FRAG Season 18 Preview — Format, Roster, Prize Pool, and Day 1 Schedule
The FRAG Season 18 Counter-Strike 2 tournament kicks off tomorrow. The tournament format, team rosters, prize pool, and schedule for the first day of competition are detailed below.
FRAG Season 18 will take place September 29–30 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Eight teams will compete in the championship. The top two teams from each of the two groups will advance to the playoffs. The opening matches of the group stage will be played in a best-of-1 format, while the remaining matches will be best-of-3.
Team Rosters
DEPO
- Amirbek “wetfy” Timurov
- Shokhjakhon “shoxs” Sultanbaev
- Timur “buster” Tulepov
- Vladislav “Krad” Kravchenko
- Alexander “SNk” Semkin
- Evgeny “bullet” Batkin (coach)
Bushido Wildcats
- Ahmet “Darendeli” Shengül
- Orhan “Vej” Yunus Hamarat
- Kadir “cadnyx” Tuncay
- Mert “cacan” Kaji
- Valery “Muk0s” Mukovnin
- Yigit “yT” Ozdén (coach)
Rune Eaters Esports
- Mustafa “forkyz” Maulenkul
- Assanali “her1tage” Serikkali
- Nursultan “noni” Nyshanbek
- Danial “demente” Ismailov
- Suleiman “dukefissura” Orazaly
WW TEAM
- Ivan “StRoGo” Shurpatov
- Timur “m3wsu” Korenev
- Vladimir “kelieN” Boldyrev
- Boris “Ryujin” Kim
- Yermek “enzero” Kartanbaev
ARCRED
- Timur “DSSj” Abdullin
- Daniel “icyvl0ne” Lee
- Artem “ManticorE” Kim
- Maksim “kumao” Serik
- Arystan “ARSPOWER” Toktar
Total Domination
- Ruslan “wEAVER” Borzhikov
- Zhasulan “raiNyyy” Tubaev
- Kairzhan “stratefly” Makhmut
- Zhanibek “TIKI1769” Taubek
- AykeN
DNK
- Beibarys “dethera” Kanagat
- Alisher “syr1n” Tolesh
- Adil “CoolezW” Ametov
- Daniel “jtski557” Barashkin
- dopamineater
Team VISION
- Ali “seyl0n” Mukhtarov
- Jean “TwiceZZZ” Toktasyn
- bekushima
- diesolix
- lnKognITo
Prize Pool Distribution
A total of $20,000 in prize money will be awarded at FRAG Season 18.
- 1st place — $8,000;
- 2nd place — $3,000;
- 3rd–4th place — $2,000 each;
- 5th–6th place — $1,500 each;
- 7th–8th place — $1,000 each.
Schedule of the first matches
September 29, times are in Moscow time.
- 10:00 a.m. — DEPO vs. Total Domination;
- 10:00 a.m. — Bushido Wildcats vs. Team VISION;
- 10:00 a.m. — WW TEAM vs. ARCRED;
- 10:00 — Rune Eaters Esports vs. DNK.
Commentators
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Russian-language broadcast commentators:
- Alexander “XiTTeN” Stepanov;
- Muhammad-Nodirhon “MukhaS” Saidov;
- Akmal “SugarZy” Mingazudinov;
- Donier “Chef Gree” Nomozoz.
Where to Watch FRAG Season 18
- Russian-language broadcast:
Photo — FRAG.
