pronax and ottoNd to stand in for Imperial in EU Minor qualifier

Markus "⁠pronax⁠" Wallsten and Otto "⁠ottoNd⁠" Sihvo are set to stand in for Imperial's in the first Europe Minor open qualifier, which begins on Monday, coach Neil "⁠NeiL_M⁠" Murphy has announced.

The coach did not specify who the Swede and the Finn will be replacing, but HLTV.org knows that the pair will fill in for Lithuanian duo Žygimantas "⁠nukkye⁠" Chmieliauskas and Eimantas "⁠pounh⁠" Lazickas.

That suggests changes could be on the horizon for Imperial, who have recently exited StarSeries i-League Season 6 in the group stage and missed out on a spot at IEM Chicago after losing to ENCE in the quarter-finals of the GG.BET Shuffle qualifier.

pronax will stand in for Imperial on Monday

HLTV.org knows that Imperial will soon make an announcement regarding the future of their team.

pronax is currently a free agent after being let go by Chaos on Friday alongside Mikail "⁠Maikelele⁠" Bill, while ottoNd is a long-time member of HAVU.

Imperial will be competing in the qualifier with:

Nemanja "⁠nexa⁠" Isaković
Ali "⁠hAdji⁠" Haïnouss
Rokas "⁠EspiranTo⁠" Milasauskas
Markus "⁠pronax⁠" Wallsten (stand-in)
Otto "⁠ottoNd⁠" Sihvo (stand-in)

HAVU #45 Otto 'ottoNd' SihvoJesse 'zehN' LinjalaEetu 'sAw' SahaLasse 'ZOREE' UronenOlli 'sLowi' Pitkänen Neil 'NeiL_M' Murphy Age: 28 Team: ImperialC Markus 'pronax' Wallsten Age: 27 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.90 Maps played: 1168 KPR: 0.60 DPR: 0.67 Eimantas 'pounh' Lazickas Age: 21 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 310 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.69 Žygimantas 'nukkye' Chmieliauskas Age: 20 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 271 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.62 Nemanja 'nexa' Isaković Age: 21 Team: Imperial Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 458 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.65 Chaos #93 Fredrik 'FREDDyFROG' GustafssonJoakim 'Relaxa' GustafssonNiclas 'PlesseN' Plessen Otto 'ottoNd' Sihvo Age: 20 Team: HAVU Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 351 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.63 Mikail 'Maikelele' Bill Age: 27 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 698 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.64 Ali 'hAdji' Haïnouss Age: 22 Team: Imperial Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 383 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.67 Imperial #31 Nemanja 'nexa' IsakovićAli 'hAdji' HaïnoussEimantas 'pounh' LazickasRokas 'EspiranTo' MilasauskasŽygimantas 'nukkye' Chmieliauskas ENCE #11 Aleksi 'allu' JalliJani 'Aerial' JussilaSami 'xseveN' LaasanenAleksi 'Aleksib' VirolainenJere 'sergej' Salo Rokas 'EspiranTo' Milasauskas Age: 17 Team: Imperial Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 373 KPR: 0.80 DPR: 0.70