Brazil v. The World lineups revealed
The rosters for the IEM Rio showmatch, Brazil v. The World, have been revealed this morning. The Counter-Strike 2 match is set to take place at 11:00AM this morning ahead of the grand final which comes later today at 01:00PM.
Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo and Vinicius "VINI" Figueiredo will be taking part, alongside their good friend Epitácio "TACO" Melo from 00 Nation and young gun Felipe "insani" Yuji from MIBR. The fifth and final member of the team will be Kaike "KSCERATO" Cerato, coming from the recently eliminated FURIA. Brazilian caster, interviewer, and influencer Fillipe "bt0" Moreno will join as the coach.
The World, however, will have considerably more firepower as Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev and Andrii "npl" Kukharskyi form the Natus Vincere will headline the team, alongside Vladislav "nafany" Gorshkov from Cloud9. Former NIP legend Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund will also join with Nils "k1to" Gruhne from BIG rounding out the team. As for the coach, James "BanKs" Banks will be stepping into the role.
Brazil
Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo
Epitacio "TACO" de Melo
Felipe "insani" Yuji
Vinicius "VINI" Figueiredo
Kaike "KSCERATO" Cerato
Fillipe "bt0" Moreno (coach)
The World
Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund
Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev
Andrii "npl" Kukharskyi
Nils "k1to" Gruhne
Vladislav "nafany" Gorshkov
James "BanKs" Banks (coach)