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Moscow is Russia's capital and a major host city for international live events. Its VTB Ice Palace hosted the 2016 EPICENTER Counter-Strike tournament.

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Winter panorama of central Moscow viewed from Sparrow Hills. · Quintin Soloviev · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 ·
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Updated October 23, 2026

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Key esports property

EPICENTER 2016[2]

Eight-team Counter-Strike S-Tier tournament held at VTB Ice Palace.

Esports venue

CSKA Arena[2]

The arena was called VTB Ice Palace when it hosted EPICENTER in 2016.

Events and competition

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  1. [1]CSKA Arena — Arena — CSKA Hockey
  2. [2]EPICENTER 2016 — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki
  3. [3]Moscow skyline.jpg — Wikimedia Commons
  4. [4]BLAST Premier: Spring 2020 — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki — Liquipedia
  5. [5]S-Tier Tournaments: 2012-2023 — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki — Liquipedia
  6. [6]BLAST Premier Spring Series will be online — Natus Vincere
  7. [7]EPICENTER: Moscow overview — HLTV.org
  8. [8]EPICENTER: Moscow details released — HLTV.org
  9. [9]EPICENTER groups announced — HLTV.org
  10. [10]EPICENTER Moscow CS:GO tournament announced — CS:GO.com
  11. [11]VTB Ice Palace image reuse audit — Epic Esports Events, Wikimedia Commons and Unsplash
  12. [12]EPICENTER 2018 — Counter-Strike tournament overview — Liquipedia
  13. [13]EPICENTER: CS:GO 2018 with technical support from HYPERPC — HYPERPC
  14. [14]EPICENTER 2018 overview — HLTV
  15. [15]EPICENTER 2018 announced with $300,000 prize pool — HLTV
  16. [16]EPICENTER finds technical partner in ASUS ROG — Esports Insider
  17. [17]EPICENTER 2019 — Counter-Strike tournament overview — Liquipedia
  18. [18]EPICENTER 2019 with $500,000 in December — HLTV
  19. [19]EPICENTER groups revealed — HLTV
  20. [20]EPICENTER CS:GO 2019 views count exceeded 51 million — TalkEsport
  21. [21]Crocus Expo official arrival information — Crocus Expo
  22. [22]Crocus Expo International Exhibition Centre — Wikimedia Commons — Crocus Expo
  23. [23]Intel Challenge Cup 2007 — Counter-Strike — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki
  24. [24]Intel Challenge Cup — HLTV.org
  25. [25]GameX: a new page — CNews
  26. [26]Intel Challenge Cup: Autumn competition series opens — PCNEWS.RU
  27. [27]Rekrut Open 2007 — ProPlay.ru
  28. [28]KODE5 2008 — Counter-Strike — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki
  29. [29]KODE5 Finals In Moscow — HLTV.org
  30. [30]mTw wins KODE5 — HLTV.org
  31. [31]KODE5 2009 — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki
  32. [32]KODE5 2008/2009 finals in Moscow — HLTV.org
  33. [33]fnatic win KODE5 Global Finals — HLTV.org
  34. [34]KODE5 2008/2009 Global Finals announced — 17173
  35. [35]Rift Rivals 2017 LCL-TCL — Leaguepedia — Leaguepedia
  36. [36]Rift Rivals turnuvasında temsilcilerimizin maç takvimi belli oldu — 5mid
  37. [37]League of Legends finalini Türkiye kazandı — Dünya Gazetesi
  38. [38]Rift Rivals 2017: LCL vs TCL — Liquipedia — Liquipedia

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