Virtus.pro
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| Nickname | Virtus.Pro G2A |
|---|---|
| Short name | VP |
| Divisions |
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Dota 2 League of Legends Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft Paladins |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Location |
Moscow, Russia (Dota 2) Warsaw, Poland (CS:GO) |
| Colors |
Purple, Green, Black, White |
| Manager | Roman «dvoryrom» Dvoryankin |
| Partners |
MegaFon G2A Twitch Media Markt Fragstore VertaGear |
| Website |
virtus |
Virtus.pro or Virtus Pro is an eSports organisation based in Russia with competing teams in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, World of Tanks, Starcraft II, Hearthstone, Paladins, Quake Champions and Heroes Of The Storm. In November 2015, the team got an investment of over $100,000,000 USD from Alisher Usmanov's USM Holdings.[1][2] Since 2015 Virtus.pro is a part of the ESforce esports holding.[3] Virtus.pro's CS:GO team is based in Poland.[4]
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
| Sport | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
|---|---|
| Championships |
EMS One Katowice 2014 ELeague Season 1 DreamHack Las Vegas 2017 |
| Members | MICHU, NEO, pasha, Snax, byali |
2014
On January 25, Virtus.pro signed the five member roster of AGAiN, Jarosław "pashaBiceps" Jarząbkowski, Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski, Paweł "byali" Bieliński, and Golden Five players Wiktor "TaZ" Wojtas, Filip "Neo" Kubski. Virtus.pro won EMS One Katowice 2014 by beating Ninjas in Pyjamas in the finals.[5] The team then got 5-8 at ESL One Cologne 2014.[6]
2015
Virtus.pro won at ESEA 18th season in April.[7] Virtus.pro beat Natus Vincere to win CEVO Season 7 in July.[8]
On October 2 it was announced that Virtus.pro had joined an esports team trade union along with a dozen other teams.[9]
2016
Virtus.pro made it to the quarterfinals in MLG Columbus after beating G2 Esports 2-0 in a best-of-three game.
Virtus.pro won 1st place and $390,000 in the inaugural ELeague season.[10]
On December 19 Virtus Pro re-signed the roster for another four years.[11]
2017
Virtus.pro finishes 2nd place at the ELEAGUE Atlanta major, winning $150k.
Virtus.pro finishes 1st place at DreamHack Masters - Las Vegas 2017,[12] winning $200k.
Virtus.pro finishes 2nd place at EPICENTER 2017,[13] winning $100k.
Roster
| ID | Name | Join date |
|---|---|---|
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Michał Müller | 2018-02-06[14] |
|
Filip Kubski | 2014-01-25[15] |
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Jarosław Jarząbkowski | 2014-01-25[15] |
|
Michał Rudzki | 2018-08-06[15] |
|
Jakub Gurczyński | 2015-02-02[16] |
Results
2013
- 3rd - Copenhagen Games 2013
- 1st - SLTV StarSeries V 2013
2014
- 2nd - Copenhagen Games 2014[17]
- 1st - EMS One Katowice 2014
- 5–8th - ESL One Cologne 2014
- 3–4th - DreamHack Winter 2014
2015
- 3–4th - ESL One Katowice 2015
- 3–4th - ESL One Cologne 2015
- 5–8th - DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015
- 3–4th - FACEIT 2015 Stage 3 Finals
- 1st - ESL ESEA Dubai Invitational 2015
2016
- 5–8th - MLG Major Championship: Columbus
- 1st - SL i-League Invitational: Kiev[18]
- 3-4th - ESL One Cologne 2016
- 1st - ELEAGUE Season 1[10]
- 1st - Dreamhack Bucharest 2016[19]
- 2nd - ESL One New York 2016[20]
- 2nd - EPICENTER 2016[21]
2017
2018
- 15-16th - ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018
- 13-16th - IEM Katowice 2018[26]
- 2nd - V4 Future Sport Festival
- 3rd - IEM Shanghai 2018
Dota 2
2014
Virtus.pro attended The International 2014.
2015
Virtus.pro placed 5th-6th at The International 2015.
2016
Virtus.pro released its squad after failing to qualify for The International 2016, but reformed shortly after.[27] In November, the team won The Summit 6 LAN event, sweeping OG 3-0 in a best-of-five series.[28]
2017
Virtus.pro placed 5th - 6th at The International 2017. Virtus. pro wins ESL One Hamburg 2017, the first major of the season.
