Ten teams hailing from four regions made it to the IEM Katowice 2019 Major's New Challenger Stage through the Minors. Here is a breakdown of those teams and their chances to make it to the next round of play.
Ten teams are coming directly from the Minors, eight of whom after placing top two at one of the four regional events, plus two teams from the Minor Play-in, which had the third-placed teams from the Minors fight for an extra two spots at the Major. These ten teams will join the six who placed 9th through to 14th at the previous Major to play a seeded Swiss stage that will grant eight slots in the next phase in Katowice.
Following the first preview of the Major we released, which covered the six Returning Challengers, it is now time to dive into the chances of NRG, ENCE, Renegades, Vitality, Spirit, FURIA, AVANGAR, Winstrike, Grayhound, and ViCi, the 10 teams that made their way to the New Challengers Stage directly from the Minor system.
IEM Katowice 2019 will feature a seeding system, which was seen at IEM Chicago last year for the first time, where teams rated each other and the scores were then averaged out by ESL to determine the 1-16 seeds. This preview will go from top seed to bottom according to this player-made list.
Another interesting novelty which will be on display at IEM Katowice will be an ELO-based seeding system that will match teams up according to the toughness of their wins and losses. The best-of-one Swiss stage will then conclude with best-of-three matches for teams playing to be eliminated or to move on to the New Legends Stage, in a bid to make the 14th Major's group stage just that much more competitive.
NRG #5 | Lineup | Age | Rating |
|---|---|---|
 Ethan "Ethan" Arnold | 18 | 1.20 |
| Vincent "Brehze" Cayonte | 20 | 1.18 |
 Tsvetelin "CeRq" Dimitrov | 19 | 1.17 |
| Jacob "FugLy" Medina | 24 | 0.97 |
 Damian "daps" Steele | 25 | 0.91 |
| Chet "Chet" Singh | Coach | |
| Placement | Event |
|---|---|
| 1st |  Americas Minor - IEM Katowice 2019 |
| 9-12th |  ESL Pro League Season 8 Finals |
| 2nd |  SuperNova CS:GO Malta |
| 5-6th |  ECS Season 6 Finals |
NRG are the favorites next to fnatic despite three of the team's players never having attended a Major before. Only Damian "daps" Steele, who was at ESL One Cologne 2016 with OpTic, and Jacob "FugLy" Medina, who attended DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015 with Liquid and MLG Columbus 2016 with CLG, have experience on CS:GO’s largest stage. The three youngsters, Tsvetelin "CeRq" Dimitrov, Ethan "Ethan" Arnold, and Vincent "Brehze" Cayonte, will be going into their first New Challengers Stage as part of a team that is not only among the favourites to go through to the next round but also to do so with a clean sheet.
That billing can have its drawbacks, however, as the previous Major cycle displayed. This NRG roster had been expected to cruise through the Americas Minor, in London, but two best-of-three losses to compLexity and eUnited left them high and dry in fourth place and out of the Major cycle. This time around, once again the favorites, they didn’t fail, taking first place in their Minor and showing absolute dominance in doing so as they did not drop a single map.
If NRG can keep their cool and not let the pressure get to them, the way they did at this year’s Minor, they should have no problems going through to the next stage at the Major. They are the second-seeded team in the New Challengers Stage, and they are the top-ranked team at fifth, having just claimed that spot from another one of the favorites to go 3-0, the aforementioned Swedes of fnatic.
This roster came together one year ago, when Ethan took over the spot left by Allan "AnJ" Jensen, and the team immediately started a meteoric rise—from hanging around the top 20 to hitting the fifth best spot in the ranking. Fueled by the three youngsters, NRG will have to show that they have matured after previous losses and are now experienced enough to play their game on the biggest stage against some strong opposition to move on to the top 16.
ENCE #11 | Lineup | Age | Rating |
|---|---|---|
 Aleksi "allu" Jalli | 26 | 1.31 |
| Jere "sergej" Salo | 16 | 1.25 |
| Jani "Aerial" Jussila | 25 | 1.25 |
| Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen | 21 | 1.11 |
| Sami "xseveN" Laasanen | 24 | 1.03 |
| Slaava "Twista" Räsänen | Coach | |
| Placement | Event |
|---|---|
| 1st |  ASUS ROG Winter 2019 |
| 1st | Europe Minor - IEM Katowice 2019 |
| 1st |  DreamHack Open Winter 2018 |
The Major will be a new experience for four of ENCE’s five players. It is only the veteran, Aleksi "allu" Jalli, who has attended one before. The Finnish AWPer has played five, three with NiP and two with FaZe, and was even a finalist at his first one, where his team lost to fnatic.
