Natus Vincere
Encyclopedia
Natus Vincere is a Ukrainian
multigaming e-Sports organization. It is the first team in Counter-Strike
history to win three major tournaments in one calendar year - Intel Extreme Masters
, Electronic Sports World Cup
and World Cyber Games 2010
. In 2011, Na`Vi.DotA won the $1 million grand prize at The International, the first ever DotA 2 tournament.
, Sergey “starix” Ischuk from Kiev
, Arseniy “Esenin” Trynozhenko from Lviv and Yegor “markeloff” Markelov from Dnepropetrovsk. Alexander “ZeroGravity” Kokhanovsky from Kiev
became their manager.
On January 31, 2010 “Arbalet UA” won the Arbalet Cup Asia 2010, beating Chinese team Tyloo twice and taking over Forze 16:5 (de_inferno) in the finals.
In February a contest for the best team name was announced. By then, the team performed under the clan tags “Arbalet UA” and “Na`Vi”. Voting took place on hltv.org, where more than 2000 comments were left. Bruno “hArt1k” Estevens from Portugal
was the winner, having proposed the name “Team Vincit”, a derivative of which was the final name “Natus Vincere” (latin – born to win). This let them to leave the tag intact – “Na`Vi”.
in the grand finals of the fourth season of the Intel Extreme Masters: 16:13 (de_train), 16:14 (de_inferno). The first matches of the qualification began in September 2009, when the team was playing with another name (KerchNet) and with other players, of whom only Starix remained.
In April, 2010 a show-match was held in the “Kiev CyberSport Arena” in Kiev
with teams Na`Vi, Fnatic
, SK Gaming
and UNITED competing. Each team played against each other team on five maps. The tournament was held over three game days and the prize of $12,000 went to the Ukrainians from Na`Vi.
, losing to Fnatic
in the finals and earning $10,000 in prize money. Na`Vi finally gained victory at ESWC Ukraine.
In the final part of the ESWC, the team hit the highest seeding, along with SK Gaming
, Fnatic
and mTw.dk. On July 4, 2010, Natus Vincere achieved the highest accolade in the history of Ukrainian e-Sports, winning the ESWC (which previously couldn't be reached by any CIS team), defeating SK Gaming
in the finals: 16:5 (de_train) and 16:4 (de_inferno). During the tournament Na`Vi passed through the group stage thanks to fortune, but outplayed Fnatic and mTw.dk in the play-offs.
After being victorious in the world championship, Natus Vincere announced their participation in 2 more tournaments – Arbalet Cup Dallas and GameGune 2010 (Bilbao
). On July 18, 2010, Na`Vi won Arbalet Cup Dallas beating Mousesports
in the final match: 19:15 (de_dust2), 16:12 (de_inferno). After receiving $25,000, Na`Vi took the first place in quantity of prize money earned by European teams that year. Na`Vi took 3rd place in GameGune 2010 and Extreme Masters Shanghai
.
and got a paid voucher to the finals in Los Angeles
from September 30 to October 3, 2010.
The next tournament for Na`Vi was ASUS Summer 2010, to which the team received a direct invitation. This tournament became first in the ASUS Open series, which was held in the Kiev
gaming center “Kiev CyberSport Arena”. In the semi-finals Na`Vi lost to Kazakh team k23 and as a result took the 3rd place.
On October 4, 2010 Natus Vincere became the World Cyber Games world champions by defeating Danish team mTw.dk in the finals. This victory made Na`Vi the first team in the world which had managed to hold the three most prestigious championship titles at once (IEM, ESWC, WCG). At the end of October 2010, ESL TV commentator Bakr “KinGSaicx” Fadl proclaimed that SK Gaming
was going to invite the Ukrainian team to take place of its Swedish squad, but the manager of Natus Vincere declined this information.
In early November 2010 Natus Vincere took part in the World e-Sports Masters tournament (WEM 2010), which annually gathers the best teams from all over the world in the Chinese city of Hangzhou
. Among eight participants of the tournament, Na’Vi took 4th place as well as $7,500.
