Kjaerbye and dennyslaw link up with JiJieHao

The Asian team has picked up two European players ahead of the Esports World Cup.

Kjaerbye takes up the IGL mantle for JiJieHao

JiJieHao have secured the services of Markus "⁠Kjaerbye⁠" Kjærbye and Denislav "⁠dennyslaw⁠" Dimitrov, the team has confirmed to HLTV. The two signings get the Asian side back to a full roster just weeks before the Esports World Cup in Riyadh.

Kjaerbye played for the team during their qualifying run for the Saudi event, helping JiJieHao to victories over Onyx Ravens and VC. Now a full-fledged squad member, he takes over as in-game leader.

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dennyslaw will take up the AWP from Love "⁠phzy⁠" Smidebrant, who played for the team during the Esports World Cup qualifiers. According to recent reports, the Swedish AWPer is on the brink of joining Wildcard alongside compatriot Tim "⁠susp⁠" Ångström.

This will be dennyslaw's first international challenge after playing for Bulgarian teams like SKADE and 500. In a statement to HLTV, he said the goal at the Esports World Cup is to get experience against top teams, which he hopes will help them qualify for the Shanghai Major.

"We will give it our 100% because this is a huge opportunity for an unknown team like ours," he said. "We will start in the last-chance qualifier due to coming from the local qualifier, and the best of one single elimination for us can be a blessing or a curse.

"We will work as best as we can and keep a positive mindset whatever happens at EWC and use it as an experience for future tournaments and the upcoming Major qualifiers in August."

With these two additions, JiJieHao now have:

Issa "⁠ISSAA⁠" Murad
Hussein "⁠m1N1⁠" Hijazi
Osama "⁠0SAMAS⁠" Orabi
Markus "⁠Kjaerbye⁠" Kjærbye
Denislav "⁠dennyslaw⁠" Dimitrov