The Finnish squad are one of the favorites to make it through to the next round at this Major, but for the first few months of the team's existence, it didn’t seem like they had what it takes to make it to a Major—much less as one of the favorites in the New Challengers Stage. It was only in July, when they got a 7-8th place finish at ESL One Cologne, that they started to show real promise. They then qualified for the FACEIT Major’s Europe Minor but missed out on a Major spot after a third-place finish following losses to NiP and OpTic.
This time around, ENCE have several first-placed finishes on their achievement list, most notably from StarSeries i-League Season 6 and DreamHack Open Winter 2018, and are considered one of the hot teams to make it to the New Legends Stage. Sitting right outside of the top 10 in the ranking, they were voted the fifth best team of the New Challengers Stage by their peers, right behind Ninjas in Pyjamas and ahead of the two French teams, G2 and Vitality.
To make it to IEM Katowice, ENCE beat ex-Space Soldiers, Windigo, Valiance, and North at the Minor, only giving up one map to Nemanja "nexa" Isaković & co. They then went on to smash all of their local opposition at ASUS ROG Winter 2019, where they faced SJ and HAVU, and were able to fine-tune their setting ahead of the event in Poland.
Vitality #15 | Lineup | Age | Rating |
|---|---|---|
 Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut | 18 | 1.42 |
| Nathan "NBK-" Schmitt | 24 | 1.10 |
| Dan "apEX" Madesclaire | 25 | 1.08 |
| Cédric "RpK" Guipouy | 29 | 0.98 |
 Alex "ALEX" McMeekin | 23 | 0.82 |
| Rémy "XTQZZZ" Quoniam | Coach | |
| Placement | Event |
|---|---|
| 2nd | Europe Minor - IEM Katowice 2019 |
| 1st |  DreamHack Open Atlanta 2018 |
The next team ranked by seed after ENCE is Vitality, a roster that boasts three hardened veterans in Nathan "NBK-" Schmitt, Dan "apEX" Madesclaire, and Cédric "RpK" Guipouy, but that is fueled by the young rising star that is Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut. NBK- missed his first and only Major to date last year after being benched by G2, and will be making his return to the limelight with apEX, with whom he won the DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca Major in 2015. Vitality are therefore the only Minor Challenger to have Major champions on their roster as the other teams to have players who fall into this category, G2, Ninjas in Pyjamas, fnatic, and Cloud9, are all coming as Returning Challengers.
The French team came in second at the Europe Minor, where they beat OpTic, Valiance (twice), and took revenge on North—who had knocked them down to the lower bracket—in the consolidation final. Winning seven out of 12 maps, the French squad showed potential, but also some weakness in their play, most notably the need for their star player ZywOo to constantly show up for the team. Boasting a 1.41 rating on LAN, it doesn’t seem like he’s too troubled by playing at live events and has dispelled much of the doubt surrounding him before he signed with the team. But will he be able to keep it up deeper into the Major if his team makes it past the New Challengers Stage, as they should?
Without counting their Minor run, the only other LAN result the team has is a win at DreamHack Open Atlanta back in November 2018, when Alex "ALEX" McMeekin hadn’t yet stepped into Vincent "Happy" Schopenhauer’s shoes, which makes the team somewhat of a question mark. They are currently leading ESEA MDL Europe along with Movistar Riders on a 5-0 record, and they recently won the $25,000 WePlay! Lock and Load grand prize after beating the likes of OpTic and HellRaisers online, but they still have much more to show on LAN against big teams before they can be considered a top contender.
Another mystery will be the team's newcomer, ALEX, who has been performing well online for Vitality, accruing a 1.23 rating, but floundered in his first LAN event with the team, where his rating was just 0.85. Were Vitality to face some stiff opposition—which could perhaps even be TYLOO in their first match-up—, it will be vital for him to be in good shape to help his team to the next round.