Winter 2010. To go to this tournament, Natus Vincere had to skip a major Russian tournament, ASUS Autumn 2010, since it was coinciding with DreamHack’s dates. After finishing the group stage Na`Vi consistently outplayed teams puta
, fnatic
, Frag Executors and then mTw.dk in the finals, winning the tournament. During the four play-off matches the Ukrainians lost only one time to fnatic on the new map – de_mirage. Sergey ”Starix” Ischuk received the tournament’s MVP award.
After winning DreamHack
Winter 2010, the team established a new record: winning $220,000 in one year. The previous record belonged to Swedish team fnatic
, who earned $189,000 in 2009 (before that, the record was held by Swedish team SK Gaming
with earnings of $183,000 in 2003).
and earned $35,000. They defeated Polish team Frag Executors in the finals: 16:12 (de_train) and 16:10 (de_dust2). $4,550 of the prize money was deducted (13% of the total) as a penalty for breaking the rules.
Current members:
Manager:
. Previous records belong to Swedish teams SK Gaming
($183,000 in 2003) and fnatic
($189,000 in 2009).
squad was announced, which included the best Ukrainian players. Na`Vi simultaneously declared their intentions to announce a squad for StarCraft 2. Initially the team included five players, but on Dec. 23, 2010 Andrew “Mag ~” Chipenko and Alexander “Deff-” Stepaniuk left the team. Then the team was joined by Ukrainian players from DTS.Chatrix - Danylo “Dendi” Ishutin and Ivan “Artstyle” Antonov, who became the captain of this new squad.. In August 2011, Na`Vi.DotA was invited to the first DotA 2 tournament at GamesCom, Cologne, Germany. The event named "The International" featured 16 invited top teams from all over the world with impressive amount of prize money - $1 700 000. Na`Vi.DotA was the ultimate winner, beating Chinese team EHOME with 3 to 1 score in the final and grabbing a whooping amount of $1 000 000.
On October, 13th, 2011, Ivan "ArtStyle" Antonov left the team and fifth player is still to be found. Teamleader position has been taken by Clement "Puppey" Ivanov.
, Moscow
) Aleksander “XBOCT” Dashkevich (Ukraine
, Kiev
) Clement “Puppey” Ivanov (Estonia
, Tartu
) Danylo “Dendi” Ishutin (Ukraine
, Lviv
) Sergey 'God' Bragin (stand-in)
, while in 2009 this honor was awarded to Yevhen “Yozhyk” Mostovyk and in 2008 Alexander “BlooD” Ryabikin.
Manager:
squad.
In August 2011 Svyatoslav "HappyZerg" Vlasyuk was sent by Na`Vi to South Korea where he spent a month living in GOM House and competing in GSL Code A Qualifiers.
) Alexander «Alf» Yatsenko (Kiev
) Vasiliy «Panda» Kuznetsov (Kiev
) Jon «BabyKnight» Andersen (Faeroegade)
Manager: Denis «Hireling» Shubovskiy (Kiev
)
of Ukraine Mykola Azarov
met the team Natus Vincere in the Cabinet of Ministers’ building. During the meeting issues pertaining to the development of the IT industry in Ukraine were discussed. The Prime Minister promised to hold the E-Sports International Open Cup of Ukraine in 2011. Ukrainian players were enrolled in to the so-called “Gold Reserve”, enlisting the support of the government.
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
multigaming e-Sports organization. It is the first team in Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike is a tactical first-person shooter video game developed by Valve Corporation which originated from a Half-Life modification by Minh "Gooseman" Le and Jess "Cliffe" Cliffe...
history to win three major tournaments in one calendar year - Intel Extreme Masters
Intel Extreme Masters
The Intel Extreme Masters are a series of gaming tournaments held in various European locations. These ESL sanctioned events include events in Starcraft II, Counter-Strike 1.6, Quake Live, and League of Legends. The body that owns the league is Turtle Entertainment. The League has existed for...
, Electronic Sports World Cup
Electronic Sports World Cup
The Electronic Sports World Cup is an international professional gaming championship.Every year winners of national qualifier event around the world earn the right to represent their country in the ESWC Finals...
and World Cyber Games 2010
World Cyber Games 2010
The 2010 World Cyber Games took place from September 30th to October 3rd, 2010 in the Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, USA...
