StarLadder Major coverage hub

Following the kick-off of the StarLadder Major, we put together a coverage hub that will be regularly updated with the most important articles, videos, and photos from Berlin.

The Major action starts with the Main Qualifier, where 16 teams will be fighting for eight spots in the Legends stage from August 23-26. The top 16 teams will then be decided, with the race for the title happening on August 28 - September 8.

Find all of our Major coverage in one place

As the tournament goes on, HLTV.org's crew will be bringing you news from the tournament, as well as photos, videos, features, and interviews with players. You can find all of that in this article, listed below:

General

Event page
Results
Upcoming matches
Stats
Galleries

Videos

Serbia Interview: nexa talks to NeiL_M
Germany HLTV Confirmed pre-New Legends show ft. seang@res, Rejin, Pimp
France Highlight: ZywOo vs. Grayhound
Spain Highlight: loWel vs. Complexity

Miscellaneous

United States Nadeshot set to fly to Berlin as 100 Thieves look to build "championship-caliber roster"
Germany StarLadder issues statement on Major broadcasting rights
Germany Best photos from the New Challengers Stage

Interviews

New Legends stage

United States Jay "⁠Liazz⁠" Tregillgas: "After our 0-2 game against AVANGAR, it was really dark"

United States Chet "⁠Chet⁠" Singh: "You kind of lose that fear of the number one team if you just keep playing them in scrims"

Turkey Özgür "⁠woxic⁠" Eker: "We got our revenge [on Na`Vi] and this game was more important than the one in Cologne"

Serbia Nemanja "⁠huNter-⁠" Kovač: "It is a bit of a bad feeling, I don't like when NiKo loses"

Russia Egor "⁠flamie⁠" Vasilyev: "We still have some nervousness we usually don't have in practice"

Slovakia Ladislav "⁠GuardiaN⁠" Kovács: "We all have at least 120 hours in the past two weeks, that's something we haven't had in a long time"

France Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire: "I used to be the second caller, now there are too many voices in the team sometimes"

United States Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip: "We had so much pressure on us during the Grand Slam that nowadays the pressure doesn't really exist"

Denmark Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif: "I started playing again a week before we were supposed to; I've been putting in a lot of hours individually"

Finland Slaava "⁠Twista⁠" Räsänen: "[The atmosphere in the team] is almost like nothing is happening"

New Challengers stage

Russia Vladislav "⁠Krad⁠" Kravchenko: "It's like we're dreaming; we can't believe this happened"

Kazakhstan Aleksei "⁠Qikert⁠" Golubev: "We are swapping all the time, but Jame is calling 60-70% and I'm calling 30-40%"

Serbia Nemanja "⁠huNter-⁠" Kovač: "Today I will sleep well"

Canada Peter "⁠stanislaw⁠" Jarguz: "A big part of our bootcamp was making sure we are prepared on every single map"

France Kenny "⁠kennyS⁠" Schrub: "If someone wants to get better on Vertigo, they should definitely watch mousesports"

Belgium Nicolas "⁠Keoz⁠" Dgus: "We just expected the aggression, we knew what FURIA were going to do"

Mongolia Erdenetsogt "⁠erkaSt⁠" Gantulga: "We looked for an option to get a working visa, but esport wasn't an option in Australia"

Russia Andrey "⁠Jerry⁠" Mekhryakov: "We didn't bootcamp; we didn't create something new, we just tried to upgrade what we had"

United Kingdom Rory "⁠dephh⁠" Jackson: "I honestly haven't noticed any pressure with oBo, he enjoys the stage"

Russia Svyatoslav "⁠svyat⁠" Dovbakh: "We have a good map pool, we will feel comfortable in BO3s"

Kazakhstan Dauren "⁠AdreN⁠" Kystaubayev: "When the big tournaments come, the CIS teams are never scared"

France Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon: "I came to this Major really fresh and with a certain eagerness I had not felt for a long time"

France Nathan "⁠NBK-⁠" Schmitt on Syman loss: "We played like pussies"

Lithuania Rokas "⁠EspiranTo⁠" Milasauskas: "I don't seem to fit into the team perfectly [...], but since we are doing good, I'm happy"

Denmark Allan "⁠Rejin⁠" Petersen: "Sometimes we set our expectations higher than what is healthy"

Brazil Andrei "⁠arT⁠" Piovezan: "The feeling in the team is unanimous, everyone wants to go to the next stage"

Pre-Major coverage

Germany New Legends stage viewer's guide
Germany New Challengers stage viewer's guide
Germany New Challengers stage preview

United States Making the right choices: the story of EliGE's rise to the top
Russia StarLadder Major Rookie: DreamEaters
Unknown flag cis StarLadder Major Rookie: Syman
Brazil StarLadder Major Rookie: INTZ
Russia StarLadder Major Rookie: forZe
Serbia StarLadder Major Rookie: CR4ZY
Other The evolution of the Majors

