15 average Gang and JiJieHao secure final Asia RMR slots

Eight teams are on their way to Shanghai to vie for two Copenhagen Major spots.

ISSAA's side needed a lower bracket run to qualify

15 Average and JiJieHao have secured the final Asia RMR slots after placing first and second respectively in the Middle East closed qualifier.

Shuaib "⁠D0cC⁠" Ahmad's Twisted Minds and Valentin "⁠poizon⁠" Vasilev's Bravado were among the notable sides that failed to make it through the double-elimination bracket.

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keen and SaVaGe exit JiJieHao due to contractual breakdown*

Issa "⁠ISSAA⁠" Murad's JiJieHao came into the Major cycle with two new players, forced to replace James "⁠SaVage⁠" Savage and Kristers "⁠keen⁠" Dārznieks with Aleksei "⁠El1an⁠" Gusev and Adel "⁠Remind⁠" Guermassi after contractual difficulties.

Still pre-tournament favorites, JJH fell to the lower bracket after a loss to Onyx Ravens, but managed to secure revenge over Filip "⁠tudsoN⁠" Tudev and company in the second-place decider.

15 Average won the qualifier following wins over Shush, Bravado and Onyx Ravens, with Elie "⁠Joker⁠" Bassil averaging a tournament-high 1.47 rating.

The team had competed as DEATHROW in the open qualifier, but returned to the 15 Average tag here and swapped FACEIT-banned Jakub "⁠Maxwell⁠" Pogorzelski for Dominik "⁠sharkyyy⁠" Siodlarz.

Zineddine "⁠Lambdacore⁠" Touat and Mehdi "⁠Ruskovvvv⁠" Boutaba hadn't played in an HLTV official since PGL Antwerp's open qualifier, where they competed with a full Algerian squad. Their success this time around has come with European imports Vladislav "⁠Qweall⁠" Pivkin and sharkyyy.

The full team list for the PGL Major Copenhagen Asia RMR, scheduled for February 26–28 in Shanghai, is:

Lebanon Elie 'Joker' Bassil
Elie 'Joker' Bassil
Age:
27
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.99
Maps played:
63
KPR:
0.68
DPR:
0.69
Poland Jakub 'Maxwell' Pogorzelski
Jakub 'Maxwell' Pogorzelski
Age:
20
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.97
Maps played:
4
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.65
Latvia Kristers 'keen' Dārznieks
Kristers 'keen' Dārznieks
Age:
23
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.96
Maps played:
219
KPR:
0.68
DPR:
0.72
Algeria Zineddine 'Lambdacore' Touat
Zineddine 'Lambdacore' Touat
Age:
25
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.98
Maps played:
11
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.74
Jordan Issa 'ISSAA' Murad
Issa 'ISSAA' Murad
Age:
27
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.05
Maps played:
878
KPR:
0.71
DPR:
0.65
Algeria Mehdi 'Ruskovvvv' Boutaba
Mehdi 'Ruskovvvv' Boutaba
Age:
25
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.97
Maps played:
11
KPR:
0.74
DPR:
0.79
Australia James 'SaVage' Savage
James 'SaVage' Savage
Age:
18
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
423
KPR:
0.68
DPR:
0.62
Bulgaria Valentin 'poizon' Vasilev
Valentin 'poizon' Vasilev
Age:
25
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.10
Maps played:
1130
KPR:
0.74
DPR:
0.64
Russia Aleksei 'El1an' Gusev
Aleksei 'El1an' Gusev
Age:
24
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.12
Maps played:
1440
KPR:
0.74
DPR:
0.61
Tunisia Adel 'Remind' Guermassi
Adel 'Remind' Guermassi
Age:
26
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.05
Maps played:
151
KPR:
0.74
DPR:
0.71
Poland Dominik 'sharkyyy' Siodlarz
Dominik 'sharkyyy' Siodlarz
Age:
23
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.85
Maps played:
5
KPR:
0.60
DPR:
0.73
Poland Filip 'tudsoN' Tudev
Filip 'tudsoN' Tudev
Age:
23
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.99
Maps played:
347
KPR:
0.66
DPR:
0.66
Netherlands Shuaib 'D0cC' Ahmad
Shuaib 'D0cC' Ahmad
Age:
23
Rating 1.0:
1.10
Maps played:
146
KPR:
0.76
DPR:
0.65
Ukraine Vladislav 'Qweall' Pivkin
Vladislav 'Qweall' Pivkin
Age:
22
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.85
Maps played:
50
KPR:
0.58
DPR:
0.71
#1
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Norway MrSwagFrag
Back to Maxwell on team?
2024-01-29 10:32
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1 reply
nope, this guy will be using his fake account without faceit ban
2024-01-29 10:35
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#2
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Slovakia Georgiii
KD69z washed, d0cc and gang should easily won without him
2024-01-29 10:33
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#3
Jee | 
Poland Nalax
2 cheater teams in RMR, will be interesting
2024-01-29 10:33
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2 replies
#21
Faceit level 10  | 
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Tunisia LenkonFTW
Only one is suspected of cheating .
2024-01-29 11:41
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1 reply
trouble makers are also suspected
2024-01-29 11:48
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#4
f0rest | 
Poland karov
>15 average gang >average player age: 24.1 ???????????????????????????????????
2024-01-29 10:34
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9 replies
#9
podi | 
Ukraine IAFNN
i think it is 15 kills per game average
2024-01-29 10:46
0
bruh
2024-01-29 10:52
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#15
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
donk | 
World HOWMUCHHOWMUCH
15 cm average, they checked
2024-01-29 11:18
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2 replies
kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk confirmed by hltv?
2024-01-29 11:36
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1 reply
#23
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Russia HikZ
yes, striker and prof personally checked it
2024-01-29 11:42
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#22
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Russia HikZ
15cm
2024-01-29 11:41
0
average age of gfs
2024-01-29 13:37
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#44
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Serbia S4V1C
average amount of cheats used
2024-01-29 13:43
0
average number of HLTV forum bans
2024-01-29 15:51
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The return of the king Welcome back ISSAA
2024-01-29 10:36
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EU RMR dodgers & cheaters Valve doesn't care cuz no team from this region will ever reach a major, but still
2024-01-29 10:40
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1 reply
Never say never
2024-01-29 12:46
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so is it Jakub "Maxwell" Pogorzelski or Dominik "sharkyyy" Siodlarz?
2024-01-29 10:42
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3 replies
Yes
2024-01-29 10:54
0
i bet he wont come to RMR and they will use someone else and thats gonna be their excuse for dropping out first with 10 rounds won
2024-01-29 11:49
0
#59
Faceit level 10  | 
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Poland KOLO_
2024-01-30 04:41
0
#12
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Poland BAN_ANIME
can't wait to see 15 avg on LAN surely nothing weird or unexpected will happen
2024-01-29 11:05
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#13
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Burundi DeTauer
Are "15 average Gang" susp of cheating?
2024-01-29 11:09
0
3 replies
#14
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Poland BAN_ANIME
yes lol, they played with maxwell before but he got banned so they came back with another pole lmao
2024-01-29 11:14
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2 replies
#30
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Burundi DeTauer
Wow polish scene has a big problem with cheaters
2024-01-29 12:16
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#45
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Serbia S4V1C
a lot of fake poles, sry man, the only good polish team rn is ence
2024-01-29 13:44
0
#16
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Taiwan OFC123