2018
Virtus.pro wins ESL One Birmingham 2018.
Roster
- Roman "RAMZES666" Kushnarev
- Vladimir "No[o]ne" Minenko
- Pavel "9pasha" Khvastunov
- Vladimir "RodjER" Nikogosyan[29]
- Alexei "Solo" Berezin
- Ivan "ArtStyle" Antonov (Coach)
Starcraft 2
- Artem "sLivko" Garavtsov
Heroes of the Storm
Roster
- Vsevolod "CEBKAJE" Demianenko
- Oleg "PowerOfDreams" Bondarenko
- Vladislav "NeonOmg" Zelinsky
- Alexander "RemmerBaller" Remmerswaal
- Łukasz "LeoFromKorea" Mirek
Former
- Arthur "bkbgrnrjefek" Hlibovs
- Evgeny "Lunarn" Evdokimov
- Gabin "Doc" Paquo
- Iliya "Unstable" Grigoriev
- Andrey "AndyLendi" Pishikov
- Stephan "Holachy" Howard
- Alena "Gela" Shuspanikova
- Stepan "Kunichan" Zhilin
Quake Champions
References
- ↑ Lingle, Samuel (October 15, 2015). "Virtus.Pro receives investment that could hit $100 million". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
- ↑ Sillis, Ben (October 16, 2015). "What can $100 million buy an eSports team?". Red Bull eSports. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
- ↑ "Virtus.pro's parent company ESforce Holding is a majority shareholder in SK Gaming - The Esports Observer". The Esports Observer. 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
- ↑ "HLTV.org - The home of competitive Counter-Strike". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
- ↑ Nordmark, Sam 'Wndwrt' (March 17, 2014). "EMS One Katowice concludes with Virtus.pro dominating NiP". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
- ↑ "ESL One Cologne 2014 – Winners". Counter-Strike. Valve Corporation. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
- ↑ Wynne, Jared (April 20, 2015). "Virtus.pro win, Americans lose at ESEA". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
- ↑ Wynne, Jared (July 27, 2015). "Virtus.pro topple Na`Vi, Americans at CEVO". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
- ↑ Lewis, Richard (October 3, 2015). "E-Sports Team Union Formalises And Reveals Demands For 2016". E-Frag. Archived from the original on January 5, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
- 1 2 Striker (July 30, 2016). "Virtus.pro win ELEAGUE Season 1". HLTV. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
- ↑ "Virtus Pro re-signs its CS:GO roster until 2020". Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ↑ "DreamHack Masters Stockholm 2018". DreamHack. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ↑ "EPICENTER 2017 overview". HLTV.org. 2017-10-29. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
- ↑ "MICHU joins Virtus.pro on loan; TaZ Benched". hltv.org.
- 1 2 3 "Virtus.pro recruit AGAiN". hltv.org.
- ↑ "kuben joins Virtus.pro as coach". Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ↑ "News: NiP wins over Virtus.pro at Copenhagen Games 2014". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
- ↑ "Virtus.pro win SL i-League #1". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
- ↑ "Virtus.pro win DreamHack Bucharest". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2016-09-16.
- ↑ "Natus Vincere win ESL One New York". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
- ↑ "dignitas beat VP to win EPICENTER". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
- ↑ . HLTV.org http://www.hltv.org/news/19890-vp-win-dreamhack-masters-las-vegas. Retrieved 2017-02-20. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Virtus.pro win Adrenaline Cyber League". Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ↑ "Epicenter 2017 — SK Gaming overcome Virtus.pro". Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ↑ "SL-I-League Results". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
- ↑ "IEM Results". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
- ↑ "Virtus.pro's Dota 2 team disbands". Retrieved 2016-07-23.
- ↑ Van Allen, Eric. "Virtus.Pro sweeps OG 3-0 in TS6 finals". ESPN. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ↑ Freaks 4U Gaming GmbH, freaks4u.com (2018-02-01). "CIS Swap sends Rodjer to Virtus.Pro and Lil to Na`Vi « News «". Joindota.com. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
External links
| Awards and achievements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by DreamHack Winter 2013 Fnatic |
EMS One Katowice 2014 winner 2014 |
Succeeded by ESL One Cologne 2014 Ninjas in Pyjamas |