ESL One CIS Online Season 1: Upper Division

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

League Information

Series:

Dota Pro Circuit
ESL One

Organizer:

ESL

Sponsor:

Intel • DHL

Version:

7.28b – 7.28c

Server:

Stockholm

Type:

Online

Location:

 CIS

Dates:

Jan 21 - Feb 28, 2021

Teams:

8

Format:

Round-robin

Prize Pool:

$205,000 USD

Pro Circuit Points:

1,150

Pro Circuit Tier:

Regional League

Liquipedia Tier:

Tier 2

Links

Chronology

ONE Esports Singapore Major 

 

ESL One EEU S2: Upper Div. 

 

Format

• Participants
  • Four invited teams
  • Four teams from the Decider Tournament
• Standings
  • Single round-robin
  • All matches are Bo3
  • 1st place team is qualified to the Major Playoffs
  • 2nd place team is qualified to the Major Group Stage
  • 3rd place team is qualified to the Major Wild Card
  • Bottom two teams are relegated to the Lower Division of Season 2
  • Remaining teams remain in current division for Season 2
  • Click here for tiebreaker rules

• If there is a tie along the dividing line, tiebreaker match will be played
  • Major play-off/Major groupstage
  • Major groupstage/Major wildcard
  • Major wildcard/remain
  • remain/relegation
    • 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

• English
• Russian
• Portuguese
• Spanish
• Chinese
• Vietnamese
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The talent for the English broadcast was announced on January 8th, 2021.

• Host:
  •  Sheever (Jorien van der Heijden)

• Observers:
  •  Skrff (Rikard Holm Melin)
  •  PimpmuckL (Jonathan Liebig)

• Commentators:
  •  Purge (Kevin Godec)
  •  BSJ (Brian Canavan)
  •  Fogged (Ioannis Loucas)
  •  ODPixel (Owen Davies)
  •  Moxxi (Michelle Song)
  •  Capitalist (Austin Walsh)
  •  Kyle (Kyle Freedman)
  •  TeaGuvnor (Robson Merritt)
  •  AvoPlus (Alvaro Sanchez Velasco)
  •  SeekNStrike (Richie Garcia)

• Hosts:
  •  Faker (Ivan Demkin)
  •  Olsior (Mykhailo Zvieriev)
  •  v1lat (Vitalii Volochai)
  •  Flunky (Dmitro Meshkov)

• Analysts:
  •  Goblak (Artur Kostenko)
  •  PGG (Vladimir Anosov)
  •  Sh4dowehhh (Yevhen Alekseiev)
  •  XBOCT (Oleksandr Dashkevych)
  •  Belony (Yehor Dovhyi)
  •  JotM (Egor Surkov)

• Commentators:
  •  CaspeR (Roman Lepokhin)
  •  BafiK (Alexey Bafadarov)
  •  GodHunt (Viktor Volkov)
  •  VeRsuta (Aren Zurabyan)

• Host:
  •  Haon (Rômulo Capazzo)

• Analysts:
  •  Sherlock (Alisson Maximo)
  •  Tay (Taynara Sousa)
  •  Guipepe (Guilherme Tedesco)

• Commentators:
  •  Warss (Renan Moura)
  •  Kaxanga (Pablo Oliveira Franco Menin)

• Commentators:
  •  Avo+ (Alvaro Sanchez Velasco)
  •  Tio Inka (Paul de la Cruz)
  •  Stick (Axel Chambe)

• Analysts:
  •  Chilling (Leunam Chávez)
  •  Pawpaw (Paulo César Tuya)

• Observer:
  •  DonCookie (Oscar Idiáquez)

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

• Host:
  •  Tú Lê (Lê Ngọc Tú)

• Commentators:
  •  Trung Anh (Đàm Chung Anh)
  •  DCMV 
  •  Hoàng Ngô (Ngô Huy Hoàng)
  •  Ba Ko Bày 
  •  Hoàng Bắp 
  •  Dukiee (Nguyễn Minh Đức)

Prize Pool

The prize pool for the tournament is $205,000 USD and 1150 Pro Circuit points.

