ESL One CIS Online Season 1: Lower Division

[e][h]ESL One CIS Online Season 1: Lower Division

League Information

Series:

ESL One

Dota Pro Circuit

Organizer:

ESL

Sponsor:

Intel • DHL

Version:

7.28b – 7.28c

Server:

Stockholm

Type:

Online

Location:

CIS

Dates:

Jan 18 - Feb 26, 2021

Teams:

8

Format:

Round-robin

Prize Pool:

$75,000 USD

Pro Circuit Tier:

Regional League

Liquipedia Tier:

Tier 2

Links

Chronology

ESL One EEU S2: Lower Div.

Format[edit]

Participants
- Four teams from the Decider Tournament
- Four teams from open qualifiers
Standings
- Single round-robin
- All matches are Bo3
- Top two teams are qualified to the Upper Division of Season 2
- Bottom two teams are eliminated
- Remaining teams remain in current division for Season 2
- Click here for tiebreaker rules

If there is a tie along the dividing line, Bo1 tiebreaker match will be played
- Upper Division/remain
- remain/elimination
  - Two-teams tie: Bo3
  - Three-teams or more tie: Bo1
For other ties (in order of importance):
1. Points amassed between the tied participants
2. Map difference between the tied participants
3. Overall map difference
4. Tiebreaker matches until the tie is resolved

Broadcast Talent[edit]

Commentators:
- SeekNStrike (Richie Garcia)
- AvoPlus (Alvaro Sanchez Velasco)

Hosts:
- Faker (Ivan Demkin)
- Olsior (Mykhailo Zvieriev)
- v1lat (Vitalii Volochai)
- JB (Maksym Shadov)

Analysts:
- Belony (Yehor Dovhyi)
- Goblak (Artur Kostenko)
- PGG (Vladimir Anosov)
- Dragneel_FH (Dmitry Staroverov)
- Bobruha (Leonid Cherbuhovskiy)
- STORM (Alexey Tumanov)

Commentators:
- CaspeR (Roman Lepokhin)
- GodHunt (Viktor Volkov)
- BafiK (Alexey Bafadarov)
- VeRsuta (Aren Zurabyan)
- Flunky (Dmitrii Meshkov)
- Sh4dowehhh (Yevhen Alekseiev)
- Sm1Ley (Peter Banakh)
- TpoH (Maxim Vernikov)
- 1ceN1ce (Daniil Khalikov)
- Droog (Dmitry Chumachenko)

Host:
- Haon (Rômulo Capazzo)

Analysts:
- Guipepe (Guilherme Tedesco)
- Ace (Paulo Camerino)

Commentators:
- Jasam (José Victor Almeida dos Santos)
- Sherlock (Alisson Maximo)
- Luiziin (Luiz Eduardo Alves Costa)
- Kaxanga (Pablo Oliveira Franco Menin)
- Fedel (Guilherme Fedel)
- baLones (Felipe Augusto Rodrigues dos Santos)
- Flytable (Tógo Menezes)

Commentators:
- Mashall (Ma Shaowei)
- 小飞机 (Fang Jing)
- YY (Watusiri Tevavichulada)

Commentators:
- Hoàng Ngô (Ngô Huy Hoàng)
- KAH (Hoàng Kỳ Anh)
- DCMV

Prize Pool[edit]

$75,000 USD was spread among the teams as seen below:

Place	$ USD	Qualified	Team
1st	$17,000	Upper Div. S2	PuckChamp
2nd	$16,000	Upper Div. S2	Winstrike Team
3rd	$15,000	Lower Div. S2	HellRaisers
4th	$11,000	Lower Div. S2	Gambit-2
5th	$9,000	Lower Div. S2	Imperial Pro Gaming
6th	$7,000	Lower Div. S2	XactJlepbI
7th	-	-	VP.Prodigy
8th	-	-	B8

Participants[edit]