AVANGAR #18 | Lineup | Age | Rating |
|---|---|---|
 Dzhami "Jame" Ali | 20 | 1.27 |
 Timur "buster" Tulepov | 19 | 1.15 |
| Alexey "Qikert" Golubev | 20 | 1.15 |
| Bektiyar "fitch" Bahytov | 26 | 1.10 |
| Aidyn "KrizzeN" Turlybekov | 19 | 0.99 |
| Dastan "dastan" Akbayev | Coach | |
| Placement | Event |
|---|---|
| 4th |  GG.BET ICE Challenge 2019 |
| 1st | CIS Minor - IEM Katowice 2019 |
| 9-12th |  PLG Grand Slam 2018 |
| 1st |  Bucharest Gaming Week Invitational by ESL |
AVANGAR are the eighth-seeded team and part of a middle of the pack group of teams that will be fighting to get one of the coveted spots that are not supposed to be claimed by the favourites. At #8, AVANGAR will face off against the ninth seed, Renegades, in one of the closest matches of day one, one that could set the tone for their run in the New Challengers Stage.
AVANGAR won the Bucharest Gaming Week Invitational over Windigo and Vega Squadron late last year, and then they went out in 9-12th place at the PLG Grand Slam tournament in Abu Dhabi following losses to FORZE and G2. They kicked 2019 off with a good result, winning the CIS Minor, where they beat two rivals they could be fighting against for a spot in the New Legends Stage, Winstrike and Spirit. Right after that, though, the Kazakhs showed they weren’t quite up to par against better opposition, falling to North and Natus Vincere at ICE Challenge in London.
A lot of their success will ride on AWPer Dzhami "Jame" Ali, the caller and the player the team is built around. Boasting a 1.27 rating, the Russian player can tip the scales and help his side reach the three victories needed to progress to the next stage at the Major.
The last time AVANGAR were in this situation, at the ELEAGUE Major in 2018, they beat Renegades, Misfits, and FlipSid3, but losses to Quantum Bellator Fire, Space Soldiers, mousesports, and ultimately Liquid in the 9th place decider meant they would be sent home early. The second youngest team on the server this week, AVANGAR will be hoping that lessons learned from past hardships like the one in Boston will give them the extra push to make it to the next round.
Renegades #13 | Lineup | Age | Rating |
|---|---|---|
 Justin "jks" Savage | 23 | 1.23 |
 Joakim "jkaem" Myrbostad | 24 | 1.21 |
| Aaron "AZR" Ward | 26 | 1.11 |
 Sean "Gratisfaction" Kaiwai | 22 | 1.07 |
| Jay "Liazz" Tregillgas | 21 | 0.99 |
 Aleksandar "kassad" Trifunović | Coach | |
| Placement | Event |
|---|---|
| 1st | Asia Minor - IEM Katowice 2019 |
| 5-6th | ESL Pro League Season 8 Finals |
| 3-4th |  Toyota Master Bangkok 2018 |
The Australians are another middle-of-the-field team that will be brawling to make it into the New Legends Stage. In classic Renegades fashion, they made their way to the Major by winning the Asian Minor, making this the fourth time in a row. Unlike the three previous times, however, they beat Grayhound in the upper bracket final instead of TYLOO, who will be present at the Major as Returning Challengers this time around. Right in the middle of the field with a #9 seed, Renegades will face a direct rival for one of the last couple of spots in the New Legends Stage, AVANGAR, making an early strong appearance in Katowice all the more important.
After dipping down to 30th in the ranking last year when they changed Karlo "USTILO" Pivac and Noah "Nifty" Francis to bring in Sean "Gratisfaction" Kaiwai and Jay "Liazz" Tregillgas, the team has been able to rise back up to the top 10-15 places in the ranking. At their first event together, StarSeries i-League Season 6, they made it out of the group stage for a 5-8th place finish, but then went out in 13-16th place at IEM Chicago after losses to MIBR and LDLC. They then had a 3rd-4th place finish at the medium-sized Toyota Masters Bangkok, but it was at the ESL Pro League Season 7 Finals that they started to show promise with a 5-8th place finish that included victories over BIG and G2.
A familiar face at the Majors' main qualifiers, now the New Challengers Stage, Renegades as an organization has not been in the top 16 since ESL One Cologne 2015, when a team with only Aaron "AZR" Ward and Justin "jks" Savage from the current lineup finished in 9-12th place. Having shown some shaky play at the Asia Minor, dropping maps to ViCi and Grayhound, Renegades will have to bring their A-game to the Katowice Major if they want to make it back into the top 16. With jks showing vintage form as of late and Joakim "jkaem" Myrbostad also in good condition, it will be up to Liazz and Gratisfaction to show they can make the difference on the big stages and tip the scales in their team’s favor.