Place	$ USD	Seed	DPC Points	Team
1st	$30,000	Major Playoffs	500	Virtus.pro
2nd	$28,000	Major Group Stage	300	Natus Vincere
3rd	$27,000	Major Wild Card	200	AS Monaco Gambit
4th	$26,000	-	100	Team Spirit
5th	$25,000	-	50	EXTREMUM
6th	$24,000	-	-	Team Unique
7th	$23,000	Lower Div. S2	-	Team Empire
8th	$22,000	Lower Div. S2	-	NoTechies

Participants

Virtus.pro

1	Nightfall
2	gpk
3	DM
4	Save-
5	Kingslayer

Direct Invite

Natus Vincere

1	V-Tune
2	Iceberg
3	GeneRaL
4	RodjER
5	ALWAYSWANNAFLY

Direct Invite

Team Spirit

1	yatoro
2	TORONTOTOKYO
3	Collapse
4	Miroslaw
5	Miposhka
Substitutes

4	so bad
Main Roster

Direct Invite

AS Monaco Gambit²

1	dream'
2	Noone
3	Afterlife
4	Immersion
5	SoNNeikO
Former

2	fn
Main Roster

Direct Invite

Team Empire

1	Smiling Knight
2	gwynbleidd
3	Petushara
4	sayuw
5	EcNart

Decider Tournament

NoTechies

1	Crystallize
2	ergon
3	Malik
4	Zayac
5	Solo

Decider Tournament

EXTREMUM

1	nefrit
2	mellojul
3	Shachlo
4	Chu
5	G
Substitutes

2	MagicaL
Main Roster

Decider Tournament

Team Unique¹

1	Palantimos
2	Pikachu
3	Ghostik
4	Bignum
5	Slayer

Decider Tournament

¹ NoPangolier were signed by Team Unique on January 17th, 2021.

² Live to Win were signed by AS Monaco Gambit on February 11th.

List of player transfers in the last 3 months

Date Player Old New Ref 2021-01-17 Palantimos Pikachu Ghostik Bignum CemaTheSlayer ⇒ [1] 2021-01-04 VANSKOR (Inactive) ⇒ [2] 2021-01-04 gwynbleidd Petushara None ⇒ [3] 2021-01-02 iLTW / (Inactive/Player) ⇒ (Inactive) [4] 2021-01-02 jst (Coach) ⇒ (Coach) [5] 2021-01-02 spAce depressed kid Mc314 lowkez kickeed ⇒ [6] 2021-01-01 Resolut1on (Inactive) ⇒ [7] 2020-12-29 mellojul ⇒ (Inactive) [8] 2020-12-29 boolk (Coach) ⇒ None [9] 2020-12-29 velheor ⇒ None [10] 2020-12-22 V-Tune Iceberg GeneRaL RodjER ALWAYSWANNAFLY (Trial) ⇒ [11] 2020-12-19 Silent None ⇒ (Coach) [12] 2020-12-19 Yatoro TORONTOTOKYO Collapse so bad Miposhka ⇒ [13] 2020-12-01 Chappie None ⇒ (Coach) [14] 2020-11-26 Mag (Inactive coach) ⇒ (Coach) [15] 2020-11-11 Solo No[o]ne Zayac (Inactive) ⇒ None [16] 2020-11-06 19teen illusion VANSKOR ⇒ (Inactive) [17] 2020-11-06 Pikachu 633 ⇒ None [18] 2020-11-05 epileptick1d gpk DM Save- illias ⇒ [19] 2020-11-02 illias (Inactive) ⇒ [20][21] 2020-10-30 young G (Inactive) ⇒ (Loan) [22] 2020-10-30 Pikachu None ⇒ [23] 2020-10-28 Nattynarwhal (Stand-in) ⇒ None [24] 2020-10-28 Shachlo (Stand-in) ⇒ (Inactive) [25] 2020-10-28 Smiling Knight (Inactive) ⇒ [26] 2020-10-28 Lightless ⇒ (Inactive) [27] 2020-10-24 iLTW (Inactive) ⇒ [28] 2020-10-24 AfterLife (Inactive) ⇒ [29] 2020-10-24 Immersion (Inactive) ⇒ [30]

