Nickname | Медведи (Bears) |
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Short name | VP |
Divisions |
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Dota 2 League of Legends Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft |
Founded | 2003 |
Location |
Moscow, Russia (Dota 2) Warsaw, Poland (CS:GO) |
Partners |
G2A Twitch Media Markt Fragstore VertaGear |
Website | virtus |
Sport | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
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Championships |
EMS One Katowice 2014 ELeague Season 1 DreamHack Las Vegas 2017 |
Members | TaZ, NEO, pasha, Snax, byali |
Virtus.pro or Virtus Pro is an eSports organisation based in Russia with competing teams in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, World of Tanks, Starcraft II, Hearthstone and Heroes Of The Storm. In November 2015, the team got an investment of over $100,000,000 USD from Alisher Usmanov's USM Holdings. Virtus.pro's CS:GO team is based in Poland.
On January 25, Virtus.pro signed the five member roster of AGAiN, Jarosław "pashaBiceps" Jarząbkowski, Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski, Paweł "byali" Bieliński, and Golden Five players Wiktor "TaZ" Wojtas, Filip "Neo" Kubski. Virtus.pro won EMS One Katowice 2014 by beating Ninjas in Pyjamas in the finals. The team then got 5-8 at ESL One Cologne 2014.
Virtus.pro won at ESEA 18th season in April. Virtus.pro beat Natus Vincere to win CEVO Season 7 in July.
On October 2 it was announced that Virtus.pro had joined an esports team trade union along with a dozen other teams.
Virtus.pro made it to the quarterfinals in MLG Columbus after beating G2 Esports 2-0 in a best-of-three game.
Virtus.pro won 1st place and $390,000 in the inaugural ELeague season.
On December 19 Virtus Pro re-signed the roster for another four years.