Spirit #17 | Lineup | Age | Rating |
|---|---|---|
 Viktor "sdy" Orudzhev | 21 | 1.21 |
| Vadim "DavCost" Vasilyev | 22 | 1.16 |
| Pavel "COLDYY1" Veklenko | 26 | 1.16 |
| Dmitriy "Dimaoneshot" Bandurka | 24 | 1.10 |
| Dmitry "S0tF1k" Forostyanko | 24 | 0.99 |
| Nikolay "Certus" Poluyanov | Coach | |
| Placement | Event |
|---|---|
| 2nd | CIS Minor - IEM Katowice 2019 |
Spirit are one of the underdogs who have the most upset potential. Ranked as not the first or second but third CIS team in attendance by their peers, taking the 12th place out of the 16 seeded teams, this lineup was just one win away from making it through the FACEIT Major’s New Challengers Stage. They beat teams like Rogue and North in London, but were unable to win when it counted the most, going down 0-2 to TYLOO in the decider match to fall just shy of a top-16 finish.
Spirit are once again outside most experts’ predictions to make it to the New Legends Stage, for the simple reason that they have not played any LAN competition, excluding the CIS Minor, since they attended the FACEIT Major in London. Their biggest achievement outside of the Major cycle since then has been securing a spot at the $500,000 StarSeries i-League Season 7 after winning the European qualifier over Vitality.
At the CIS Minor, Vadim "DavCost" Vasilyev and his mates beat some of the strongest opponents in the field, including Gambit and Winstrike, but fell 0-2 to a team that will be one of their direct rivals in Katowice, AVANGAR. Despite their meteoric rise in the rankings in the past two months, from #56 to #17, a spot in the New Legends Stage could prove to be a bit much for the CIS side, especially with best-of-threes in progression matches, unless they can show in Katowice something they haven’t before.
FURIA #23 | Lineup | Age | Rating |
|---|---|---|
 Yuri "yuurih" Santos | 19 | 1.22 |
| Kaike "KSCERATO" Cerato | 19 | 1.22 |
| Vinicius "VINI" Figueiredo | 19 | 1.16 |
| Andrei "arT" Piovezan | 22 | 1.04 |
| Rinaldo "ableJ" Moda Junior | 20 | 1.00 |
| Nicholas "guerri" Nogueira | Coach | |
| Placement | Event |
|---|---|
| 2nd | Americas Minor - IEM Katowice 2019 |
| 2nd |  NSG Eastern Conference Championship |
FURIA are riding a hype wave after beating the likes of INTZ and Envy at the Americas Minor in a dark horse run that saw them qualify for the IEM Katowice Major in second place behind that Minor’s kings, NRG. Going into the New Challengers Stage, FURIA are once again a dark horse, but against a field of teams looking much stronger than their usual rivals, they may find themselves out of their depth.
The Brazilian squad is also incredibly young, with the 22-year-old Andrei "arT" Piovezan being the oldest on the team and the other four players al agedl 19 or 20. With youth also comes inexperience, as none of these players has been at a tournament of this calibre yet, and that may take its toll on the team if they find themselves in high-pressure situations against much more experienced squads. Watch their opener against Ninjas in Pyjamas, where they will be facing a team stacked with familiar faces, to see how they manage the pressure of performing at a Major. Should they to be able to shake it off, getting three wins could happen despite it being a long shot.
With FURIA having gone from being around the top 50 to the top 20-25 in a matter of months and boasting a very talented group of youngsters, the hype behind the team is understandable to a certain extent. Still, their chances of making it to the next the next round are slim, something that can be seen by the fact that they were put as the 13th seed by the rest of teams in the New Challengers Stage.
Grayhound #22 | Lineup | Age | Rating |
|---|---|---|
 Erdenetsogt "erkaSt" Gantulga | 23 | 1.16 |
| Christopher "dexter" Nong | 24 | 1.13 |
| Euan "sterling" Moore | 20 | 1.06 |
| Liam "malta" Schembri | 23 | 0.99 |
| Ollie "DickStacy" Tierney | 21 | 0.91 |
| Stuart "sonic" Rayner | Coach | |
| Placement | Event |
|---|---|
| 2nd | Asia Minor - IEM Katowice 2019 |
| 9-12th | PLG Grand Slam 2018 |
| 3-4th |  ESEA MDL Season 29 Global Challenge |
If Spirit and FURIA weren’t already heavy underdogs to make it to the next round of play in Katowice, it would certainly Grayhound be the ones opening that category, with many pundits already putting them as one of the teams to be eliminated after three matches. Ollie "DickStacy" Tierney memes aside, Grayhound is not a name that will put fear into their opponent's hearts. Second at the Asian Major behind Renegades, their last LAN finishes before that had been 9th-12th at the PLG Grand Slam and 3rd-4th at the lower-tier MDL Global Challenge LAN.
