In a full CIS battle at the European RMR at IEM Road to Rio, we saw forZe take on 1WIN in one of today’s opening matches from Group A. Here the lower-ranked 1WIN showed up with a great performance as they handed forZe their second loss of the tournament through a 16-14 score line.

During the match it was forZe who were in control of the majority of the time, going up 9-6 before the switch and also 11-6 later on. However, as we saw yesterday, they did not succeed in finishing off the map as 1WIN took over the control on Nuke.

In the end, Egor “flamie” Vasilyev and the rest of 1WIN did what forZe couldn’t by sealing the victory with the help of their strong and promising AWPer Denis “deko” Zhukov.  

1WIN – forZe 1-0 | IEM Road to Rio EU (Group A)

16-14 (Nuke) | {cflag:RU} deko – 1.61 Rating / 30-15 K-D / 95.7 ADR

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We teamed up with Niels Christian "NaToSaphiX" Sillassen, who has looked into a lot of demos to find the candidates for this list, where we have excluded all players, who are already playing on a Tier-1/2 team such as Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov to name the most obvious one.

You can see the video here, and down below you can see all the names of the players.

10: {cflag:DK} Frederik "Fessor" Sørensen

The 21-year-old rifler is currently playing on Astralis Talent, but has been roaming around the professional scene for the last couple of years without breaking through. Is the highest-rated player before the playoffs start at WePlay Academy League Season 4.

Is currently playing for MONAD eSport on a C-tier level. The Swedish AWP'er is only 17 years old and could have a long career ahead of him in professional CS.

The Polish AWP'er had some big shoes to fill after Ádám “torzsi” Torzsás was promoted to the first team at the start of the year. But with a 1.22 rating in the WePlay Academy League, it seems like mhL is exactly what MOUZ NEXT had hoped for. 

This list and video were created before the news of w0nderful's move to Team Spirit. But we understand why! The Ukrainian is only 17 years old and has little to no experience in Tier 1 CS:GO, but we cannot wait to see him in action at IEM Cologne.

The AWP'er of Fnatic Rising can play both passive and aggressive with his Sniper rifle, which in today's meta is a huge deal. And hey, it's cool to see a new country in CS:GO (an honorable mention also goes to fellow Romanian Laurentiu "lauNX" Tarlea from Sprout)

Ladies and Gentlemen; We have an in-game leader on the list! IGLs are notoriously underappreciated in CS, but we hope to have picked one of the most exciting prospects for the future in "siuhy", who has won three titles in the WePlay Academy team with MOUZ NXT! 

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4: {cflag:IL} Dorian “xertioN” Berman

He is only 17 years old, but has already made quite a name for himself. The MOUZ NXT rifler has also been part of the successful spell at the team winning three titles and being one of the most hyped young players on the scene. But he did not make it into our top three! 

Another one! MOUZ NXT is packed with talents, and this one is special. Jimpphat is only 15 years old but is already signed with the best academy team in the world, which speaks for itself. The young Finn is actually VAC-banned, but since the ban was issued in early 2018, he can already compete at a Major next year.

The Russian is one of the most exciting players for the future. He is right on the edge of being on this list, but he is still largely unknown in the wider CS community. He is playing on 1WIN, who mostly are grinding C-tier tournaments.

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Who is this guy? Niels Christian "NaToSaphiX" Sillassen was blown away watching demos of the 17-year-old Ukrainian AWP'er. He is currently playing for B8, but should have something much bigger in store for the future. Statswise he is currently rated 1.27 for his last three months, which is also very impressive. 

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Jimpphat

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Fnatic Rising

Astralis Talent

The series started on 1WIN map pick of Nuke, where the Russians quickly found their right footing in the first half and raced to a 9-6 lead. In the second half, 1WIN kept their momentum, Sinners wasn't able to turn things around, and 1WIN closed out the map 16-10.  

1WIN got off to a similarly good start on the map pick of Sinners on Ancient. They were winning their pistol and converting, before Sinners found their footing back in the game, winning the first half 9-6. The Czech team continued on the defense after they won 6 out of 7 rounds, 1WIN suddenly managed to pick up five rounds in a row, but that was all they were able to net before Sinners confidently closed out the map, 16-4.

The third map started as a much closer affair between both teams went back-and-forth. The Russian squad managed to grab a small lead of 9-6 before halftime. The offense of 1WIN in the second half was a masterclass as they completely dominated the Czech team, who were only able to add three more rounds to the scoreboard before 1WIN wrapped up the series 16-9.

1WIN – Sinners 2-1 | Malta Vibes Knockout Series 2

16-9 (Nuke) | {cflag:RU} deko – 1.99 Rating / 34-11 K-D / 121 ADR

12-16 (Ancient) | {cflag:CZ} SHOCK – 1.34 Rating / 25-15 K-D / 87.6 ADR

16-9 (Vertigo) | {cflag:RU} deko - 1.55 Rating / 27-12 K-D / 103.2 ADR

MVP: {cflag:RU} Denis "deko" Zhukov – 1.44 Rating / 78-43 K-D / 94.9 ADR

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