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Intel Challenge Cup 2007 — Counter-Strike

Intel Challenge Cup's Moscow Counter-Strike invitational brought 31 teams to Crocus Expo from September 14–16, 2007. Virtus.pro won the USD 50,000 tournament.

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Updated October 24, 2026

Competition snapshot

Combined prize pool

USD 50,000[1][2]

Participant scale

31 teams[1]

Category

Organizer

Partner

Rekrut

Commercial note

Specific tournament organizer · Recorded in the 2007 edition.[3]

Category

Organizer

Partner

Intel

Commercial note

Cup title partner; organizer of the broader Intel Challenge Cup program · Recorded in the 2007 edition.[4]

Category

Official Partner

Partner

Intel

Commercial note

Cup title sponsor · Recorded in the 2007 edition.[1]

PTG Database Analysis

Liquipedia classifies the September 14–16 Counter-Strike 1.6 invitational as S-Tier and records Crocus Expo in Moscow as the venue. The venue’s current official address is in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, so PTG records Krasnogorsk as the physical host city and preserves Moscow as the event’s marketed location. Contemporary coverage identifies Rekrut as organizer of the specific GameX tournament, while Intel gave the event its title and organized the broader Challenge Cup program with support from the Moscow Computer Sports Federation.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Virtus.pro won the 31-team event and USD 50,000 prize pool, defeating CMAX.gg in the final. ALTERNATE aTTaX finished third and Amazing Gaming fourth. Liquipedia’s notable-participants panel names 15 teams; PTG links nine of those with canonical Counter-Strike Team records. Because the panel does not enumerate the full 31-team field, the participant list remains partial.[1]

References6
  1. [1]Intel Challenge Cup 2007 — Counter-Strike — Liquipedia Counter-Strike Wiki
  2. [2]Intel Challenge Cup — HLTV.org
  3. [3]GameX: a new page — CNews
  4. [4]Intel Challenge Cup: Autumn competition series opens — PCNEWS.RU
  5. [5]Crocus Expo — visitor information — Crocus Expo
  6. [6]Rekrut Open 2007 — ProPlay.ru

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Intel gave the event its name and organized the broader Intel Challenge Cup program.[1][4]

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