fnatic release academy team

fnatic and their academy team have decided to go their separate ways, the UK-based organisation have announced.

In a press release, fnatic justified the move with Valve's new stance on multiple team ownership, which came into effect during the qualifiers for the FACEIT Major and forbids teams and players from having "any financial interest in the success" of a competitor.

The announcement brings an end to a five-month association with the team, who featured four players from the line-up that won the second edition of the GAMERZ reality show.

luckeRRR & co leave fnatic after five months

During their time with the organisation, the team most notably placed top four at Insomnia63, in Birmingham, and finished in second place in ESEA Advanced, missing out on a spot in the MDL division following a 2-0 defeat to Virtus.pro in the relegation stage.

The players will be sticking together but with one change to the roster as Johan "⁠Meddo⁠" Lundborg makes way for ex-GAMERZ contestant Kamil "⁠kamil⁠" Kamiński, who joins the team on trial.

"Firstly, I'd like to thank Fnatic for giving us this amazing opportunity to play under their brand, the help and support that was given over the time that we spent together was great and it provided us with a lot of extra opportunities to prove ourselves even more and to get our names out there," Adam "⁠ec1s⁠" Eccles said.

"The staff were also very supportive of us and cheered us on in our games, which was very encouraging for us as players.

"Although we developed a lot as players and people as our time in Fnatic ends, it opens a new chapter for us and we are excited for the future together!”

The former fnatic Academy squad now look as follows:

Slovenia Matej "⁠MaTaFe⁠" Fekonja
Sweden Alexander "⁠AlekS⁠" Andersson
United Kingdom Adam "⁠ec1s⁠" Eccles
Germany Niels "⁠luckeRRR⁠" Jasiek
Poland Kamil "⁠kamil⁠" Kamiński (trial)

