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.