The stage is set for the StarLadder CIS Minor taking place between tomorrow and Sunday in St. Petersburg, Russia, where two spots at the ELEAGUE Major main qualifier will be up for grabs.

The event will take place at the St. Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex within the Games Planet festival on November 11-13. On top of the two invitations to the Major's main qualifier, $50,000 are on the line to be split between the top three finishers.

hooch will be looking to get RoX into the main qualifier 

The teams have been split into these two groups:

Group A	Group B
RoX	Spirit
VwS	zARLANS
ALLIN	Tengri
EYESports	Quantum Bellator Fire

The Group stages will be played out as best-of-ones, before jumping into a double elimination bracket with the upper bracket being best-of-three and the lower bracket best-of-one. The grand finalists will be awarded two tickets to the ELEAGUE Major main qualifier and cash prizes—$30,000 for the winner and $15,000 for the runner up—while the consolidation final loser will take $5,000.

The schedule is kicked off with group play on the first day, with Group A's opening, winners', and losers' matches followed by Group B's. The second day will see the decider matches and semifinals, while the third will be the lower, upper, consolidation, and grand finals.

Friday, November 11th
10:00	RoX	vs. VwS	BO1
11:15	ALLIN	vs. EYESports	BO1
12:30	Group A winners' match		BO1
13:45	Group A losers' match		BO1
15:00	zARLANS	vs. Spirit	BO1
16:15	Quantum Bellator Fire	vs. Tengri	BO1
17:30	Group B winners' match		BO1
18:45	Group B losers' match		BO1
Saturday, November 12th
10:00	Group A decider match		BO1
11:15	Group B decider match		BO1
12:30	Upper bracket semifinal		BO3
15:30	Upper bracket semifinal		BO3
Sunday, November 13th
10:00	Lower bracket final		BO1
11:15	Upper bracket final		BO3
14:15	Consolidation final		BO1
15:30	Grand final		BO3

The tournament will be broadcast in Russian and English. The following panel, filled with several of StarLadder's ubiquitous commentators, will be present on the Russian stream:

Juriy "⁠strike⁠" Tereshenko
Konstantin "⁠leniniw⁠" Sivko
Oleksij "⁠xaoc⁠" Kucherov
Igor "⁠sL4M⁠" Sopov
Ivan "⁠Johnta⁠" Shevtsov
Antonina "TONYA"Predko 
Andrey "MPKBK"Ermakov
Dmitriy "oldkinder"Ryazantzev

Meanwhile, the English stream will have a team of two commentating the matches:

Ryan "Flakes"Oliver
Alex "Snodz"Byfield

The prizepool distribution:

1. $30,000 + spot for ELEAGUE Major 2017 Main Qualifier
2. $15,000 + spot for ELEAGUE Major 2017 Main Qualifier
3. $5,000

For further information, check out the CIS Minor's event page to reference upcoming matches, results, and any news pertaining the event.