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.
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 &
Valdemar "valde" Bjørn Vangså &
Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen
Paweł "dycha" Dycha &
Nico "Aqua" Kembitzky &
Viktor "sdy" Orudzhev &
Boris "magixx" Vorobiev
Yuri "yuurih" Santos &
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.
Read more Red Bull Flick 2v2 tournament returns with $58,700 event in Helsinki 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
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' Wilczewski
Shahar '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-' Kovač
Audric 'JACKZ' JugFrançois 'amanek' Delaunay
Nemanja '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