Degster and Aunkere have formed a joint Counter-Strike 2 team

Abdul “Degster” Hasanov and Evgeniy “Aunkere” Karyat have formed a joint team to participate in the open qualifiers for Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2026.

The relevant information is available on Telegram.

In adition to the aforementioned players, Vladislav “Krad” Kravchenko, Evgeny ‘R3salt’ Frolov, and Andrey “Jerry” Mekhryakov will also play for the team. The top four teams from the open stage will compete for a slot in the closed stage of the qualifiers. The Intel Extreme Masters Rio 2026 tournament will take place from April 13 to 19 in Rio de Janeiro, where the 16 best teams from the CS2 pro scene will compete for a prize pool of $1 milion.

Earlier, Gaimin Gladiators announced the signing of Henrique “HEN1” Teles to their Counter-Strike 2 roster.