Much of the team's success will come from the individual strength of their players and the match-ups they get during their journey in Katowice. Despite the Australians not being one of the favoured teams to move on to the New Legends Stage, it will be interesting to see how the team will fare against tough opposition, from their opener against Cloud9 until the end of the New Challengers Stage, and particularly Euan "sterling" Moore’s progression after having taken over AWPing duties from the now Renegades player Gratisfaction.
Winstrike #28 | Lineup | Age | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| David "n0rb3r7" Danielyan | 17 | 1.07 |
| Georgi "WorldEdit" Yaskin | 27 | 1.06 |
| Kirill "Boombl4" Mikhailov | 20 | 1.03 |
 Aurimas "Kvik" Kvakšys | 23 | 0.90 |
| Jan "wayLander" Rahkonen | 24 | 0.89 |
| Dmitry "iksou" Mikhaylichenko | Coach | |
| Placement | Event |
|---|---|
| 1st | IEM Katowice 2019 Minor Play-in |
| 3rd | CIS Minor - IEM Katowice 2019 |
Jan "wayLander" Rahkonen and Georgi "WorldEdit" Yaskin are two players with several Majors under their belts, and Aurimas "Kvik" Kvakšys and Kirill "Boombl4" Mikhailov were part of the Quantum Bellator Fire team that shocked the world by making it to the playoffs at the ELEAGUE Major in Boston. Added to them is David "n0rb3r7" Danielyan, a 17-year-old up-and-comer from Russia. The team, however, is one of the two lowest rated sides in the tournament, with a #15 seed, having made it to the New Challengers Stage in-extremisafter beating Envy and ViCi in upper bracket best-of-ones at the Minor Play-in.
Going into Katowice, they are a heavy underdog and would have to pull off a feat similar to that of the aforementioned QBF side in Boston to make it through to the next phase. Other than the Minor and the Play-in, this team has no LAN experience together, and went out in 9-10th place in the online WePlay! Lock and Load tournament after group stage losses to FURIA and Spirit.
Daniil "pipsoN" Mescheryakov has been brought in as an assistant coach to help with the tactical side of things, but it remains to be seen how helpful he will be in giving the team a fresh look. With or without him, however, Winstrike will need a small miracle to get the three victories needed to make it to the next round of play.
ViCi #35 | Lineup | Age | Rating |
|---|---|---|
 WingHei "Freeman" Cheung | 19 | 1.21 |
 Andrew "kaze" Khong | 24 | 1.11 |
 WeiJie "zhokiNg" Zhong | 25 | 0.98 |
| ZhiHong "aumaN" Liu | 24 | 0.98 |
| Zhuo "advent" Liang | 26 | 0.88 |
| Placement | Event |
|---|---|
| 2nd | IEM Katowice 2019 Minor Play-in |
| 3rd | Asia Minor - IEM Katowice 2019 |
| 13-16th | ESL Pro League Season 8 Finals |
Last but not least is ViCi, the team that was named the weakest of the bunch at this IEM Katowice 2019 New Challengers Stage by their peers. They finished behind Grayhound and Renegades in the Asia Minor, but were able to scrape by after defeating North twice in the Minor Play-in. Much of this team’s success hangs on their two star players, the Hong Kongese WingHei "Freeman" Cheung and the Malaysian Andrew "kaze" Khong, to be in tip-top shape. Without the two aforementioned players, ViCi’s simple playstyle will be no match for the opposition waiting for them in Poland.
Their last competitive matches on LAN before the Minor were at the ESL Pro League Season 7 Finals, in Odense, Denmark, where they had to face the indomitable Astralis in their opener. Going down 8-16 in the best-of-one, they had a chance at redemption in the best-of-three lower bracket match against Renegades, but once again floundered, going out in 13-16th place. With this being said, it is already somewhat of a marvel that they made it to the Major, and although they managed to beat North twice at the Minor Play-in, once in a best-of-three, a lot will have to go their way to have a shot at making it to the New Legends Stage.
