Roobet Cup 2023 announced

14-8-2023 14:16

The $250,000 online tournament returns for a second iteration.

Astralis are the highest-ranked team currently signed up to play

Roobet Cup is back for 2023, with the second edition of the online event set to take place October 25-November 2. A total of 16 teams are slated to participate in the tournament, with $150,000 going to the eventual winner.

Four teams are currently signed up to participate in the tournament. The highest-ranked at the moment is Astralis, whose recent uptick in form has seen them rise to No. 6 in the world rankings, and Ninjas in Pyjamas, BIG and FURIA are the other names committed to playing in the event.

The tournament will kick off with a GSL-style group stage, where the 16 teams will be split across four groups to battle for playoff spots. The top two teams from each group will advance to the playoffs, where a single-elimination bracket will decide the ultimate winner. All matches will be best-of-three.

The inaugural Roobet Cup was played at the end of June last year, and saw 16 teams battle it out for their share of the $250,000 prize pool, including three of the top five teams in the world at the time. Plenty of the favorites made it deep in the tournament, including the likes of Cloud9 and FaZe, but it was surprise package BIG who took the title in the end. The German squad will be hoping to replicate their underdog run this year.

The teams currently signed up for Roobet Cup 2023 are:

this is why astralis is skipping sydney, interesting

2023-08-14 14:17

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BIG also wants to defend its crown!

2023-08-14 14:18

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they won not too long ago against astralis and nip, they are also naturally good against furia so they definitely have a chance

2023-08-14 14:20

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But they could also lose to a T6 mixteam in the same freaking tournament. Every BIG match is random.

2023-08-14 16:04

They have home advantage

2023-08-14 16:14

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2023-08-14 16:21

Lol xd

2023-08-14 22:46

easier tournament to win - GIGACHADS - (places 6th-8th loses to big)

2023-08-14 14:21

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Easier tournament to matchfix* There, fixed it for you

2023-08-14 19:43

this is why Furia lose 2 open qualifiers pog

2023-08-14 14:23

no that's because they're playing thunderpick world championship obviously

2023-08-14 14:39

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they lost in that too

2023-08-14 14:51

there's still another qualifier, idk if it conflicts with epl tho

2023-08-14 14:54

no, they played thunderpick 1 day before, they lost in ro16 or something like that

2023-08-14 14:59

and thunderpick world champions very intresting, or maybe they will play both which is what i hope

2023-08-14 14:37

yeah that is on device, he hates to travel so far due to heath issues

2023-08-14 14:44

This. Astralis skipped Sydney almost every year because of that.

2023-08-14 15:41

can't believe so many peoples goat is a little bitch.. like don't get me wrong very good player but damn is he a rat of a guy

What kind of health issues?

2023-08-14 19:20

i think Irritable Bowel Syndrome with acid reflux problems? atleast thats what happened in 2018 Sydney

2023-08-14 19:37

big winning roobet cup b2b no way

not with that line-up

2023-08-14 14:19

syrsoN_1_roobet_cup zywoo_0_roobet_cup

2023-08-14 16:46

omg best bedroom awper in the world

2023-08-14 18:06

zywoo right? zywoo right?

2023-08-21 18:33

OG finally gonna make it to the playoffs

2023-08-14 20:26

The winner is probably one of those 4 teams signed up so far

gogo furia

Invite Faze Ence EF C9

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bro tried to sneak in EF 💀💀

2023-08-14 15:54

EF 💀💀💀

bne fan 💀

2023-08-14 16:15

So what ? i'm not tryin to put them where they don't belong, unlike U

2023-08-14 18:47

Lmao ef played this tournament once before

2023-08-14 18:55

but why would should they do it now ?

2023-08-14 20:25

EF lmaooo. Guess someone's gotta be the 0-2 team.

2023-08-14 16:30

2-1 last year beat mouz and imperial and close game against ence ? Unlucky 1-2 against champion of tournament.

2023-08-14 17:56

3 superteams and ENCE?

