Wings Up and Rare Atom's Sino-European mixes find success on debut

The region's powerhouses await the new lineups in the Asian ESL Challenger Jönköping closed qualifier.

The new Rare Atom and Wings Up rosters have found success in their first HLTV official matches by qualifying for the Asian ESL Challenger Jönköping closed qualifier.

Young Ninjas graduate Love "⁠phzy⁠" Smidebrant and Kornél "⁠kory⁠" Szedlár joined Rare Atom on October 10, while Wings Up signed Dominik "⁠Blogg1s⁠" Janita and Rasmus "⁠kreaz⁠" Johansson six days earlier, on October 4.

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The four Europeans were among the six highest-rated players in the qualifier, but it was Wings Up's Liu "⁠lan⁠" Qi who topped proceedings with a 1.73 rating over three maps.

The fledgling lineups' next test will be the closed qualifier, slated to begin on October 28 and pitting them against regional powerhouses TYLOO and The MongolZ.

The team list for the double-elimination four-team bracket is as follows:

Date	Matches
ESL Challenger Jönköping 2023 Asia Open Qualifier
12/10/2023	Wings Up Finished 13:6 FyR	Match
12/10/2023	Rare Atom Finished 13:9 GR	Match
12/10/2023	Eruption Finished 0:2 Wings Up	Match
12/10/2023	Rare Atom Finished 2:0 GEUD	Match