30-year-old Aleksi "⁠allu⁠" Jalli is still going strong on the Finnish CS:GO scene. The former mousesports, NIP, and ENCE sniper have teamed up with four of his countrymen and will represent the new Organization JANO. 

Lasse "⁠ZOREE⁠" Uronen, Tony "⁠arvid⁠" Niemelä, Olli "⁠sLowi⁠" Pitkänen, and Otto "⁠ottob⁠" Virtanen will also feature on the team. Tony "⁠arvid⁠" Niemelä will be in-game leading for the roster, who will make its debut today at the Assembly Summer 2022 tournament in Helsinki against Conquer.

- For us, getting an organization around the team is a really big deal. Playing under JANO gives us a good foundation and support network, which is necessary for the optimal development of the team. I look forward to the challenges and possible successes of the coming autumn, Aleksi "allu" Jalli explains in a press statement.

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Since Head Coach Taneli "disturbed" Veikkola parted ways with HAVU at the end of May, another change within HAVU's CS:GO division has been made. It has just been announced that Olli "sLowi" Pitkänen has been benched at the Finnish organization and that he is set to join free agency in August. The change marks the end of a four-year-long partnership between "sLowi" and HAVU. 

CEO of HAVU, Lasse Salminen, states in the official announcement that he has been more than pleased with experiences the two parties have shared over the course of the years: 

The HAVU CEO carries on to explain that the decision to bench "sLowi" was made due to a difficult start to the 2022 season and lackluster results from their CS:GO roster: 

The decision to bench "sLowi" seem to only be the start of what is becoming a rebuilding phase for the Finnish organization. There is good reason to believe that "sLowi" isn't the only player that is being let go from HAVU: 

The current HAVU roster looks as follows: 

{cflag:FI} Olli "sLowi" Pitkänen (benched)

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HAVU has finalized their roster going into the new season with the signing of Otto "ottoNd" Sihvo and Joona "Sm1llee" Holmström. The two Finns will be the last pieces to the lineup after Jemi "jemi" Mäkinen and Lasse "ZOREE" Uronen’s recent departures.

With the transfer, ottoNd is set to initiate his second spell at HAVU, as he represented the Finnish organization in a one-year period from 2017-2018. The 24-year-old AWPer later on transferred to international lineups as CR4ZY and c0ntact Gaming.

- I'm glad to announce ottoNd and Sm1llee have signed with us for next season! After parting ways with ZOREE and Jemi we needed dedicated AWPer and a rifler. Otto "ottoNd" Sihvo was an obvious pick for us as he brings experience and very needed controlling AWP-play to our team. Otto even played for us in 2018 before moving on to international fields.

- For the last spot we have Joona "Sm1llee" Holmström. He's an up and coming 19 year old talent who has raised interest in the Finnish scene, putting up good numbers on the board during his time with hREDS. Joona is a perfect fit for us role-wise and has an incredible aim and communication to work with, Taneli "disturbed" Veikkola, Head Coach of HAVU said.

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A spot in the Quarter-finals was up for grabs when AGO faced Sinners in a Bo3-series in the Snow Sweet Snow 2 event. A close series was on the cards, and whilst it ended 2-0 in favor of AGO both teams seemed ready and eager to fight. 

Failing in capitalizing on their own map-pick, Sinners had to see themselves beat 16-11 on Vertigo. The second map took place on Train and being picked by AGO they managed, unsurprisingly, to drive home the 2-0 victory with a 16-13 map win on Train. 

16-11 AGO (Vertigo) | F1KU 1.39 Rating / 114.3 ADR / 25-19 K-D

16-13 AGO (Train) | F1KU 1.50 Rating / 111.6 ADR / 28-20 K-D

Going into the series Nemiga were, on paper, the favorites. However, that didn't seem the case when beginning their battle. The series started on Copenhagen Flames territory and despite Nemiga's best attempt, it was also the Danes to take home map one on Overpass. 

Det second map was to be played on Inferno. The map was picked by Nemiga, but with Copenhagen Flames fired up from map one it proved to be a difficult task for the CIS team. They had to see themselves beaten at 16-7 on Inferno, and therefore also 2-0 in the series. 

16-13 Copenhagen Flames (Overpass) | jabbi 1.69 Rating / 92.6 ADR / 28-14 K-D

16-7 Copenhagen Flames (Inferno) | nicoodoz 1.30 Rating / 74.9 ADR / 18-11 K-D

Anonymo is the second Polish team to have made it to the playoffs of Snow Sweet Snow 2, however, their destiny would prove to be different than the one of AGO. After losing 16-10 on Overpass and being crushed on their own map pick of Train 16-6, they will have to see themselves defeated by the Finish players of HAVU 2-0. 

16-10 HAVU (Overpass) | sLowi 1.62 Rating / 102.3 ADR / 27-15 K-D

16-6 HAVU (Train) | Aerial 1.37 Rating / 90.4 ADR / 23-14 K-D

The last game of the Round of 16 in Snow Sweet Snow 2 was between Winstrike and MIBR. Both teams seemed ready to battle, but one more than the other. Carrying on the theme of successful CIS teams, it was Winstrike to ultimately defeat their opponents with a dominant 2-0 victory against MIBR.

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