Snow Sweet Snow 2 Preview
Will the CIS region continue their CS:GO supremacy at the promising event of Snow Sweet Snow 2?
Snow Sweet Snow 2
The exciting second season of Snow Sweet Snow begins today, as the first edition gave us a thrilling event with FunPlus Phoenix as the victors. This time there will be a new champion and the favourites for the title will arguably be the two new CIS rulers in Spirit and the newly crowned IEM Katowice winners Gambit.
Down below is everything you have to know about Snow Sweet Snow 2:
Dates
March 1st – March 10th
Prize
$68.000 prize pool – 1st prize = $40.000
Attending teams (World ranking)
Playoff invites:
Spirit (#7) – Gambit (#15) – Cloud9 (#20) – Sprout (#21)
Swiss Stages attendees:
SAW (#22) – Movistar Riders (#23) – Sinners (#24) – Nemiga (#25) – Winstrike (#26) – MIBR (#29) – Endpoint (#33) – TeamOne (#36) – GODSENT (#39) – Anonymo (#40) – AGO (#51) – HAVU (#54) – 100PG (#58) – Copenhagen Flames (#65) – Trident (#68) – SKADE (#81)
IEM Katowice 2021 winners Gambit will join the event at the Playoff Stage
Tournament format
Group stage: Swiss system - Bo3
Playoff: Single elimination – Bo3
Storylines
- Is the strong duo of Spirit and Gambit going to demonstrate their dominance at this tier-2 event?
- Will this be the time for the Colossus from Cloud9 to prove themselves on the CS:GO scene?
- Can the Brazilians, represented by the newly established rosters of MIBR and GODSENT, make the surprise and beat the favourites?
- And what about the Finns from HAVU – What are they up to?
Yes, there are lots of thrilling storylines and questions waiting to be answered at Snow Sweet Snow.
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Ones to watch
Here’s a Top 10 over the best performing players for the past 3 months.
Top 10 Highest-Rated Players
1. El1an (Winstrike) | +276 K/D Diff | 1.24 Rating
2. sh1ro (Gambit) | +353 K/D Diff | 1.22 Rating
3. degster (Spirit) | +291 K/D Diff | 1.22 Rating
4. Hobbit (Gambit) | +200 K/D Diff | 1.18 Rating
5. Ax1Le (Gambit) | +162 K/D Diff | 1.16 Rating
6. Oskar (Sinners) | +236 K/D Diff | 1.15 Rating
7. faveN (Sprout) | +130 K/D Diff | 1.15 Rating
8. NEOFRAG (Sinners) | +78 K/D Diff | 1.14 Rating
9. mopoz (Movistar Riders) | +71 K/D Diff | 1.12 Rating
10. stadodo (SAW) | +34 K/D Diff | 1.10 Rating
Match streams: