

Last time I could see Latvia here. Those lows couldn't even get in or what?

2016-04-09 12:14

Those lows is busy on nazi parade in riga, so no time to play or cheer for their teams.

2016-04-09 14:57

double

Since I am from Riga, I am definitely sure that you've seen Putin's propoganda. Nice try Russia. No parades.

2016-04-09 16:43

youtu.be/d19FpXgkt1g youtu.be/v98kzwJX830 nt hitler

2016-04-11 13:39

I rather support Nazis than Soviets, just2know... and... 2012. gada(year) 19. marts(march) So, kek. "These men were true hero s of Latvija and Europe fighting Bolshevik communism which was the greatest evil the world has yet known ! 10,000,000 people alone were murdered by the Stalinist communist in the 1933 Ukrainian Holodymar, another 3,000,000 in the purges of 1934-38 ,and that is just the tip of the iceBERG !"

2016-04-11 19:22

Support whoever you want and don't lie about latvian nazi marches and don't complain about ussr, noone goes on red marches in russia since everyone understand that it's retarded to march for killers glory, bad that riga-sprats doing it.

2016-04-17 20:52

Now you're being completely wrong. However, I don't go and never will. Is that pretty enough to stop insulting me about some random bullshit which actually doesn't belong to me?

2016-04-17 21:35

You're talking about supporting nazi, so why nazi marches don't belong to you? :D And take some high quality propaganda about russian occupants youtu.be/T65SwzHAbes

2016-04-19 14:07

I said that I WOULD RATHER do that instead of supporting Soviets. That's not about supporting them. I live here, and no one gives a fuck about that. We're normal people, doing our stuff in the life and that's it. You're so wrong in many ways.

2016-04-19 15:11

GL Moskva

Ez for ex YP Empire and Method

2016-04-09 12:17

EZ for Moldova.

2016-04-09 12:20

EZ for Tajikistan

2016-04-09 12:41

MOLDOVA ready!!!!!!!!!!!!

2016-04-09 13:20

"Teams must have three-fifths of their players from the countries listed below in order to enter the Open Qualifiers or participate in the CIS Minor:" So no Hellraisers then?

2016-04-09 13:56