B8

1	RdO
2	Dendi
3	Sexyfat
4	[T]SA
5	Duster
Substitutes

4	illusion
Main Roster


Decider Tournament

Winstrike Team

1	dyrachyo
2	re1bl
3	chshrct
4	yamich
5	Pantomem


Decider Tournament

HellRaisers

1	Cooman
2	young G
3	Resolut1on
4	LIL ME ALONE
5	VANSKOR
Former

2	Nix
Main Roster


Decider Tournament

Gambit-2²

1	xannii
2	Lorenof
3	Blizzy
4	XSvamp1Re
5	eine
Substitutes

5	Puber
Main Roster


Decider Tournament

PuckChamp

1	krylat
2	Desperate-
3	meLes
4	Astral
5	Dukalis


Open Qualifier #1

Imperial Pro Gaming³

1	Rari
2	Askold
3	SuperNova
4	Le don
5	QOVAL
Former

5	antoha
Main Roster


Open Qualifier #1

VP.Prodigy¹

1	Noticed
2	Larl
3	celebrity
4	forcemajor
5	dSa


Open Qualifier #2

XactJlepbI

1	lightless
2	MagicaL
3	Funn1k
4	KingR
5	Nofear
Substitutes

1	watson
Main Roster


Open Qualifier #2

¹ Team Generation were signed by VP.Prodigy on January 18th, 2021.^[1]

² Gambit Esports became Gambit-2 on February 11th onwards.^[2]

³ The roster of Imperial Pro Gaming left the organization, but decided to finish the tournament under the old tag.^[3]

List of player transfers in the last 3 months
Date Player Old New Ref 2021-01-18 SoulOfWar (Coach) ⇒ None [1] 2021-01-18 Schelk None ⇒ (Coach) [2] 2021-01-18 celebrity dSa Forcemajor Larl Noticed ⇒ [3] 2021-01-13 5up ⇒ None [4] 2021-01-06 xannii (Inactive) ⇒ [5] 2021-01-04 VANSKOR (Inactive) ⇒ [6] 2021-01-04 Pantomem None ⇒ [7] 2021-01-04 chshrct (Inactive) ⇒ [8] 2021-01-04 dyrachyo ⇒ [9] 2021-01-04 agressive child DkFogas Dukalis ⇒ None [10] 2021-01-02 MeTTpuM None ⇒ (Coach) [11] 2021-01-02 Astini (Coach) ⇒ (Coach) [12] 2021-01-02 Duster RdO Sexyfat ⇒ [13] 2021-01-02 LastHero ⇒ None [14] 2021-01-02 Cooman None ⇒ [15] 2021-01-01 Resolut1on (Inactive) ⇒ [16] 2020-12-07 Crystallis Fishman ⇒ None [17] 2020-11-13 Funn1k xannii ⇒ (Inactive) [18] 2020-11-13 KingR ⇒ None [19] 2020-11-05 DM gpk illias epileptick1d Save- ⇒ [20] 2020-11-02 illias (Inactive) ⇒ [21][22] 2020-11-01 gpk (Inactive) ⇒ [23][24] 2020-10-29 antoha None ⇒ [25] 2020-10-29 Ufir ⇒ None [26] 2020-10-29 KingR None ⇒ [27] 2020-10-27 kickeed (Inactive) ⇒ [28] 2020-10-24 fn (Stand-in) ⇒ [29] 2020-10-20 eine ⇒ [30]

Results[edit]

Standings[edit]

Round-robin Week 1 Week 1
1.	PuckChamp	6-1	13-5
2.	Winstrike Team	6-1	13-6
3.	HellRaisers	5-2	10-8
4.	Gambit-2	4-3	10-8
5.	Imperial Pro Gaming	3-4	9-9
6.	XactJlepbI	2-5	5-12
7.	VP.Prodigy	1-6	8-12
8.	B8	1-6	5-13


