ESL One CIS Online Season 1: Upper Division

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

League Information

Series:

ESL One

Dota Pro Circuit

Organizer:

ESL

Sponsor:

Intel • DHL

Version:

7.28b

Type:

Online

Location:

CIS

Dates:

Jan 21 - Feb 26, 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

ESL One Germany 2020

ONE Esports SG Major 2020

Upcoming Matches

EXTR	vs.	TSpirit
January 21, 2021 - 17:00 UTC ESL One CIS Online Season 1: Upper Division

Unique	vs.	Na`Vi
January 22, 2021 - 14:00 UTC ESL One CIS Online Season 1: Upper Division

NoTech.	vs.	LtW
January 22, 2021 - 17:00 UTC ESL One CIS Online Season 1: Upper Division

NoTech.	vs.	Na`Vi
January 24, 2021 - 14:00 UTC ESL One CIS Online Season 1: Upper Division

VP	vs.	Empire
January 24, 2021 - 17:00 UTC ESL One CIS Online Season 1: Upper Division

Format[edit]

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

Broadcast Talent[edit]

The talent for the English broadcast was announced on January 8th, 2021.^[1]

Host:
- Sheever (Jorien van der Heijden)

Commentators:
- Purge (Kevin Godec)
- BSJ (Brian Canavan)
- Fogged (Ioannis Loucas)
- ODPixel (Owen Davies)
- Moxxi (Michelle Song)
- Capitalist (Austin Walsh)
- Kyle (Kyle Freedman)

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

Commentator:
- TBA

Commentator:
- TBA

Commentator:
- TBA

Commentator:
- TBA

Commentators:
- Lee Min Ho
- Dukie (Nguyễn Minh Đức)

Prize Pool[edit]

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	TBD
2nd	$28,000	Major Group Stage	300	TBD
3rd	$27,000	Major Wild Card	200	TBD
4th	$26,000	-	100	TBD
5th	$25,000	-	50	TBD
6th	$24,000	-	-	TBD
7th	$23,000	Lower Div. S2	-	TBD
8th	$22,000	Lower Div. S2	-	TBD

Participants[edit]

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	so bad
5	Miposhka


Direct Invite

Live to Win

1	dream'
2	fn
3	Afterlife
4	Immersion
5	SoNNeikO


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


Decider Tournament

Team Unique

1	Palantimos
2	Pikachu
3	Ghostik
4	Bignum
5	Slayer


Decider Tournament

¹ NoPangolier were signed by Team Unique on January 17, 2020.^[2]

List of player transfers in the last 3 months
Date Player Old New 2021-01-17 Bignum CemaTheSlayer Ghostik Palantimos Pikachu ⇒ [1] 2021-01-04 VANSKOR (Inactive) ⇒ [2] 2021-01-04 gwynbleidd Petushara None ⇒ [3] 2021-01-02 dream` (Inactive) ⇒ [4] 2021-01-02 iLTW ⇒ (Inactive) [5] 2021-01-02 jst (Coach) ⇒ (Coach) [6] 2021-01-02 depressed kid kickeed lowkez Mc314 spAce ⇒ [7] 2021-01-01 Resolut1on (Inactive) ⇒ [8] 2020-12-29 mellojul ⇒ (Inactive) [9] 2020-12-29 boolk (Coach) ⇒ None [10] 2020-12-29 velheor ⇒ None [11] 2020-12-22 ALWAYSWANNAFLY GeneRaL Iceberg RodjER V-Tune (Trial) ⇒ [12] 2020-12-19 Silent None ⇒ (Coach) [13] 2020-12-19 Collapse Miposhka so bad TORONTOTOKYO Yatoro ⇒ [14] 2020-12-01 Chappie None ⇒ (Coach) [15] 2020-11-26 Mag (Inactive coach) ⇒ (Coach) [16] 2020-11-11 No[o]ne Solo Zayac (Inactive) ⇒ None [17] 2020-11-06 illusion VANSKOR 19teen ⇒ (Inactive) [18] 2020-11-06 633 Pikachu ⇒ None [19] 2020-11-05 DM gpk illias epileptick1d Save- ⇒ [20] 2020-11-02 illias (Inactive) ⇒ [21][22] 2020-10-30 young G (Inactive) ⇒ (Loan) [23] 2020-10-30 Pikachu None ⇒ [24] 2020-10-28 Nattynarwhal (Stand-in) ⇒ None [25] 2020-10-28 Shachlo (Stand-in) ⇒ (Inactive) [26] 2020-10-28 Smiling Knight (Inactive) ⇒ [27] 2020-10-28 Lightless ⇒ (Inactive) [28] 2020-10-24 iLTW (Inactive) ⇒ [29] 2020-10-24 fn (Stand-in) ⇒ [30] 2020-10-24 AfterLife (Inactive) ⇒ [31] 2020-10-24 Immersion (Inactive) ⇒ [32] 2020-10-24 SoNNeikO None ⇒ [33]

Results[edit]

Standings[edit]


EXTREMUM	0-0	0-0
Live to Win	0-0	0-0
Natus Vincere	0-0	0-0
NoTechies	0-0	0-0
Team Empire	0-0	0-0
Team Spirit	0-0	0-0
Team Unique	0-0	0-0
Virtus.pro	0-0	0-0


