PGL Publishes Substitute Rosters for CS2 Singapore Major

PGL has announced the rosters for all 32 teams competing at the Singapore Major, including the substitutes each side has submitted. At least five teams will begin the event with a substitute in their lineup.

Teams starting with substitutes

The most notable case is Vitality, which registered IGL Dan "apEX" Madesclaire as its substitute. Justinas "jL" Lekavicius had played seven matches for the team at PGL Masters Bucharest shortly before the invite cut-off. Other teams that will play with a substitute are Legacy, where Italo "ksloks" Meinberg is listed in place of Vinicius "n1ssim" Pereira; Astralis, with Anton "Anlelele" Huynh instead of Jakob "jabbi" Nygaard; FUT, with Álvaro "SunPayus" García instead of Nikita "cmtry" Samolotov; and 9z, with Allan "history" Lawrenz instead of Ignacio "meyern" Meyer.

A surprise name on the sheet

The biggest surprise on the roster sheet is the presence of Hansel "BnTeT" Ferdinand as a substitute for the team that will compete at the event as GOSH. The Indonesian player has not featured for Alter Ego since the end of August.

Coaches and academy players

Most teams have chosen their coach as the sixth man. Others, including G2, Eternal Fire, Natus Vincere and MOUZ, have named an academy prospect as their substitute.

Full substitute list by stage

In Stage 1, Ninjas in Pyjamas named Richard "Xizt" Landström, PARIVISION named Vyacheslav "slaxejezzz" Vinokurov, and HEROIC named Marco "Snappi" Pfeiffer. FaZe listed Dominik "GruBy" Swiderski, Eternal Fire listed Emirhan "Hydro2K" Deniz, 100 Thieves listed Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander, and Liquid listed Viktor "flashie" Tamás Bea. Also in this stage, 9z listed Allan "history" Lawrenz, M80 listed Luca "Munstur" Ioanițiu, DENDELE listed Cristiano "D10S" Marques Sá Carvalho, Imperial listed Marcos "tacitus" Castilho, Wildcard listed Łukasz "splawik" Jahns, FlyQuest listed Aaron "AZR" Ward, Chinggis Warriors listed Munkh-ochir "Redka" Myagmarsuren, and Lynn Vision listed Yifei "GUM" Dai.

In Stage 2, FUT named Álvaro "SunPayus" García, Nemiga named Anton "boX" Burko, G2 named Vilius "tAk" Keserauskas, and 1win named Aleksey "xeedo" Mikulich. Natus Vincere named David "FAZERY" Procházka, Astralis named Anton "Anlelele" Huynh, MIBR named Nestor "LETN1" Tanić, and The MongolZ named Erdenedalai "maaRaa" Bayanbat.

In Stage 3, MOUZ named Nikolai "Nikodeon" Sørensen, Vitality named Dan "apEX" Madesclaire, and Aurora named Ashley "ash" Battye. Spirit named Dmitry "S0tF1k" Forostyanko, Falcons named Matej "NucleonZ" Trajkoski, FURIA named Sid "sidde" Macedo, and Legacy named Italo "ksloks" Meinberg.