Organizer
Tournament edition
EPICENTER 2019
EPICENTER 2019 was an eight-team Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament won by Team Vitality.
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Updated October 23, 2026Competition snapshot
Host and dates
Crocus Expo Hall, Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Russia · Dec 17–22, 2019[1][6]
Champion
Combined prize pool
USD 500,000[1]
Games
Participant scale
CategoryPartnerCommercial note
Category
Organizer
Partner
Epic Esports EventsCommercial note
Tournament organizer · Recorded in the 2019 edition.[1]
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Technology Partner
Partner
ROGCommercial note
Technical partner; participant PCs and monitors and on-site product demonstrations · Recorded in the 2019 edition.[4]
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Official Partner
Partner
IntelCommercial note
Event partner; activation details not specified in the reviewed report · Recorded in the 2019 edition.[5]
PTG Database Analysis
EPICENTER 2019 was played offline from Dec 17–22, with the playoffs held at Crocus Expo IEC on Dec 21–22. Liquipedia and event coverage identify Moscow as the host location. Crocus Expo’s current official address places the exhibition complex in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, so PTG records the venue’s physical city and keeps the source’s Moscow event label in the location note.[1][3][6]
The eight-team field was split into two four-team GSL groups. The top three from each group advanced to a six-team single-elimination playoff; all matches were best-of-three. Team Vitality defeated MOUZ 2–1 in the final.[1][3]
Event reporting identifies ROG as the technical partner supplying participant PCs and monitors, and lists Intel among the partners. This edition’s linked partnership records reflect those two entities; the source roundup also names additional companies that do not yet have confirmed canonical PTG partner pages.[4][5]
References8
- [1]EPICENTER 2019 — Counter-Strike tournament overview — Liquipedia
- [2]EPICENTER 2019 with $500,000 in December — HLTV
- [3]EPICENTER groups revealed — HLTV
- [4]EPICENTER finds technical partner in ASUS ROG — Esports Insider
- [5]EPICENTER CS:GO 2019 views count exceeded 51 million — TalkEsport
- [6]Crocus Expo official arrival information — Crocus Expo
- [7]Crocus Expo International Exhibition Centre — Wikimedia Commons — Crocus Expo
- [8]HLTV — Relationship evidence
Commercial opportunities
ASUS Republic of Gamers technical partnership
ROG supplied PCs and monitors for participants and provided hardware for event demonstrations; the event organizer described ASUS Republic of Gamers as its partner.[3]
Intel event partnership
Intel was included in the event's reported partner group; the reviewed source did not specify event rights or activation.[5]
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