		Week 4	Week 2	Week 1		Week 3	Week 3
			Week 4	Week 3	Week 1	Week 2	Week 1
Week 4			Week 3	Week 2	Week 2	Week 1
Week 2	Week 4	Week 3		Week 3	Week 1
Week 1	Week 3	Week 2	Week 3				Week 4
	Week 1	Week 2	Week 1			Week 4	Week 4
Week 3	Week 2	Week 1			Week 4		Week 2
Week 3	Week 1			Week 4	Week 4	Week 2

Matches[edit]

Week 1[edit]

Week 1
January 21
EXTR	- EXTR TSpirit January 21, 2021 - 20:00 MSK	-	TSpirit
January 22
Unique	- Unique Na`Vi January 22, 2021 - 17:00 MSK	-	Na`Vi
NoTech.	- NoTech. LtW January 22, 2021 - 20:00 MSK	-	LtW
January 24
NoTech.	- NoTech. Na`Vi January 24, 2021 - 17:00 MSK	-	Na`Vi
VP	- VP Empire January 24, 2021 - 20:00 MSK	-	Empire

Week 2[edit]

Week 2
January 28
EXTR	- EXTR Unique January 28, 2021 - 17:00 MSK	-	Unique
January 29
VP	- VP LtW January 29, 2021 - 17:00 MSK	-	LtW
Empire	- Empire TSpirit January 29, 2021 - 20:00 MSK	-	TSpirit
January 31
Na`Vi	- Na`Vi EXTR January 31, 2021 - 17:00 MSK	-	EXTR
TSpirit	- TSpirit NoTech. January 31, 2021 - 20:00 MSK	-	NoTech.

Week 3[edit]

Week 3
February 4
VP	- VP Unique February 4, 2021 - 20:00 MSK	-	Unique
February 5
LtW	- LtW Empire February 5, 2021 - 17:00 MSK	-	Empire
VP	- VP EXTR February 5, 2021 - 20:00 MSK	-	EXTR
February 7
Na`Vi	- Na`Vi Empire February 7, 2021 - 17:00 MSK	-	Empire
TSpirit	- TSpirit LtW February 7, 2021 - 20:00 MSK	-	LtW

Week 4[edit]

Week 4
February 11
Unique	- Unique NoTech. February 11, 2021 - 20:00 MSK	-	NoTech.
February 12
NoTech.	- NoTech. EXTR February 12, 2021 - 17:00 MSK	-	EXTR
Empire	- Empire Unique February 12, 2021 - 20:00 MSK	-	Unique
February 14
LtW	- LtW Na`Vi February 14, 2021 - 17:00 MSK	-	Na`Vi
VP	- VP TSpirit February 14, 2021 - 20:00 MSK	-	TSpirit

Week 5[edit]

Week 5
February 18
TBD	- TBD TBD February 18, 2021 - 20:00 MSK	-	TBD
February 19
TBD	- TBD TBD February 19, 2021 - 17:00 MSK	-	TBD
TBD	- TBD TBD February 19, 2021 - 20:00 MSK	-	TBD
February 21
TBD	- TBD TBD February 21, 2021 - 17:00 MSK	-	TBD
TBD	- TBD TBD February 21, 2021 - 20:00 MSK	-	TBD

Week 6[edit]

Week 6
February 25
TBD	- TBD TBD February 25, 2021 - 20:00 MSK	-	TBD
February 26
TBD	- TBD TBD February 26, 2021 - 17:00 MSK	-	TBD
TBD	- TBD TBD February 26, 2021 - 20:00 MSK	-	TBD

Additional Content[edit]

Country Representation[edit]

#	Country / Region	Representation	Players
1	Russia	16 / 40 (40%)	AfterLife, Chuvash, Collapse, DM, G, Immersion, Kingslayer, Miposhka, Nightfall, RodjER, Shachlo, SoNNeikO, Solo, TORONTOTOKYO, gpk, sayuw
2	Ukraine	15 / 40 (38%)	ALWAYSWANNAFLY, Bignum, CemaTheSlayer, Crystallize, Ecnart, GeneRaL, Ghostik, Iceberg, Nefrit, Pikachu, V-Tune, fn, gwynbleidd, mellojul, yatoro
3	Belarus	5 / 40 (13%)	Ergon, Kazl, Palantimos, Smiling Knight, so bad
4	Kyrgyzstan	2 / 40 (5%)	Zayac, dream
5	Kazakhstan	1 / 40 (3%)	Malik
5	Moldova	1 / 40 (3%)	Save-

Streams[edit]

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References[edit]

↑ ESLDota2 (2021-01-08). "We're delighted to announce our talent for the #ESLOne DPC CIS!". Twitter.
↑ uniq_sports (2021-01-17). "🔥 Unique врывается в DPC сезон Dota 2!". vk.com.

[1] ESLDota2 (2021-01-08). "We're delighted to announce our talent for the #ESLOne DPC CIS!". Twitter.

[2] uniq_sports (2021-01-17). "🔥 Unique врывается в DPC сезон Dota 2!". vk.com.

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ESL One CIS Online Season 1: Upper Division

Contents

Format[edit]

Broadcast Talent[edit]

Prize Pool[edit]

Participants[edit]