StarLadder have announced that they will organize the CIS Minor Championship which will take place from the eleventh of November to the thirteenth.

StarLadder Regional Minor Championship: CIS will offer $50,000 and, more importantly, two spots at the ELEAGUE Major 2017 Offline Qualifier which will be held in Atlanta from December 15-18.

The CIS Minor Championship will take place in Saint Petersburg, Russia from November 11-13 at the Saint Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex and will feature eight teams which will earn their spots in the qualifiers.



The venue of the Minor will be in Russia

The open qualifiers will be played from October 26-28 and will hand out eight spots at the closed qualifiers which will be the second stage of the qualification process.

Eight teams from the open qualifier and eight invited teams will compete from October 29 to November 1 in the closed qualifiers where all eight of the CIS Minor teams will be determined.

You can sign up for the open qualifier until October 23 if your team is from one of the countries in this list by going to the StarLadder tournament page.

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