2023-08-14 16:57

LETS GO FURIA

Online tier-1 tourney in 2023 XD

this is why Astralis is skipping IEM Sydney? Kinda lame ngl :v

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Wouldn't be surprised if both Heroic and Astralis are skipping Sydney just because the orgs don't have money to travel to Australia;

2023-08-14 14:25

heroic was sold so their new owner probably has money anyway if grayhound can afford it, surely astralis and heroic can

2023-08-14 14:30

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Oh yeah, Australia-based team can afford a trip to Australia :)

I'm not an economic expert but traveling to europe as an australian team is probably as expensive as traveling to australia as an european team and grayhound is often in europe considering how many epl, katowice and cologne they're in

2023-08-14 14:33

Hahaha you just made him wish hltv had a delete comment button

2023-08-14 14:47

Yeah, because those tournaments have biggest prize pools... And usually they spend longer time in Europe in a row, because there are more tournaments here... Going to Australia for one tournament is more expensive and more risky economically than coming to Europe for multiple tournaments; Doesn't take economic expert to see the fact, that since they can have same prize pool in Online EU tournament, it is cheaper than traveling to Sydney for one tournament of same prize pool

2023-08-14 14:53

cologne or epl do have bigger prize pool but you're getting more from a sydney 3rd-4th place than a playin exit grayhound has also made multiple trips in the same month, unlikely those are expensive for orgs

2023-08-14 15:09

did you really just say grayhound??? They live there ffs

they travel often to europe and even sometimes NA, I don't see why it wouldn't be as expensive as a trip the other way around

2023-08-14 14:34

okay your other replies to this make sense but this comment alone sounds silly xdd

same prize pool and better changes to win

2023-08-14 14:35

It's risky to go to Australia, mate. They might be terrified of those nasty drop bears! youtube.com/watch?v=8y-vIoailrU&ab_chann..

ez nip

BIG_1_ROOBET_S0MPLE_0_ROOBET

2023-08-14 14:22

2023-08-14 14:42

I wish liquid would play in this, since they are skipping Sydney I don’t care if they are still working on things

bruh 4 team ?

16 teams

2023-08-14 15:44

We are defending it

3 of top 5 teams played last year, nice .

Winner of this tournament will win more than the one who will take IEM Sydney lol

2023-08-14 14:43

They had the most cringe commercials. It was hard to watch...

2023-08-14 14:46

+1 u know it Rooooostfu

who cars just pause stream if a game isn't live

2023-08-14 19:35

BIG finally gonna secure their third international S Tier LAN win! Undisputed Roobet Champions!

who tf is Robert?

2023-08-14 14:50

my father

2023-08-14 20:15

I can’t stand this tourny Aggressively marketed Cringey af commercials, won’t be watching.

2023-08-14 14:58

POG best tournament

2023-08-14 15:05

astralis is so smart, ez tournament for them + same prize pool as iem sydney

2023-08-14 15:23

Pog Scripted games with t1 teams

2023-08-14 15:31

ez for BIG/C9/ONLINETARES

2023-08-14 15:42

being good online is not a bad thing.

2023-08-14 16:00

Copium to max

ok being good online is bad and onliners suck and they should be memed on on hltv comment section. got it

2023-08-15 16:52

Rrrrooooooooobet

2023-08-14 15:58

Monte please

2023-08-14 16:20

Roobet major nice

2023-08-14 16:22

ez for BIG

2023-08-14 16:32

furia slow comeback

2023-08-14 16:40

Isn't roobet banned on twitch or is it only their casino?

2023-08-14 16:48

ez4big

2023-08-14 17:19

As long there is a fantasy, im happy.

2023-08-14 18:00

invite Eternal fire

2023-08-14 18:46

rootbet is back cct+ rootbet can fix each round

Awesome to see

2023-08-14 19:33

Does anyone care about this shit?

2023-08-14 19:44

Idk it has been a fun tourney the last time

2023-08-14 21:16

One of the worst s tier events of last year, so many tech pauses and crashes Also dogshit HUD

The best tournament for betting :D

2023-08-14 22:47

furia wont even win this tier 6 cup

2023-08-14 22:48

ez 4 9z

2023-08-14 23:21

9z and c9 pls

2023-08-15 01:14

VAMOS 9Z!!!!

2023-08-22 00:10

Roobet Cup 2023 announced

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