MSSA selects its SA Student team to journey to Russia

Johan van Breda will be managing South Africa's Student Esports Team.

Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) has accepted an invite from the Russian Esports Federation to enter its SA Student DotA and Counter-Strike: GO teams into a four way test match to be played in the Yota Arena, Moscow Russia from 15 to 17 September 2022.

There will be a total prize fund of 1,500,000 Rubles, which equates to ZAR422,927.33, per game title.

The prize fund is broken down as follows:

1^st place ­– 800 000 rubles
2^nd place – 400 000 rubles
3^rd place – 200 000 rubles
4^th place – 100 000 rubles

Since there are only four countries participating, the other four are, Russia, Serbia, and Kazakhstan, it means that all the teams are guaranteed of walking away with a healthy purse.

The trials for the team to journey to Moscow were held at MSSA's annual North West Online Championships. With students from six (6) institutions of higher learning fighting for a place in the team, the standard of play was of the highest standard.

As soon as the championship was over, MSSA swung into action and selected its National Student Esports teams for the Counter-Strike: GO and DotA titles.

The team selected is as follows:

Esports title	Name of player	Institution of higher learning
Counter-Strike: GO	Joshua Chapman	University of Cape Town (UCT)
	Simon Zandstra	University of Stellenbosch (MATIES)
	Sebastian Pelaez	University of Cape Town (UCT)
	Robert Butler	University of Cape Town (UCT)
	Armand Pierre van der Colf	University of Pretoria (TUKS)
DotA	Christian Uys	University of Stellenbosch (MATIES)
	Lennard Koekemoer	University of Pretoria (TUKS)
	Nathan Beck	University of Pretoria (TUKS)
	Suhail Khan	University of Pretoria (TUKS)
	Tameer Chicktay	SWPS Uniwersytet

The team shall be managed by veteran Team Manager - Johan van Breda.

Additional reading:

• 2022 Calendar of Events
• Affiliation: Private Clubs
• Affiliation - School
• Awards: Nominations required by 31 August 2022 for MSSA's Management Board Awards.
• Events: North West Online Esports Championships - 27 August 2022
• IDF: MSO Grand Prix 2022
• IESF: All revved up and ready to go.
• IESF: Bali Confirmed as Host of the 2022 World Esports Championships Finals
• IESF: Charl triumphs at the South African Qualifiers for the MONACO SIM RACING WORLD CUP 2022
• IESF: IESF TO HOST CSGO EVENT FOR FEMALES.
• IESF: MSSA officially enters Protea Team
• IESF: Six Game Titles for IESF's 2022 World Esports Championships
• International events: Excitement builds before selection of SA esports team to compete in Russia.
• International events: MSSA selects its SA Student team to journey to Russia
• Ladder: Clash Royale
• National Team Trials: 30 July 2022
• Notices: Calling all volunteers
• Notices - Advertise your club
• Notices: Learners may play for both private and school clubs
• Notices: Student DOTA and CSGO teams off to Moscow, Russia with1,500,000 Rubles at stake.
• Notices: The Student's Representative
• Notices - Transfer season
• NWU Online School league: R65,000.00 in prizes for esports league
• NWU Online School league: Distribution of prizes to overall winners for 2022 NWU Online School League
• NWU  Online School League: For the first time, female learners shall earn pize money for esports.
  
• Nwu Online School League: Reallocation of prize money to the FIFA esports title.
• NWU Online School League: Six esports titles to receive share of R65,000.00 in 2022 NWU Online School League.
• NWU Online School League: Start of MSSA's NWU Online School League delayed to 1 August 2022.
• NWU Online School League: Top school to earn a  boost to its esport programme.
• Protea Colours: Qualifying for Protea Colours 
• Rankings: South Africa's Top Ten esports schools
• Rankings: South Africa's Top Ten Premier Esports Clubs
• Results: 2022 Online Western Cape Championships
• Results: Combined Online Provincial Championships for Schools
• Results: Results: Gauteng Provincial Championships
• Results: Tshwarelo Tshwane of Montanus Primary School earns National Primary School Colours for Primary School
• Titles: With immediate effect.
• Titles - esports: High School Championships
• Titles - esports: Premier Championships
• Titles - esports: Student Championships

Fighting for a share of ZAR844,000.00.

