“Karabakh Horse” begins to fight in Nations Cup

The strongest team of Azerbaijan on the eSports “Karabakh Horses” will compete for the European Nations Cup. International Competition for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) will begin on August 23.

The winner of the prestigious tournament will receive the right to participate in the World Cup, which will be held in the Israeli city of Eilat.

Earlier, “Karabakh Horse” won the national qualifying tournament, organized with the support of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Federation of Celebrates of Azerbaijan and Technical Partnership Gaming League Azerbaijan (GLA), having received the opportunity to participate in the European Nations Cup.

We note that according to statistics published before 2019, the popularity of cybersports, who are fond of more than 400 million people, is constantly growing. Cybersport on a test basis is included in the XIX Asian Games Program.

GLA, created in Azerbaijan in 2019 and conducting cyber tournaments, today has already organized more than 40 cybersport championships. The priority objectives of the league created to form a culture of cybersport are the development of cybersport games at the international level in Azerbaijan; Create the necessary conditions for both local and international events.