	1-2Week 6	1-2Week 5	0-2Week 4	1-2Week 2	0-2Week 3	0-2Week 2	2-1Week 1
2-1Week 6		2-0Week 4	2-1Week 2	1-2Week 5	2-1Week 1	2-1Week 3	2-0Week 2
2-1Week 5	0-2Week 4		0-2Week 4	2-1Week 3	2-1Week 1	2-1Week 1	2-0Week 5
2-0Week 4	1-2Week 2	2-0Week 4		0-2Week 1	2-1Week 3	2-1Week 6	1-2Week 5
2-1Week 2	2-1Week 5	1-2Week 3	2-0Week 1		2-0Week 6	2-1Week 4	2-0Week 3
2-0Week 3	1-2Week 1	1-2Week 1	1-2Week 3	0-2Week 6		2-1Week 5	2-0Week 4
2-0Week 2	1-2Week 3	1-2Week 1	1-2Week 6	1-2Week 4	1-2Week 5		1-2Week 2
1-2Week 1	0-2Week 2	0-2Week 5	2-1Week 5	0-2Week 3	0-2Week 4	2-1Week 2

Matches[edit]

Week 1[edit]

Week 1
January 18
PC	2 PC Gambit January 18, 2021 - 16:55 MSK 46m07s 32m18s Puber stands-in for eine.	0	Gambit
January 21
Winstrike	2 Winstrike IPG January 21, 2021 - 13:55 MSK 43m05s 33m43s 37m03s	1	IPG
VP.P	1 VP.P HR January 21, 2021 - 17:40 MSK 40m57s 46m57s 47m49s young G stand-in for Nix.	2	HR
January 22
XctJlpbI	1 XctJlpbI B8 January 22, 2021 - 13:55 MSK 55m25s 57m16s 55m39s	2	B8
January 24
IPG	1 IPG HR January 24, 2021 - 13:55 MSK 32m30s 30m18s 38m47s	2	HR

Week 2[edit]

Week 2
January 25
Winstrike	2 Winstrike Gambit January 25, 2021 - 17:00 MSK 29m18s 35m28s 37m59s Puber stand-in for eine.	1	Gambit
January 28
PC	2 PC B8 January 28, 2021 - 13:55 MSK 37m30s 29m42s 43m05s	1	B8
VP.P	1 VP.P XctJlpbI January 28, 2021 - 17:25 MSK 42m08s 42m25s 20m19s	2	XctJlpbI
January 29
Winstrike	2 Winstrike XctJlpbI January 29, 2021 - 13:55 MSK 32m15s 31m09s	0	XctJlpbI
January 31
B8	0 B8 VP.P January 31, 2021 - 13:55 MSK 25m44s 48m31s	2	VP.P

Week 3[edit]

Week 3
February 1
HR	2 HR PC February 1, 2021 - 16:55 MSK 48m35s 38m26s 30m37s	1	PC
February 4
Gambit	2 Gambit IPG February 4, 2021 - 13:55 MSK 38m01s 42m07s 30m29s Puber stand-in for eine.	1	IPG
Winstrike	2 Winstrike VP.P February 4, 2021 - 17:35 MSK 25m06s 36m40s 28m11s	1	VP.P
February 5
XctJlpbI	0 XctJlpbI PC February 5, 2021 - 13:55 MSK 33m43s 33m17s watson stand-in for lightless.	2	PC
February 7
B8	0 B8 IPG February 7, 2021 - 13:55 MSK 29m08s 54m00s	2	IPG

Week 4[edit]

Week 4
February 8
HR	0 HR Gambit February 8, 2021 - 16:55 MSK 77m47s 51m39s Nix stand-in for young G. Puber stand-in for eine.	2	Gambit
February 11
Winstrike	2 Winstrike HR February 11, 2021 - 13:55 MSK 45m26s 25m24s	0	HR
Gambit-2	2 Gambit-2 B8 February 11, 2021 - 16:55 MSK 43m01s 46m42s	0	B8
February 12
IPG	2 IPG XctJlpbI February 12, 2021 - 13:55 MSK 44m25s 38m26s watson stand-in for lightless.	0	XctJlpbI
February 14
PC	2 PC VP.P February 14, 2021 - 13:55 MSK 35m03s 36m25s 43m29s	1	VP.P

Week 5[edit]

