Announcing the teams which will step on the stage at ASUS ROG Winter 2018 CS:GO tournanent in Helsinki on February 2-3 to compete for the $15,000 prize purse.

ASUS ROG Winter 2018 CS:GO Tournament features eight teams. Six of the teams have been directly invited to the event while two teams managed grab the last spots in the all-Finnish qualifiers last weekend on January 13-14. The invitations have now also been sent out and confirmed, so today we have our eight team roster locked and ready. We are delighted to present our invitations to ASUS ROG Winter 2018 CS:GO Tournament: ALTERNATE aTTaX, Team-LDLC, North Academy, pro100, SuperJymy and HAVU.PHZ. The two teams which managed to fight their way out of the qualifiers are Rat-Gang and KatsoPeiliin.

We are very happy about how the lin-up turned out, with half the teams from abroad and half from the organizing country. This setup is sure to bring out the best in the the local crowd as most of the matches will have a home team to cheer on. Make sure not to miss it, the action starts at 12:00 EET on Friday, February 2.

Invited Teams

ALTERNATE aTTaX HUNDEN - Nicolai Petersen tiziaN - Tizian Feldbusch syrsoN - Florian Rische stfN - Stefan Seier ecfN - Lukas Kauer	Team-LDLC ALEX - Alex McMeekin Ex6TenZ - Kévin Droolans Maniac - Mathieu Quiquerez DEVIL - Timothée Demolon to1nou - Antoine Pirard
North Academy sycrone - Dennis Nielsen Basso -⁠ Sebastian Aagaard AnJ -⁠ Allan Jensen acoR - Frederik Gyldstrand b0RUP - Johannes Emil Jensen	pro100 def - Dima Lemeshchuk crush - Igor Shevchenko Flarich - Vadim Karetin Aiyvan - Ivan Semenets kenzor - Leonard Volodarchuk
SuperJymy aune - Joonas Rantala BONA - Verneri Junkala ZOREE - Lasse Uronen Aerial - Jani Jussila arvid - Tony Niemelä	HAVU.PHZ xartE - Mikko Välimaa Aleksib - Aleksi Virolainen KHRN - Jesse Grandell ottoNd - Otto Sihvo uli - Samu Leirilaakso

Qualified Teams

Conquer Gaming Fubbeli - Antti Piispanen oopee - Olli Piispanen miikasd - Miika Tauriainen Kippariz - Joni Hallman Vladimus - Jukka Neuvonen

KatsoPeiliin Wazakhaq - Tommi Laakso Jone - Joonas Tarkkonen r0tta - Kristo Lindfors kaavio - Miika Nurmi emilz - Emil Haanpää

Roster Changes

Jan 25: Conquer Gaming acquires Rat-Gang.
Jan 29: FC Lahti Menace acquires KatsoPeiliin team.
Jan 30: North Academy replaces Daniel "mertz" Mertz & Nicklas "gade" Gade with Sebastian "Basso" Aagaard & Allan "AnJ" Jensen.

More Info

Check out all the details related to ASUS ROG Winter 2018 CS:GO Tournament from the home page.

About ASUS ROG

Republic of Gamers (ROG) is an ASUS sub-brand dedicated to creating the world’s best gaming hardware and software. Formed in 2006, ROG offers a complete line of innovative products known for performance and quality, including motherboards, graphics cards, laptops, desktops, monitors, audio equipment, routers and peripherals. 

ROG participates in and sponsors major international gaming events. ROG gear has been used to set hundreds of overclocking records and it continues to be the preferred choice of gamers and enthusiasts around the world. Learn more about the choice of champions at rog.asus.com.