Nathan 'NBK-' Schmitt 
Age: 24 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 1470 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.66 Winstrike #28 Georgi 'WorldEdit' YaskinJan 'wayLander' RahkonenAurimas 'Kvik' KvakšysKirill 'Boombl4' MikhailovDavid 'n0rb3r7' Danielyan 
Movistar Riders #38 Christian 'loWel' Garcia AntoranAitor 'SOKER' FernándezOscar 'mixwell' CañellasAlejandro 'alex' MasanetAlejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo Cano Cédric 'RpK' Guipouy 
Age: 29 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 1015 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.69 Vincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer 
Age: 27 Team: VitalityB Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 1383 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.66 
Cloud9 #8 
Robin 'flusha' RönnquistFabien 'kioShiMa' FieyWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaTimothy 'autimatic' TaJordan 'Zellsis' Montemurro 
Valiance #20 
Nemanja 'huNter-' KovačNestor 'LETN1' TanićNemanja 'nexa' IsakovićOtto 'ottoNd' SihvoRokas 'EspiranTo' Milasauskas Aurimas 'Kvik' Kvakšys 
Age: 23 Team: Winstrike Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 581 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.71 
Envy #40 Noah 'Nifty' FrancisStephen 'reltuC' CutlerJosh 'jdm64' MarzanoTaylor 'Drone' Johnson 
Natus Vincere #3 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov Aaron 'AZR' Ward 
Age: 26 Team: Renegades Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 727 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.69 Nemanja 'nexa' Isaković 
Age: 21 Team: Valiance Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 582 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.64 WingHei 'Freeman' Cheung 
Age: 19 Team: ViCi Rating 1.0: 1.19 Maps played: 471 KPR: 0.81 DPR: 0.63 ViCi #35 Zhuo 'advent' LiangWeiJie 'zhokiNg' ZhongZhiHong 'aumaN' LiuAndrew 'kaze' KhongWingHei 'Freeman' Cheung Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire 
Age: 25 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 1304 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.71 
TYLOO #67 YuLun 'Summer' Cai
Hansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandYuanZhang 'Attacker' ShengHaoWen 'somebody' XuKevin 'xccurate' Susanto 
INTZ #34 Vito 'kNgV-' GiuseppeAlexandre 'xand' ZiziLucas 'destiny' BulloGustavo 'yel' KnittelMarcelo 'chelo' Cespedes 
Vega Squadron #53 Anton 'tonyblack' KolesnikovLeonid 'chopper' VishnyakovDmitriy 'jR' ChervakPavel 'hutji' LashkovIgor 'crush' Shevchenko Euan 'sterling' Moore 
Age: 20 Team: Grayhound Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 328 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.59 
Ethan 'Ethan' Arnold 
Age: 18 Team: NRG Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 589 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.67 Vincent 'Brehze' Cayonte 
Age: 20 Team: NRG Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 643 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.67 Aleksi 'allu' Jalli 
Age: 26 Team: ENCE Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 1257 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.64 Joakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad 
Age: 24 Team: Renegades Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 763 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.69 
Ninjas in Pyjamas #14 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundDennis 'dennis' EdmanJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonFredrik 'REZ' Sterner Vitality #15 Nathan 'NBK-' SchmittCédric 'RpK' GuipouyDan 'apEX' MadesclaireAlex 'ALEX' McMeekinMathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut Vadim 'DavCost' Vasilyev 
Age: 22 Team: Spirit Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 912 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.65 
G2 #19 Audric 'JACKZ' JugRichard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' SchrubAlexandre 'bodyy' PianaroLucas 'Lucky' Chastang Kirill 'Boombl4' Mikhailov 
Age: 20 Team: Winstrike Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 458 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.69 
HAVU #89 Lasse 'ZOREE' UronenOlli 'sLowi' PitkänenAaro 'hoody' PeltokangasSamuli 'Twixie' HerralaPetteri 'peku' Jaakkola Daniil 'pipsoN' Mescheryakov 
Age: 24 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.93 Maps played: 103 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.71 
SJ #70 Jesse 'KHRN' GrandellMikko 'xartE' VälimaaTony 'arvid' NiemeläElias 'Jamppi' OlkkonenTuomas 'SADDYX' Louhimaa 
Karlo 'USTILO' Pivac 
Age: 25 Team: Tainted Minds Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 650 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.70 Justin 'jks' Savage 