Week 5
February 15
B8	1 B8 HR February 15, 2021 - 16:55 MSK 45m00s 29m39s 42m23s Nix stand-in for young G.	2	HR
February 18
XctJlpbI	2 XctJlpbI Gambit-2 February 18, 2021 - 13:55 MSK 37m43s 25m41s 25m59s watson stand-in for MagicaL.	1	Gambit-2
VP.P	1 VP.P IPG February 18, 2021 - 17:05 MSK 50m42s 39m44s 35m43s	2	IPG
February 19
Winstrike	1 Winstrike PC February 19, 2021 - 13:55 MSK 28m27s 66m13s 28m44s	2	PC
February 21
HR	2 HR XctJlpbI February 21, 2021 - 13:55 MSK 29m27s 37m11s Nix stand-in for young G. watson stand-in for MagicaL.	0	XctJlpbI

Week 6[edit]

Week 6
February 22
Winstrike	2 Winstrike B8 February 22, 2021 - 16:55 MSK 40m31s 37m00s 49m47s	1	B8
February 25
IPG	0 IPG PC February 25, 2021 - 13:55 MSK 37m20s 28m01s	2	PC
Gambit-2	2 Gambit-2 VP.P February 25, 2021 - 16:55 MSK 34m09s 26m58s 38m31s	1	VP.P

Additional Content[edit]

Country Representation[edit]

#	Country / Region	Representation	Players
1	Russia	22 / 40 (55%)	[T]SA, celebrity, Cooman, Desperate-, dSa, Dukalis, dyrachyo, eine, forcemajor, KingR, krylat, Larl, meLes, Nofear, Noticed, QOVAL, Rari, re1bl, SuperNova, VANSKOR, xannii, yamich
2	Ukraine	6 / 40 (15%)	Dendi, Funn1k, lightless, LIL ME ALONE, Lorenof, Resolut1on
3	Belarus	4 / 40 (10%)	Astral, chshrct, Pantomem, young G
4	Brazil	3 / 40 (8%)	Duster, RdO, Sexyfat
4	Kyrgyzstan	3 / 40 (8%)	Askold, Blizzy, Le don
6	Israel	1 / 40 (3%)	MagicaL
6	Kazakhstan	1 / 40 (3%)	XSvamp1Re

Streams[edit]

Primary
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Streams

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Other VODs[edit]

Russian
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January 21
1. VP.Prodigy vs HellRaisers — Highlights
January 22
1. XactJlepbI vs B8 — Highlights

January 25
1. Winstrike Team vs Gambit Esports — Highlights
January 28
1. VP.Prodigy vs XactJlepbI — Highlights
January 29
1. Winstrike Team vs XactJlepbI — Highlights
January 31
1. B8 vs VP.Prodigy — Highlights

February 1
1. HellRaisers vs PuckChamp — Highlights
February 5
1. XactJlepbI vs PuckChamp — Highlights
February 7
1. B8 vs Imperial Pro Gaming — Highlights

February 8
1. HellRaisers vs Gambit Esports — Highlights
February 10
1. Gambit-2 vs B8 — Highlights

February 18
1. XactJlepbI vs Gambit-2 — Highlights
2. VP.Prodigy vs Imperial Pro Gaming — Highlights
February 21
1. HellRaisers vs XactJlepbI — Highlights

February 22
1. Winstrike Team vs B8 — Highlights
February 25
1. Imperial Pro Gaming vs PuckChamp — Highlights
2. Gambit-2 vs VP.Prodigy — Highlights

January 21
1. VP.Prodigy vs HellRaisers — Game
January 22
1. XactJlepbI vs B8 — Game

January 25
1. Winstrike Team vs Gambit Esports — Game
January 28
1. VP.Prodigy vs XactJlepbI — Game
January 29
1. Winstrike Team vs XactJlepbI — Game
January 31
1. B8 vs VP.Prodigy — Game

February 1
1. HellRaisers vs PuckChamp — Game
February 5
1. XactJlepbI vs PuckChamp — Game
February 7
1. B8 vs Imperial Pro Gaming — Game

