Passion UA sign DemQQ

Passion UA are left with a single member of the Perfect World Shanghai Major roster.

DemQQ spent the better part of the last three years with Monte

Passion UA have announced the signing of Sergiy "⁠DemQQ⁠" Demchenko from Monte, reuniting the rifler with former teammate Volodymyr "⁠Woro2k⁠" Veletniuk.

"I want to thank the Monte team and its staff[...] for the ups and downs, for the difficult and fun times," DemQQ said in a statement posted to X.

"For me this is a new opportunity. The opportunity to write Ukrainian history under a different tag. Passion UA is my new motto."

The move ends DemQQ's near three-year stint on Monte, with whom he emerged on the international stage over 2023 with a playoff run at BLAST.tv Paris Major and victory in ESL Challenger Jönköping.

DemQQ is only the most recent piece of a significant rebuild of Passion UA's squad, which has seen the entire lineup that made a memorable run to Perfect World Shanghai Major depart, bar Nikita "⁠jackasmo⁠" Skyba.

Rodion "⁠fear⁠" Smyk and Dmytro "⁠jambo⁠" Semera were sold to fnatic, Vsevolod "⁠s-chilla⁠" Shchurov left due to burnout, Mikhaylo "⁠Kane⁠" Blagin was replaced by Tiaan "⁠T.c⁠" Coertzen, and Eduard "⁠zeRRoFIX⁠" Petrovskyi just departed.

Passion UA have struggled thus far in 2025, making little headway in online events or qualifiers and therefore slipping out of contention for an MRQ spot ahead of BLAST.tv Austin Major.

Passion UA are now:

Ukraine Nikita "⁠jackasmo⁠" Skyba
Ukraine Oleksii "⁠Topa⁠" Topchiienko
Ukraine Vladyslav "⁠Kvem⁠" Korol
Ukraine Volodymyr "⁠Woro2k⁠" Veletniuk
Ukraine Sergiy "⁠DemQQ⁠" Demchenko

South Africa Tiaan "⁠T.c⁠" Coertzen (coach)

