Winstrike CIS Spring Cup 2021 - BLAST Premier Qualifier

Winstrike to host CIS qualifier for BLAST Spring Showdown; invites announced

10-3-2021 17:28

Spirit, EXTREMUM, Nemiga, and Winstrike were handed spots at the tournament which will take place on March 19-21.

Following the announcement of regional qualifiers for North America, Latin America, and Western Europe, details regarding the CIS-based tournament, which will give out an invite to BLAST Premier Spring Showdown, have been unveiled.

The tournament is run by Winstrike, who cooperated with BLAST on the 2020 CIS Cup and BLAST Pro Series Moscow 2019. Among invited teams is Winstrike's CS:GO roster, ranked 22nd in the world, as well as the Australian side EXTREMUM, whose organization is based in Russia.

The Australians will be fighting CIS sides for a spot in the Showdown

The final two invited teams are Nemiga, the Belarussian side that peaked at No.21 in the rankings late in 2020, and Spirit, who entered the top 10 of the world rankings after impressing in DreamHack Open January and IEM Katowice earlier this year.

Four additional teams will earn their spots in the Winstrike CIS Spring Cup, scheduled for March 19-21, through an open qualifier taking place on Friday, March 12.

The team list for Winstrike CIS Cup is as follows:

Spirit

EXTREMUM
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Winstrike

Nemiga
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The winner of the Winstrike CIS Spring Cup will earn $25,000 and a spot in the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown, in which squads such as Astralis and Vitality await.

Very nice. No conflict of interest here boys, move along.

2021-03-10 17:29

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Yeah wtf

2021-03-10 17:31

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Why Extremum CIS?

2021-03-10 17:39

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CIS org

2021-03-10 17:40

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"ORG" Money laundering project is more like it.

2021-03-10 17:56

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terrible logo too

2021-03-10 18:01

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HR would like to have a word about that

2021-03-10 18:02

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Sad but true

2021-03-10 18:32

unique logo and made with STYLE

2021-03-11 17:00

Extremum are getting rekt in EU, so they have to move to CIS now??

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but cis stronger than EU now kkkkkkkkkkk

2021-03-10 18:33

in tier 1 yes, in tier 2-3 no

2021-03-10 18:38

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they will lose to all invited teams Nemiga Winstrike Spirit

2021-03-10 18:43

Questionable. Ws and Nemiga looks pretty solid against Europe strongest t2 teams like Havu, CF, Sprout etc

2021-03-11 12:09

one tournament doesnt mean stronger

2021-03-11 04:05

3 tournaments, Blast, cs summit, Katowice

2021-03-11 05:06

ENCE is also in Finnish qualifier on this same thing. Their regional restrictions are quite shit.

2021-03-11 16:51

so happy winstrike is at the winstrike tournament!!

2021-03-10 17:32

good luck

2021-03-10 17:28

weird to see extremum here

Well because its a CIS org so yeah...

2021-03-10 17:42

i know but still :D

2021-03-10 18:20

winstrike invited for winstrike nice

I had to read it 3 times to understand they invited themselves

2021-03-10 17:49

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2021-03-11 04:10

Cis has some queres shits, for sure

2021-03-11 04:25

Its also an agency, not only esports club. For example, "Winstrike Agency will become the exclusive distributor of NAVI advertising opportunities in Russia and the CIS" - article from 2019. They host tournaments, esports marketing etc. Cooperating with BLAST for like 2 yrs. Russian BLAST streams are airing on Winstrike twitch channel

2021-03-11 12:20

Pretty weird Can’t wait for the Next major hosted by astralis

Haha

2021-03-10 17:38

Final : Astralis vs Astralis Talent

2021-03-10 17:44

Winstrike is a Huge Club

2021-03-15 00:13

yeah but its weird that they're allowed to host an event where their own team competes in

2021-03-15 07:59

Agree but its not the first time also Winstrike team deserve that invite

2021-03-15 13:31

EXTREMUM best CIS team!

cool

wow

ok glhf

jow

Extremum shady CIS org

well they stand out from the crowd of other look alike orgs

2021-03-11 16:58

Uh, apparently no conflict of interest?

2021-03-10 17:30

when will Liquid cup be held?

Question mark

ez for Spirit

nice

VP and gambit directly invited to the showdown I guess

Winstrike invited winstrike, wow, what a surprise

EXTREMUM in CIS qualifers! BloodTrail

2021-03-10 17:33

Extremum is now cis lol

extremum; my favourite CIS team

2021-03-10 17:34

huh?

2021-03-10 17:37

: Nice tournament winstrike. : Thanks winstrike.

why is extremum in cis tournaments?

EXTREMUM is a CIS organization !

Extremum RU org Also no dedicated asia/oce quals

2021-03-10 17:45

"Our CS:GO roster has received a direct invitation to the Winstrike CIS Cup" - Winstrike

2021-03-10 17:43

wheres gambit

#35

it means that vp and gambit will be invited directly to the showdown

Even if Extremum is an CIS org...players are from Australia?¿ Isn't it like Complexity having to play in EU because they had multiple players from EU and the org had to move from USA. ?¿?