Results

Standings

Round-robin Week 6 Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6
1.	Natus Vincere				2-0	4-0
2.	AS Monaco Gambit				1-0	2-0
2.	Team Spirit				1-0	2-0
2.	Virtus.pro				1-0	2-0
5.	EXTREMUM				0-1	0-2
5.	Team Empire				0-1	0-2
5.	Team Unique				0-1	0-2
8.	NoTechies				0-2	0-4
1.	Natus Vincere				3-0	6-1
2.	Virtus.pro				2-0	4-0
3.	AS Monaco Gambit▼1				1-1	2-2
3.	Team Empire▲2				1-1	2-3
5.	EXTREMUM				1-2	3-5
5.	NoTechies▲3				1-2	2-5
5.	Team Spirit▼3				1-2	4-4
8.	Team Unique▼3				0-2	1-4
1.	Natus Vincere				4-0	8-1
1.	Virtus.pro▲1				4-0	8-0
3.	AS Monaco Gambit				2-2	5-5
3.	Team Spirit▲2				2-2	6-5
5.	NoTechies				1-2	2-5
6.	EXTREMUM▼1				1-3	3-7
6.	Team Empire▼3				1-3	3-7
8.	Team Unique				0-3	1-6
1.	Natus Vincere				5-0	10-2
1.	Virtus.pro				5-0	10-1
3.	AS Monaco Gambit				2-3	6-7
3.	EXTREMUM▲3				2-3	5-8
3.	Team Spirit				2-3	7-7
3.	Team Unique▲5				2-3	5-7
7.	NoTechies▼2				1-4	3-9
7.	Team Empire▼1				1-4	4-9
1.	Virtus.pro				6-0	12-1
2.	Natus Vincere▼1				5-1	11-4
3.	AS Monaco Gambit				3-3	8-7
3.	EXTREMUM				3-3	7-8
3.	Team Spirit				3-3	9-8
6.	Team Unique▼3				2-4	5-9
7.	Team Empire				2-5	6-11
8.	NoTechies▼1				1-6	3-13
1.	Virtus.pro				7-0	14-1
2.	Natus Vincere				5-2	11-6
3.	AS Monaco Gambit				4-3	10-7
4.	Team Spirit▼1				4-3	11-9
5.	EXTREMUM▼2				3-4	7-10
6.	Team Unique				2-5	6-11
7.	Team Empire				2-5	6-11
8.	NoTechies				1-6	3-13

3rd-4th Place Tiebreaker
3.	AS Monaco Gambit				1-0
4.	Team Spirit				0-1

6th-7th Place Tiebreaker
6.	Team Unique				1-0
7.	Team Empire				0-1

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

Matches

Week 1

Week 1
January 21
EXTR	0 EXTR TSpirit January 21, 2021 - 21:50 MSK 41m57s 37m23s  MagicaL stand-in for  mellojul in game 1.	2	TSpirit
January 22
Unique	0 Unique NAVI January 22, 2021 - 18:20 MSK 30m50s 27m07s	2	NAVI
NT	0 NT LtW January 22, 2021 - 20:30 MSK 29m44s 25m08s	2	LtW
January 24
NT	0 NT NAVI January 24, 2021 - 17:15 MSK 20m32s 31m03s	2	NAVI
VP	2 VP Empire January 24, 2021 - 19:55 MSK 31m02s 21m48s	0	Empire

Week 2

Week 2
January 28
EXTR	2 EXTR Unique January 28, 2021 - 20:45 MSK 34m40s 42m01s 38m27s	1	Unique
January 29
VP	2 VP LtW January 29, 2021 - 16:55 MSK 44m43s 31m06s	0	LtW
Empire	2 Empire TSpirit January 29, 2021 - 19:55 MSK 73m31s 34m41s 65m33s	1	TSpirit
January 31
NAVI	2 NAVI EXTR January 31, 2021 - 16:55 MSK 36m28s 39m27s 27m49s	1	EXTR
TSpirit	1 TSpirit NT January 31, 2021 - 20:40 MSK 33m34s 34m06s 37m42s	2	NT

Week 3

Week 3
February 4
VP	2 VP Unique February 4, 2021 - 20:40 MSK 27m16s 31m42s	0	Unique
February 5
LtW	2 LtW Empire February 5, 2021 - 16:55 MSK 28m48s 28m41s 31m37s	1	Empire
VP	2 VP EXTR February 5, 2021 - 20:05 MSK 28m21s 32m40s	0	EXTR
February 7
NAVI	2 NAVI Empire February 7, 2021 - 16:55 MSK 65m50s 18m35s	0	Empire
TSpirit	2 TSpirit LtW February 7, 2021 - 19:55 MSK 53m35s 33m18s 27m59s	1	LtW

Week 4

Week 4
February 11
Unique	2 Unique NT February 11, 2021 - 19:55 MSK 30m23s 32m24s	0	NT
February 12
NT	1 NT EXTR February 12, 2021 - 16:55 MSK 22m06s 49m29s 37m10s	2	EXTR
Empire	1 Empire Unique February 12, 2021 - 20:25 MSK 35m05s 30m47s 23m11s	2	Unique
February 14
ASMGMB	1 ASMGMB NAVI February 14, 2021 - 17:20 MSK 31m16s 27m04s 37m58s	2	NAVI
VP	2 VP TSpirit February 14, 2021 - 20:35 MSK 61m31s 36m42s 45m39s	1	TSpirit

