Credit: Beyond the Summit

Prominent $200.000 kick off today - cs_summit 7 Preview

Here's everything you have to know about before the prestigious tournament commences.

2021-01-25 | @PleyTB

The first big tournament of 2021 has just been concluded with NAVI lifting the trophy at BLAST Premier Global Final. However, you shall not wait long for more tier 1 CS:GO, because this Monday present the start of the seventh season of cs_summit. Beyond the Summit, the tournament organizers behind the event have granted a staggering $200.000 prize pool for the 12 teams to compete for.

You can find a comprehensive guide and preview of the event down below.

cs_summit 7 preview:

Dates

25th – 31th of January

Prize

Prize pool: $200.000

1st = $90.000 | 2nd = $40.000 | 3rd = $12.500

Attending teams and groups (World ranking)

Group A:

OG (#6) | Aleksib – ISSAA – valde – mantuu – NBK-

Complexity (#12) | blameF – RUSH – k0nfig – jks – JUGi (stand-in)

fnatic (#15) | JW – KRIMZ – Golden – Jackinho – Brollan

Dignitas (#30) | f0rest – friberg – HEAP – hallzerk – H4RR3

Group B:

Heroic (#5) | cadiaN – TeSeS – b0RUP – stavn – niko

mousesports (#10) | ropz – karrigan – acoR – frozen – Bymas

FaZe (#14) | olofmeister – rain – coldzera – broky – Kjaerbye

MIBR (#53) | boltz – yel – chelo – shz - danoco

Group C:

FURIA (#7) | yuurih – KSCERATO – arT – VINI – honda

Virtus.pro (#11) | Jame – YEKINDAR – SANJI – buster – qikert

NiP (#16) | twist – REZ – hampus – nawwk – Plopski

Cloud9 (#21) | ALEX – floppy – mezii – es3tag – Xeppaa

Tournament format

Group stage: The 12 teams will compete in a GSL bo3 group stage with the two highest placed teams advancing through. The rest 3rd and 4th places will fight for the last two playoff spot.

Playoff: Single elimination b03.

Schedule

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Storylines

Is it time for the ALEX and the rest of the Colossus from Cloud9 to live up to the hype? Was Heroic’s glory times last year just a fluke, or can the Danes prove themselves again? Will FURIA ever win a title on European soil? Can the Swedish legends in friberg and f0rest turn back time and surprise with Dignitas?

Yes, there are lots of thrilling storylines and questions waiting to be answered in the next couple of days.

Debuts:

Jackinho (fnatic)

acoR (mousesports)

Xeppaa (Cloud9)

MIBR roster

Ones to watch

Here’s a Top 10 over the best performing players for the past 3 months.

Top 10 Highest-Rated Attending Players (Last 3 months).

1. valde (OG) | +115 K/D Diff | 1.16 Rating

2. blameF (Complexity) | +110 Diff | 1.16 Rating

3. yuurih (FURIA) | +122 K/D Diff | 1.15 Rating