While not every University, like Wits, NWU, Tuks, and Maties, have esports clubs properly affiliated to Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) a number of students are concerned that they miss out on the massive opportunity offered in respect of representing South Africa in Moscow against Russia, Serbia, and Kazakhstan.

To recap, there is prize money of 1,500,000 Rubles, which equates to ZAR422,927.33, per game title.

The prize fund is broken down as follows:

1^st place ­– 800 000 Rubles

2^nd place – 400 000 Rubles

3^rd place – 200 000 Rubles

4^th place – 100 000 Rubles

To ensure maximum participation, where a student is not a member of a tertiary institution club affiliated to MSSA, such Registered Player may play for his/her own club.

Should a player not be a Registered Player affiliated to a member club, and still want to try to be selected at MSSA's North West Online Esports Championships to be held on 27 August 2022, all such athlete need do is:

• Affiliate to an existing member club, or
• Constitute a club and quickly affiliate to MSSA.

It is incredibly easy to constitute a club and to affiliate.

MSSA shall assist every applicant every part of the way, but time is of the essence, and all such applications must be submitted by 17H00 on Friday, 25 August 2022.

Additional reading:

2022 Calendar of Events

Affiliation: Private Clubs

Affiliation - School

Notices: Student DOTA and CSGO teams off to Moscow, Russia with1,500,000 Rubles at stake.

SA Student DOTA and CSGO teams off to Moscow, Russia with 3,000,000 Rubles at stake.

The venue at which 3,000,000 Rubles will be on offer - as well as national pride!

Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) has just received a request from the Russian Esports Federation to enter its Student DotA and Counter-Strike: GO teams into a four way test match to be played in the Yota Arena, Moscow Russia from 15 to 17 September 2022.

There will be a total prize fund of 1,500,000 Rubles, which equates to ZAR422,927.33, per game title.

The prize fund is broken down as follows:

1^st place ­– 800 000 rubles

2^nd place – 400 000 rubles

3^rd place – 200 000 rubles

4^th place – 100 000 rubles

Since there are only four countries participating, the other four are, Russia, Serbia, and Kazakhstan, it means that all the teams are guaranteed of walking away with a healthy purse.

The fully funded team shall only be selected from players who are currently registered at a South African institution of higher education, and

• Are fully paid-up Registered Players,
• Between the ages of 18 and 25, 
• Already have a valid passport - a copy of which shall be submitted with entry,
• Have proof of COVID-19 vaccination,
• Submit proof of registration at any South African tertiary institution, and
• Have submitted the contract - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NHcMGH5G97JA-UbMejpH5AnYjZ4eRChV/edit .

Such team shall be selected at MSSA's North West Online Esports Championships to be held on 27 August 2022,

For further information, please contact MSSA at mindsportscorrespondence@gmail.com

Additional reading:

• 2022 Calendar of Events
• Affiliation: Private Clubs
• Affiliation - School
• Awards: Nominations required by 31 August 2022 for MSSA's Management Board Awards.
• Events: North West Online Esports Championships - 27 August 2022
• IDF: MSO Grand Prix 2022
• IESF: All revved up and ready to go.
• IESF: Bali Confirmed as Host of the 2022 World Esports Championships Finals
• IESF: Charl triumphs at the South African Qualifiers for the MONACO SIM RACING WORLD CUP 2022
• IESF: IESF TO HOST CSGO EVENT FOR FEMALES.
• IESF: MSSA officially enters Protea Team
• IESF: Six Game Titles for IESF's 2022 World Esports Championships
• Ladder: Clash Royale
• National Team Trials: 30 July 2022
• Notices: Calling all volunteers
• Notices - Advertise your club
• Notices: Learners may play for both private and school clubs
• Notices: Student DOTA and CSGO teams off to Moscow, Russia with1,500,000 Rubles at stake.
• Notices: The Student's Representative
• Notices - Transfer season
• NWU Online School league: R65,000.00 in prizes for esports league
• NWU Online School league: Distribution of prizes to overall winners for 2022 NWU Online School League
• NWU  Online School League: For the first time, female learners shall earn pize money for esports.
  
