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Malta Vibes Knockout Series 6 Overview

Malta Vibes Knockout Series is a six stand-alone online tournament between the best Counter-Strike: Global Offense teams from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Europe started last August 16, 2021.

The said new championship game shares a total prize pool of $300,000, including 12 premium boot camp packages. And a luxurious stay at the 5-star hotel in beautiful Malta which can be used anytime during a year after winning the competition. Malta Vibes Knockout Series introduced a new dynamic knockout format that is exciting for CSGO and content fans. Since this new championship aims to produce a well-balanced competitive schedule.

As a series of tournaments, Malta Vibes Knockout Series 6 is part of this new series of cups organized by Eden Esports. Each cup of the series will have a prize pool of $50,000. Now, most of the other series of this six-stand-alone cup is done, the event is now in its final series, Malta Vibes Knockout Series 6.

The said series will have forty teams participating, where eight of these teams will have a direct invite to the round of six and will battle in a single-elimination bracket format. This series is one of the newest B-Tier tournaments that features small LAN events with bigger online events producing top-tier two teams. And results from Malta Vibes Knockout Series 6 could help the winning team qualify for the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championships.

Since Malta Vibes Knockout Series 6 is part of a new tournament game, not a lot of CSGO fans likely know the dynamic and information on how this new gaming format works. And any CSGO would fan would love to know details about the different regional or major championships out there. Here are some things you should know about Malta Vibes Knockout.

Malta Vibes Knockout Series 6

Things You Should Know More About Malta Vibes Knockout Series

Malta Vibes Knockout Series is a new gaming tournament out in the esports world that started last year. And not a lot of fans know how the game works. In this tournament, there will be forty participants to compete in each season, thirty-two of these teams will be invited to the Round-of-Thirty-Two-Stage, while the remaining eight teams will directly land a spot to the Round-of-Sixteen number two-stage.

Game Format

When the knockout hunt is on, and money bounty is placed in every match-winner, the teams will win a prize during each round of the knockouts starting from Round-of-Sixteen until the team reaches up to $25,000 for the championship round. Here is the breakdown of stages:

  • Round-of-Thirty-Two
  • Round-of-Sixteen – $1,000 prize for each knockout
  • Round-of-Sixteen (Stage Two) – $1,000 prize for each Knockout (adding eight more invited teams)
  • Quarter-Finals – $2,000 per Knockout
  • Semi-Finals – $5,000 per knockout
  • Grand-Final – $16,000 per knockout

During the Malta Vibes Knockout Series 6, the game format during the playoff will follow a Single Bracket Elimination and all matches will be decided by Best-of-Three.

Prize Pool Distribution

It has been announced that each series for Malta Vibes will have a whopping $50,000 prize pool. Here is the breakdown of how the amount will be distributed for the winning teams.

Place USD Price
1st $24,000
2nd $8,000
3rd to 4th $3,000
5th to 8th $1,000

Teams Participating

Malta Vibes Knockout Series 6 has forty teams participating in order to win the first place and have an invite to one of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive major championships as well as enjoy some good rest at one of Malta’s luxurious getaway spots. Here are the teams that are playing for Malta Vibes Knockout Series 6, along with the players representing each team.