February 8
1. HellRaisers vs Gambit Esports — Game
February 10
1. Gambit-2 vs B8 — Game
February 12
1. Imperial Pro Gaming vs XactJlepbI — Game
February 14
1. VP.Prodigy vs PuckChamp — Game

February 15
1. B8 vs HellRaisers — Game
February 18
1. XactJlepbI vs Gambit-2 — Game
2. VP.Prodigy vs Imperial Pro Gaming — Game
February 19
1. Winstrike Team vs PuckChamp — Game
February 21
1. HellRaisers vs XactJlepbI — Game

February 22
1. Winstrike Team vs B8 — Game
February 25
1. Imperial Pro Gaming vs PuckChamp — Game
2. Gambit-2 vs VP.Prodigy — Game

Week 1
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January 21
1. VP.Prodigy vs HellRaisers — Game 1 • Game 2 • Game 3

January 21
1. Winstrike Team vs Imperial Pro Gaming — Game 1 • Game 2 • Game 3
2. VP.Prodigy vs HellRaisers — Game 1 • Game 2 • Game 3
January 22
1. XactJlepbI vs B8 — Game 1 • Game 2 • Game 3
January 24
1. Imperial Pro Gaming vs HellRaisers — Game 1 • Game 2 • Game 3

January 25
1. Winstrike Team vs Gambit Esports — Game
January 28
1. PuckChamp vs B8 — Game 1 • Game 2 • Game 3
2. VP.Prodigy vs XactJlepbI — Game 1 • Game 2 • Game 3
January 29
1. Winstrike Team vs XactJlepbI — Game 1 • Game 2
January 31
1. B8 vs VP.Prodigy — Game 1 • Game 2

February 1
1. HellRaisers vs PuckChamp — Game
February 4
1. Winstrike Team vs VP.Prodigy — Game
February 5
1. XactJlepbI vs PuckChamp — Game 1 • Game 2
February 7
1. B8 vs Imperial Pro Gaming — Game 1 • Game 2

February 12
1. Imperial Pro Gaming vs XactJlepbI — Game 1 • Game 2
February 14
1. PuckChamp vs VP.Prodigy — Game 1 • Game 2 • Game 3

February 15
1. B8 vs HellRaisers — Game
February 18
1. XactJlepbI vs Gambit-2 — Game 1 • Game 2 • Game 3
2. VP.Prodigy vs Imperial Pro Gaming — Game 1 • Game 2 • Game 3
February 21
1. HellRaisers vs XactJlepbI — Game 1 • Game 2

February 22
1. Winstrike Team vs B8 — Game
February 25
1. Imperial Pro Gaming vs PuckChamp — Game 1 • Game 2
2. Gambit-2 vs VP.Prodigy — Game 1 • Game 2 • Game 3

Viewership Stats[edit]

Viewership Stats
Peak Viewers	70 880
Average Viewers	28 931
Hours Watched	2 555 553

Viewership stats for this page does not include the Chinese streams

References[edit]

↑ "Virtus.pro second Dota 2 roster". virtus.pro. 2021-01-18.
↑ Gambit Esports (2021-02-11). "Наш состав в нижнем дивизионе продолжит выступление под тегом Gambit-2". vk.com.
↑ Zealoth (2021-02-17). "К сожалению команда Imperial Pro Gaming по дисциплине Dota 2, полностью покидает организацию и переходит под название Tequila." (in Russian). Vk.

[1] "Virtus.pro second Dota 2 roster". virtus.pro. 2021-01-18.

[2] Gambit Esports (2021-02-11). "Наш состав в нижнем дивизионе продолжит выступление под тегом Gambit-2". vk.com.

[ipg_20210217-3] Zealoth (2021-02-17). "К сожалению команда Imperial Pro Gaming по дисциплине Dota 2, полностью покидает организацию и переходит под название Tequila." (in Russian). Vk.

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ESL One CIS Online Season 1: Lower Division

Contents

Format[edit]

Broadcast Talent[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

Participants[edit]