• Nwu Online School League: Reallocation of prize money to the FIFA esports title.
• NWU Online School League: Six esports titles to receive share of R65,000.00 in 2022 NWU Online School League.
• NWU Online School League: Start of MSSA's NWU Online School League delayed to 1 August 2022.
• NWU Online School League: Top school to earn a  boost to its esport programme.
• Protea Colours: Qualifying for Protea Colours 
• Rankings: South Africa's Top Ten esports schools
• Rankings: South Africa's Top Ten Premier Esports Clubs
• Results: 2022 Online Western Cape Championships
• Results: Combined Online Provincial Championships for Schools
• Results: Results: Gauteng Provincial Championships
• Results: Tshwarelo Tshwane of Montanus Primary School earns National Primary School Colours for Primary School
• Titles: With immediate effect.
• Titles - esports: High School Championships
• Titles - esports: Premier Championships
• Titles - esports: Student Championships

120 Officials from e-Sports and Sports Industries to Attend Global e-Sports Executive Summit Shanghai 2016

120 officials from e-sports and sports industries will participate in the Global e-Sports Executive Summit,which will be held by International e-Sports Federation (IeSF) in Shanghai, China for 2 days, from July 30^th to July 31^st.

The goal and vision of the summit is to share ideas between key stakeholders in different e-Sports industries to align understandings and ensure e-sport develops in the right direction and manner. Also the summit will involve the participation of the international sport society to openly discuss the potentials of e-Sports and its synergies it can produce together with traditional Sports.

Key stakeholders in diverse e-sports industries will be attending the summit. Games related companies, such as Blizzard Entertainment, Wargaming, Smilegate, Mail.Ru, Tencent Games, and Garena. Professional e-sports teams from NAVI and FCShalke04 have also decided to participate in such event. e-Sports peripheral companies such as Sony Interactive Entertainment and Logitech, together with live streaming companies from Twitch, SPOTV, LeSports, and sport media from SinaSports, Daily Dot, The Score will also attend the summit.

The summit will also involve the presence of key roleplayers within the international sports society. Charmaine Crooks, the 1984 LA Olympic silver medalist who was elected to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) athlete’s commissions, and an executive board member of Canadian Olympic Committee (COC), together with Vlad Marinescu, former SportsAccord general director, and Patrick Nally, who is regarded as father of sports marketing and the CEO of West Nally, will attend as a panel member of panel discussion during the summit.

The agendas of panel discussion will be;

• e-sports, road to official sports
• good causes, universal value, and social responsibility in e-sports,
• athlete welfare
• clean e-sports environment
• -what is the platform for the next generation e-Sports and how it can change your lives, will be discussed during the summit on July 31^st

“We expect the Global e-Sports Executive Summit will be the place where various e-sports and sports officials could speak together on the synergy of e-sports and traditional sports. IeSF plans to host the summit as an annual event for e-sports partners to discuss e-sports development and have relationships with international sports society. We request for all e-sports partners, fans and traditional sports officials who are interested in e-sports for your continuous interests and support,” said Byung Hun Jun, President of IeSF.

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<Attachment> Agenda and Panel list of Panel Discussion on Global e-Sports Executive Summit

Agenda	Panel List
eSports, Road to Official Sports	Tim Reichert (FCShalke04), Colin Webster (IeSF), Vlad Marinescu (Rsportz), Jay Shin (Smilegate), Yanfei Li (WCA)
Good causes, universal value, and social responsibility in e-sports	David Yarnton (Gfinity), Magnus Jonsson (IeSF), Akihito Furusawa (Japan e-Sports Federation), Yevhen Zolotarov (NAVI), Charmaine Crooks (NGU Consultants), Pavel Varabei (Wargaming)
Athlete welfare	Spike Laurie (ESL), Alex Lim (IeSF), Charmaine Crooks (NGU Consultants) Leonardo Ribas ( Brazil, eSports athlete)
Clean e-sports environment	Kevin Morris (Daily Dot), Anna Rozwandowicz (ESIC), Tim Reichert (FCShalke04), Sean Conroy (Genius Sports), Colin Webster (IeSF), Patrick Nally (West Nally)
What is the future platform for e-Sports and how it can change your lives	Eddy Lim (IeSF), Tom Keefer (US e-Sports Federation), Patrick Nally (West Nally), Brian So (World Mobile Games Inc.)