The first event will be held on February 1st 2009 at the T-32 in Bryansk and will be played over the next few months where several Russian teams will get the chance to qualify for the KODE5 Global Final in May which is also again in Moscow. After the eight qualifiers have been played, the teams will gather up in Russias biggest Internet café, the Playground.ru to decide the winner going to the KODE5 Global Final.

KODE5 Russia

Event: KODE5 Bryansk
Dates: February 1st, 2009
Venue: T-32 Internet Café
Game: Counter-Strike 1.6
Notes: Top 2 advance to KODE5 Russia Regional Finals

Event: KODE5 Ufa
Dates: February 8th, 2009
Venue: Godlike Internet Café
Game: Counter-Strike 1.6
Notes: 1st place advances to KODE5 Russia Regional Finals

Event: KODE5 Volgograd
Dates: March 7th to 8th, 2009
Venue: Nachestvie Internet Café
Game: Counter-Strike 1.6
Notes: Top 2 advance to KODE5 Russia Regional Finals

Event: KODE5 Ekaterinburg
Dates: March 14th to 15th, 2009
Venue: B100 Internet Café
Game: Counter-Strike 1.6
Notes: 1st place advances to KODE5 Russia Regional Finals

Event: KODE5 St. Petersburg
Dates: March 21st to 22nd, 2009
Venue: Terracot Internet Café
Game: Counter-Strike 1.6
Notes: Top 2 advance to KODE5 Russia Regional Finals

Event: KODE5 Nizhny Novgorod
Dates: March 29th, 2009
Venue: IpClub Internet Café
Game: Counter-Strike 1.6
Notes: Top 2 advance to KODE5 Russia Regional Finals

Event: KODE5 Omsk
Dates: Coming Soon
Venue: Delta-X Internet Café
Game: Counter-Strike 1.6
Notes: Top 2 advance to KODE5 Russia Regional Finals

Event: KODE5 Moscow
Dates: Coming Soon
Venue: Playground.ru Internet Café
Game: Counter-Strike 1.6
Notes: Top 4 advance to KODE5 Russia Regional Finals

Event: KODE5 Russia Regional Final
Dates: Coming Soon
Venue: Playground.ru Internet Café
Game: Counter-Strike 1.6
Notes: 1st place advances to KODE5 Global Finals