. In 2011, Na`Vi.DotA won the $1 million grand prize at The International, the first ever DotA 2 tournament.
Creation of the team
Natus Vincere was founded in December 2009. After the collapse of Ukrainian team KerchNET, the former players of the team were supported by a well-known maecenas and organizer of e-sports tournaments, Murat “Arbalet” Zhumashevich. The new team got the name “Arbalet UA”. It was composed of Danylo “Zeus” Teslenko and Ivan “Edward” Sukharev from KharkivKharkiv
Kharkiv or Kharkov is the second-largest city in Ukraine.The city was founded in 1654 and was a major centre of Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. Kharkiv became the first city in Ukraine where the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed in December 1917 and Soviet government was...
, Sergey “starix” Ischuk from Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
, Arseniy “Esenin” Trynozhenko from Lviv and Yegor “markeloff” Markelov from Dnepropetrovsk. Alexander “ZeroGravity” Kokhanovsky from Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
became their manager.
On January 31, 2010 “Arbalet UA” won the Arbalet Cup Asia 2010, beating Chinese team Tyloo twice and taking over Forze 16:5 (de_inferno) in the finals.
In February a contest for the best team name was announced. By then, the team performed under the clan tags “Arbalet UA” and “Na`Vi”. Voting took place on hltv.org, where more than 2000 comments were left. Bruno “hArt1k” Estevens from Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
was the winner, having proposed the name “Team Vincit”, a derivative of which was the final name “Natus Vincere” (latin – born to win). This let them to leave the tag intact – “Na`Vi”.
Winning the Intel Extreme Masters 4
On May 6, 2010 Natus Vincere became the world champions and earned 50,000$, winning versus Swedish team FnaticFnatic
Fnatic is a professional electronic sports organization based out of Australia, UK and The Netherlands. Fnatic was founded in July 23, 2004. Fnatic is particularly well-known for its highly successful Counter-Strike team, which is the single most financially-successful Counter-Strike team in...
in the grand finals of the fourth season of the Intel Extreme Masters: 16:13 (de_train), 16:14 (de_inferno). The first matches of the qualification began in September 2009, when the team was playing with another name (KerchNet) and with other players, of whom only Starix remained.
In April, 2010 a show-match was held in the “Kiev CyberSport Arena” in Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
with teams Na`Vi, Fnatic
Fnatic
Fnatic is a professional electronic sports organization based out of Australia, UK and The Netherlands. Fnatic was founded in July 23, 2004. Fnatic is particularly well-known for its highly successful Counter-Strike team, which is the single most financially-successful Counter-Strike team in...
, SK Gaming
SK Gaming
SK Gaming is a professional German electronic sports organization founded in 1997 by a small group of Quake players living in Oberhausen. SK Gaming retains teams across different genres and are particularly known for their success in Counter-Strike tournaments...
and UNITED competing. Each team played against each other team on five maps. The tournament was held over three game days and the prize of $12,000 went to the Ukrainians from Na`Vi.
Winning the ESWC 2010
After a bad performance at the Arbalet Cup CIS 2010 (4th place), the team decided to skip the next big tournament ASUS Winter 2010, so they could prepare for the Arbalet Cup and Ukrainian qualifications for the ESWC. In the middle of May 2010, Na`Vi took 2nd place in the prestigious Arbalet Cup Europe 2010 in StockholmStockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, losing to Fnatic
Fnatic
Fnatic is a professional electronic sports organization based out of Australia, UK and The Netherlands. Fnatic was founded in July 23, 2004. Fnatic is particularly well-known for its highly successful Counter-Strike team, which is the single most financially-successful Counter-Strike team in...
in the finals and earning $10,000 in prize money. Na`Vi finally gained victory at ESWC Ukraine.
In the final part of the ESWC, the team hit the highest seeding, along with SK Gaming
SK Gaming
SK Gaming is a professional German electronic sports organization founded in 1997 by a small group of Quake players living in Oberhausen. SK Gaming retains teams across different genres and are particularly known for their success in Counter-Strike tournaments...