Ukraine Mikhaylo 'Kane' Blagin
Mikhaylo 'Kane' Blagin
Age:
39
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.41
Maps played:
6
KPR:
0.23
DPR:
0.76
Ukraine Dmytro 'jambo' Semera
Dmytro 'jambo' Semera
Age:
20
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.11
Maps played:
457
KPR:
0.74
DPR:
0.63
Ukraine Rodion 'fear' Smyk
Rodion 'fear' Smyk
Age:
24
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.95
Maps played:
730
KPR:
0.63
DPR:
0.65
Ukraine Vladyslav 'Kvem' Korol
Vladyslav 'Kvem' Korol
Age:
23
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.08
Maps played:
489
KPR:
0.75
DPR:
0.69
Ukraine Oleksii 'Topa' Topchiienko
Oleksii 'Topa' Topchiienko
Age:
25
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.93
Maps played:
492
KPR:
0.61
DPR:
0.66
Ukraine Vsevolod 's-chilla' Shchurov
Vsevolod 's-chilla' Shchurov
Age:
19
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.92
Maps played:
422
KPR:
0.62
DPR:
0.67
Ukraine Volodymyr 'Woro2k' Veletniuk
Volodymyr 'Woro2k' Veletniuk
Age:
23
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.13
Maps played:
1008
KPR:
0.77
DPR:
0.63
Ukraine Sergiy 'DemQQ' Demchenko
Sergiy 'DemQQ' Demchenko
Age:
23
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.00
Maps played:
1233
KPR:
0.68
DPR:
0.65
Ukraine Nikita 'jackasmo' Skyba
Nikita 'jackasmo' Skyba
Age:
17
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.04
Maps played:
454
KPR:
0.71
DPR:
0.67
Ukraine Eduard 'zeRRoFIX' Petrovskyi
Eduard 'zeRRoFIX' Petrovskyi
Age:
17
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.92
Maps played:
453
KPR:
0.62
DPR:
0.67
#1
dea | 
Hong Kong den1dea
lol
2025-04-07 12:35
1
MONTE 2.0
2025-04-07 12:35
191
Thats a nice tier 4 team
2025-04-07 12:35
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7 replies
#62
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Europe chespiZ
better than falconsfraud
2025-04-07 13:25
40
wheres mr. butterfield?
2025-04-07 13:35
3
5 replies
You really think you can "diss" me with smooya? :D Yes, I feel bullied you smart frenchy.
2025-04-07 13:40
8
4 replies
just asking, why you so mad my friend?
2025-04-07 14:20
2
2 replies
Just take the L :D
2025-04-07 14:41
0
1 reply
#82
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Sweden casiman1
why u mad? is only gam
2025-04-07 14:57
2
#93
Faceit premium user Faceit level 10  | 
b1t | 
United Kingdom Barny980
smart frenchy is fucking great
2025-04-07 21:11
1
#4
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
MusambaN1 | 
Somalia Marland
I dont care why i am seeing this team in the news 100 times
2025-04-07 12:35
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#5
Faceit level 10  | 
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Georgia sexasuke
t1.5
2025-04-07 12:36
10
3 replies
#40
Faceit level 10  | 
Russia ripliii
Tier 3
2025-04-07 12:53
5
2 replies
flag
2025-04-07 13:39
14
1 reply
The flag too? Passion UA was much better before these changes. Now they are doing some sort of Ouija ritual to resurrect the old failed Monte. It's better to give chances to young and promising Ukranian players than to collect players who have shown their peaks for a long time. Signing DemQQ is like signing that you want to be a team no higher than tier2.5. Besides, this guy has a temper and is quite toxic, which will certainly have a negative impact on the microclimate in the team
2025-04-07 21:53
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#6
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Switzerland Tyrsk
What Monte should have been lmao, great move.
2025-04-07 12:36
27
#7
Faceit premium user Faceit level 10  | 
manka | 
Ukraine lalo_salamanca
Now it looks interesting
2025-04-07 12:36
12
#8
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Ukraine zhvchnskiy
PUA cooking for next season
2025-04-07 12:36
48
5 replies
Tier 3
2025-04-07 12:37
29
3 replies
#49
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Ukraine OdieTheCat
Still tiers above what Monte is, so W for DemQQ
2025-04-07 13:01
15
2 replies
nice, the cheaters are together again, lets gooo
2025-04-07 13:28
12
1 reply
#88
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Sweden Vrede
RadarQQ?
2025-04-07 17:07
2
their best chefs are gone
2025-04-07 21:55
0
#9
shox | 
Italy BNV
Solid tier-3 team
2025-04-07 12:37
7
Based, Monte 2.0 but with more talent
2025-04-07 12:37
7
#11
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Romania RMS17
-zerrofix +fix
2025-04-07 12:37
9
#13
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Ukraine LawaWand
already he run away from monte
2025-04-07 12:37
1
1 reply
More like "Finally"
2025-04-07 14:08
2
#14
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Russia Lessix
damn it my prediction failed
2025-04-07 12:37
0
I TOLD YOU.
2025-04-07 12:37
4
#16
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Korea jin67300
They need add sdy -topa + sdy
2025-04-07 12:38
9
2 replies
#21
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Kazakhstan Shingis2kk
and boros
2025-04-07 12:40
0
They can't. At least for now. They are in OKish position to have invites to closed qualifiers at least, as well as some CCTs and such. And they just made 2 changes, one more and they lose the core. So if it happens - it'll be a bit later.
2025-04-07 13:24
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#17
Faceit level 8  | 
SunPayus | 
Finland Baxeri
Actually looks like a decent team, only thing that I'm not fully sold on yet is T.c as the coach but we'll see I guess
2025-04-07 12:39
7
2 replies
I don't understand why a team that speaks ukranian would sign a coach that doesn't understand their communication, no matter how good the coach is
2025-04-07 13:15
4
1 reply
yeah and from outside perspective I felt like kane did well with the pieces he had, wonder why he got kicked
2025-04-07 13:35
2
Disgusting that this akuma fool still able to play in pro teams
2025-04-07 12:39
25
4 replies
let's not forget the fact that woro and kvem both played in d****as to get that screamer's ugly face into the game
2025-04-07 12:41
13
Esic won’t go after any relevant players, only tier 4 or those who are retired
2025-04-07 12:43
10
2 replies
They won’t go cuz they have a bag from these teams. Pretty obviously imo
2025-04-07 12:45
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#42
