Entries for the Champions League in CS:GO ended on December 31, 2021. There were 84 teams registered in the Open Phase and 8 professional teams invited, which start in the playoffs of the competition. Igor Rick, Product Owner of NSC Comunicação and one of the organizers of the Champions Cup, spoke about the success of the entries – “We got a good number of participants since it is our first edition of the Cup, now this January we will have the matches. We look forward to finding out who the 8 qualified for the playoffs will be.”
Phase Open
The Open Phase will have the participation of 84 teams that are divided into 14 groups. Each group will have 6 teams, facing each other in best-of-one matches, the best team from each group and the two best runners-up will be classified for the final dispute. The 16 teams that remained, play a final confrontation, ending with the 8 teams classified for the playoffs.
In this Open Phase, most teams are amateurs, with the presence of university teams such as AATIF, UFSC Titans, UFSCar Fire and UFMT Turuna. In addition, the presence of some professional teams Santos e-Sports, Cruzeiro Esports, Redragon and CSA. The groups looked like this:
Group A
- Prodigy Souls eSports
- Morocco Prodigy
- AATIF
- NoWay MOB
- BR:GO
- Santos
B Group
- Piece of Mund
- New Legends
- ASC CSGO TEAM
- Orgless (ex-Uchoa)
- Gravediggers Squad
- Elygium Team
Group C
- Piazada?
- Team NIST
- R3action
- Corneiros
- Villa Samas
- Hype Team
Group D
- Fiverandom
- Xiu no Clutch
- VALAR TEAM
- 999 (NO ORG)
- Meeheela Multi Group
- Athlantis Alliance
Group E
- Arctic eSports
- Vacaria – vFive
- Defiant Wolves
- Hexa boys
- BOMBASTIC
- Morocco e-Sports
Group F
- UFSC Titans
- children of the bush
- Arena Play Easy Esports
- The Chicago 5
- troop troop
- Massara Team
Group G
- MardiTeam
- Cruzeiro Esports
- Croco
- Magna Corps
- FinC
- Sequelados
Group H
- ÉUSGURI
- PhoeniX
- Nameless
- DaRoça!
- WEST INDIANS
- FiveKings
Group I
- Artely e-sports
- JUSTWORK
- Florida Stars
- Oktoba Team
- Zowie
- FiveMyTH
Grupo J.
- BETINHO e-Sports
- EZPEEZY
- FalconsBr
- AnarcoPrim
- TRX – Unify & TG
- Navsport_cs
Grupo K
- Amazon Cripz
- Redragon
- NK E-SPORTS
- Tourna E-Sports
- Empty
- FirstMemory eSports
Group L
- AUSTINPOWER
- NaCL team
- Water Sports
- BrokenHard
- PUGSTAR$
- The powerful
Grupo M
- CSA eSports
- GOD PLAN
- Capybaras Team
- the drills
- Amazing Killers
- UFSCAR FIRE
Group N
- DzT Team
- Team Lightning
- Ragers e-Sports
- Duff Gaming
- cesium 137
- NTJ
Great teams from the Brazilian and South American scene
As we saw above, the Open Phase will have 84 teams in contention for 8 places for the playoffs. Santos e-Sports, Cruzeiro Esports, Redragon and CSA are the first big teams to show up in the competition. Another eight teams have been invited and are confirmed for the Champions Cup, starting directly in the playoffs.
MIBR Academy
The MIBR team is one of the most traditional when we talk about Counter-Strike, founded in 2003, the tag had its heyday in Counter-Strike 1.6, reaching Global Offensive. In July of this year, the MIBR Academy was created with young talents from the national competitive scene.
In Serie B of the Gamers Club League, the team reached the playoffs of the competition. In addition to the monthly League, the team has participated in other championships since its inception, such as the IQ Option, Good Game XP Circuit, Logitech G Challenge 2021, Razer Invitational, DreamHack Open and the CBCS Retake Series Season 2, all of which are qualifiers. Now, for the beginning of 2022, the team will have the Champions Cup as an objective, aiming to prepare for the new season that begins.
