HAVU announce player swap with KOVA

HAVU have announced that they have completed a player swap with fellow Finnish side KOVA.

The deal sees HAVU secure the services of Joonas "⁠doto⁠" Forss, who will assist Eetu "⁠sAw⁠" Saha with mid-round calling and tactics, with Samuli "⁠Twixie⁠" Herrala moving in the opposite direction.

The 17-year-old bids farewell to HAVU after almost a year with the team, having been recruited in October 2018 in the aftermath of Otto "⁠ottoNd⁠" Sihvo's departure. Under the HAVU banner, Twixie won the IeSF World Championship 2018, in Taiwan, Vectorama LAN 2019, in Oulu, and the GameAgents League Season 3 and LOOT.BET Season 3 online tournaments.

sAw will get assist from doto in the tactical department

With these changes, HAVU co-owner Taneli "⁠disturbed⁠" Veikkola hopes to "clear up the roles" in the team after some disappointing domestic results. Last month, the team finished in third place at Assembly Summer and failed to qualify for the Arctic Invitational after losing to SJ in the final of the Finnish Championships.

"With this move we start to develop our game and aim for international tournaments," disturbed added. "Thanks to Samuli for the past year, I hope we will cross paths once again."

HAVU now have:

Eetu "⁠sAw⁠" Saha
Olli "⁠sLowi⁠" Pitkänen
Lasse "⁠ZOREE⁠" Uronen
Aaro "⁠hoody⁠" Peltokangas
Joonas "⁠doto⁠" Forss