ez 4 KISSAA
2024-01-29 11:22
0
#17
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Nepal ekadeshma
Cheaters 🤡🤡 Happy for ISSAA tho gl.
2024-01-29 11:22
0
#18
Faceit level 5  | 
zont1x | 
Poland JonaSz_
can't wait to see that team on LAN XD
2024-01-29 11:34
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#20
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Poland Cortezinox
maxwel and shank is the same person and he's not even polish but ukrainian. GIGACRINGE that they allow something like this to run in the RMR...
2024-01-29 11:40
0
#26
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Hungary colbyak
So we have fucking "15 average gang" instead of another OCE team?
2024-01-29 11:54
0
1 reply
#46
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United States MrNorwood
Yes, since the Middle East had a team ranked higher than the entire Oceania scene on Valve's ranking, they got one of the extra spots instead. Chances are Oceania will recover that spot for the next major.
2024-01-29 15:28
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Qweall Ahahahaha nice men, remember playing with him in computer cafe and back then he used to throw matches, now he is on RMR. Congrats meeen ))))
2024-01-29 11:59
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so close d0cc nt
2024-01-29 12:11
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Nt d0c. Someone get him on a team. Want to see him play ;) hes a great pick up. Happy new yr if u see this doc. Love ya +rep
2024-01-29 12:14
0
1 reply
Pretty overrated tbh, nothing special even vs t7
2024-01-30 01:47
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Sharkyy playing with 140 ping btw hahaha
2024-01-29 12:38
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#32
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Samoa nuuuuucky
Cheaters' Shanghai party
2024-01-29 12:45
0
What does 15 average gang mean? 15cm?
2024-01-29 12:46
0
3 replies
not known but an Algerian side previously won Africa Champion
2024-01-29 12:55
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#36
Faceit level 4  | 
crow | 
Indonesia ycrows
15 kills average per match
2024-01-29 12:57
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1 reply
#49
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Mongolia Nugtorios
You mean 15 kills as total from them when they face Mongolz and Tyloo
2024-01-29 16:24
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#37
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Serbia S4V1C
oh cool, cheaters on rmr
2024-01-29 12:57
0
both wont make it anyway to the major
2024-01-29 12:58
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15 avg vs Trouble Makers.... you just have to laugh.
2024-01-29 12:58
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These hybrid Eurasian teams are either going to kill the Asian scene or lift it up. Or be a laughing stock ;) Probably about time Valve let the Asian ex-CIS countries compete in Asia though.
2024-01-29 13:01
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5 replies
#47
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United States MrNorwood
They do largely, but Valve's division of the region isn't very good. Kazakhstan still plays in Europe, but Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia play in the Middle East now. However, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan play in Rest of Asia/South Asia instead.
2024-01-29 15:38
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4 replies
Wow. This is pretty damn confusing.
2024-01-29 21:44
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1 reply
#57
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United States MrNorwood
Indeed, and it gets worse when you look start looking at server locations.
2024-01-29 22:49
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I knew Kazakhstan played in Europe, figured other Asian teams near them did too. They probably should have their own Asia division for better servers too. I see no problem expanding Asia to a 16 team RMR to accommodate having better split of locations over such a large area. Will benefit the regions to get more international LAN exposure too.
2024-02-01 13:00
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1 reply
#63
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United States MrNorwood
I wholeheartedly agree, I think 16 teams should be the minimum for all RMRs. You could make things better for South Africa too if you can avoid making them play online versus teams from the Middle East for chance to go to LAN.
2024-02-01 15:02
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#41
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Poland d4widof
Thanks for spoiling the game Maxwell(sharkyyy)
2024-01-29 13:44
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#43
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Poland csRIOTgo
It's probably Grayhound and Mongolz/Tyloo who qualifies.
2024-01-29 13:38
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1 reply
I think Lynn Vision have better chance than Tyloo, but you're probably right either Greyhound and/or Mongolz
2024-01-29 18:35
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#50
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Netherlands geek3D
south african teams had to play with 150ping haha nice qualifier
2024-01-29 16:35
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1 reply
#52
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Palestine zwe
Source : trust me bro
2024-01-29 17:33
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#51
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Destroyer | 
Other Marauder_
So sharkyy and maxwell are not the same person?
2024-01-29 17:10
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1 reply
Ofc they are, he’ll dodge on LAN
2024-01-29 18:54
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MAG need to replace Troublemakers and Onyx need to replace 15 AVG or this will be a massive joke of a tournament
2024-01-29 20:00
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Wp davcost
2024-01-30 15:46
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how is this "asia"????
2024-01-30 20:29
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