Germany Niels 'luckeRRR' Jasiek
Niels 'luckeRRR' Jasiek
Age:
22
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.97
Maps played:
138
KPR:
0.66
DPR:
0.67
Sweden Alexander 'AlekS' Andersson
Alexander 'AlekS' Andersson
Age:
17
Rating 1.0:
1.00
Maps played:
122
KPR:
0.69
DPR:
0.70
Poland Kamil 'kamil' Kamiński
Kamil 'kamil' Kamiński
Age:
23
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
204
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.72
Sweden Johan 'Meddo' Lundborg
Johan 'Meddo' Lundborg
Age:
19
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.00
Maps played:
144
KPR:
0.68
DPR:
0.65
Slovenia Matej 'MaTaFe' Fekonja
Matej 'MaTaFe' Fekonja
Age:
23
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.94
Maps played:
154
KPR:
0.66
DPR:
0.70
United Kingdom Adam 'ec1s' Eccles
Adam 'ec1s' Eccles
Age:
18
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.00
Maps played:
117
KPR:
0.69
DPR:
0.68
#2
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Norway veryemoguy
good they suck
2018-10-01 22:24
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20 replies
#10
mertz | 
Austria frazn
rip
2018-10-01 22:24
0
17 replies
unexpected
2018-10-01 22:25
0
14 replies
#35
Askan | 
Germany te1mo
expected
2018-10-01 22:26
0
13 replies
Hah cuxxln
2018-10-01 22:30
0
12 replies
#62
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Austria disco_doni
Du tschucksl
2018-10-01 22:41
0
11 replies
#75
mertz | 
Austria frazn
k reported
2018-10-01 23:00
0
7 replies
expected
2018-10-01 23:05
0
6 replies
#97
Askan | 
Germany te1mo
detcepxe
2018-10-01 23:48
0
5 replies
expecto
2018-10-02 07:20
0
4 replies
otcepxe
2018-10-02 12:59
0
3 replies
#134
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Austria shaak!
expectus
2018-10-02 16:17
0
2 replies
Hello shaakeh
2018-10-02 19:26
0
expectus patronum!
2018-10-04 01:35
0
#133
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Austria PrideCS
hrenshn
2018-10-02 15:45
0
2 replies
#135
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Austria shaak!
🤠 hehe
2018-10-02 16:17
0
#141
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Austria disco_doni
yo was is mit dir du kleiner mad boy NN
2018-10-03 09:37
0
Lol
2018-10-01 22:37
0
1 reply
ec1s to Orgles5
2018-10-01 23:10
0
#14
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Poland Unluko
Lol
2018-10-01 22:25
0
Online team
2018-10-01 22:26
0
good
2018-10-01 22:24
0
1 reply
#51
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
MoMs | 
United States Virgin Islands zj2
again ?
2018-10-01 22:35
0
#4
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JW | 
United States theobill1
Never imagined Fnatic would go downhill like this. I miss the Fnatic era so much 😭😭😭
2018-10-01 22:25
0
#5
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Finland Smoonah
lasted long haha
2018-10-01 22:24
0
2 replies
#21
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Poland Unluko
Like their last at team lol
2018-10-01 22:25
0
#127
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Sweden Danzk1
Need the money to buy a player for the main team instead
2018-10-02 12:16
0
#6
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Croatia Esketite
I thought they released main team
2018-10-01 22:24
0
4 replies
#73
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Netherlands Removed
+1
2018-10-01 22:58
0
#90
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Indonesia Astranesia
+1 I wish
2018-10-01 23:20
0
Acd > main team
2018-10-02 10:38
0
#132
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
hecker | 
World heck9r
main team is now academy team^^
2018-10-02 14:47
0
OH NO WHATS HAPPENING NOW
2018-10-01 22:24
0
They had an academy team?
2018-10-01 22:24
0
10 replies
#22
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Poland Unluko
You didnt know?
2018-10-01 22:25
0
2 replies
Thought they dropped them forever ago
2018-10-01 22:39
0
1 reply
#60
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Poland Unluko
Yeah but then they picked up another team about 4 months ago which was the winner team in GamerZ 2.
2018-10-01 22:40
0
#31
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
JW | 
United States theobill1
Golden and Lekro are from their academy team hahaha
2018-10-01 22:26
0
4 replies
golden was but not lekr0
2018-10-01 22:31
0
golden was (but that was a different academy team) lekr0 got found out by twist and later picked up from godsent
2018-10-01 23:24
0
#111
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World euqin
Isn't disco doplan too?
2018-10-02 05:48
