CIS Minor to feature just seven teams; PLINK, Monolith with stand

The upcoming CIS Minor will feature just seven teams after FACEIT could not find a replacement for Nemiga in time for the event, HLTV.org has learned.

FACEIT was approached by a number of teams willing to take Nemiga's spot, but, in the end, a replacement could not be found as there was not enough time to secure visa permits.

This means that HellRaisers will go straight into Group A's winners' match, in which they will meet the victor of the event's opening match, between PLINK and pro100.

fejtZ ready to stand in for PLINK

Aleksey "⁠1uke⁠" Zimin's team will be attending the event with a stand-in, boxr's Kristjan "⁠fejtZ⁠" Allsaar, who will be stepping in for Artur "⁠DarkS1DE⁠" Kravchenko. In the other group, former EPG member Mareks "⁠YEKINDAR⁠" Gaļinskis will fill in for Monolith, replacing Denis "⁠Kas9k⁠" Grishechkin.

Below you can find the line-ups for these two teams:

PLINK
Aleksey "⁠1uke⁠" Zimin
Danila "⁠redhide⁠" Demidov
Rassim "⁠Jyo⁠" Valijev
Roman "⁠rommi⁠" Golubev
Kristjan "⁠fejtZ⁠" Allsaar Monolith
Alexander "⁠spiker⁠" Ivanov
Dmitriy "⁠propleh⁠" Senigov
Aleksei "⁠NickelBack⁠" Trofimov
Alexey "⁠ub1que⁠" Polivanov
Mareks "⁠YEKINDAR⁠" Gaļinskis

Kicking off on Tuesday and running until Friday, the CIS Minor will reward the top two sides with spots in the FACEIT Major's New Challenger Stage, in which they will join two other teams from the region, Gambit and Vega Squadron.

boxr #68 Kory 'SEMPHIS' FriesenKristjan 'fejtZ' AllsaarStephen 'reltuC' CutlerDavid 'DAVEY' StaffordTaylor 'Drone' Johnson Gambit #12 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' KhassenovNikolay 'mir' Bityukov Danila 'redhide' Demidov Age: 18 Team: PLINK Rating 1.0: 0.89 Maps played: 103 KPR: 0.60 DPR: 0.68 PLINK #66 Aleksey '1uke' ZiminRoman 'rommi' GolubevArtur 'DarkS1DE' KravchenkoRassim 'Jyo' ValijevDanila 'redhide' Demidov Kristjan 'fejtZ' Allsaar Age: 20 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 488 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.67 Vega Squadron #56 Anton 'tonyblack' KolesnikovLeonid 'chopper' VishnyakovDmitriy 'jR' ChervakPavel 'hutji' LashkovIgor 'crush' Shevchenko Dmitriy 'propleh' Senigov Age: 21 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.92 Maps played: 97 KPR: 0.63 DPR: 0.68 Monolith #94 Alexey 'ub1que' PolivanovAlexander 'spiker' IvanovAleksei 'NickelBack' TrofimovDmitriy 'propleh' SenigovDenis 'Kas9k' Grishechkin Aleksei 'NickelBack' Trofimov Age: 20 Team: Monolith Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 335 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.69 Denis 'Kas9k' Grishechkin Age: 17 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.87 Maps played: 25 KPR: 0.57 DPR: 0.69 pro100 #71 Ivan 'AiyvaN' SemenetsDima 'def' LemeshchukVadim 'Flarich' KaretinLeonard 'kenzor' VolodarchukSvyatoslav 'svyat' Dovbakh Alexey 'ub1que' Polivanov Age: 26 Team: Monolith Rating 1.0: 0.94 Maps played: 477 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.69 Rassim 'Jyo' Valijev Age: 23 Team: PLINK Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 123 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.68 Aleksey '1uke' Zimin Age: 25 Team: PLINK Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 515 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.67 Alexander 'spiker' Ivanov Age: 24 Team: Monolith Rating 1.0: 0.89 Maps played: 326 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.71 Artur 'DarkS1DE' Kravchenko Age: 19 Team: PLINK Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 115 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.72 Mareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis Age: 18 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 264 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.71 Roman 'rommi' Golubev Age: 25 Team: PLINK Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 410 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.69 Nemiga #101 Roman 'roman' RedihinKirill 'hitMouse' TsarevVladimir 'ROBO' NeskeyViaceslav 'fAst' RubetsAleksandr 'mds' Rubets EPG Dmitry 'hooch' BogdanovAleksei 'El1an' Gusev HellRaisers #13 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukÖzgür 'woxic' EkerBence 'DeadFox' BöröczIssa 'ISSAA' Murad