The Closed Qualifier for the CIS Minor has been brought to an end, with four more teams for the event decided following today's matches.

After four CIS Minor teams were decided on the first day of the Closed Qualifier, the action continued today with 12 teams still in contention for the remaining eight spots.

starix and seized will play the Minor together with UnderPressure

HOLLYWOOD and Savelii "⁠jmqa⁠" Bragin's LAN DODGERS, as well as MOLLIHblE and Monolith, were the teams to be eliminated in the first round of the lower bracket. The action then continued with UnderPressure—a team that features Denis "⁠seized⁠" Kostin, Dmitry "⁠hooch⁠" Bogdanov and Sergey "⁠starix⁠" Ischuk—, defeating Atlants 2-0 (16-14 Dust2, 16-11 Mirage) to qualify for the Minor.

Another close game was played between RAVE and Syman, with the latter team—which has Uzbek player Sanjar "⁠SANJI⁠" Kuliev and Maksim "⁠t0rick⁠" Zaikin from Azerbaijan among their ranks—, taking the 2-0 victory to qualify for the Minor.

Gambit, who finalized their roster with Dmitry "⁠dimasick⁠" Matvienko and Sergey "⁠Ax1Le⁠" Rykhtorov, faced PUGSTAR5 in their final match, and took a narrow 2-0 win, beating their opponents on Mirage in overtime and on Overpass 16-14.

The last CIS Minor spot was claimed by pro100, with Leonard "⁠kenzor⁠" Volodarchuk putting up a great performance as his team beat FORZE 2-0, 16-14 on Mirage and 16-7 on Inferno.

The team list for the event is now finalized and looks as follows:

Spirit
Nemiga
UnderPressure
Gambit Winstrike
AVANGAR
Syman
pro100

The CIS Minor will take place in Katowice, Poland, on January 16-20. $50,000 is up for grabs, as well as two places at the IEM Katowice Closed Qualifier and one for the Minor playoff.

Winstrike #297 Georgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinJan 'wayLander' RahkonenAurimas 'Kvik' KvakšysKirill 'Boombl4' MikhailovDavid 'n0rb3r7' Danielyan Sanjar 'SANJI' Kuliev Age: 21 Team: Syman Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 79 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.70 Syman #61 Maksim 't0rick' ZaikinSanjar 'SANJI' KulievSanzhar 'neaLaN' IskhakovArtem 'iDISBALANCE' EgorovIlya 'Perfecto' Zalutskiy UnderPressure #104 Sergey 'starix' IschukDmitry 'hooch' BogdanovDenis 'seized' KostinNikolaj 'kalinka' RysakovAlexander 'scoobyxie' Marynych Monolith #102 Alexander 'spiker' IvanovAleksei 'NickelBack' TrofimovAleksei 'El1an' GusevArtyom 'malik' ArhipovDmitriy 'propleh' Senigov Atlants #110 Vladimir 'la3euka' ShuryginAleksandr 'zorte' ZagodyrenkoVadim 'Polt' TsyrovAleksandr 'TRAVIS' Timkiv AVANGAR #17 Bektiyar 'fitch' BahytovTimur 'buster' TulepovAidyn 'KrizzeN' TurlybekovAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' Ali Denis 'seized' Kostin Age: 24 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 1161 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.67 Dmitry 'dimasick' Matvienko Age: 22 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 385 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.67 PUGSTAR5 #111 Kirill '4ourgot010' LukyanovDiyar 'spellfull' IssakhanovAleksandr 'shalfey' MarenovDanil 'Porya' PoryadinDenis 'Senpai102k' Nicolaev HOLLYWOOD #144 Aleksey '1uke' ZiminRoman 'rommi' GolubevArtur 'DarkS1DE' KravchenkoDanila 'redhide' DemidovIlya 'tr3vl' Globa MOLLIHblE Evgeniy 'sanjess' MarkovAnton 'skyVenik' PavlychenkoArtem 'artems0n' GausknehtVladislav 'Kjeaggie' ChernobrovnikovEgor 'nyx' Lebedev RAVE #100 Alexey 'BAS' KustovErik 'AKIMOV' AkimovSvyatoslav 'svyat' DovbakhTimofey 'interz' YakushinDenis 'Kas9k' Grishechkin Spirit #35 Vadim 'DavCost' VasilyevDmitriy 'Dimaoneshot' BandurkaDmitry 'S0tF1k' ForostyankoPavel 'COLDYY1' VeklenkoViktor 'sdy' Orudzhev FORZE #70 Dmitriy 'facecrack' AlekseyevAlmaz 'almazer' AsadullinEvgenii 'FL1T' LebedevBogdan 'xsepower' ChernikovAndrey 'Jerry' Mekhryakov Maksim 't0rick' Zaikin Age: 24 Team: Syman Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 184 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.70 Gambit #22 Mihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovNikolay 'mir' BityukovDmitry 'dimasick' MatvienkoSergey 'Ax1Le' Rykhtorov LAN DODGERS Savelii 'jmqa' BraginIgor 'dERZKIY' RadosavlevichIvan 'spaze' ObrezhanVladyslav 'arch' SvistovRamazan 'Ramz1kBO$$' Bashizov Sergey 'Ax1Le' Rykhtorov Age: 16 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 81 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.67 Nemiga #180 Kirill 'hitMouse' TsarevVladimir 'ROBO' NeskeyAleksandr 'mds' RubetsRassim 'Jyo' ValijevIgor 'lollipop21k' Solodkov Sergey 'starix' Ischuk Age: 30 Team: UnderPressure Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 522 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.66 Savelii 'jmqa' Bragin Age: 21 Team: LAN DODGERS Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 870 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.68 Dmitry 'hooch' Bogdanov Age: 31 Team: UnderPressure Rating 1.0: 0.91 Maps played: 812 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.69 pro100 #76 Ivan 'AiyvaN' SemenetsDima 'def' LemeshchukVadim 'Flarich' KaretinLeonard 'kenzor' VolodarchukMareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis Leonard 'kenzor' Volodarchuk Age: 21 Team: pro100 Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 402 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.69