HOTU have withdrawn from the IEM Beijing Closed Qualifier after losing their upper bracket semi-final match against B8.
A win would have secured HOTU a spot in the upper bracket final, which is played on Friday, but the defeat left the team with another match to play today in the lower bracket against HEROIC at 20:00 .
That overlaps with HOTU's grand final against 3DMAX in NODWIN Clutch Series 11, with the team opting to withdraw from the Beijing qualifier instead.
ENCE has announced that it has parted ways with 17-year-old Niki "Cliqq" Kinnunen, who joined the organization in 2025 to play in ENCE Academy after nearly a year in MOUZ NXT and had been playing in the Finnish organization's main squad since April 2026 until being benched in August.
Drama have announced their revamped roster, featuring new signings Artem "Chill" Mankevich, Filip "DEPRESHN" Jarkić, and Roberts "Frip" Poļakovs.
The core has previously played for Atreides and this inherits their VRS placing at No. 165.
OG has announced that Adam "adamb" Ångström is not availaible this week, and Audric "JACKZ" Jug will take his place in the starting five for the Logitech G Play Connect Closed Qualifier playoff.
The Frenchman will play his first match as a stand-in for OG when they take on Phantom on Thursday.
GamerLegion have had to forfeit their first IEM Beijing Closed Qualifier match against Nuclear TigeRES as they could not field a full roster due to Sebastian "Tauson" Tauson Lindelof being on the injured list and Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski having a prior medical appointment that could not be moved.
The team will make its start in the qualifier's lower bracket against the loser of K27 vs. magic with Pavle "Maden" Bošković standing in for Tauson.
Johnny Speeds have announced the return of Leo "Svedjehed" Svedjehed, who previously played for the lineup from April to October 2025.
The 23-year-old already made his debut for the roster at Stake Pule Beat I, where he averaged a 1.01 rating and helped the team reach the semi-finals in a run that included wins over Metizport, Lilmix, and G2 Ares.
The event was a tryout for the new lineup, and ended with the signings of Oliwer "bsover" Ekbäck and Elias "Rack" Karttunen.
Johnny Speeds now have:
William "draken" Sundin Hampus "hampus" Poser Oliwer "bsover" Ekbäck Elias "Rack" Karttunen Leo "Svedjehed" Svedjehed
Jonas "Lekr0" Olofsson (benched) Tim "nawwk" Jonasson (benched) Adam "friberg" Friberg (benched)
Sebastian "Tauson" Tauson Lindelof revealed in an interview with Dust2.dk that the reason he is sitting out the IEM Beijing qualifier is reactive arthritis.
"I have been hospitalized for 4-5 days now because I have a disease called reactive arthritis," he said. "It first appeared in my knee, but then it also spread to my left hand, so that is also why I can't play."
He says doctors expect it could take up to 1-3 weeks to heal, but hopes to be healthy in time for FISSURE Playground 3 in China, which starts in a week.