, Fnatic
Fnatic
Fnatic is a professional electronic sports organization based out of Australia, UK and The Netherlands. Fnatic was founded in July 23, 2004. Fnatic is particularly well-known for its highly successful Counter-Strike team, which is the single most financially-successful Counter-Strike team in...
and mTw.dk. On July 4, 2010, Natus Vincere achieved the highest accolade in the history of Ukrainian e-Sports, winning the ESWC (which previously couldn't be reached by any CIS team), defeating SK Gaming
SK Gaming
SK Gaming is a professional German electronic sports organization founded in 1997 by a small group of Quake players living in Oberhausen. SK Gaming retains teams across different genres and are particularly known for their success in Counter-Strike tournaments...
in the finals: 16:5 (de_train) and 16:4 (de_inferno). During the tournament Na`Vi passed through the group stage thanks to fortune, but outplayed Fnatic and mTw.dk in the play-offs.
After being victorious in the world championship, Natus Vincere announced their participation in 2 more tournaments – Arbalet Cup Dallas and GameGune 2010 (Bilbao
Bilbao
Bilbao ) is a Spanish municipality, capital of the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. With a population of 353,187 , it is the largest city of its autonomous community and the tenth largest in Spain...
). On July 18, 2010, Na`Vi won Arbalet Cup Dallas beating Mousesports
Mousesports
Mousesports, , is a professional gaming organization based out of Germany. Mousesports fields teams in many different games and are particularly known for the company's successful Counter-Strike team...
in the final match: 19:15 (de_dust2), 16:12 (de_inferno). After receiving $25,000, Na`Vi took the first place in quantity of prize money earned by European teams that year. Na`Vi took 3rd place in GameGune 2010 and Extreme Masters Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
.
Victory at the World Cyber Games 2010
On August 15, Na`Vi won the Ukrainian qualifications for the World Cyber GamesWorld Cyber Games
The World Cyber Games is an international competitive video-gaming event operated by South Korean company World Cyber Games Inc., and sponsored by Samsung and Microsoft...
and got a paid voucher to the finals in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
from September 30 to October 3, 2010.
The next tournament for Na`Vi was ASUS Summer 2010, to which the team received a direct invitation. This tournament became first in the ASUS Open series, which was held in the Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
gaming center “Kiev CyberSport Arena”. In the semi-finals Na`Vi lost to Kazakh team k23 and as a result took the 3rd place.
On October 4, 2010 Natus Vincere became the World Cyber Games world champions by defeating Danish team mTw.dk in the finals. This victory made Na`Vi the first team in the world which had managed to hold the three most prestigious championship titles at once (IEM, ESWC, WCG). At the end of October 2010, ESL TV commentator Bakr “KinGSaicx” Fadl proclaimed that SK Gaming
SK Gaming
SK Gaming is a professional German electronic sports organization founded in 1997 by a small group of Quake players living in Oberhausen. SK Gaming retains teams across different genres and are particularly known for their success in Counter-Strike tournaments...
was going to invite the Ukrainian team to take place of its Swedish squad, but the manager of Natus Vincere declined this information.
In early November 2010 Natus Vincere took part in the World e-Sports Masters tournament (WEM 2010), which annually gathers the best teams from all over the world in the Chinese city of Hangzhou
Hangzhou
Hangzhou , formerly transliterated as Hangchow, is the capital and largest city of Zhejiang Province in Eastern China. Governed as a sub-provincial city, and as of 2010, its entire administrative division or prefecture had a registered population of 8.7 million people...
. Among eight participants of the tournament, Na’Vi took 4th place as well as $7,500.
Victory at DreamHack Winter 2010
From the 25th to the 27th of November 2010 in the Swedish city of Jönköping one of the largest European Lan-parties took place – DreamHackDreamHack
DreamHack is a digital festival, a local area network gathering with demo competitions, gaming competitions and more. It's arranged twice annually at the Elmia exhibition centre in Jönköping, Sweden and also twice a year at Expolaris Congresscenter, Skellefteå, Sweden and holds the world record ...
Winter 2010. To go to this tournament, Natus Vincere had to skip a major Russian tournament, ASUS Autumn 2010, since it was coinciding with DreamHack’s dates. After finishing the group stage Na`Vi consistently outplayed teams puta
Puta
In Roman mythology, according to Arnobius, Puta presided over the pruning of trees and was a minor goddess of agriculture.According to one version, the etymology of its name comes from Latin and its literal meaning is pruning...
