FLG win CIS Minor, to Major qual.

Fluffy Gangsters have won the StarLadder CIS Minor to Cologne 2016, pocketing $30,000 and they also qualified for the ESL One Cologne 2016 Qualifier via the event's consolidation final.

The fourth and final day of the StarLadder Regional CIS Minor kicked off with a lower bracket final between ANOX and Worst Players, the former Method and Team YP squads respectively, as the two mainly Russian teams (with some Belorussians and Ukrainians in the mix) fought to keep their hopes alive of qualifying for the ESL One Cologne 2016 Main Qualifier.

Ultimately, it was the Worst Players who won the best-of-three match 2-1 (16-9 on Mirage, 9-16 on Cache, and 16-11 on Cobblestone) in a series where Vadim "⁠DavCost⁠" Vasilyev put on a show and brought the ex-Team YP outfit into the consolidation final.

StarLadder Minor CIS - Cologne 2016Best of 3 ANOXMatchpage 1 2 1st May 2016 Worst Players 9Mirage 16 16Cache 9 11Cobblestone 16

Worst Players	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Vadim 'DavCost' VasilyevDavCost	71 - 46	+25	96.6	1.42
Anton 'tonyblack' Kolesnikovtonyblack	49 - 47	+2	73.2	1.07
Ilya 'fix' Golovkofix	56 - 54	+2	80.6	1.07
Dmitriy 'Dimaoneshot' BandurkaDimaoneshot	50 - 54	-4	77.2	1.06
Vladyslav 'arch' Svistovarch	44 - 53	-9	66.8	0.88

ANOX	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Dmitriy 'facecrack' Alekseyevfacecrack	63 - 61	+2	86.6	1.11
Alexey 'ub1que' Polivanovub1que	57 - 50	+7	81.0	1.10
Kirill 'hitMouse' TsarevhitMouse	45 - 52	-7	71.5	0.94
Igor 'dERZKIY' RadosavlevichdERZKIY	44 - 53	-9	64.7	0.93
Savelii 'jmqa' Braginjmqa	45 - 55	-10	68.9	0.91

The consolidation final saw Worst Players face off against FLuffy Gangsters, a team who can easily be called the breakout surprise of the event as they had advanced to the upper bracket final before being defeated by Empire yesterday.

chopper put in a MVP-like performance throughout the CIS Minor

In this series, it was once again 27-year-old Anatoliy "⁠liTTle⁠" Yashin and 19-year-old Leonid "⁠chopper⁠" Vishnyakov of Fluffy Gangsters (who have performed in tandem throughout the event with positive, matching ratings) who powered FLG to a 2-0 victory to advance to the grand final, winning Dust2 16-14 and Cobblestone 16-11.

StarLadder Minor CIS - Cologne 2016Best of 3 FLuffy GangstersMatchpage 2 0 1st May 2016 Worst Players 16Dust2 14 16Cobblestone 11

FLuffy Gangsters	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Leonid 'chopper' Vishnyakovchopper	49 - 34	+15	92.0	1.39
Roman 'roman' Redihinroman	36 - 31	+5	75.9	1.24
Vladislav 'El Patron' KopitinEl Patron	40 - 35	+5	89.4	1.22
Anatoliy 'liTTle' YashinliTTle	42 - 26	+16	70.9	1.20
Vladimir 'ROBO' NeskeyROBO	38 - 40	-2	73.1	1.06

Worst Players	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Vadim 'DavCost' VasilyevDavCost	41 - 36	+5	78.1	1.14
Dmitriy 'Dimaoneshot' BandurkaDimaoneshot	32 - 45	-13	73.6	0.86
Vladyslav 'arch' Svistovarch	30 - 38	-8	64.8	0.85
Anton 'tonyblack' Kolesnikovtonyblack	33 - 42	-9	65.8	0.81
Ilya 'fix' Golovkofix	30 - 44	-14	65.9	0.74

Fluffy Gangsters then met Empire in the grand final (who had qualified for Cologne Qualifier yesterday after winning the upper bracket final) to fight over the difference between $15,000 and $30,000, for second and first place respectively.

In the grand final, Fluffy Gangsters yet again proved they were a force to be reckoned with as the team won 2-0 (16-11 on Cobblestone and 16-12 on Mirage) with more strong play from chopper (although his partner-in-crime liTTle was a little muted in the server).

StarLadder Minor CIS - Cologne 2016Best of 3 EmpireMatchpage 0 2 1st May 2016 FLuffy Gangsters 11Cobblestone 16 12Mirage 16

FLuffy Gangsters	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Leonid 'chopper' Vishnyakovchopper	48 - 33	+15	94.2	1.41
Vladimir 'ROBO' NeskeyROBO	46 - 37	+9	95.1	1.33
Anatoliy 'liTTle' YashinliTTle	39 - 32	+7	75.9	1.10
Roman 'roman' Redihinroman	38 - 33	+5	69.7	1.06
Vladislav 'El Patron' KopitinEl Patron	34 - 36	-2	71.1	0.97

Empire	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Emil 'kUcheR' AkhundovkUcheR	38 - 42	-4	76.6	1.04
Denis 'electroNic' SharipovelectroNic	40 - 43	-3	86.5	1.03
Sergey 'spaz' Skrypchikspaz	38 - 39	-1	78.5	0.99
Alexander 'spiker' Ivanovspiker	28 - 38	-10	60.2	0.79
Roman 'CyberFocus' DergachCyberFocus	26 - 43	-17	50.8	0.74

With Fluffy Gangsters qualifying for the Cologne Main Qualifier, the teams list now looks as such:

G2	Gambit	FaZe	MOUZ
Cloud9	Envy	Splyce	FlipSid3
Empire	FLuffy Gangsters	EU Minor #1	EU Minor #2
NA Minor #1	NA Minor #2	Asia Minor #1	Asia Minor #2

The next official CS:GO Minor kicks off this upcoming weekend in Seoul, South Korea as eight teams from across Asia and Oceania will fight for $50,000 and two spots to the Cologne Qualifier.

StarLadder Regional CIS Minor Cologne 2016 final standings:

1. FLuffy Gangsters - $30,000 + ESL One Cologne 2016 Offline Qualifier
2. Empire -  $15,000 + ESL One Cologne 2016 Offline Qualifier
3. Worst Players - $5,000
4. ANOX
5-6. Digital Wave
5-6. Binary Dragons Gold
7-8. Arcade
7-8. Vesuvius

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Anatoliy 'liTTle' Yashin Age: 27 Team: FLuffy Gangsters Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 115 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.66 Arcade #154 Dmitriy 'jR' ChervakNikolay 'mir' BityukovPavel 'hutji' LashkovDmitry 'S0tF1k' ForostyankoPavel 'COLDYY1' Veklenko Binary Dragons Gold #221 Mihail 'lma' LutovininSemyon 'kinqie' LisitsynIlya 'medusa' MertsalovAleksey 'ace' KazakovValerii 'PALICH' Palkin FlipSid3 #21 Yegor 'markeloff' MarkelovAndrey 'B1ad3' GorodenskiyOleksandr 'Shara' HordieyevGeorgi 'WorldEdit' Yaskin Leonid 'chopper' Vishnyakov Age: 19 Team: FLuffy Gangsters Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 73 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.69 G2 #13 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyEdouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro FaZe #16 Ricardo 'fox' PachecoFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyPhilip 'aizy' AistrupHåvard 'rain' NygaardJoakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad Empire #69 Emil 'kUcheR' AkhundovSergey 'spaz' SkrypchikAlexander 'spiker' IvanovRoman 'CyberFocus' DergachDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov Digital Wave Gambit #24 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevDmitry 'hooch' BogdanovMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovIvan 'spaze' Obrezhan Vesuvius #172 Alexander 'uNdo' KiziukevichYaroslav 'It's my' UshkovGregory 'balblna' OleinickAleksey '1uke' ZiminAlexey 'BAS' Kustov MOUZ #9 Chris 'chrisJ' de JongNikola 'NiKo' KovačJohannes 'nex' MagetTimo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' Howell Envy #7 Kenny 'kennyS' SchrubNathan 'NBK-' SchmittDan 'apEX' MadesclaireVincent 'Happy' SchopenhauerTimothée 'DEVIL' Démolon Splyce #28 Arya 'arya' HekmatAbraham 'abE' FazliDavid 'DAVEY' StaffordJason 'jasonR' RuchelskiAndrew 'Professor_Chaos' Heintz Cloud9 #17 Jordan 'n0thing' GilbertTyler 'Skadoodle' LathamMike 'shroud' GrzesiekAlec 'Slemmy' WhiteJake 'Stewie2K' Yip Worst Players Anton 'tonyblack' KolesnikovVadim 'DavCost' VasilyevDmitriy 'Dimaoneshot' BandurkaVladyslav 'arch' SvistovIlya 'fix' Golovko ANOX Kirill 'hitMouse' TsarevAlexey 'ub1que' PolivanovIgor 'dERZKIY' RadosavlevichSavelii 'jmqa' BraginDmitriy 'facecrack' Alekseyev Vadim 'DavCost' Vasilyev Age: 19 Team: Worst Players Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 221 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.69 FLuffy Gangsters #158 Anatoliy 'liTTle' YashinRoman 'roman' RedihinVladimir 'ROBO' NeskeyLeonid 'chopper' VishnyakovVladislav 'El Patron' Kopitin