G2, OG, FURIA duos among competition at Red Bull Flick 2vs2 Helsinki Invitational

Cousins Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač and Nemanja "⁠huNter-⁠" Kovač headline the list of pros set to participate in the ~$60,000 exhibition event in Finland.

Red Bull Flick 2vs2 Helsinki invitational is a pro-am tournament that will feature six duos from notable professional teams and 10 amateur pairs that qualify for the event competing for significant cash prizes in front of a Finnish crowd on November 19-21.

The organizers have unveiled the players that will be invited to the tournament, with G2 duo NiKo and huNter- accompanied by FURIA's Yuri "⁠yuurih⁠" Santos and Kaike "⁠KSCERATO⁠" Cerato and Spirit's Viktor "⁠sdy⁠" Orudzhev and Boris "⁠magixx⁠" Vorobiev.

The six duos for the event have been unveiled

BIG, who will be in Hungary at the time for the V4 Future Sports Festival have signed up two players from their Academy team instead, while the fans in the Helsinki Messukeskus venue will surely be most excited for OG's Aleksi "⁠Aleksib⁠" Virolainen - Valdemar "⁠valde⁠" Bjørn Vangså and ENCE's Joonas "⁠doto⁠" Forss - Paweł "⁠dycha⁠" Dycha combos.

The action will take place using a custom game mode that combines respawns, a ticket system, control points, and unique map design to provide fast-paced action.

The duos that have been confirmed for the event are as follows:

Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač & Nemanja "⁠huNter-⁠" Kovač
Valdemar "⁠valde⁠" Bjørn Vangså & Aleksi "⁠Aleksib⁠" Virolainen
Paweł "⁠dycha⁠" Dycha & Joonas "⁠doto⁠" Forss
Nico "⁠Aqua⁠" Kembitzky & David "⁠prosus⁠" Hesse
Viktor "⁠sdy⁠" Orudzhev & Boris "⁠magixx⁠" Vorobiev
Yuri "⁠yuurih⁠" Santos & Kaike "⁠KSCERATO⁠" Cerato

The remaining teams will be decided through the closed qualifier, set to take place online (8 spots), while one spot is reserved for a Nordics qualifier and the final one for a domestic, Finnish one.

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The broadcast lineup for the event has also been revealed, with the likes of Anders "⁠Anders⁠" Blume and Mathieu "⁠Maniac⁠" Quiquerez set to cover the event:

Freya "⁠Freya⁠" Spiers
Mohan "⁠launders⁠" Govindasamy
Conner "⁠Scrawny⁠" Girvan
Anders "⁠Anders⁠" Blume
Mathieu "⁠Maniac⁠" Quiquerez

Nico 'Aqua' Kembitzky Age: 19 Team: BIG Academy Rating 1.0: 0.90 Maps played: 42 KPR: 0.61 DPR: 0.70 OG #6 Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenNikolaj 'niko' KristensenMateusz 'mantuu' WilczewskiShahar 'flameZ' Shushan Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač Age: 25 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 1354 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.67 G2 #7 Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNemanja 'huNter-' KovačAudric 'JACKZ' JugFrançois 'amanek' DelaunayNemanja 'nexa' Isaković Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangså Age: 26 Team: OG Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 1192 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.65 Mohan 'launders' Govindasamy Age: 31 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.76 Maps played: 3 KPR: 0.57 DPR: 0.76 Yuri 'yuurih' Santos Age: 21 Team: FURIA Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 922 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.64 ENCE #11 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferJoonas 'doto' ForssPaweł 'dycha' DychaOlek 'hades' MiskiewiczLotan 'Spinx' Giladi BIG #13 Johannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschFlorian 'syrsoN' RischeNicklas 'gade' GadeNils 'k1to' Gruhne Boris 'magixx' Vorobiev Age: 18 Team: Spirit Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 541 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.63 Anders 'Anders' Blume Age: 35 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.53 Maps played: 1 KPR: 0.19 DPR: 0.58 Kaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato Age: 22 Team: FURIA Rating 1.0: 1.15 Maps played: 830 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.58 Paweł 'dycha' Dycha Age: 24 Team: ENCE Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 668 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.67 Spirit #20 Leonid 'chopper' VishnyakovNikolay 'mir' BityukovViktor 'sdy' OrudzhevAbdul 'degster' GasanovBoris 'magixx' Vorobiev David 'prosus' Hesse Age: 18 Team: BIG Academy Rating 1.0: 0.95 Maps played: 195 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.72 Conner 'Scrawny' Girvan Age: 27 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 Freya 'Freya' Spiers Age: 25 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 Mathieu 'Maniac' Quiquerez Age: 31 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 837 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.67 FURIA #18 Andrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosVinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoKaike 'KSCERATO' CeratoAndré 'drop' Abreu Aleksi 'Aleksib' Virolainen Age: 24 Team: OG Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 948 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.66 Joonas 'doto' Forss Age: 25 Team: ENCE Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 628 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.68 Viktor 'sdy' Orudzhev Age: 24 Team: Spirit Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 982 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.63 Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač Age: 24 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.15 Maps played: 1512 KPR: 0.80 DPR: 0.67