The initial matches and the schedule of the CIS Minor Closed Qualifier, which will run on June 8-10, have been revealed by StarLadder.

Just like the South America Closed Qualifier, which will soon be concluded, the CIS Minor Closed Qualifier will use a double-elimination BO3 format to decide the teams that will travel to Berlin and compete for a spot at the Major.

Copenhagen Games winners forZe are favorites to qualify for the Minor

The CIS Minor Closed Qualifier will run on June 8-10, with eight of the 16 teams securing a spot at the CIS Minor in Berlin. The following teams are in competition:

Invited:
FORZE
Spirit
Nemiga
Winstrike
Gambit Youngsters
Vega Squadron
DreamEaters
Syman Qualified:
pro100
Unique
NOTBAD
Warthox
Dracarys
Se7en
EXTREMUM
NONAME

The first four teams will earn their spot through the upper bracket after winning two BO3s, while the rest will battle for theirs through the lower bracket.

Matches will be played according to the following schedule:

Saturday, June 8

11:00 - Spirit vs. EXTREMUM
11:00 - Vega Squadron vs. NOTBAD
14:00 - Gambit Youngsters vs. Warthox
14:00 - Nemiga vs. Dracarys
17:00 - Syman vs. pro100
17:00 - Winstrike vs. Se7en
20:00 - DreamEaters vs. Unique
20:00 - FORZE vs. NONAME

Sunday, June 9

11:00 - Match #1 | Round 1 lower-bracket
11:00 - Match #2 | Round 1 lower-bracket
14:00 - Match #3 | Round 1 lower-bracket
14:00 - Match #4 | Round 1 lower-bracket
17:00 - Match #1 | Round 2 upper-bracket
17:00 - Match #2 | Round 2 upper-bracket
20:00 - Match #3 | Round 2 upper-bracket
20:00 - Match #4 | Round 2 upper-bracket

Monday, June 10

11:00 - Match #1 | Round 2 lower-bracket
14:00 - Match #2 | Round 2 lower-bracket
17:00 - Match #3| Round 2 lower-bracket
20:00 - Match #4 | Round 2 lower-bracket

FORZE #30 Dmitriy 'facecrack' AlekseyevAlmaz 'almazer' AsadullinEvgenii 'FL1T' LebedevBogdan 'xsepower' ChernikovAndrey 'Jerry' Mekhryakov DreamEaters #73 Semyon 'kinqie' LisitsynSvyatoslav 'svyat' DovbakhVladislav 'Krad' KravchenkoAnton 'speed4k' TitovIgor 'Forester' Bezotecheskiy Warthox #98 Vladislav 'Flash_1' BykovVladislav 'minse' KuzminykhDmitriy 'ProbLeM' MartinovKirill 'Gospadarov' GospadarovVladimir 'JACKPOT' Dyakonov Gambit Youngsters #62 Timofey 'interz' YakushinAnton 'supra' TšernobaiDmitry 'sh1ro' SokolovVladislav 'nafany' GorshkovDanil 'Porya' Poryadin NONAME #125 Artem 'mouseTT' KaryaginOleg 'neathz' KornevAlexey 'avg' AnoskinNikita 'CHEHOL' SadovskyAlexander 'mirac1e' Palamarchuk pro100 #72 Ivan 'AiyvaN' SemenetsVadim 'Flarich' KaretinAleksei 'NickelBack' TrofimovLeonard 'kenzor' VolodarchukMareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis NOTBAD #80 Mikhail 'moonsh1n3' PopkovIlya 'fix' GolovkoAleksandr 'SNk' SemkinArtem 'thatwhocame' SokolovskiiValeriy 'b1t' Vakhovskiy Se7en #107 Nurbol 'hpp' DyussembayevViktor 'Lack1' BoldyrevAlikhan 'w1nt3r' KopzhanovAlgat 'smiley' AbdulIldar 'kinder' Sadykov Vega Squadron #63 Denis 'seized' KostinDmitriy 'Dimaoneshot' BandurkaDmitriy 'jR' ChervakIgor 'crush' ShevchenkoAlexander 'scoobyxie' Marynych EXTREMUM #116 Vladyslav 'arch' SvistovNikita 'waterfaLLZ' MatveyevAleksey 'TaLkeR' EroshkinVitaly 'vitosh' OrischenkoSergey 'airscape' Marochkin Spirit #41 Leonid 'chopper' VishnyakovDmitry 'S0tF1k' ForostyankoPavel 'COLDYY1' VeklenkoViktor 'sdy' OrudzhevArtem 'iDISBALANCE' Egorov Winstrike #55 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukAurimas 'Kvik' KvakšysAleksei 'El1an' GusevDavid 'n0rb3r7' Danielyan Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Unique #104 Alexander 'uNdo' KiziukevichVasiliy 'FANAT ROCKA' TrusovEvgeny 'fenvicious' MitsikPavel 'PASHANOJ' LegostaevRoberts 'R0b3n' Čigauskis Nemiga #49 Vladimir 'ROBO' NeskeyAleksandr 'mds' RubetsRassim 'Jyo' ValijevAnton 'boX' BurkoIgor 'lollipop21k' Solodkov Dracarys #115 Gregory 'balblna' OleinickDima 'def' LemeshchukNikolaj 'kalinka' RysakovDanila 'redhide' DemidovAleksandr 'shalfey' Marenov Syman #93 Maksim 't0rick' ZaikinRamazan 'Ramz1kBO$$' BashizovSanzhar 'neaLaN' IskhakovNicolas 'Keoz' DgusIlya 'Perfecto' Zalutskiy