The CIS Regional Qualifier is finally here. The top teams from the Eastern European region will compete for the chance to enter The International 10.
Every Dota 2 organization has its sights set on the US$40 million prize pool for TI10 this year.
What is the CIS Regional Qualifier?
The CIS Regional Qualifier is the last chance for Eastern European teams who didn’t earn enough DPC Points to enter The International 10.
CIS Regional Qualifier schedule and results
The tournament starts with the Upper and Lower Bracket playing on June 23, leading up to the Grand Final on June 26.
Here is the full schedule and most recent results. All times and days are in GMT+8.
Updated June 26, 2021
June 23 (Wednesday)
- Upper Bracket — Team Spirit 2 — 0 Winstrike Team
- Lower Bracket — NoTechies 0 — 2 B8
- Upper Bracket — PuckChamp 2 — 0 Team Unique
- Lower Bracket — Nemiga Gaming 2 — 0 Trident Clan
- Upper Bracket — Natus Vincere 2 — 0 EXTREMUM
June 24 (Thursday)
- Upper Bracket — HellRaisers 2 — 1 AS Monaco Gambit
- Lower Bracket — Winstrike Team 0 — 2 Team Empire
- Lower Bracket — Team Unique 2 — 1 B8
- Lower Bracket — EXTREMUM 1 — 2 Nemiga Gaming
- Lower Bracket — AS Monaco Gambit 1 — 2 Fantastic Five
- Lower Bracket — Team Empire 2 — 1 Team Unique
June 25 (Friday)
- Lower Bracket — Nemiga Gaming 2 — 1 Fantastic Five
- Upper Bracket — Team Spirit 2 — 0 PuckChamp
- Upper Bracket — Natus Vincere 1 — 2 HellRaisers
- Lower Bracket — Natus Vincere 1 — 2 Team Empire
- Lower Bracket — PuckChamp 2 — 1 Nemiga Gaming
- Upper Bracket Final — Team Spirit 2 — 1 HellRaisers
June 26 (Saturday)
- Lower Bracket Semifinal — PuckChamp 1 — 2 Team Empire
- Lower Bracket Final — HellRaisers 1 — 2 Team Empire
- Grand Final — Team Spirit 3 — 2 Team Empire
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Format of the Regional Qualifiers
14 teams will compete in a double-elimination bracket, with all matches played in a best-of-three format, except for the Grand Final which will be a best-of-five series.
Teams that made it into the CIS Regional Qualifier
All the teams that participated in DPC Season 2 that did not qualify for TI10 were invited to the CIS Regional Qualifier, provided that they did not replace more than two players at the end of the Regional League competition.
The teams are also seeded based on their DPC Point total followed by their standing in DPC Season 2.
Upper Division teams
- Team Spirit
- AS Monaco Gambit
- Natus Vincere
- Team Unique
- PuckChamp
- EXTREMUM
- HellRaisers
- Winstrike Team
Lower Division teams
- Team Empire
- Fantastic Five
- Nemiga Gaming
- B8
- NoTechies
- Trident Clan
Where to watch the CIS Regional Qualifier
Dota 2 fans can watch the matches live on BeyondTheSummit’s Twitch channels. The Upper Bracket will be broadcast on BeyondTheSummit, while the Lower Bracket will be on BeyondTheSummit3.
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