Legendary Counter-Strike player Ioann “Edward” Sukhariev will be in charge of Team Ukraine against Owen “smooya” Butterfield’s Team Europe in a best-of-three showmatch today that will benefit the not-for-profit organization Ukraine South Freedom.
Edward will team up with current Natus Vincere rifler Viktor “sdy” Orudzhev, former NAVI Junior player Daniil “headtr1ck” Valitov, Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev’s brother and creative director at NAVI Alexey Kostylev, and Ukrainian streamer Diana Rice. Smooya, on the other hand, will be playing alongside former Astralis Talent player Frederik “Fessor” Sørensen, former NAVI player and current streamer Arseny “ceh9” Trynozhenko, Ukrainian soccer star Yevhen Konoplyanka, and Ukrainian streamer Slevin “Kyivstoner” Dadyan.