Age: 23 Team: Renegades Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 724 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.63 Damian 'daps' Steele 
Age: 25 Team: NRG Rating 1.0: 0.88 Maps played: 778 KPR: 0.58 DPR: 0.66 Jacob 'FugLy' Medina 
Age: 24 Team: NRG Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 929 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.65 Ollie 'DickStacy' Tierney 
Age: 21 Team: Grayhound Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 445 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.66 Dzhami 'Jame' Ali 
Age: 20 Team: AVANGAR Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 433 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.57 Tsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov 
Age: 19 Team: NRG Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 671 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.62 AVANGAR #18 Bektiyar 'fitch' BahytovTimur 'buster' TulepovAidyn 'KrizzeN' TurlybekovAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' Ali FURIA #23 Andrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosVinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoKaike 'KSCERATO' CeratoRinaldo 'ableJ' Moda Junior Sean 'Gratisfaction' Kaiwai 
Age: 22 Team: Renegades Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 555 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.60 
OpTic #33 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferRené 'cajunb' BorgJakob 'JUGi' HansenKristian 'k0nfig' WieneckeIsmail 'refrezh' Ali 
ex-Space Soldiers #86 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliYaman 'yam' ErgenekonBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınAhmet 'paz' Karahoca Jay 'Liazz' Tregillgas 
Age: 21 Team: Renegades Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 567 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.61 
North #7 Casper 'cadiaN' MøllerPhilip 'aizy' AistrupMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeNicklas 'gade' GadeValdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangså 
Gambit #42 Mihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukNikolay 'mir' BityukovSergey 'Ax1Le' Rykhtorov 
FORZE #26 Dmitriy 'facecrack' AlekseyevAlmaz 'almazer' AsadullinEvgenii 'FL1T' LebedevBogdan 'xsepower' ChernikovAndrey 'Jerry' Mekhryakov Spirit #17 Vadim 'DavCost' VasilyevDmitriy 'Dimaoneshot' BandurkaDmitry 'S0tF1k' ForostyankoPavel 'COLDYY1' VeklenkoViktor 'sdy' Orudzhev David 'n0rb3r7' Danielyan 
Age: 17 Team: Winstrike Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 160 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.73 
Windigo #31 Kamen 'bubble' KostadinovViktor 'v1c7oR' DyankovYanko 'blocker' PanovGeorgi 'SHiPZ' GrigorovValentin 'poizon' Vasilev Allan 'AnJ' Jensen 
Age: 24 Team: ex-Fragsters Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 365 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.64 
Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif Andrei 'arT' Piovezan 
Age: 22 Team: FURIA Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 305 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.67 Georgi 'WorldEdit' Yaskin 
Age: 27 Team: Winstrike Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 1023 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.66 Renegades #13 Justin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardJoakim 'jkaem' MyrbostadSean 'Gratisfaction' KaiwaiJay 'Liazz' Tregillgas Noah 'Nifty' Francis 
Age: 21 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 692 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.66 Jan 'wayLander' Rahkonen 
Age: 24 Team: Winstrike Rating 1.0: 0.93 Maps played: 536 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.72 Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut 
Age: 18 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 1.33 Maps played: 317 KPR: 0.91 DPR: 0.64 Andrew 'kaze' Khong 
Age: 24 Team: ViCi Rating 1.0: 1.19 Maps played: 418 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.62 Alex 'ALEX' McMeekin 
Age: 23 Team: Vitality Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 701 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.72 Grayhound #22 Christopher 'dexter' NongErdenetsogt 'erkaSt' GantulgaLiam 'malta' SchembriEuan 'sterling' MooreOllie 'DickStacy' Tierney 
HellRaisers #21 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowAbay 'HObbit' KhassenovÖzgür 'woxic' Eker
Bence 'DeadFox' Böröcz
Issa 'ISSAA' Murad 
fnatic #6 Richard 'Xizt' LandströmJesper 'JW' WecksellSimon 'twist' EliassonFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonLudvig 'Brollan' Brolin ENCE #11 Aleksi 'allu' JalliJani 'Aerial' JussilaSami 'xseveN' LaasanenAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenJere 'sergej' Salo NRG #5 Damian 'daps' SteeleJacob 'FugLy' MedinaVincent 'Brehze' CayonteEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov
