FaZe's Nikola "NiKo" Kovač and Håvard "rain" Nygaard are the latest duo confirmed by PGL for the HTC 2v2 Invitational. The announcement brings the number of confirmed teams to five, with the FaZe duo joining the likes of G2's Richard "shox" Papillon and Kenny "kennyS" Schrub, and Na`Vi's Denis "seized" Kostin and Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev in the tournament. Neither Nikola "NiKo" Kovač nor Håvard "rain" Nygaard took part in last year's 1v1 Invitational. Fabien "kioShiMa" Fiey finished 7th-8th, while Joakim "jkaem" Myrbostad, who was still part of FaZe at the time, took 9th-12th.
The HTC 2v2 Invitational will take place from May 13-14 inside PGL's studio, in Bucharest, with eight duos competing for a share of a $50,000 prize pool. Below you can find a list of all the confirmed duos so far:
  Denis 'seized' Kostin  Age: 22 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 912 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.66    Vincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer  Age: 25 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 981 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.66   Julia 'juliano' Kiran  Age: 23 Team: Secret fe Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 141 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.69   Håvard 'rain' Nygaard  Age: 22 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 580 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.70  Joakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad  Age: 23 Team: Dignitas Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 426 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.70  Richard 'shox' Papillon  Age: 24 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 1055 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.66  Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač  Age: 20 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 555 KPR: 0.82 DPR: 0.70  Adil 'ScreaM' Benrlitom  Age: 22 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 911 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.65  Zainab 'zAAz' Turkie  Age: 25 Team: Secret fe Rating 1.0: 1.21 Maps played: 117 KPR: 0.84 DPR: 0.67  Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev  Age: 19 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.18 Maps played: 552 KPR: 0.84 DPR: 0.70 Fabien 'kioShiMa' Fiey  Age: 22 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 915 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.64 Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub  Age: 21 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 1012 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.62 |
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