, fnatic
Fnatic
Fnatic is a professional electronic sports organization based out of Australia, UK and The Netherlands. Fnatic was founded in July 23, 2004. Fnatic is particularly well-known for its highly successful Counter-Strike team, which is the single most financially-successful Counter-Strike team in...
, Frag Executors and then mTw.dk in the finals, winning the tournament. During the four play-off matches the Ukrainians lost only one time to fnatic on the new map – de_mirage. Sergey ”Starix” Ischuk received the tournament’s MVP award.
After winning DreamHack
DreamHack
DreamHack is a digital festival, a local area network gathering with demo competitions, gaming competitions and more. It's arranged twice annually at the Elmia exhibition centre in Jönköping, Sweden and also twice a year at Expolaris Congresscenter, Skellefteå, Sweden and holds the world record ...
Winter 2010, the team established a new record: winning $220,000 in one year. The previous record belonged to Swedish team fnatic
Fnatic
Fnatic is a professional electronic sports organization based out of Australia, UK and The Netherlands. Fnatic was founded in July 23, 2004. Fnatic is particularly well-known for its highly successful Counter-Strike team, which is the single most financially-successful Counter-Strike team in...
, who earned $189,000 in 2009 (before that, the record was held by Swedish team SK Gaming
SK Gaming
SK Gaming is a professional German electronic sports organization founded in 1997 by a small group of Quake players living in Oberhausen. SK Gaming retains teams across different genres and are particularly known for their success in Counter-Strike tournaments...
with earnings of $183,000 in 2003).
Winning the Intel Extreme Masters 5
On March 5, 2011 Natus Vincere defended their position in Hannover as the champions of the Intel Extreme MastersIntel Extreme Masters
The Intel Extreme Masters are a series of gaming tournaments held in various European locations. These ESL sanctioned events include events in Starcraft II, Counter-Strike 1.6, Quake Live, and League of Legends. The body that owns the league is Turtle Entertainment. The League has existed for...
and earned $35,000. They defeated Polish team Frag Executors in the finals: 16:12 (de_train) and 16:10 (de_dust2). $4,550 of the prize money was deducted (13% of the total) as a penalty for breaking the rules.
Current members:
- Danylo “Zeus” Teslenko (KharkivKharkivKharkiv or Kharkov is the second-largest city in Ukraine.The city was founded in 1654 and was a major centre of Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. Kharkiv became the first city in Ukraine where the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed in December 1917 and Soviet government was...
, UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
) - Sergey “starix” Ischuk (KievKievKiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
, UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
) - Arseniy "ceh9" Trynozhenko (Lvov, UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
) - Yegor “markeloff” Markelov (Dnepropetrovsk, UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
) - Ivan “Edward” Sukharev (KharkivKharkivKharkiv or Kharkov is the second-largest city in Ukraine.The city was founded in 1654 and was a major centre of Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. Kharkiv became the first city in Ukraine where the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed in December 1917 and Soviet government was...
, UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
)
Manager:
- Alexander “ZeroGravity” Kokhanovsky (KievKievKiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
, UkraineUkraineUkraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
)
Tournaments
| Place | Tournament | Location | Date | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Intel Extreme Masters 4 European Finals |  Germany, CologneCologne Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the... |
15—17 January 2010 | $1,250 |
 |
Arbalet Asia |  Kazakhstan, AlmatyAlmaty Almaty , also known by its former names Verny and Alma-Ata , is the former capital of Kazakhstan and the nation's largest city, with a population of 1,348,500... |
30—31 January 2010 | $10,000 |
| |
IEM 4 World Championship Finals | Germany, Hannover |
2—6 March 2010 | $50,000 |
| |
Arbalet Cup Ukraine |  Ukraine, Kyiv |
3 April 2010 | $3,000 |
| |
Arbalet Cup Best of Four | Ukraine, Kyiv |
9—11 April 2010 | $12,000 |
 |
Arbalet Cup Europe |  Sweden, Stokholm |
14—16 May 2010 | $10,000 |
| |
ESWC 2010 |  Early Modern France, ParisParis Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... |
30 June — 4 July 2010 | $36,000 |
| |
Arbalet Cup Dallas 2010 |  United States, Dallas |
16—18 July 2010 | $25,000 |
 |
GameGune 2010 |  Spain, BilbaoBilbao Bilbao ) is a Spanish municipality, capital of the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. With a population of 353,187 , it is the largest city of its autonomous community and the tenth largest in Spain... |
22—24 July 2010 | $4,000 |
| |
Extreme Masters: Shanghai |  Mainland China, ShanghaiShanghai Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010... |
29 July — 1 August 2010 | $5,000 |
| |
ASUS Summer 2010 | Ukraine, Kyiv |
28 — 29 August 2010 | $3,000 |
| |
World Cyber Games 2010 | United States, Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... |
1 — 4 October 2010 | $25,000 |
| 4 | World e-Sports Masters 2010 | Mainland China, Hangzhou Hangzhou Hangzhou , formerly transliterated as Hangchow, is the capital and largest city of Zhejiang Province in Eastern China. Governed as a sub-provincial city, and as of 2010, its entire administrative division or prefecture had a registered population of 8.7 million people... |
3 — 7 November 2010 | $7,500 |
| |
Dreamhack Winter 2010 | Sweden, Jönköping Jönköping -Notable people:*Lillian Asplund, RMS Titanic survivor*John Bauer, illustrator, painter*Amy Diamond, singer*Agnetha Fältskog, ABBA*Carl Henrik Fredriksson, editor-in-chief and co-founder of Eurozine*Anders Gustafsson, kayaker, Olympian... |
25 — 27 November 2010 | $28,200 |
| 4 | Intel Extreme Masters 5 European Finals | Ukraine, Kyiv |
20 — 23 January 2011 | $3,200 |
| |
IEM 5 World Championship Finals | Germany Hannover |
1 — 5 March 2011 | $30,450 |
| |
Intel Challenge Super Cup 7 | Ukraine, Kyiv |
19 — 20 March 2011 | $5,000 |
| |
OSPL Spring 2011 | Kazakhstan, Almaty Almaty Almaty , also known by its former names Verny and Alma-Ata , is the former capital of Kazakhstan and the nation's largest city, with a population of 1,348,500... |
3 April 2011 | $5,400 |
| |
ASUS Spring 2011 | Ukraine, Kyiv |
28 — 29 May 2011 | $4,430 |
| |
DreamHack Summer 2011 | Sweden, Jönköping Jönköping -Notable people:*Lillian Asplund, RMS Titanic survivor*John Bauer, illustrator, painter*Amy Diamond, singer*Agnetha Fältskog, ABBA*Carl Henrik Fredriksson, editor-in-chief and co-founder of Eurozine*Anders Gustafsson, kayaker, Olympian... |
18—20 June 2011 | $1,602 |
| |
Adepto BH Open | , Sarajevo Sarajevo Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans.... |
24—26 June 2011 | €6,000 |
| |
GameGune 2011 | Spain, Bilbao Bilbao Bilbao ) is a Spanish municipality, capital of the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. With a population of 353,187 , it is the largest city of its autonomous community and the tenth largest in Spain... |
22—24 July 2011 | €3,000 |
| |
ASUS Summer 2011 | Ukraine, Kyiv |
13—14 August 2011 | 27,500 rubles |
| |
e-STARS Seoul 2011 |  South Korea, SeoulSeoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world... |
19–21 August 2011 | $9,200 |
Record prize money
The amount of prize money in 2010 – $215,573 (as of November 7, 2010) holds the record for the entire history of professional Counter-StrikeCounter-Strike
Counter-Strike is a tactical first-person shooter video game developed by Valve Corporation which originated from a Half-Life modification by Minh "Gooseman" Le and Jess "Cliffe" Cliffe...
. Previous records belong to Swedish teams SK Gaming
SK Gaming
SK Gaming is a professional German electronic sports organization founded in 1997 by a small group of Quake players living in Oberhausen. SK Gaming retains teams across different genres and are particularly known for their success in Counter-Strike tournaments...
($183,000 in 2003) and fnatic
Fnatic
Fnatic is a professional electronic sports organization based out of Australia, UK and The Netherlands. Fnatic was founded in July 23, 2004. Fnatic is particularly well-known for its highly successful Counter-Strike team, which is the single most financially-successful Counter-Strike team in...
