A player with 1,000 MMR eliminated Bzm and MinD_ContRoL from the tournament

At the IESF World Esports Championship 2024 in Saudi Arabia, the Bulgarian team, featuring bzm and MinD_ContRoL, unexpectedly lost to the Belarusian team. Interestingly, the Belarusian team was represented by a player with a Guardian IV rank, Filip_Filipsov.

Originally, ainkrad was supposed to play for Team Belarus, but he accepted an offer to join Team Secret and could not attend the championship. His spot was urgently filled by the team's manager, Mikhail "Filip_Filipsov" Turchin, who became the unexpected hero of the match.

For the Bulgarian team, the defeat was fatal: they finished their tournament run in 9th-12th place. Meanwhile, Belarus advanced to the playoffs and is now preparing for a match against Team Mongolia.