Young Gods
GODSENT is a Swedish eSports organization that is managed by former professional CS:GO player Markus “pronax” Wallsten. In January of this year, the team signed the Brazilian lineup led by the experienced Epitácio “TACO” de Melo, and is currently in the Top 20 of the best teams in the world. In September, the return of the GODSENT Academy was announced, which was renamed here as Young Gods, inactive since 2016. As a highlight of this return, the hiring of one of the biggest promises in Brazil, João “snowzin” Bueno Filho, of just 14 years. New players have already stood out in the Gamers Club Leagues, in November 2021 they got access to the Series B of the competition.
The big ones
A great known Free Fire brand arrived at Counter-Strike: Global Offensive in November 2021. Hiring the lineup that used to represent the BIGODES tag, Los Grandes arrived in the competitive scenario winning the title, the e-Virada Esportiva in the city of São Paulo. Paulo, defeating Vivo Keyd in the grand final. 2022 is expected to be a very successful year for the team, which is already looking forward to a possible move to North America or Europe in search of more experience and challenges.
Isurus
Isurus is another professional team confirmed in the CS:GO Champions Cup. The Argentine team has a great history, it emerged in 2012 and accumulates a lot of experience in the South American competitive scene. The recent achievement of La Liga Season 4 and the participation in major championships makes the team one of the most important in Argentina and South America. It disputed some editions of WESG (World Electronic Sports Games) and qualifiers for Majors.
9z Team
Following up, 9z Team is another Argentinian team that joins Isurus in the CS:GO Champions Cup. The Argentina team is one of the highlights in the South American leagues and also in Brazil. With a very promising lineup, the team occupies the 41st position in the HLTV ranking. Since 2019 playing championships in South America and Brazil, the team recently won the FiReLEAGUE 2021. In Brazil, the team collects some titles such as the League Gamers Club Série A of August and September 2021. In 2020, the team also won the League Pro in the months of June and July.
Redragon
Redragon is a Brazilian team that competes in the monthly Gamers Club leagues and is always present in other competitions in search of more experience. The team is playing in the Série A of the Gamers Club League and is currently made up of players Bruno “brnz1k” Custodio, Matheus “krg” Dantas, Lucas “lealziNho” Leal, Filipe “fp1” Caires and Rodrigo “pro” Guluzian. The team arrives at the Champions League in search of the title.
Stars Horizon
Despite its recent creation, Stars Horizon has already shown itself to be an organization that holds a great future. In 2020 he began his journey in Counter-Strike and has been accumulating experience in the Gamers Club Leagues, where in 2021 he won first and third place in Serie B and two runners-up in Serie A, in March and October. With this, it is confirmed in the CS:GO Champions Cup and seeks to establish itself among the best teams in Brazil.
Meta Gaming
Meta Gaming is a Paraguayan organization that expanded its range of modalities, which initially was PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS. The Brazilian lineup is one of the most promising teams in the national competitive scene, Meta Gaming is confirmed in the Champions Cup. The current champions of Série B of the Gamers Club League, arrive in the competition with a lot of will and strength to make history.
MIBR Academy, Young Gods, Los Grandes, Isurus, 9z, Redragon, Stars Horizon and Meta Gaming will be in contention for the CS:GO Champions Cup directly in the Playoffs of the competition, joining the 8 best teams of the Open Phase. This phase is scheduled to begin on January 29.
starting games
The first group stage matches in the Open Stage are being scheduled according to the availability of each team. Very similar to what happens in other competitions, there needs to be an agreement between both teams and thus, schedule the time and day of the match.
The entire championship is being operated by the FACEIT platform, one of the best league managers for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. “We are in the final contact details with all 84 teams in the competition to start matches. Until the 28th of January, all Open Phase games will be held and we will meet the eight best teams that qualify for the playoffs.”. – Reveals Jayson Godoi, responsible for the operation of the CS:GO championship.
Face-to-face final at Beto Carrero World
Beto Carrero World is located in the city of Penha, Santa Catarina, in an area with more than 10 million m². The park is divided into several themed areas and has more than 100 attractions including rides, themed presentations and character interactions. Over its 30 years of activity, Beto Carrero World has established itself as one of the most sought after destinations for tourism and leisure.
With that, the partnership between NSC and Beto Carrero World has everything to be a success, counting on an area suitable for big events, where the public feels comfortable and, mainly, with a great structure to receive the Grand Final in person of the Copa dos CS:GO Champions. More information directly through competition official website.
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