Its time again for a new chapter in the ASUS history book. The best teams from eastern Europe are set to fight for a total prize of 100.000 Rubel plus hardware.
The event is about to be held at the Cybersports Arena in Kiev, Ukraine and will start out with a best of one groupstage. Confirmed for now are 32 participants, hence we will see at least eight groups. Why "At least"? Because about ten more teams are on the registration list, though not confirmed until this point. The eight most renowned attenders will play in the following rosters ...
1.
DTS.Chatrix (NS, Dread, Light, GOD, Ars-Art)2.
The Retry (PGG, Drag13, BloodAngel, McDeath, Nova)3.
Natus Vincere (Artstyle, Dendi, Goblin, Axypa, XBOCT)4.
OSPL (Freem, Mantis, Seke, Exclusive, Lucky)5.
GameZone - (Chernigov, Serega-topor, Dima-demon, TotallyParal, Nion)6.
UA - (Fly, Ballu, Nexius, Moelie, McC1ane)7.
Polivalka - (Amsi, Mag, Deff, DkPhobas, IllidanSTR)8.
60lt - (BobrDobr, NoMore, 6am6yk, Bloodangel, Evie616)...and got predetermined into the groups as follows:
| ASUS Winter Groupstage | |||||||
| Group A | Group B | ||||||
| Teams | W | L | Points | Teams | W | L | Points |
| DTS | 3 | 0 | 9 | ToM | 2 | 0 | 6 |
 INEX | 2 | 1 | 6 | STEALTH | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| STB | 0 | 2 | 0 | Apple | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Sobaki | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Group C | Group D | ||||||
| Teams | W | L | Points | Teams | W | L | Points |
| PowerRangers | 2 | 0 | 6 | UA | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| OSPL | 0 | 1 | 0 | iV'aN Dota | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Dream Team | 0 | 1 | 0 | SS | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| De_Dust | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Group E | Group F | ||||||
| Teams | W | L | Points | Teams | W | L | Points |
| TR | 1 | 0 | 3 | Polivalka | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| LPP | 1 | 1 | 3 | Nachislenija | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Team16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | DTC | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Group G | Group H | ||||||
| Teams | W | L | Points | Teams | W | L | Points |
| Na`Vi | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gamezone | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| EL | 1 | 0 | 0 | DWT | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| FTW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
The drawing for the remaining participants will be held at 09:00 CET. After all who shared a group faced each other one time, the single elimination will go down, resulting in a best of three final. The following order applies:
| ASUS Winter Open Playoffs | |
| Round of 16 | |
| 1: GZ vs DTS | 2: TOM vs EL |
| 3: PowerRangers - PZN | 4: UA vs LPP |
| 5: TR - IVAN | 6: Polivalka - OSPL |
| 7: STEALTH vs Na`Vi | 8: DWT vs INEX |
| Quarterfinal | |
| I: DTS - ToM | II: PowerRanger - UA |
| III: TR - Polivalka | IV: Na`Vi vs DWT |
| Semi Finals | |
| ToM - PowerRangers | TR - Na`Vi |
| Grand Final | |
| PowerRangers < TR | |
Streams in Russian language come from V1lat and Casperr and will be available on top of this page; WTV is planned to be provided as well. Make sure to check the schedule in the link key and keep an eye out for GosuBets, replays and pictures.
UPDATE: The Retry wins ASUS
By beating the dark horse PowerRangers from Belarus, Pgg and his formation consisting of McDeath, drag13, Nova and BloodAngel took the crown convincingly and secured themselves 50.000 Rubel prize money. Finishing in third are Na`Vi after a fiercly fought game, against the excellent playing ToM, who eliminated DTS earlier in the Quarterfinal.
Links
GosuGamers - ASUS Winter Open Timeschedule