0
1 reply
Godsent
2018-10-02 10:39
0
I forgot them, expected love from fnatic
2018-10-01 22:27
0
They had two. Now they only have one (Boten, jw, xizt lul, krimz)
2018-10-01 23:59
0
rip luckeRRRRRRRRR he fucksRRRRRRRRRR
2018-10-01 22:24
0
#11
huyak | 
Ukraine acrje
Lul
2018-10-01 22:24
0
#15
byali | 
Poland BYALl
they choke 10-1 lead right now shit team
2018-10-01 22:25
0
#16
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World dank1ng
what's the point of signing academy team every 2 months and then release them? nice one fnatic. you should just not sign anyone
2018-10-01 22:25
0
1 reply
#61
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Hungary Shaperz
Read the article before you say anything, dumbass
2018-10-01 22:40
0
Alexa play despacito
2018-10-01 22:25
0
2 replies
this is so sed
2018-10-01 22:25
0
1 reply
Can we hit a woman? B)
2018-10-01 22:26
0
kamil xdxdxddxdxdxdx
2018-10-01 22:25
0
Now release primary team
2018-10-01 22:25
0
Theyre in the middle of a game rn what assholes
2018-10-01 22:25
0
3 replies
#30
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Austria SPatrick_
seriously wtf
2018-10-01 22:26
0
1 reply
Ikr
2018-10-01 22:26
0
#63
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Austria disco_doni
You really think it's a surprise for them when it is HLTV confirmed? LUL
2018-10-01 22:43
0
#23
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France 1Faren
Unexpected
2018-10-01 22:25
0
expected
2018-10-01 22:25
0
#26
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United Kingdom Fizzhaz
kek?
2018-10-01 22:25
0
#27
s1 | 
Ukraine mpletop1
They are literally playing a game right now what the hell?
2018-10-01 22:26
0
1 reply
#118
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Iceland fatboislim
fnatic announced it much earlier on twitter. hltv is just slow.
2018-10-02 10:16
0
#28
sjokz | 
Brazil fuNNa
FNATIC IN 2018 OMEGALUL
2018-10-01 22:26
0
#29
jL | 
Estonia Eduzera
who?
2018-10-01 22:26
0
Expected
2018-10-01 22:26
0
of course seriously but what the fuck is this team?
2018-10-01 22:26
0
#37
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Vietnam andy_
0iq org
2018-10-01 22:26
0
rip
2018-10-01 22:27
0
Expected
2018-10-01 22:28
0
Hope they get picked up by some org. Gl
2018-10-01 22:28
0
8 replies
#45
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Sweden KarlXII
They wont tbh. I think ec1s will join a team like Epsilon & Lucker might join Berzerk/PANTHERS but i doubt it.
2018-10-01 22:30
0
7 replies
Are they really that bad?
2018-10-01 22:36
0
6 replies
#55
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Sweden KarlXII
Well... yes i guess? Its like a bunch of nonamers like you and me winning "Gamerz" and getting a contract lol.
2018-10-01 22:38
0
5 replies
HAHAHAHAHA How to sign a contract with the biggest esports org ever > Win GamerZ ez dollas
2018-10-01 22:48
0
4 replies
#69
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Sweden KarlXII
xD Not all of them won it tho. Lucker signed from BIG, Kamil signed from some random team, but the other 3 won.
2018-10-01 22:51
0
3 replies
ye i remember luckeRRR in BiG Never heard of this Kamil guy tho
2018-10-01 22:54
0
2 replies
#72
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Sweden KarlXII
If i remember correctly Kamil played for Izako Boars, PRIDE & ESC Gaming. But only for like 1-4 months in each team.
2018-10-01 22:58
0
+ he was in gamerz also but hes team lost finals after leaving cs scene for a while he played fortnite full time
2018-10-01 23:07
0
Sad
2018-10-01 22:28
0
potato org potato management
2018-10-01 22:31
0
#48
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Slovakia ypsylonnn
Considering they are Ingame atm i would throw af xd
2018-10-01 22:32
0
#49
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LeX | 
Russia mddn
2018-10-01 22:33
0
3 replies
#92
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Indonesia Astranesia
Wut??
2018-10-01 23:28
0
2 replies
#94
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LeX | 
Russia mddn
when news about release team out, fnatic academy played their match
2018-10-01 23:30
0
1 reply
#119
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Iceland fatboislim
fnatic announced it earlier on twitter, hltv is just very slow.
2018-10-02 10:19
0
#50
Faceit plus user Faceit level 10  | 
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Moldova OptimusBlyad
Fnatic organisation killing themselves
2018-10-01 22:34
0
Without this team, players like Golden and Lekr0 would have never had that big attention. R.I.P. and thanks.
