3,500,000 tenge were won by esports players at a major national tournament in Astana

The draw for the QAZAQSTAN RESPUBLIKASYNYŊ KÜZGI KUBOGI esports championship was announced by the Esports Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in early October. The tournament program included competitions in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, FIFA 22, Clash Royale, and mobile PUBG MOBILE.  

The stakes for the autumn season included a prize pool of 3,500,000 tenge and the title of national champions in these disciplines. On October 8 and 9, matches of the first two qualifying stages of the Esports Cup of the Republic of Kazakhstan were played, and playoff games also took place in October. On October 25, the PUBG Mobile discipline final was held online: the victory was claimed by the well-known domestic team Rukh Esports.  

In the decisive CS:GO match, the teams genofmiracles, with the roster: mag1k3Y, D1sastrouS, kAlash, BLVCKM4GIC, def1zer, and Spection, with the roster: lav, tasman, dmntr, ner, bones, faced off. The match ended with a score of 2:0 in favor of genofimracles, who received 850,000 tenge.  

In Clash Royale, the title of champion and 100,000 tenge in prizes were contested between Dmitry $D.I.M.A.S$ Jung and Vladislav Ascended Barinovya, with Dmitry Jung winning 3-1.  

In the final of another individual discipline, FIFA 22, on Sunday, Amangerey 1erdaaa Erdaulet and Rostislav Rosstar Starodubtsev competed. The winner, Rostislav, received 150,000 tenge for his victory with a score of 3-2.  

In three disciplines — Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, FIFA 22, and Clash Royale — the prize pool was distributed among the top three finishers. In PUBG MOBILE, where the winner earned 600,000 tenge, the prize money was proportionally distributed among participants who placed from first to eighth inclusive.  

The level of players demonstrated during the autumn Cup of the Republic of Kazakhstan in esports indicates that the esports industry is becoming increasingly popular. The new discipline PUBG MOBILE was the most anticipated.  

The official sponsor of the championship was the company 1XBET.    

The partners of the Cup of the Republic of Kazakhstan tournament are: JSC "Samruk-Kazyna", the Tourism and Sports Industry Support Fund Sport Qory, and the Association of Martial Arts of Kazakhstan.