CIS Minor viewer's guide

The CIS Minor begins on Tuesday with the group stage and we prepared a viewer's guide with all the information you need to know to watch the tournament.

The CIS Minor will run on July 10-13 with seven teams in attendance, as Nemiga had to drop out of the tournament after having been denied visas, and FACEIT were unable to find a replacement in time.

PLINK and Monolith will play the event with stand-ins due to visa issues, as Kristjan "⁠fejtZ⁠" Allsaar will replace Artur "⁠DarkS1DE⁠" Kravchenko in the former team, while Mareks "⁠YEKINDAR⁠" Gaļinskis will fill in for Denis "⁠Kas9k⁠" Grishechkin in the latter.

Group A, where HellRaisers play, will kick off the CIS Minor

Group A will only feature three teams, with HellRaisers receiving a free pass to the winners' match. The groups will be played in a GSL format with the upper bracket matches featuring best-of-one matches and the lower bracket best-of-three series.

Group A
HellRaisers
PLINK
pro100 Group B
AVANGAR
Spirit
Monolith
FORZE

From there, the top two sides will earn berths in the best-of-three, double-elimination playoffs, which will award the finalists two spots in the New Challengers Stage, which will take place in September.

The tournament spans over four days, with Tuesday and Wednesday reserved for the group stage, while the playoffs will be played on Thursday-Friday:

Tuesday, July 10
11:00 - PLINK vs. pro100 | BO1
12:15 - HellRaisers vs. PLINK / pro100 | BO1
13:30 - Group A decider | BO3

Wednesday, July 11
09:00 - AVANGAR vs. FORZE | BO1
10:15 - Spirit vs. Monolith | BO1
11:30 - Group B winners' match | BO1
12:45 - Group B elimination match | BO3
16:00 - Group B decider | BO3

Thursday, July 12
10:15 - Upper bracket semi-final #1 | BO3
13:30 - Upper bracket semi-final #2 | BO3
16:45 - Upper bracket final | BO3

Friday, July 13
10:15 - Lower bracket final | BO3
13:30 - Consolidation final | BO3
16:45 - Grand final | BO3

Bringing you the action on FACEIT's official English stream will be the following on-air lineup:

Frankie Ward - Host

Pala "Mantrousse" Gilroy Sen - Interviewer

Vince Hill - Commentator
Harry "JustHarry" Russell - Commentator
James Bardolph - Commentator
Daniel "ddk" Kapadia - Commentator

Mathieu "Maniac" Quiquerez - Analyst
Halvor "vENdetta" Gulestøl - Analyst
Jacob "Pimp" Winneche - Analyst

The prize distribution of the CIS Minor looks as follows:

1. - $30,000 + spot in New Challengers Stage
2. - $15,000 + spot in New Challengers Stage
3. - $5,000

FORZE #60 Dmitriy 'facecrack' AlekseyevAlmaz 'almazer' AsadullinBogdan 'xsepower' ChernikovAndrey 'Jerry' MekhryakovArtyom 'malik' Arhipov Spirit #30 Vadim 'DavCost' VasilyevDmitriy 'Dimaoneshot' BandurkaDmitry 'S0tF1k' ForostyankoPavel 'COLDYY1' VeklenkoViktor 'sdy' Orudzhev AVANGAR #23 Timur 'buster' TulepovAidyn 'KrizzeN' TurlybekovAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' AliDmitry 'dimasick' Matvienko PLINK #66 Aleksey '1uke' ZiminRoman 'rommi' GolubevArtur 'DarkS1DE' KravchenkoRassim 'Jyo' ValijevDanila 'redhide' Demidov Kristjan 'fejtZ' Allsaar Age: 20 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 488 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.67 Monolith #94 Alexey 'ub1que' PolivanovAlexander 'spiker' IvanovAleksei 'NickelBack' TrofimovDmitriy 'propleh' SenigovDenis 'Kas9k' Grishechkin Denis 'Kas9k' Grishechkin Age: 17 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.87 Maps played: 25 KPR: 0.57 DPR: 0.69 pro100 #71 Ivan 'AiyvaN' SemenetsDima 'def' LemeshchukVadim 'Flarich' KaretinLeonard 'kenzor' VolodarchukSvyatoslav 'svyat' Dovbakh PLINK #66 Aleksey '1uke' ZiminRoman 'rommi' GolubevRassim 'Jyo' ValijevDanila 'redhide' DemidovKristjan 'fejtZ' Allsaar Artur 'DarkS1DE' Kravchenko Age: 19 Team: PLINK Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 115 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.72 Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Mareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis Age: 18 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 264 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.71 Nemiga #101 Roman 'roman' RedihinKirill 'hitMouse' TsarevVladimir 'ROBO' NeskeyViaceslav 'fAst' RubetsAleksandr 'mds' Rubets HellRaisers #13 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukÖzgür 'woxic' EkerBence 'DeadFox' BöröczIssa 'ISSAA' Murad Monolith #94 Alexey 'ub1que' PolivanovAlexander 'spiker' IvanovAleksei 'NickelBack' TrofimovDmitriy 'propleh' SenigovMareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis