CIS Minor Championship takes place on January 22 - 24 in Minsk. It features $50,000 prize pool and the winner will take part at a LAN-qualifier for the Columbus Major.

CIS Minor Tournament Format:
Group Stage: Double Elimination, 2 teams advance to playoffs from each group
Playoffs: Single Elimination, BO3

Group B Schedule:
Friday, January 22^nd:
 Rebels [1:0]  Binary Dragons | 16:3 @ Cobblestone
Gambit Gaming [1:0]  eXplosive | 16:4 @ Cache
Gambit Gaming [2:0]  Rebels, BO3 | 36:32 @ Cobblestone; 16:14 @ Inferno

Saturday, January 23^rd:
 Binary Dragons [1:0]  eXplosive | 16:14 @ Mirage
 Binary Dragons [0:2]  Rebels | 11:16 @ Cobblestone; 12:16 @ Mirage

Group A Schedule:
Friday, January 22^nd:
 Method [1:0]  Fluffy Gangsters | 16:10 @ Overpass
 Arcade [1:0]  Quest | 16:13 @ Cache
 Method [1:2]  Arcade | 16:6 @ Train; 11:16 @ Dust2; 10:16 @ Mirage

Saturday, January 23^rd:
 Fluffy Gangsters [0:1]  Quest | 14:16 @ Mirage
 Method [2:0]  Quest | 16:11 @ Train; 16:14 @ Dust2