Summit 6: Virtus.Pro reclaim their place at the BTS event

Virtus.Pro claimed the coveted EU spot for the Summit 6, their first LAN for the new season. The newly revamped team will be heading to Los Angeles in November, as they overwhelmed Ad Finem, 3:1 in the region’s Grand Finals. The event is scheduled for November 16th-20th. Wings, Digital Chaos, Evil Geniuses and OG have been directly invited. Team Faceless from SEA and Team NP from NA have already qualified. One more team from China will join the festivities.

Virtus.Pro qualified for the Summit 6 to be held November 16th-20th in sunny Los Angeles, California.

The Russian-based team overpowered Ad Finem, 3:1, in the Grand Finals to take their place at the Summit 6. Ironically, last season Virtus.Pro took the series, 3:2, over Ad Finem but was replaced by the Greek squad when they knowingly and deliberately broke the rules. Vega Squadron’s Vladimir “No[o]ne” Minenko replaced VP’s Ilya “ALOHADANCE” Korobkin without announcing it to the admins.

Four teams have been directly invited to participate at the Summit 6 – Wings, Digital Chaos, Evil Geniuses and OG. Four other teams will qualify – one from each of the four regions – China, SEA, EU and NA.

SEA was the first of the regions to conclude the qualifiers, with Daryl Koh “iceiceice” Pei Xiang’s Team Faceless taking the allocated spot. Team NP seized the NA spot after an intense five-game series. The Chinese qualifiers are still underway.

BTS 6 EU qualifiers

The EU qualifiers had a total of three components: Open Qualifiers followed by Phase I and Phase II.

BTS 6 EU Phase I qualifiers

• Eight teams competed
• Seven teams were invited – Elements Pro Gaming, Prodota Gaming, Vega Squadron, FRIENDS, Fantastic Five, Team Empire, Kaipi
• One qualified team – Power Rangers
• Phase I started on October 11
• Single elimination
• All matches Best-of-three
• Grand Finals Best-of-five
• One team advanced to Phase II – FRIENDS

BTS 6 EU Phase II qualifiers

• Four teams competed
• Three teams were invited – Team Liquid, Virtus.Pro, Ad Finem
• One qualified team from Phase I – FRIENDS
• Double elimination
• All matches Best-of-three
• Grand Finals Best-of-five
• One team advanced to the main event – Virtus.Pro

Virtus.Pro

On June 30th, Sneg1 dissolved the entire Virtus.Pro roster after the team’s lamentable track record last season and failure to qualify for The International 6.

The new roster led by Alexey “Solo” Berezin was revealed early August, prior to the post-TI6 reshuffle.

VP took their first title for the new season in BTS EU series #4. They are also currently participating in DreamLeague Season 6.

Virtus.Pro roster

Alexey “Solo” Berezin
Ilya “Lil” Ilyuk
Roman “Ramzes666” Kushnarev
Pavel “9pasha” Hvastunov
Vladimir “No[O]ne” Minenko