Week 5

Week 5
February 18
EXTR	2 EXTR Empire February 18, 2021 - 20:55 MSK 51m13s 31m55s	0	Empire
February 19
VP	2 VP NT February 19, 2021 - 17:25 MSK 29m31s 15m30s	0	NT
Unique	0 Unique ASMGMB February 19, 2021 - 19:55 MSK 26m58s 23m03s	2	ASMGMB
February 21
Empire	2 Empire NT February 21, 2021 - 16:55 MSK 34m18s 28m14s	0	NT
NAVI	1 NAVI TSpirit February 21, 2021 - 19:55 MSK 44m35s 64m12s 38m27s	2	TSpirit

Week 6

Week 6
February 25
TSpirit	2 TSpirit Unique February 25, 2021 - 20:05 MSK 53m11s 27m59s 34m39s	1	Unique
February 26
ASMGMB	2 ASMGMB EXTR February 26, 2021 - 16:55 MSK 39m58s 27m16s	0	EXTR
VP	2 VP NAVI February 26, 2021 - 19:55 MSK 33m37s 37m07s	0	NAVI

Tie

Tiebreaker
February 28 6th-7th
Empire	1 Empire Unique February 28, 2021 - 15:30 CET 30m17s 36m54s 37m00s	2	Unique
3rd-4th
TSpirit	1 TSpirit ASMGMB February 28, 2021 - 18:45 CET 57m02s 34m40s 29m42s  so bad stand-in for  Miroslaw.	2	ASMGMB

Additional Content

Country Representation

#	Country / Region	Representation	Players
1	Russia	16 / 40 (40%)	Afterlife, Chu, Collapse, DM, G, gpk, Immersion, Kingslayer, Miposhka, Nightfall, RodjER, sayuw, Shachlo, Solo, SoNNeikO, TORONTOTOKYO
1	Ukraine	16 / 40 (40%)	ALWAYSWANNAFLY, Bignum, Crystallize, EcNart, GeneRaL, Ghostik, gwynbleidd, Iceberg, mellojul, Miroslaw, nefrit, Noone, Pikachu, Slayer, V-Tune, yatoro
3	Belarus	4 / 40 (10%)	ergon, Palantimos, Petushara, Smiling Knight
4	Kyrgyzstan	2 / 40 (5%)	dream', Zayac
5	Kazakhstan	1 / 40 (3%)	Malik
5	Moldova	1 / 40 (3%)	Save-

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• Week 1
• Week 2
• Week 3
• Week 4
• Week 5
• Week 6
• Show All

• January 21
  1. EXTREMUM vs Team Spirit — Highlights
• January 24
  1. NoTechies vs Natus Vincere — Highlights
  2. Virtus.pro vs Team Empire — Highlights

• January 28
  1. EXTREMUM vs Team Unique — Highlights
• January 29
  1. Virtus.pro vs Live to Win — Highlights
  2. Team Empire vs Team Spirit — Highlights
• January 31
  1. Natus Vincere vs EXTREMUM — Highlights
  2. Team Spirit vs NoTechies — Highlights

• February 4
  1. Virtus.pro vs Team Unique — Highlights
• February 5
  1. Live to Win vs Team Empire — Highlights
  2. Virtus.pro vs EXTREMUM — Highlights
• February 7
  1. Natus Vincere vs Team Empire — Highlights
  2. Team Spirit vs Live to Win — Highlights

• February 12
  1. NoTechies vs EXTREMUM — Highlights
  2. Team Empire vs Team Unique — Highlights
• February 14
  1. AS Monaco as monaco gambit vs Natus Vincere — Highlights
  2. Virtus.pro vs Team Spirit — Highlights

• February 18
  1. EXTREMUM vs Team Empire — Highlights
• February 21
  1. Team Empire vs NoTechies — Highlights
  2. Natus Vincere vs Team Spirit — Highlights

• February 25
  1. Team Spirit vs Team Unique — Highlights
• February 26
  1. AS Monaco as monaco gambit vs EXTREMUM — Highlights
  2. Virtus.pro vs Natus Vincere — Highlights

• Week 1
• Week 2
• Week 3
• Week 4
• Week 5
• Week 6
• Tiebreaker
• Show All

• January 21
  1. EXTREMUM vs Team Spirit — Game
• January 24
  1. NoTechies vs Natus Vincere — Game
  2. Virtus.pro vs Team Empire — Game