Team Players Seed
AGO Furlan, F1KU, leman, kRaSnaL, Grashog, miNIr0x Invited (High Seed)
ECSTATIC birdfromsky, maNkz, Daffu, FASHR, Wolfy Invited (High Seed)
ENTERPRISE esports The eLiVe, manguss, matys, NIO, Blytz, Nevar Invited (High Seed)
SAW JUST, MUTiRis, rmn, stadodo, arki, vts Invited (High Seed)
SINNERS Esports beastik, ZEDKO, SHOCK, NEOFRAG, forsyy, tomkeejs Invited (High Seed)
SKADE dennyslaw, Rainmaker, SHiPZ, bubble, dream3r, pNshr Invited (High Seed)
Team Spirit chopper, magixx, degster, Patsi, s1ren, hally Invited (High Seed)
Team Unique Sorrow, w1nt3r, smiley, icem4n, dukefissura Invited (High Seed)
1shot GreK, Get_Jeka, FpSSS, faydett, SynyX, lostdf Invited
Anonymo Esports innocent, Demho, oskarish, tudsoN, Vegi, IMD Invited
Astralis Talent viggo, MistR, Altekz, Fessor, brzer, trace Invited
D13 tamir, Annihilation, shinobi, xerolte, yAmi, worldpeace Invited
Esports Club Kyiv byr9, Smash, s4, amster, uQlutzavr Invited
GMT Esports RAiLWAY, DavCost, floweaN, ProbLeM, JIaYm, bullet Invited
Nemiga Gaming Jyo, boX, iDISBALANCE, Chill, BELCHONOKK, keep3r Invited
Young Ninjas ztr, Sapec, LNZ, Ro1f, Larva, slap Invited
4glory Esports C0llins, Kind0, aVN, DiMKE,Impulse, fajkus Invited
Ambus Esport wasiNk, s0ne, devoduvek, SBT, SIXER Invited
Apeks Rebels SLY, sense, Trax, H0land, shyyne, mithR Invited
AVE svyat, Raijin, waterfaLLZ, Porya, sugar Invited
Budapest Five fleav, kolor, Aaron, gubi, 1NSERT2, MustanG Invited
Case Esports yepz, steel, honda, RCF, f4stzin Invited
Conquer Gaming choco, Elfern, myltsi, Jerppa, Jimpphat Invited
cowana Gaming PANIX, kRYSTAL, stfN, kressy, glaVed, KiNGDOM Invited
Dynamo Eclot K1-FiDa, ZEDc, nbqq, Valencio, capseN, bfull Invited
Entropiq Prague leckr, AJTT, HONES, MoriiSko, KWERTZZ Invited
Team Finest anarkez, kreaz, shokz, Golden, lollipop21k, LETN1 Invited
Fnatic Rising Kevve, Peppzor, regali, kst, Maze, cube Invited
HellRaisers Templ, 7Ox1C, w0nderful, alex666, OWNER, liTTle Invited
HONORIS TaZ, NEO, reiko, fr3nd, mouz, Bogdan Invited
iNation Dragon, choiv7, VLDN, SkippeR, Dav, djokabomb Invited
Into The Breach Adam9130, dobbo, isk, CYPHER, Tadpole, Juve Invited
Los Reyes alexsomfan, Patti, jarko, Ryxxo, Buzz Invited
Lynn Vision Gaming westmelon, z4kr, EXPRO, Starry, Roninbaby, V4D1M Invited
MASONIC kraghen, m4tt, Queenix, J3nsyy, blaq, Casle Invited
Nexus Gaming BTN, XELLOW, lauNX, ragga, SEMINTE Invited
OFFSET Esports RIZZ, shellzi, snapy, EasTor, slaxx, vsk Invited
One Tap Gaming GEOHYPE, MoDo, smekk, swiffter, ADRON, starkiller Invited
PACT lunAtic, MINISE, bnox, reatz, maaryy, VinS Invited
SQUAD fox, NOPEEJ, obj, renatoohaxx, pr, w0rms Invited

Malta Vibes Knockout Series 6 gameplay

Sponsors

Malta Vibes Knockout Series may be a new B-tier tournament out there, but it doesn’t mean that it could not pull some great sponsorship. Sponsors for this newly developed league include the Government of Malta represented by the Visit Malta Tourism Authority, which aims to advance the economic and social activity of the city.

GRID is the official data partner of the Malta Vibes Knockout Series. Pinnacle is another CSGO platform that is a one website stop for every fan need, and lastly, Hellcase provides all the items needed or other marketplace needs for every CSGO player or fan.

Eden Esports, the organizer of Malta Vibes Knockout Series, aims to provide or shorten the gap between Tier 1 and Tier 2 organizations in producing good quality tournaments which will help the niche grow.

Schedule of Games

February 16, 2023,

Time Series Round
8:00 PM SGT 1shot vs. Esports Club Kyiv Semifinal Round (Best-of-Three)
11:00 PM SGT Team Spirit vs. Sinners Esports Semifinal Round (Best-of-Three)

February 17, 2023,

Time Series Round
11:00 PM SGT TBA v. TBA (depending who will win on the Semifinals Round) Final Round (Best-of-Three)

Live Broadcast Link

Despite being a new tier tournament in the CSGO community, Malta Vibes Knockout Series will be broadcast online for fans who wanted to watch the action-packed game. For English, Russian, Portuguese, Polish, and Spanish-speaking countries, the live broadcast will be via Twitch stream. Lastly, for Romanian-speaking fans, the live broadcast will be available via YouTube stream.

About author

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Daniel Witman is a professional esports journalist who reviews esports events and trends in the industry. Recently, he’d decided to create the blog csgo-bets.org where he could share his passion with the readers interested in the topic.
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