2018-10-01 22:36
0
4 replies
#74
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Finland neksu
lekr0?
2018-10-01 22:59
0
3 replies
Yes, I believe both of them were together and later got onto the main squad.
2018-10-01 23:06
0
2 replies
#116
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World LeviathaNz
Golden yes, Lekr0 was in godsent
2018-10-02 08:57
0
1 reply
Ok nvm
2018-10-02 13:11
0
#56
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Europe ValuxYt
where is dofocs? you need him here xd
2018-10-01 22:38
0
1 reply
+1
2018-10-04 22:56
0
Remember when fnatic academy had Golden and Baaten and was actually somewhat decent
2018-10-01 22:39
0
2 replies
+1
2018-10-01 22:45
0
#66
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Canada p1peb0mb
they are decent for an academy team
2018-10-01 22:48
0
expected =1
2018-10-01 22:44
0
#68
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
RE1EASE | 
Germany Fr3shGy
fnatic is goiiiiingggg doooooowwwn 😂👌🏼
2018-10-01 22:50
0
#71
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Argentina (._.)
rip (._.)_[*]
2018-10-01 22:57
0
"We today say our farewells to our CS:GO Academy team today." RIP in pepperoni sentence structure.
2018-10-01 23:01
0
2 replies
#83
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Dominican Republic babzkL
I don't think there's anything wrong except the last "today"
2018-10-01 23:10
0
1 reply
Meaning ultimately it is wrong
2018-10-02 06:25
0
might as well disband d whole csgo dept. lul
2018-10-01 23:03
0
#81
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Belgium HLTVnewfag
Expected Even if valve would allow multiple rosters for an org they would drop it
2018-10-01 23:09
0
cool
2018-10-01 23:12
0
#85
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Dominican Republic babzkL
fnatic should've just dropped the main roster seeing how even this academy team has more potential than them lol
2018-10-01 23:13
0
kamil "kamil" kamil
2018-10-01 23:14
0
#87
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Russia v1p3rrr
they still had academy team? LUL
2018-10-01 23:14
0
SCAMMERZ
2018-10-01 23:15
0
Un - expected I think all teams need an Academy
2018-10-01 23:19
0
#93
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Sweden highfield
It's been fun to have followed you guys from GAMERZ til now, gl in the future!
2018-10-01 23:30
0
TSM pick them up pls
2018-10-01 23:34
0
Fnatic gona buy someone out? Needed to save few bucks
2018-10-01 23:36
0
unlocku
2018-10-02 00:02
0
as expected
2018-10-02 00:14
0
probably the main fnatic roster will go to academy and the main org will pick Isurus TOP 1 SA.
2018-10-02 00:15
0
1 reply
#121
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Iceland fatboislim
haha
2018-10-02 10:22
0
ez for 3 polish guys
2018-10-02 00:46
0
Now release the main team LUL Krimz needs to do what Flusha done and get out
2018-10-02 00:48
0
#104
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Poland AricOG
Kamil? unexpected
2018-10-02 00:51
0
Release academy team to make money room for a big names signing :D
2018-10-02 01:03
0
2 replies
#122
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Iceland fatboislim
they needed room for the main team to be dropped down to academy.
2018-10-02 10:23
0
1 reply
+1
2018-10-02 22:37
0
lol, rip kamil unluku for you
2018-10-02 01:21
0
i still dont understand why FNATIC RELEASED ACADEMY TEAM ! like heroic and astralis both owned by same org ! but they dont release heroic ! so i guess multiple team ownership is not the reason?
2018-10-02 02:42
0
1 reply
Fnatic can't even make one good team never mind two OMEGALUL
2018-10-02 11:41
0
Rip
2018-10-02 03:19
0
gamurz
2018-10-02 03:54
0
GAMERZ is just a waste of time
2018-10-02 05:38
0
#113
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Bulgaria carnisser
23 years old academy ? LUL
2018-10-02 06:38
0
#115
lan | 
Turkey Styyx
"We today say our farewells to our CS:GO Academy team today." RIP ENGLANDO
2018-10-02 08:01
0
#117
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
 | 
World Notb8ing
Well only makes sense, not much reason to have academy team rn unless it is some 15yo talent or something.
2018-10-02 09:37
0
byebye
2018-10-02 11:50
0
#130
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ropz | 
Latvia `DinGo
hahaha
2018-10-02 13:12
0
Young matchfixing shit
2018-10-02 13:46
0
#136
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Europe turbo_donut
Expectederested!
2018-10-02 16:42
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