Xi Lai Gaming permits hvoya to discover choices

Xi Lai Gaming

Xi Lai Gaming

China
Rank #2

Viva
Lifan Ran (冉立凡)








NoMan
James Man








Rarga
Arthur Churyumov








happywei
Deng Minwei (邓闵维)








coconut
Colin Patrick Chung (钟弘祖)

head coach Aleksandr “hvoya”
Eremin has announced that he has been allowed to discover his choices forward of the offseason.

“My contract is expiring soon and I am still in talks with XLG, but I am allowed to explore other options,” he stated. “LFT for VCT 2026 as a Head coach/assistant for any region.”

hvoya has been XLG’s head coach for the previous two seasons, main them to trophy-winning campaigns on the China National Competition: Season 2 and ultimately China Ascension in 2024. Led by hvoya of their debut season within the VCT, XLG hit the bottom working. After a Fifth-Sixth end at China Kickoff, XLG went 4-1 within the Stage 1 group stage, after which went almost good within the playoffs, dropping only one map en path to lifting the trophy and qualifying for Masters Toronto.

After going through a swift elimination two video games into their marketing campaign at Toronto, XLG went 4-1 within the Stage 2 group stage. They completed fourth within the playoffs, however ended the 12 months with sufficient championship factors to qualify for Champions Paris. With fellow Ascension squad

Dragon Ranger Gaming

Dragon Ranger Gaming

China
Rank #4

Flex1n
Lo Rui (罗瑞)








vo0kashu
Ilya Ushakov








Akeman
Zhang Haoran (张浩然)








Demon1
Max Mazanov








Nicc
Shao Yi-qun (邵逸群)








SpiritZ1
Lin Dingyu (林定宇)

additionally qualifying for the occasion, XLG competed for the next placement in opposition to DRG to safe its spot in VCT for 2026, and completed one step above them, going 1-2 to DRG’s 0-3.

Before becoming a member of XLG as the pinnacle coach, hvoya had a prolonged taking part in profession. He began his profession in 2020, taking part in for groups like Russia’s

CrowСrowd

CrowСrowd

Inactive

Cloud
Kirill Nehozhin








dreAms
Adel Smirnov








Duno
Mikhail Fokin


trial





Panic
Leonid Pozdnyakov

,

AG

AG

Inactive

watasink
Oleg Salomin








Kleimon
Alexander Gushin








Panic
Leonid Pozdnyakov








dreAms
Adel Smirnov








Hunts
Said Alamani

, and

Team Singularity

Team Singularity

Inactive

Insider
Artem Puzanov








NLaaeR
Ilya Koppalov








B1SK
Vitaliy Emelyanov








Dimaoneshot
Dmitriy Bandurka








hvoya
Aleksandr Eremin

, Spain’s

KPI Gaming

KPI Gaming

Europe
Rank #318

zeddy
Nikolai Lapko








7ssk7
Artur Kurshin








Insider
Artem Puzanov








archiw0w
Damir Tenchurin








Chaza
Charlie Phillips








Prti
Ivan Erak








Chadi
Farsang Balázs








loll9









Leare
Fletcher Brigden-Knight








pa1ka
Ivan Zhilinskiy

, France’s

beGenius

beGenius

Inactive

, India’s

Reckoning Esports

Reckoning Esports

Asia-Pacific
Rank #26

Bgg
Vladislav Boev








moner
Kirill Matsanov








tough
Prish Valvani








Paradox
Kasif Sayyed








Deadly10
Saksham Aurangabadkar

, and Germany’s

Irregulars

Irregulars

Europe
Rank #50

IkE
Jan Hendrik Vollmer








madison

.

With

Xi Lai Gaming

Xi Lai Gaming

China
Rank #2

Viva
Lifan Ran (冉立凡)








NoMan
James Man








Rarga
Arthur Churyumov








happywei
Deng Minwei (邓闵维)








coconut
Colin Patrick Chung (钟弘祖)

set to enter its second offseason as a VCT crew, its full roster is now:

• Lifan “Viva”
  Ran (冉立凡)
• James “NoMan”
  Man
• Arthur “Rarga”
  Churyumov
• Deng “happywei”
  Minwei (邓闵维)
• Colin “coconut”
  Patrick Chung (钟弘祖)
• Yang “Arty”
  Zhe (杨喆) (Manager)
• Thong “balax”
  Chern Kwi (Analyst)
• Tao “Coffin0”
  Yumeng (陶禹萌) (Staff)