fnatic announces stand-in for tournament in Sweden

22-year-old Ukrainian esports athlete Zahar "Polbandana" Siledchyk will represent fnatic as a stand-in at the upcoming ROG Journey LAN tournament in Jönköping, scheduled for June 13-14.

Siledchyk will replace Freddy "KRIMZ" Johansson, who was benched a few days ago. Polbandana's previous team was Alter Ego, which he left earlier this month.

Fnatic currently sits 84th in Valve's official Counter-Strike 2 ranking. The team failed to qualify for IEM Cologne Major 2026.

 fnatic are now:

 Rodion "fear" Smyk
 Dmytro "jambo" Semera
 Nikita "jackasmo" Skyba
 Viktor "Br4tkO" Kondrats

 Miks "⁠Independent⁠" Siliņš (coach)

Origin: x.com