Heroic among latest invites for Roobet Cup 2023

The broadcast talent has also been announced for the upcoming online event.

Heroic is currently the highest-ranked team set to attend

Five further invited teams and the list of broadcast talent have been announced for Roobet Cup 2023, set to kick off on October 25.

HEROIC, Monte, OG, Eternal Fire and Aurora are the squads who have received invites to the CS2 tournament. They join the likes of Virtus.pro, Astralis and Ninjas in Pyjamas, who were all announced back in September. Three more invites are yet to be announced.

Jasmine "⁠Veracity⁠" Kanuga has been revealed as the host of the event, and she will be joined by Sudhen "⁠Bleh⁠" Wahengbam and Aleksandar "⁠kassad⁠" Trifunović on the analyst desk. Adam "⁠Dinko⁠" Hawthorne, Jason "⁠moses⁠" O'Toole, Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer and Anders "⁠Anders⁠" Blume will be on commentating duties. The analyst desk will broadcast live from Belgrade, Serbia, whilst casters will perform their role remotely.

The online tournament, which is set to run October 25 – November 2, features 16 teams battling it out for a share of the $250,000 prize pool, with $150,000 set aside for the winner. The teams will be split across four GSL-style groups, with the top two from each group progressing to an eight-team, single elimination playoff bracket. All matches will be best-of-three.

The team list for Roobet Cup 2023 is as follows:

Astralis
Virtus.pro
fnatic
Ninjas in Pyjamas
HEROIC
OG
Aurora
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BIG
9z
FURIA
9INE
Monte
Eternal Fire
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The broadcast team for the event is as follows:

Host

Jasmine "⁠Veracity⁠" Kanuga

Analysts

Aleksandar "⁠kassad⁠" Trifunović
Sudhen "⁠Bleh⁠" Wahengbam

Casters

Adam "⁠Dinko⁠" Hawthorne
Jason "⁠moses⁠" O'Toole
Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer
Anders "⁠Anders⁠" Blume