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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MOUZ NXT has been one of the most successful academy teams in recent history. The team has won the new WePlay Academy League three times in a row, while two of their players have been promoted to the main team within the last couple of months, with Jon "⁠JDC⁠" de Castro being the most recent.

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In his place, MOUZ NXT has looked north to find the replacement. 15-year-old Jimi "⁠Jimpphat⁠" Salo from Finland has been picked to fill out the gap, that JDC left behind. The young Finn has only played in all-Finnish lineups, but will now have the chance to explore his game outside of his home country. Jimpphat is the brother of ex-ENCE Jere "⁠sergej⁠" Salo. There is no official confirmation on how long Jimpphat will play as a stand-in for the team.

The young Finn has already had his debut on his new team. He helped MOUZ NXT to a 2-0 win against GamerLegion earlier today, with Jimi "⁠Jimpphat⁠" Salo going 28-25 in K-D.

Jimi 'Jimpphat' Salo, who is the little brother to the former ENCE star Jere 'sergej' Salo, was recently acquired by SJ Gaming. A transfer, which looks to be a very great idea by the Finnish team. 

In a match yesterday, the young and promising Jimpphat did this to his opponents in a tough 1v4 clutch on Overpass, which completely fired up the commentators.

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The Finns from SJ has decided to shake up their roster before the start of the prominent Malta Vibes Knockout Series 1. The organization has decided to bench Leevi “AKE” Kovalainen and Verneri “BONA” Junkala, and replace them with the promising “super talent” Jimi “Jimpphat” Salo and Henri “HENU” Ylilehto.

Jimpphat is the younger brother of the former ENCE profile Jere “sergej” Salo, who currently is playing for GORILLAZ. The 15-year-old Salo little brother has also managed to make himself a name in the CS:GO community by showing short glimpses of his amazing talents.

SJ’s Sports Executive Director, Otto Takala has stated the following concerning the roster moves.

	30 days	90 days
Fixture count	13	17
Maps count	18	24

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