European Development Championship 5 group stage teams locked in

The 16-team event is due to start on August 18, with teams across Europe competing for a share of $30,000.

The European Development Championship Season 5 will feature 13 invited teams as well as three additional teams who achieved spots through various qualifiers. The group stage will be played in four double-elimination (GSL) style groups and is set to kick off in just under a week.

The winning team of the event will pocket $17,500 in the grand final, set to be played on September 5, and also be given the opportunity for a bootcamp in Malta.

ztr's Young Ninjas are among the teams invited to EDC 5

One of the teams invited is Young Ninjas, the academy squad that recently finished second in the WePlay Academy League Season 1. Despite losing Linus "⁠LNZ⁠" Holtäng to the main Ninjas in Pyjamas team, the squad has been moving from strength to strength in 2021 and looks to continue doing so here.

K23 is also invited and, unlike the Young Ninjas, boast an experienced lineup with the likes of Dauren "⁠AdreN⁠" Kystaubayev and Rustem "⁠mou⁠" Telepov, both former Major champions. Having recently come off the back of a fourth place finish in the CIS RMR, K23 are one of the highest ranked teams at this event at 30th alongside AGO and DBL PONEY.

The full team list for the event is shown below:

Kazakhstan Rustem 'mou' Telepov
Rustem 'mou' Telepov
Age:
29
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.05
Maps played:
1432
KPR:
0.71
DPR:
0.65
Kazakhstan Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev
Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev
Age:
31
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.99
Maps played:
1710
KPR:
0.68
DPR:
0.68
Sweden Linus 'LNZ' Holtäng
Linus 'LNZ' Holtäng
Age:
18
Rating 1.0:
0.96
Maps played:
198
KPR:
0.63
DPR:
0.63
ez 4 Dauren AdreN Kystaubayev
2021-08-12 19:37
ez 4 bankapepsi
2021-08-12 19:37
3 replies
#12
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Poland crashYy
ez4ago
2021-08-12 19:46
2 replies
#23
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Lithuania Falafelis
Ez 4 Nemiga
2021-08-12 20:17
1 reply
Too Ez for Lyngby Vikings. Only need 3 man roster to win
2021-08-13 00:41
#6
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Turkey mefe
Sangal?
2021-08-12 19:37
1 reply
no?
2021-08-12 20:46
#7
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United States gweees
EZ4DBLPONEY?
2021-08-12 19:37
1 reply
#29
 | 
France MarcoXY
YES
2021-08-12 20:53
No akuma no matter
2021-08-12 19:39
Ez 4 O PLANO
2021-08-12 19:41
#11
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Poland baba_booey
m1 eden? XD
2021-08-12 19:43
1 reply
#57
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Poland ikcanreb
wassup?
2021-08-15 15:39
#15
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Hungary 7H0M4S
Yes let fucking go BP5 is coming !!!!
2021-08-12 19:52
#16
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Hungary szia
kinda hard to be delusionally optimistic about bp5 without knowing their full roster buts lets go boys :P
2021-08-12 19:58
#18
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Ukraine SHEOL_NR
m1 eden nice roster
2021-08-12 20:01
ez for god nealan
2021-08-12 20:03
#20
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Brazil hugoooo
k23 vs Fiend
2021-08-12 20:13
Top30 Development Lmao
2021-08-12 20:32
1 reply
major champions development lmao
2021-08-12 21:35
#30
 | 
Turkey Yasino
Where Sangal
2021-08-12 21:04
#31
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Asia Yuganshu
No Mouz NXT ?? :((
2021-08-12 21:11
yes
2021-08-12 21:20
#35
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Turkey yigidowaki
pepsi lol
2021-08-12 21:56
#36
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Ukraine futplxyer
who cares? just 322 games for bookies... at least half of these teams are sus so dont bet :)
2021-08-12 22:03
4 replies
Why you think like that ? I'm sure you have never been part of pro; competition and u will never know how is to be there, but still what if bookies arent informing you correct ? Dont blame players, blame bookies sometimes. I dont bet on CS matches, i bet on football/tennis matches not to often, but i can see still there are so much uncorrect quotes those last 4-5 years like never before ex1 - hltv.org/matches/2350318/heroic-vs-bad-n.. For example, how Heroic can be 1.1 versus BNB, when Heroic is dissaster last time, and BNB got 6 wins in a row and playing decent ? Atleast Heroic 1,40 or everything else is fraud in my opinion
2021-08-12 22:37
3 replies
#39
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Ukraine futplxyer
Yes u have to be a big degenerate to bet on Heroic 1.1, they should win ofc but never worth betting those odds! I bet tennis too and having watched tier 2/3 cs for 1.5 years it is clownfiesta so that’s why I say don’t bet this tournament!!
2021-08-12 23:18
#47
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Germany who|cars
nice troll
2021-08-13 07:02
#48
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Bulgaria Bulg1us
+1, really nice said
2021-08-13 07:13
#37
B1ad3 | 
Romania csf
a correct tzeaka from allstars
2021-08-12 22:27
#40
 | 
United States Surgent189
EZ4K23
2021-08-13 00:06
nice, this is very very good, I like this. more of these please
2021-08-13 01:00
#45
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Australia jonyling
Young Ninjas and some random romanians (don't wanna hate) but no mouz NXT? 0/8
2021-08-13 06:44
2 replies
#49
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Romania bLaZe_420
Atleast romanian teams had to play in qualifiers to qualify, they didn't get directly invited. Infinite beat finest in a bo3 for the spot, Mouz nxt maybe didn't want to play, they focus on weplay lan tournament.
2021-08-13 08:50
#56
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Slovakia GUZU
+1
2021-08-14 02:30
Easiest match fix money for these retard teams ever LUL
2021-08-13 07:00
#50
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United Kingdom JupiterACE
no endpoint?
2021-08-13 10:00
What happened to 'sweet' tournaments? Anyone has info?
2021-08-13 12:44
ez for allStars
2021-08-13 13:07
#54
 | 
United States AMERlCAN
in lan?
2021-08-13 20:38
#55
 | 
United States AMERlCAN
where?
2021-08-13 20:38
#58
 | 
Poland ikcanreb
gogom1eden <3
2021-08-15 15:53
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