Virtus.pro — champion of CIS LAN Championship #5
The CIS LAN Championship #5 concluded with a victory for Virtus.pro. In the grand final, the team defeated ARCRED 2-1 and took home the top prize of $15,000.
Sixteen teams participated in the championship. The top two teams from each of the four groups advanced to the playoffs, which were held using a single-elimination format. All matches in the tournament were best-of-three (bo3).
Virtus.pro Roster
- Nikolay “mir” Bityukov
- Vadim “tO0RO” Arkov
- Vladimir “b1st” Krasikov
- Dias “FOR3VER” Kutubay
- Alexander “AquaRS” Kovalev
- Dmitry “ProbleM” Martynov (coach)
Prize Pool Distribution
The tournament’s prize pool was $30,000 and was distributed as follows:
- 1st place — Virtus.pro ($15,000);
- 2nd place — ARCRED ($7,000);
- 3rd place — Nuclear TigeRES ($3,000);
- 4th place — K27 ($2,000);
- 5th–8th places — PsychoFace, CYBERSHOKE Esports, Oxuji Esports, and 33 ($750 each).
CIS LAN Championship #5 — a Counter-Strike 2 tournament held May 25–28 in St. Petersburg at the RES SPACE venue. Following the championship, Virtus.pro earned 324 VRS points and climbed to 45th place in the Valve rankings.
Photo — Virtus.pro.
Daniil Korzhuev