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Russia alexr0013
+w0nderful?
2025-04-07 12:54
1
#19
Faceit level 10 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Finland M1K120
dreamteam xd
2025-04-07 12:39
0
changed favourite team from Monte to Passion UA
2025-04-07 12:39
3
#22
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Luxembourg 2000
Akuma coming along!
2025-04-07 12:40
8
what a great team would have been if some actual igl instead of topa, even OWNER is better
2025-04-07 12:40
2
1 reply
#73
Faceit level 10  | 
blameF | 
Russia figure_it341
Woro back to igl in 3 matches 100%
2025-04-07 14:03
1
#25
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Ukraine liimur
PUA cooking, t 1.5 incoming
2025-04-07 12:41
5
1 reply
1.5 * 2
2025-04-07 12:52
4
Buy monte stikers, soon bankruptcy
2025-04-07 12:42
2
#27
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Poland YummyCS
looks really good on paper gl in top 15
2025-04-07 12:42
2
good roster but wtf is JT doing here then? i thought they would go international
2025-04-07 12:42
0
2 replies
jayson tatum? pretty sure you meant T.c
2025-04-07 14:18
0
1 reply
oh shit yeah i meant tc they have a similar kinda name and are from the same place so i mixed it up xD
2025-04-07 14:19
0
the fact that this guy isn't banned for cheating is a joke
2025-04-07 12:43
9
2 replies
#34
BzOo | 
France JBzOo
Where are your proof ?
2025-04-07 12:47
12
why would he be?
2025-04-07 13:32
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#32
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
GeT_RiGhT | 
Netherlands LDRL
Do they still keep all their VRS points? I swear they changed like 4 players in a month
2025-04-07 12:46
0
2 replies
i think theyre losing all the points but there s a loooot of time to the major after this one
2025-04-07 13:02
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#86
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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World streetson
if I'm not mistaken they changed everyone because they wouldn't be able to get the VRS points to the MRQs anyways so they pulled the trigger earlier
2025-04-07 16:50
1
#33
Faceit level 8  | 
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Switzerland Husey13
-topa -jackasmo +Sdy +boros Monte is back
2025-04-07 12:47
2
#35
Faceit plus user Faceit level 7  | 
donk | 
Japan justsavage
Akuma cheater
2025-04-07 12:51
3
#36
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Finland Tusku
akuma is so back
2025-04-07 12:51
4
#38
Faceit level 9  | 
Jesus | 
Kazakhstan yTuHbIe_ucTopuu
thank God demQQ is finally where he can shine.
2025-04-07 12:52
0
godtier team
2025-04-07 12:53
0
RIP Monte
2025-04-07 12:53
5
#43
Faceit level 7  | 
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United Kingdom zt3x
Now bring sdy or fear in for topa
2025-04-07 12:55
1
can be top20 team if they focus on grinding RN for next season
2025-04-07 12:57
1
#45
Faceit level 9  | 
kl1m | 
Germany ProjectPat
+s1mple next or what
2025-04-07 12:58
3
#46
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Japan horaaa
Looking kind of cracked but will still get rolled by hallzerk again Ironic considering their coach now
2025-04-07 12:58
0
sdy soon surely right
2025-04-07 12:58
1
#48
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Russia TEMHOMECTO
expected, cant support for this team anymore
2025-04-07 12:59
1
so basically monte got it
2025-04-07 13:03
0
matchfixer + cheater from akuma Typical UA cs
2025-04-07 13:05
3
That's actually probably one of the best national teams Ukraine could assemble rn, maybe b1t, npl or sdy could be an upgrade to this. So it's interesting how well they will do. Despite the history of some players on the roster (Akuma, Drillas, Woro had his own accusations) I will be glad to see if a new national team can reach the higher echelons.
2025-04-07 13:08
5
i think they wont qualify for Major with this lineup, less firepower, no chemistry, need alot of time to back on the level they was
2025-04-07 13:07
1
record setting roster for matchfixing and other suspicious activity.
2025-04-07 13:13
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#57
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Lebanon Z3XT0N
damn, PUA cooking with the cash they got low key, W
2025-04-07 13:13
4
2 replies
#72
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Ukraine zhvchnskiy
thats what i like about them, monte made decent cash after paris major and invested into nothing. Good to see PUA actually investing into the team
2025-04-07 13:55
2
1 reply
Idk, to me losing almost the entire original lineup (which I quite liked) is a sign of pretty shitty management. Though maybe I'm wrong and it was the best time to sell fear and Jambo before the post-major hype died down. And I'm sure the original Passion UA was many times better than what we have now
2025-04-07 22:13
0
Good move. Now sdy could be a great addition. S1mple is a dream.
2025-04-07 13:19
1
next +sdy
2025-04-07 13:21
1
Monte also -hades.
2025-04-07 13:26
0
#65
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Sweden matte90
Good team.
2025-04-07 13:30
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#78
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Greece her-1g
Dem crying is a solid pick also -topa +sdy as IGL
2025-04-07 14:24
2
How is TC coaching them when its a native language lineup, are they gonna speak english with him?
2025-04-07 14:31
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#80
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Egypt BomberMan_
demqq is a good player and this is a good move, but little respect hiring ex-akuma guys.
2025-04-07 14:33
0
It's like a breath of fresh air for DemQQ, good luck for him.
2025-04-07 15:12
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#84
Faceit level 7  | 
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Poland Jxcek
Honestly, i think thats the move, way better than Monte as of right now
2025-04-07 15:48
0
Cooking.
2025-04-07 18:31
1
actually good team, wish them luck.
2025-04-07 19:26
1
#91
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Poland Ryunar
akuma is so back
2025-04-07 21:07
1
W
2025-04-07 21:38
1
enjoy t3 online
2025-04-07 21:43
0
holy shit this team is bad poor woro2k
2025-04-07 21:57
0
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