Pavle 'Maden' BoškovićPast 3 months
Johnny Speeds
William 'draken' Sundin
Hampus 'hampus' Poser
Oliwer 'bsover' Ekbäck
Elias 'Rack' Karttunen
Filip 'DEPRESHN' JarkićPast 3 months
MOUZ NXT
Maksims 'ay0k' Beloglazovs
Nikolai 'Nikodeon' Sørensen
Sacha 'eSx' Dupin
Mikołaj 'mixer' Zhu
Sergey 'lmbt' Bezhanov
Sebastian 'Tauson' Tauson LindelofPast 3 months
Adam 'adamb' ÅngströmPast 3 months
B8
Alexey 'alex666' Yarmoshchuk
Andrii 'npl' Kukharskyi
Artem 'kensizor' Kapran
Dmytro 'esenthial' Tsvir
Danylo 's1zzi' Vinnyk
Ivan 'maddened' Iordanidi
GamerLegion
Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski
Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner
Sebastian 'Tauson' Tauson Lindelof
Timur 'FL4MUS' Marev
Milan 'hypex' Polowiec
Adrian 'imd' Pieper
K27
Timur 'clax' Sabirov
Daniil 'X5G7V' Maryshev
Aleksey 'xeedo' Mikulich
Danila 'kashl1d' Dronov
Daniil 'qw1nk1' Kabilov
Gregory 'balblna' Oleinick
HEROIC
Ludvig 'Brollan' Brolin
Linus 'nilo' Bergman
Tim 'susp' Ångström
Antonio 'MartinezSa' Martinez
Christoffer 'Chr1zN' Storgaard
Joonas 'doto' Forss
Nuclear TigeRES
Arseniy 'senka' Kozlovsky
Denis 'm1QUSE' Karpovich
Timur 'z1k4' Askhadulin
Ilya 'flouzer' Selifonov
Egor 'ayuki' Ershov
Vadim 'Polt' Tsyrov
ENCE
Henri 'HENU' Ylilehto
Aleksi 'millert' Lehtopuu
Teemu 'teme' Korva
Giorgi 'Schwarz' Gakhokidze
Joe 'joeski' Holmes
Aleksi 'allu' Jalli
Audric 'JACKZ' JugPast 3 months
HOTU
David 'n0rb3r7' Danielyan
Aidos 'kade0' Khairzhan
Dmitry 'mizu' Kondratev
Aleksandr 'dwushka' Pakhnevich
Kim 'frontales' Argunov
Rustem 'mou' Telepov
Elias 'Rack' KarttunenPast 3 months
3DMAX
Bryan 'Maka' Canda
Lucas 'Lucky' Chastang
Kévin 'misutaaa' Rabier
Jeremy 'Kursy' Gast
Filip 'Graviti' Brankovic
Damien 'wasiNk' Dufour
Atreides
Artem 'Chill' MankevichPast 3 months
Leo 'Svedjehed' SvedjehedPast 3 months
OG
Casper 'cadiaN' Møller
Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro
Olle 'spooke' Grundström
Adam 'adamb' Ångström
Luca 'pr1metapz' Voigt
Lambert 'Lambert' Prigent
Tim 'nawwk' JonassonPast 3 months
Hampus 'hampus' PoserPast 3 months
William 'draken' SundinPast 3 months
Metizport
Peter 'stanislaw' Jarguz
Nicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora
Maciej 'F1KU' Miklas
David 'forsyy' Bílý
Liam 'MaiL09' Tügel
Vincent 'vinS' Jozefiak
Adam 'friberg' FribergPast 3 months
Oliwer 'bsover' EkbäckPast 3 months
Jonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonPast 3 months
Roberts 'Frip' PoļakovsPast 3 months
ENCE Academy
G2 Ares
Casper 'SHiNE' Wennerberg
Artur 'hitori' Palyants
Julius 'Junyme' Meyhoff
Juho 'yksjupe' Viitasalo
Viacheslav 'innersh1ne' Britvin
magic
Svyatoslav 'MaSvAl' Masko
Vitaliy 'sFade8' Marushka
Andrey 'AW' Anisimov
Abdurakhim 'mo0N' Issa
Nikita 'tenzy' Kochenyuk
Danila 'eksiver' Yurkov
Phantom
Thomas 'TMB' Bundsbæk
Nico 'nicoodoz' Tamjidi
Kamil 'KEi' Pietkun
Kacper 'Kylar' Walukiewicz
Jan 'cej0t' Dyl
Dawid 'lunAtic' Cieślak
Drama
Andrija 'andr1x' Ljubić
Roberts 'Frip' Poļakovs
Filip 'DEPRESHN' Jarkić
Artem 'Chill' Mankevich
Ivan 'choiv7' Zivkovic
Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiPast 3 months
Niki 'Cliqq' KinnunenPast 3 months
Lilmix
Max 'quix' Lindkvist
Jack 'Jackinho' Ström Mattsson
Jonathan 'b0denmaster' Bodenmalm
Leo 'Wonder' Wänlund
Rasmus 'dezt' Nyström