Relog Media unveil "flagship teams" for 2021; announce Snow Sweet Snow Cup 1 team list

12-1-2021 18:43

A number of teams within the top 30 of the world rankings have committed to playing at least six Relog Media events across the year.

The tournament organizer behind Nine to Five and Home Sweet Home cups, Relog Media, announced its partner teams for the year, as well as the list of squads that will be competing in the regional stage of their first event, the Snow Sweet Snow Cup 1.

Teams such as North, Sprout, Gambit, and Endpoint are confirmed as "flagship teams", having signed agreements to attend at least six Relog Media events across the year, three of them in the first half of the year. The company announced their yearly plan in December, with three $100,000 cups confirmed for January - March, and similar competitions expected for the rest of 2021.

Gambit will compete in at least six Relog Media events in 2021

While the most notable flagship teams will be joining the competition in the latter stages, the Main Swiss or Playoffs stage, some less proven squads found their way onto the flagship team list, which isn't yet finalized. Academy squads such as Astralis Talent and Young Ninjas stand out from the list that mostly features top-100 squads from all over Europe.

Currently, the following teams have been confirmed as flagship teams, committing to at least six Relog Media events across the year:

Snow Sweet Snow Cup #1 will take place on January 18 - February 11 and feature a $100,000 prize pool, with the teams for the first, Regional GSL stage also confirmed. Out of each GSL group, two teams will advance to the Regional Swiss stage, from where the eight best will go to the Main Swiss portion of the tournament.

The following teams will compete in the Regional GSL groups:

CIS 1

CIS 2

Nordic West

Nordic East

West Europe

Iberia

VELOX

Balkan

Poland

A portion of the teams invited to the following stages have also been announced. Gambit and Virtus.pro will go directly to the playoff stage, while PACT, FORZE, North, Sprout, and Endpoint will start from the Main Swiss stage, with a handful of teams yet to be announced.

The $100,000 prize pool for the event will be distributed as follows:

Regional GSL - $1,000 per qualifying team (Total: $16,000)
Regional Swiss - $2,000 per qualifying team (Total: $16,000)
Main Swiss - $3,000 per qualifying team (Total: $24,000)
Playoffs - $44,000

Correction: An earlier version of this article mentioned Ninjas in Pyjamas as one of the flagship teams. Relog Media and NiP have since clarified that the partnership revolves around the Swedish organisation's academy squad, called Young Ninjas.

Wow...

2021-01-12 18:43

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i dont read

2021-01-12 18:46

4 replies

Free win for Gambit on every tournament

2021-01-12 19:03

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Home Sweet Home Cup*

lol ez vp win

2021-01-14 14:30

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lol ez HAVU win.

2021-01-16 00:30

North a flagship team???

2021-01-12 18:49

cant stop laughing

2021-01-13 13:11

uhh ok new scam event series

2021-01-12 18:44

0/8

2021-01-14 06:47

#gonemiga

2021-01-12 18:45

LETS GO SANGAL #believethemyth

Poggies

T2 scene lets go

2021-01-12 18:48

tier 3*

2021-01-12 18:50

LESS GOU HAVUNEN!!!

relog media single handedly carrying eu tier 2 scene

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2021-01-12 22:09

True tho

#BelieveTheMyth

Good luck to all teams!

2021-01-12 18:52

BEZ ZP KEKW

go sangal. #BelieveTheMyth

2021-01-12 18:53

anxious to see astralis talent

Nordic west -> all danish Poland - > all Poland Danmark -> danish teams? I dont get why the worst European CS country get their own name? :-O

2021-01-12 18:54

youtube.com/watch?v=18PbwYdjsps

2021-01-12 18:57

Denmark cares - fakeflag on me btw

2021-01-12 19:01

well Nordic west only include norway and denmark and norway cs doesnt xizt

I see what you did there..

2021-01-12 19:10

well I didnt want to misspel exist.

2021-01-12 19:11

Nordic West is named like that in spite of Apeks' being in quals but i must agree, Poland is for viewers to this tournament. Tbh they should rename to EU Central for CZ/SK/HU teams

2021-01-12 20:22

Pls don't, I want to see Sinners win

2021-01-13 10:15

NiP invited to events Pog

2021-01-12 18:55

NiP<3

2021-01-12 18:59

NIP lmao

2021-01-12 18:56

C9 lmao

Huh? I am laughing cuz Garbage in Pyjamas got invited to a garbage event.

2021-01-12 19:04

ok hltv.org/events/5660/midnite-nine-to-fiv.. and NiP isnt a 6 mil team

2021-01-12 19:09

NiP and Young Ninjas in the same circuit? What could possibly go wrong?

Just don't play the match and give 16-0 to NiP, not like juniors will do anything

2021-01-12 21:54

Anonymo pog

FANTASTIC

2021-01-12 18:58

2021-01-12 20:28

46 yazıyor la fuat sen misin

2021-01-12 20:48

komandolar hiçbir detayı atlamaz

2021-01-12 20:57

gerçek komandolar olacaktı o

2021-01-12 20:59

astralis talent making a debut here huh

2021-01-12 19:00

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wot about Young Ninjas, why u dont say them!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?

didnt see

its low key gonna be epic for the swedish scene lets be real

2021-01-12 19:06

imagine if they lose to local danish teams

2021-01-12 19:02

?? then what? AGF, CPH Flames, Tricked are better teams, dont act like it would be emberassing?

2021-01-13 16:29

Lets go Anonymo

ez 4 sAw

EZ 400k money for HAVU

2021-01-12 19:05

nice

Great, let's go. A lot of Polish teams.

Lets goooo

Home Sweet Home level 2

2021-01-12 19:12

I thought one of the GSL groups is supposed to be UK + Germany but Sinners(Czech) in West Europe !?

Free money for Gambit

2021-01-12 19:14

VP*

2021-01-12 21:03

VEXED UKCS RISE

2021-01-12 19:19

good event for betting companies

2021-01-12 19:24

Gambit is going to stuck in t2 forever if they will play in such tournaments. why they cant sign contract with ESL or Blast league? playing such garbage tournaments in such garbage league can actually stop their growth. I dontbwant them to become wasted potential in this way. they should play more t1 events and prove themselves against t1 opponents. such a shame

2021-01-12 19:25