Spain Christian "⁠loWel⁠" Garcia Antoran: "If we can mirror what we did in practice, we're going to surprise a lot of people"
United States Shahzeb "⁠ShahZaM⁠" Khan: "So far this bootcamp has been the most productive one I've had with Complexity"
United States Chet "⁠Chet⁠" Singh: "Our ranking won't have any effect on pressure"

France Nathan 'NBK-' Schmitt
Nathan 'NBK-' Schmitt
Age:
25
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.04
Maps played:
1649
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.66
United Kingdom Rory 'dephh' Jackson
Rory 'dephh' Jackson
Age:
27
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.00
Maps played:
749
KPR:
0.71
DPR:
0.72
United States Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' Khan
Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' Khan
Age:
25
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.08
Maps played:
937
KPR:
0.74
DPR:
0.65
Bosnia and Herzegovina Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač
Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač
Age:
23
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.15
Maps played:
913
KPR:
0.80
DPR:
0.66
Mongolia Erdenetsogt 'erkaSt' Gantulga
Erdenetsogt 'erkaSt' Gantulga
Age:
24
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.13
Maps played:
633
KPR:
0.78
DPR:
0.66
Slovakia Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács
Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovács
Age:
28
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.13
Maps played:
1425
KPR:
0.75
DPR:
0.62
Denmark Emil 'Magisk' Reif
Emil 'Magisk' Reif
Age:
21
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.11
Maps played:
928
KPR:
0.74
DPR:
0.63
France Richard 'shox' Papillon
Richard 'shox' Papillon
Age:
27
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.10
Maps played:
1528
KPR:
0.76
DPR:
0.66
Belgium Nicolas 'Keoz' Dgus
Nicolas 'Keoz' Dgus
Age:
18
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.97
Maps played:
99
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.70
Kazakhstan Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev
Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev
Age:
29
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.02
Maps played:
1365
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.68
France Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire
Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire
Age:
26
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.05
Maps played:
1483
KPR:
0.74
DPR:
0.70
Australia Jay 'Liazz' Tregillgas
Jay 'Liazz' Tregillgas
Age:
22
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.13
Maps played:
652
KPR:
0.74
DPR:
0.61
Spain Christian 'loWel' Garcia Antoran
Christian 'loWel' Garcia Antoran
Age:
22
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.06
Maps played:
785
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.65
United States Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip
Jake 'Stewie2K' Yip
Age:
21
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.04
Maps played:
1065
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.68
Russia Andrey 'Jerry' Mekhryakov
Andrey 'Jerry' Mekhryakov
Age:
21
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.02
Maps played:
599
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.68
Brazil Andrei 'arT' Piovezan
Andrei 'arT' Piovezan
Age:
23
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.07
Maps played:
488
KPR:
0.75
DPR:
0.68
Russia Egor 'flamie' Vasilyev
Egor 'flamie' Vasilyev
Age:
22
Rating 1.0:
1.05
Maps played:
1204
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.67
Russia Svyatoslav 'svyat' Dovbakh
Svyatoslav 'svyat' Dovbakh
Age:
24
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.94
Maps played:
296
KPR:
0.63
DPR:
0.67
United States Chet 'Chet' Singh
Chet 'Chet' Singh
Age:
22
Team:
Kazakhstan Aleksei 'Qikert' Golubev
Aleksei 'Qikert' Golubev
Age:
20
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.09
Maps played:
696
KPR:
0.74
DPR:
0.65
Canada Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguz
Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguz
Age:
25
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.99
Maps played:
940
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.66
Russia Vladislav 'Krad' Kravchenko
Vladislav 'Krad' Kravchenko
Age:
20
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.05
Maps played:
330
KPR:
0.71
DPR:
0.67
Lithuania Rokas 'EspiranTo' Milasauskas
Rokas 'EspiranTo' Milasauskas
Age:
18
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.09
Maps played:
628
KPR:
0.76
DPR:
0.68
Turkey Özgür 'woxic' Eker
Özgür 'woxic' Eker
Age:
20
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.15
Maps played:
678
KPR:
0.77
DPR:
0.62
France Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub
Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub
Age:
24
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.15
Maps played:
1532
KPR:
0.78
DPR:
0.63
Thank you Prof! Germany is for sure the best country to host a major in!
2019-08-23 15:13
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19 replies
ESL > SHITLADDER
2019-08-23 15:15
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12 replies
+1111111
2019-08-23 15:15
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8 replies
+1
2019-08-23 15:17
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7 replies
#16
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Sweden c1gart
+1111
2019-08-23 15:18
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6 replies
+111111
2019-08-23 15:22
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4 replies
Rigged
2019-08-24 12:46
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3 replies
#33
adreN | 
Switzerland 2022
-+1
2019-08-24 14:46
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2 replies
#57
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Austria shaak!
+1+1+1+1+1+1
2019-08-31 01:40
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1 reply
#61
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Brazil Not_lxxl
1-1+1-1+1-1+1-1+1
2019-08-31 04:33
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#18
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Albania NaviGuy
+1111
2019-08-23 15:27
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+1
2019-08-23 16:22
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#37
rain | 
United Kingdom EKersh
+1
2019-08-29 13:05
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#47
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Australia Chereska
+1
2019-08-30 14:22
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#11
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Sri Lanka il1on
+1
2019-08-23 15:15
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#25
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Ukraine B A R V I N O K
+1 Germany OP
2019-08-23 17:19
