HAVU to attend Elisa Masters Espoo

The $200,000 tournament now has a hometown favourite in the form of HAVU.

HAVU have accepted an invitation to attend Elisa Masters Espoo, with the roster set to compete at the $200,000 LAN event that will play out in their home country of Finland from November 16-20.

The Finnish quintet are the 10th lineup to be added to the team list. The remaining two spots will be filled by way of a direct invite and the victors of a yet-to-be-announced Elisa Invitational tournament.

doto's men will strive to play in front of the Finnish crowd

HAVU are currently the lowest-ranked roster confirmed to attend the Nordic competition. The Joonas "⁠doto⁠" Forss-led lineup currently sit at No. 85 on the world ranking, a far cry from the organisation's previous peak at No. 14 back in April 2021.

Their current dip in form comes as a result of less-than-impressive results in the server recently. Their best showing was their surprisingly strong run through the CCT South Europe Series 1 event, where they finished in 5-8th place after being knocked out in the quarter-finals by FORZE.

Regardless, HAVU will look to use the prospect of playing in front of the home crowd as a way of creating a much-needed upswing in form. The side will need to make it out of groups to secure a stage appearance, an uphill battle given the six top-30 teams also set to be in attendance.

The tournament will also be one of the first events to be held following the conclusion of the IEM Rio Major; MOUZ, ENCE, fnatic, and GamerLegion will all make the trip to Espoo shortly after their respective campaigns in Brazil. Another noteworthy storyline is the in the shape of Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz, who will use the competition to make both his long-awaited return to professional play as well as his debut with Astralis — re-signing with the squad just last week.

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TBDFORZE Andrey 'Jerry' MekhryakovAleksandr 'KENSI' GurkinAleksandr 'shalfey' MarenovKirill 'Magnojez' RodnovArtem 'shg' Shaginyan Complexity #18 Johnny 'JT' TheodosiouRicky 'floppy' KemeryHåkon 'hallzerk' FjærliMichael 'Grim' WinceJustin 'FaNg' Coakley BIG #17 Johannes 'tabseN' WodarzFlorian 'syrsoN' RischeNils 'k1to' GruhneKarim 'Krimbo' MoussaElias 's1n' Stein Nicolai 'device' Reedtz Age: 27 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 1787 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.62 ENCE #13 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåPavle 'Maden' BoškovićPaweł 'dycha' DychaÁlvaro 'SunPayus' García HAVU #85 Jesse 'zehN' LinjalaJani 'Aerial' JussilaSami 'xseveN' LaasanenJoonas 'doto' ForssJarkko 'spargo' Rahja SAW #48 Christopher 'MUTiRiS' FernandesRicardo 'roman' OliveiraTiago 'JUST' MouraJoão 'story' VieiraMichel 'ewjerkz' Pinto Astralis #14 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderBenjamin 'blameF' BremerMikkel 'MistR' ThomsenAsger 'Farlig' Jensen MOUZ #10 Christopher 'dexter' NongDavid 'frozen' ČerňanskýJon 'JDC' de CastroÁdám 'torzsi' TorzsásDorian 'xertioN' Berman fnatic #16 Freddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonDion 'FASHR' DerksenNico 'nicoodoz' TamjidiFredrik 'roeJ' JørgensenWilliam 'mezii' Merriman HEET #33 Audric 'JACKZ' JugAlexandre 'bodyy' PianaroThomas 'Djoko' PavoniPierre 'Ex3rcice' BulingeAurélien 'afro' Drapier GamerLegion #26 Frederik 'acoR' GyldstrandMihai 'iM' IvanNicolas 'Keoz' DgusKamil 'siuhy' SzkaradekIsak 'isak' Fahlén Joonas 'doto' Forss Age: 26 Team: HAVU Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 706 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.68 Astralis #14 Nicolai 'device' ReedtzAndreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderBenjamin 'blameF' BremerMikkel 'MistR' Thomsen