At the beginning of the week, the schedule of the StarLadder CIS rating tournament was announced, and the composition of the groups was also published. The competition will take place from June 27 to July 4. Ten teams will begin their path to the finals, which will be divided into two groups. They will fight to reach the playoffs in a round-robin format, playing until two wins. In the next stage, the leaders of each group will compete to reach the grand final, and those who take third place in both groups will compete for fifth place.
It is interesting that Natus Vincere and Gambit, two teams that currently occupy the top lines of the world rankings and recently reached the BLAST Premier Spring Final, ended up in the same group. They will play a match against each other on the last day of the group stage – Before that, both teams will meet Akuma, forZe and Nemiga. The leader of group B can be called Virtus.pro. Spirit and Entropiq will try to compete with them, as well as two lesser-known teams from Kazakhstan – K23 and 100PG.
The group stage will take place from June 27 to July 1, followed by the knockout stages and the grand final on July 4. The first place team will receive $40,000 and 2,000 ranking points. Those who finish in places up to fifth will also be able to count on a cash prize and rating points, while the rest will receive only relatively small payments.
