MOUZ will be without their head coach as he is attending his brother's wedding.  MOUZ have announced that Dennis "sycrone" Nielsen will not be standing behind the team during their BLAST Open Lisbon playoff campaign, with assistant coach Andreas "Xyp9x" Højsleth set to fill in instead. sycrone is missing the event as he is attending his brother's wedding. BLAST Open Lisbon will serve as Xyp9x's first taste of head coach work since he stopped playing, having joined MOUZ as an assistant coach early in 2024. At the time, the Dane told HLTV that he planned to one day "become the best coach" in the game.  Read more Xyp9x joins MOUZ as assistant coach MOUZ will begin their playoff campaign in the quarter-finals, having taken down Falcons and Spirit in the group stage before losing a seeding match to Vitality. Their first playoff match will be against the winners of The MongolZ vs. G2.
   Spirit #1 Leonid 'chopper' VishnyakovDmitry 'sh1ro' SokolovBoris 'magixx' Vorobiev Myroslav 'zont1x' PlakhotiaDanil 'donk' Kryshkovets Sergey 'hally' Shavaev   Falcons #10  Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač Emil 'Magisk' ReifRené 'TeSeS' MadsenAbdul 'degster' Gasanov Damjan 'kyxsan' Stoilkovski Danny 'zonic' Sørensen  G2 #7  Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiNemanja 'huNter-' Kovač Mario 'malbsMd' SamayoaIlya 'm0NESY' Osipov Nikita 'HeavyGod' Martynenko Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas   The MongolZ #6 Garidmagnai 'bLitz' ByambasurenSodbayar 'Techno' MunkhboldMunkhbold 'Senzu' AzbayarAyush 'mzinho' BatboldUsukhbayar '910' Banzragch Erdenedalai 'maaRaa' Bayanbat Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth  Age: 29 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 2188 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.62  MOUZ #4  Ludvig 'Brollan' Brolin Ádám 'torzsi' TorzsásLotan 'Spinx' Giladi Jimi 'Jimpphat' SaloDorian 'xertioN' Berman Dennis 'sycrone' Nielsen   Vitality #2  Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire Robin 'ropz' KoolMathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautShahar 'flameZ' Shushan William 'mezii' Merriman Rémy 'XTQZZZ' Quoniam Dennis 'sycrone' Nielsen  Age: 29 Team: MOUZC | ||||||||
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