Aurora to play with stand-in at IEM Cologne 2025

Aurora's Ismailcan "XANTARES" Dörtkardeş will miss the upcoming IEM Cologne 2025 tournament due to family circumstances. Instead, Yasin "xfl0ud" Koç, who has been on the bench for HEROIC since last month, will compete for the team as a stand-in. The organization officially announced this via its X social media account.

Earlier it became known that Aurora will not make any substitutions in its roster at the beginning of the next competitive season in Counter-Strike 2.

IEM Cologne 2025 will take place from July 23 to August 3, 2025 in Cologne, Germany. The total prize pool of the event will be one million US dollars, which will be divided among 24 squads. The full list of participants can be found in our article.

 Aurora’s current lineup is:

 Engin "⁠MAJ3R⁠" Küpeli
 Ali "⁠Wicadia⁠" Haydar Yalçın
 Özgür "woxic" Eker
 Samet "jottAAA" Köklü
 Yasin "xfl0ud" Koç (stand-in)

 Sezgin "⁠Fabre⁠" Kalaycı (coach)

Origin: x.com