($189,000 in 2009).
Top players
In 2010, popular website HLTV.org had made rankings for the 20 best Counter-Strike players. Yegor “markeloff” Markelov was 1st place, Sergey “Starix” Ischuk 4th, Ivan “Edward” Sukharev 5th and captain of the team Danylo “Zeus” Teslenko had 19th place, as well as “The best captain of the year”.History of creation
In October 2010, the creation of a DotADOTA
DOTA may refer to:*Defense of the Ancients, a custom scenario for the video game Warcraft III**Dota 2, the sequel to the previously listed game, developed on the Source engine* Dota , a video game genre*DOTA , a chemical...
squad was announced, which included the best Ukrainian players. Na`Vi simultaneously declared their intentions to announce a squad for StarCraft 2. Initially the team included five players, but on Dec. 23, 2010 Andrew “Mag ~” Chipenko and Alexander “Deff-” Stepaniuk left the team. Then the team was joined by Ukrainian players from DTS.Chatrix - Danylo “Dendi” Ishutin and Ivan “Artstyle” Antonov, who became the captain of this new squad.. In August 2011, Na`Vi.DotA was invited to the first DotA 2 tournament at GamesCom, Cologne, Germany. The event named "The International" featured 16 invited top teams from all over the world with impressive amount of prize money - $1 700 000. Na`Vi.DotA was the ultimate winner, beating Chinese team EHOME with 3 to 1 score in the final and grabbing a whooping amount of $1 000 000.
On October, 13th, 2011, Ivan "ArtStyle" Antonov left the team and fifth player is still to be found. Teamleader position has been taken by Clement "Puppey" Ivanov.
Current members
Dmitriy “LighTofHeaveN” Kupriyanov (RussiaRussia
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, Moscow
Moscow
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) Aleksander “XBOCT” Dashkevich (Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
, Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
) Clement “Puppey” Ivanov (Estonia
Estonia
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, Tartu
Tartu
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) Danylo “Dendi” Ishutin (Ukraine
Ukraine
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, Lviv
Lviv
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) Sergey 'God' Bragin (stand-in)
Tournaments
| Place | Tournament | Location | Date | Prize money |
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ASUS Autumn 2010 | Ukraine, Kyiv |
27 November 2010 | $700 |
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ASUS Winter 2011 | Ukraine, Kyiv |
27 February 2011 | 20,000 rubles |
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Intel Challenge Supercup | Ukraine, Kyiv |
16—27 March 2011 | $400 |
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OSPL Spring 2011 | Kazakhstan Almaty Almaty Almaty , also known by its former names Verny and Alma-Ata , is the former capital of Kazakhstan and the nation's largest city, with a population of 1,348,500... |
3 April 2011 | $2,300 |
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ASUS Spring 2011 | Ukraine, Kyiv |
29 May 2011 | 70,000 rubles |
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ASUS Summer 2011 | Ukraine, Kyiv |
13—14 August 2011 | 101,000 rubles |
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Gamescom 2011 | Germany, Cologne Cologne Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the... |
16–21 August 2011 | $1,000,000 |
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TECHLABS Cup UA 2011 | Ukraine, Kiev Kiev Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press.... |
17–18 September 2011 | $4000 |
History of creation
In early February 2011, Natus Vincere introduced their FIFA squad, including the most skilled Ukrainian gamers. Aleksander “ToTsi” Shramko represented Ukraine at World Cyber Games 2010World Cyber Games 2010
The 2010 World Cyber Games took place from September 30th to October 3rd, 2010 in the Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, USA...
, while in 2009 this honor was awarded to Yevhen “Yozhyk” Mostovyk and in 2008 Alexander “BlooD” Ryabikin.
Current members
- Evhen “Yozhyk” Mostovyk (LvivLvivLviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following...
) - Alexander “BlooD” Ryabikin (KharkivKharkivKharkiv or Kharkov is the second-largest city in Ukraine.The city was founded in 1654 and was a major centre of Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. Kharkiv became the first city in Ukraine where the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed in December 1917 and Soviet government was...
