9 Pandas add Krad and Alv

10-1-2025 14:15

9 Pandas have opted for a mix of experience and youth with their latest additions.

Krad has been qualifying for Majors since 2019

9 Pandas have announced the signings of Vladislav "⁠Krad⁠" Kravchenko and Vladislav "⁠Alv⁠" Vorokhobov, bringing their roster back up to full strength after the benching and transfer-listing of Artem "⁠iDISBALANCE⁠" Egorov and Aleksandr "⁠glowiing⁠" Matsievich.

9 Pandas place glowiing and iDISBALANCE on the transfer list

The moves come after 9 Pandas opted to revamp their lineup following their failure to qualify for Perfect World Shanghai Major, with the team falling to G2, Virtus.pro and Ninjas in Pyjamas in the Europe RMR.

Krad is the far more experienced of the two signings, having plied his trade for the likes of DreamEaters, Entropiq, FORZE and AMKAL, attending a Major with each of the teams mentioned. The 26-year-old has regularly featured inside the top 20 of the world ranking across his career.

AWPer Alv is a relatively unknown quantity, the 19-year-old having only 20 HLTV-recorded matches to his name. He entered the scene with V1dar mid-way through 2023, but spent the back-half of 2024 playing for NewBALLS, with whom he put in some head-turning performances against solid tier-two opposition, not least 9 Pandas themselves.

9 Pandas are now:

Aleksandr "⁠shalfey⁠" Marenov
Daniil "⁠d1Ledez⁠" Kustov
Evgeny "⁠r3salt⁠" Frolov
Vladislav "⁠Krad⁠" Kravchenko
Vladislav "⁠Alv⁠" Vorokhobov