Windigo have announced that they will play the upcoming ESL Pro League relegation process with their former lineup featuring Viktor "v1c7oR" Dyankov and Yanko "blocker" Panov. The team is unable to use their two newest players, Ali "hAdji" Haïnouss and Buğra "Calyx" Arkın, brought in in July, as the league's rules prevent them from making changes to their roster during the season. For that reason, Windigo will use their two former players, v1c7oR and blocker, with whom the Bulgarian side played the regular portion of ESL Pro League Season 9, placing fourth in Group C after close losses to Natus Vincere, G2, and fnatic.  The relegation process will begin on August 15 with the pre-relegation tournament, in which Windigo will face Heretics in the opening round, with Ninjas in Pyjamas and Turkey5 on the other side of the double-elimination bracket. The winner will keep their spot in Pro League, while the second and third-placed teams will go up against Sprout and Spirit in a secondary double-elimination bracket for two more spots in the tenth season of the league. Windigo will play the relegation process with the following five:
  Turkey5 #73 Ahmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' KorÖmer 'imoRR' KarataşBeyazıt 'beyAz' Körpe Eneshan 'eneshan' Tez   Ninjas in Pyjamas #11 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonFredrik 'REZ' SternerNicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora  Yanko 'blocker' Panov  Age: 22 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 579 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.70  Windigo #24 Kamen 'bubble' KostadinovBuğra 'Calyx' Arkın Ali 'hAdji' HaïnoussGeorgi 'SHiPZ' GrigorovValentin 'poizon' Vasilev Georgi 'SHiPZ' Grigorov  Age: 18 Team: Windigo Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 840 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.69 Kamen 'bubble' Kostadinov  Age: 28 Team: Windigo Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 1495 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.63   Sprout #32 Florian 'syrsoN' RischeTimo 'Spiidi' RichterSabit 'mirbit' CoktasarNils 'k1to' GruhneJosef 'faveN' Baumann   Spirit #28 Leonid 'chopper' VishnyakovDmitry 'S0tF1k' Forostyanko Pavel 'COLDYY1' VeklenkoViktor 'sdy' OrudzhevArtem 'iDISBALANCE' Egorov  Heretics #52  David 'Davidp' PrinsLogan 'LOGAN' CortiBryan 'Maka' CandaGaëtan 'JiNKZ' JaminJérémy 'jeyN' Nguyen  G2 #8 Audric 'JACKZ' JugRichard 'shox' PapillonKenny 'kennyS' SchrubFrançois 'amanek' DelaunayLucas 'Lucky' Chastang Ali 'hAdji' Haïnouss  Age: 23 Team: Windigo Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 571 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.66  fnatic #15 Richard 'Xizt' LandströmJesper 'JW' WecksellSimon 'twist' EliassonFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonLudvig 'Brollan' Brolin  Natus Vincere #6 Danylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' SharipovKirill 'Boombl4' Mikhailov Viktor 'v1c7oR' Dyankov  Age: 25 Team: WindigoB Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 1488 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.67 Valentin 'poizon' Vasilev  Age: 20 Team: Windigo Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 617 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.63 Buğra 'Calyx' Arkın  Age: 21 Team: Windigo Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 711 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.63 |
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