• January 28
  1. EXTREMUM vs Team Unique — Game
• January 29
  1. Virtus.pro vs Live to Win — Game
  2. Team Empire vs Team Spirit — Game
• January 31
  1. Natus Vincere vs EXTREMUM — Game
  2. Team Spirit vs NoTechies — Game

• February 4
  1. Virtus.pro vs Team Unique — Game
• February 5
  1. Live to Win vs Team Empire — Game
  2. Virtus.pro vs EXTREMUM — Game
• February 7
  1. Natus Vincere vs Team Empire — Game
  2. Team Spirit vs Live to Win — Game

• February 12
  1. NoTechies vs EXTREMUM — Game
  2. Team Empire vs Team Unique — Game
• February 14
  1. AS Monaco as monaco gambit vs Natus Vincere — Game
  2. Virtus.pro vs Team Spirit — Game

• February 18
  1. EXTREMUM vs Team Empire — Game
• February 19
  1. Virtus.pro vs NoTechies — Game
  2. Team Unique vs AS Monaco as monaco gambit — Game
• February 21
  1. Team Empire vs NoTechies — Game
  2. Natus Vincere vs Team Spirit — Game

• February 25
  1. Team Spirit vs Team Unique — Game
• February 26
  1. AS Monaco as monaco gambit vs EXTREMUM — Game
  2. Virtus.pro vs Natus Vincere — Game

• February 28
  1. Team Empire vs Team Unique — Game
  2. Team Spirit vs AS Monaco as monaco gambit — Game

• Week 1
• Week 4
• Show All

• January 21
  1. EXTREMUM vs Team Spirit — Game 1 • Game 2
• January 22
  1. Team Unique vs Natus Vincere — Game 1 • Game 2
  2. NoTechies vs Live to Win — Game 1 • Game 2

• February 12
  1. NoTechies vs EXTREMUM — Game 1 • Game 2 • Game 3
  2. Team Empire vs Team Unique — Game 1 • Game 2 • Game 3

• Week 1
• Week 2
• Week 3
• Week 4
• Week 5
• Week 6
• Show All

• January 21
  1. EXTREMUM vs Team Spirit — Game 1 • Game 2
• January 22
  1. Team Unique vs Natus Vincere — Game 1 • Game 2
  2. NoTechies vs Live to Win — Game 1
• January 24
  1. NoTechies vs Natus Vincere — Game 1 • Game 2
  2. Virtus.pro vs Team Empire — Game 1

• January 28
  1. EXTREMUM vs Team Unique — Game 1 • Game 2 • Game 3
• January 29
  1. Virtus.pro vs Live to Win — Game 1 • Game 2
  2. Team Empire vs Team Spirit — Game 1 • Game 2 • Game 3
• January 31
  1. Natus Vincere vs EXTREMUM — Game 1 • Game 2 • Game 3
  2. Team Spirit vs NoTechies — Game 1 • Game 2 • Game 3

• February 4
  1. Virtus.pro vs Team Unique — Game
• February 5
  1. Live to Win vs Team Empire — Game 1 • Game 2 • Game 3
  2. Virtus.pro vs EXTREMUM — Game 1 • Game 2
• February 7
  1. Natus Vincere vs Team Empire — Game 1 • Game 2
  2. Team Spirit vs Live to Win — Game 1 • Game 2 • Game 3

• February 12
  1. NoTechies vs EXTREMUM — Game 1 • Game 2 • Game 3
  2. Team Empire vs Team Unique — Game 1 • Game 2 • Game 3
• February 14
  1. AS Monaco as monaco gambit vs Natus Vincere — Game 1 • Game 2 • Game 3
  2. Virtus.pro vs Team Spirit — Game 1 • Game 2 • Game 3

• February 18
  1. EXTREMUM vs Team Empire — Game 1 • Game 2
• February 19
  1. Virtus.pro vs NoTechies — Game 1 • Game 2
  2. Team Unique vs AS Monaco as monaco gambit — Game 1 • Game 2
• February 21
  1. Team Empire vs NoTechies — Game 1 • Game 2
  2. Natus Vincere vs Team Spirit — Game 1 • Game 2 • Game 3

• February 25
  1. Team Spirit vs Team Unique — Game 1 • Game 2 • Game 3
• February 26
  1. AS Monaco as monaco gambit vs EXTREMUM — Game 1 • Game 2
  2. Virtus.pro vs Natus Vincere — Game 1 • Game 2

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