) - Anton “AdreNaLinE” Poddubniy (KharkivKharkivKharkiv or Kharkov is the second-largest city in Ukraine.The city was founded in 1654 and was a major centre of Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. Kharkiv became the first city in Ukraine where the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed in December 1917 and Soviet government was...
) - Aleksander “ToTsi” Shramko (KievKievKiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
)
Manager:
- Igor “McBad” Panasenko (KerchKerchKerch is a city on the Kerch Peninsula of eastern Crimea, an important industrial, transport and tourist centre of Ukraine. Kerch, founded 2600 years ago, is considered as one of the most ancient cities in Ukraine.-Ancient times:...
)
Tournaments
| Place | Tournament | Location | Date | Prize money |
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Ukrainian FIFA League 2011 | Ukraine, Kyiv |
13 March 2011 | 1,250 and 750 gryvnas |
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OSPL Spring 2011 | Kazakhstan, Almaty Almaty Almaty , also known by its former names Verny and Alma-Ata , is the former capital of Kazakhstan and the nation's largest city, with a population of 1,348,500... |
3 April 2011 | $1,400 |
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WCG Ukraine 2011 | Ukraine, Kiev Kiev Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press.... |
11-12 September, 2011 | Quote to Grand Final |
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SEC 2011 |  Poland, WarsawWarsaw Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most... |
6-9 October 2011 | $3000 |
History of Creation
In April 2011 Natus Vincere started their StarCraft IIStarCraft II
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed and released by Blizzard Entertainment for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. A sequel to the award-winning 1998 video game StarCraft and its expansions, the game was released worldwide on July 27, 2010...
squad.
In August 2011 Svyatoslav "HappyZerg" Vlasyuk was sent by Na`Vi to South Korea where he spent a month living in GOM House and competing in GSL Code A Qualifiers.
Current members
Svyatoslav «HappyZerg» Vlasyuk (KievKiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
) Alexander «Alf» Yatsenko (Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
) Vasiliy «Panda» Kuznetsov (Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
) Jon «BabyKnight» Andersen (Faeroegade)
Manager: Denis «Hireling» Shubovskiy (Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
)
Tournaments
| Place | Tournament | Location | Date | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Go4SC2 #97 | online ONLINE ONLINE is a magazine for information systems first published in 1977. The publisher Online, Inc. was founded the year before. In May 2002, Information Today, Inc. acquired the assets of Online Inc.... |
13 April 2011 | 0 |
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Close Combat #33 | online ONLINE ONLINE is a magazine for information systems first published in 1977. The publisher Online, Inc. was founded the year before. In May 2002, Information Today, Inc. acquired the assets of Online Inc.... |
14 April 2011 | €50 |
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AoW cup#1 | online ONLINE ONLINE is a magazine for information systems first published in 1977. The publisher Online, Inc. was founded the year before. In May 2002, Information Today, Inc. acquired the assets of Online Inc.... |
22 April 2011 | $50 |
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Close Combat #35 | online ONLINE ONLINE is a magazine for information systems first published in 1977. The publisher Online, Inc. was founded the year before. In May 2002, Information Today, Inc. acquired the assets of Online Inc.... |
22 April 2011 | €25 |
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Close Combat #39 | online ONLINE ONLINE is a magazine for information systems first published in 1977. The publisher Online, Inc. was founded the year before. In May 2002, Information Today, Inc. acquired the assets of Online Inc.... |
6 May 2011 | €50 |
Contribution to the development of Ukrainian e-Sports
On July 14, 2010 the Prime MinisterPrime minister
A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...
of Ukraine Mykola Azarov
Mykola Azarov
Mykola Yanovych Azarov ; born Nikolai Yanovich Pakhlo on 17 December 1947, is a Ukrainian politician who has been the Prime Minister of Ukraine since 11 March 2010. He was the First Vice Prime Minister and Finance Minister from 2002 to 2005 and again from 2006 to 2007, and he also served as acting...
met the team Natus Vincere in the Cabinet of Ministers’ building. During the meeting issues pertaining to the development of the IT industry in Ukraine were discussed. The Prime Minister promised to hold the E-Sports International Open Cup of Ukraine in 2011. Ukrainian players were enrolled in to the so-called “Gold Reserve”, enlisting the support of the government.