The first champion of the Astana Student Cyber League has been determined
Author - Mansur Ismagulov
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On October 17, the Astana Student Cyber League kicked off, with its pilot tournament being a Dota 2 competition. The ALONA team from Astana IT University won the qualifying rounds among 12 teams and became the first finalist of ASCL, representing the university at the LAN final in spring 2025. The tournament's prize fund amounted to 450,000 tenge, with the winners receiving 150,000 tenge from the league and 100,000 tenge from the university. The second place was taken by the Kekw Business team, and MVP was awarded to Nurdaulet Kavdas Sadvakas.
The ALONA team from Astana IT University became the first champion of the Astana Student Cyber League, confidently winning the intense Dota 2 competition.
On October 17, a large-scale esports project, the Astana Student Cyber League, was launched in the capital of Kazakhstan. This is a unique initiative aimed at uniting the student youth of Astana and promoting esports.
The league's pilot project consisted of Dota 2 tournaments.
In total, eight tournaments will be held as part of the League, where eight champion teams will be determined—one team from each of the eight universities in Astana. The Astana Student Cyber League will conclude with a grand LAN final between the eight champions of the capital's universities, featuring a significant prize fund.
The first finalist, who will represent AITU in the ASCL final in spring 2025, is already known. It is the ALONA team, which included:
- Adilzhan Seizures Asanuly
- Adil Ancien Divinity Leiman
- Nursultan Nurik Nurlybayev
- Alexey Conversation Kim
- Omirbek Vodonos Vodonosvych Sagymbaev
Reserve player: Yerassyl Awesome Omarzhanov
A total of 12 teams from Astana IT University competed for the ASCL championship title. During the qualifying rounds on October 17 and 18, 30 matches were played in a best-of-2 format. The final was held in a best-of-3 format.
The total prize fund for the first DOTA 2 tournament amounted to 450,000 tenge.
The team that took first place received the main prize of 150,000 tenge from ASCL. The ALONA team members will also receive an additional 100,000 tenge from their university.
The second place in the tournament went to the Kekw Business team. The guys received a certificate worth 100,000 tenge. Two teams that took third place each received 50,000 tenge. These are the CreepLegion and Sharashnye teams.
The Most Valuable Player of the tournament was a player from the Kekw Business team, Nurdavlet Kavdas Sadvakas. Nurdavlet received a certificate worth 30,000 tenge for the Technodom electronics store.
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