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Berlin is the worst place to host major in. Like Starladder is the worst organizator of major. Just look at Katowice. IEM Major was much more better, entries were free and, the most important, there haven't been an age limit.
2019-08-23 17:45
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#50
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Ukraine B A R V I N O K
Berlin >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> katowice my polish dude
2019-08-30 15:53
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#56
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Myanmar xdcc
ESL/IEM = german
2019-08-31 01:24
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+1
2019-08-29 12:16
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#2
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Poland Unluko
banger
2019-08-23 15:12
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nice
2019-08-23 15:12
0
#4
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Georgia Nikabu111
ez4nip
2019-08-23 15:12
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#5
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Europe Max1elll
nice
2019-08-23 15:12
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cool
2019-08-23 15:12
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#7
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Latvia tibr0
coolssdsdsdsdssdsdsd
2019-08-23 15:13
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#8
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Israel mojna37
ez
2019-08-23 15:14
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Where is coverage for delay.Please do correction.
2019-08-23 15:14
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#12
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Turkey erturkgg
Startlater Major Berlin
2019-08-23 15:15
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Cologne > Berlin
2019-08-23 15:33
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1 reply
#23
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Ukraine B A R V I N O K
Both are amazing!
2019-08-23 17:18
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thanks HLTV, very cool!
2019-08-23 16:07
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#22
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South Africa @FyreCS
Let’s go prof!
2019-08-23 16:43
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#24
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
??? | 
Ukraine B A R V I N O K
Berlin + Cologne = the best places to host a Major. Germany FTW!
2019-08-23 17:19
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3 replies
yess
2019-08-30 12:41
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Berlin + Starladder worst combination ever
2019-08-30 14:52
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1 reply
#49
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Ukraine B A R V I N O K
-1
2019-08-30 15:51
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4Head
2019-08-24 12:47
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expected from hltv
2019-08-24 12:57
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Worst major ever.. nothing on time
2019-08-24 12:57
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#31
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Finland MeeTaZ
If dota can have multiple millions in prize pool, why cant we contribute into the prize pool? i mean donating direktly into it... different companies donating and having ads? ye i know stickers are revenue for players but i want to see atleast 1million dollars for the winner etc...
2019-08-24 13:00
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#32
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World heroes112
The quality of German streams...
2019-08-24 14:15
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4 replies
#51
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
??? | 
Ukraine B A R V I N O K
German organizations and streams were always the best. If you forgot, even biggest e-Sports organizations are German.
2019-08-30 15:54
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3 replies
#52
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World heroes112
I bet you enjoyed the slideshow on Day 1.
2019-08-30 16:05
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2 replies
#53
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
??? | 
Ukraine B A R V I N O K
Fix your internet problems.
2019-08-30 17:01
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1 reply
#54
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World heroes112
LOL, sure bud.
2019-08-30 17:49
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Waiting for that Navi interview. Interested to see what they think about that overpass game & some overall strategy changes. It seemed like Zeus played a lot looser than usually.
2019-08-29 12:13
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#36
NiKo | 
India Sishir
Oof nice.
2019-08-29 12:35
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#38
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Sweden Shirone
+1
2019-08-30 12:07
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noone cares
2019-08-30 12:10
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nbk interview lmao
2019-08-30 12:10
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lets go
2019-08-30 12:16
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#43
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Myanmar xdcc
why link this to main qualifier and not legends stage
2019-08-30 12:35
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#45
Faceit level 10 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Ukraine twil
where's link to flamie's interview?
2019-08-30 12:51
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ZEWS INTERVIEW!?!?!?!!?!??!?!!?!?!?!!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!!??!
2019-08-31 01:22
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link to "nexa talks to NeiL_M" broken, pls fix admens)
2019-08-31 02:28
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1 reply
#60
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Serbia Freeman021
+1
2019-08-31 02:47
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#59
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Serbia Freeman021
Nexa link broken, wtf? fix this
2019-08-31 02:46
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Smooth major going here production wise. Starladder plz just be a bit more, je ne sais quoi, organic? Always forcing and grubbing with 'licensing'. What can we do money wise so you stop hoarding these players' performances. Because it is cancerous. Lets get some ideas out there that dont involve you feeling ownership over their effort
2019-08-31 07:19
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