ponkt to stand in for Uniquestars at Asia Minor

The latest Asia Minor team to be hit by visa problems is Uniquestars who will field in Daniel "⁠ponkt⁠" Punkt in place of Anton "⁠hydra⁠" Sviridon.

Uniquestars qualified for the Asia Minor by winning the Middle East & South Asia Open Qualifier. However, the Israeli squad will not be able to use their full lineup as hydra couldn't secure a visa to enter the United Kingdom where the event is taking place.

ponkt will replace the aforementioned player at the Asia Minor which will take place on July 16-20. The top two teams at the event will qualify for the FACEIT Major New Challengers Stage.

Uniquestars will attend the Asia Minor at the Twickenham Stadium with a stand-in

Uniquestars will compete in Group B alongside TYLOO, Tainted Minds, and 5POWER who will have three stand-ins. Over on Group A, Signature—another team that had visa issues—have been replaced by BOOT-d[S] while VG.Flash are having to play with Zhenghui "⁠z8z⁠" Liu instead of YuanZhang "⁠Attacker⁠" Sheng.

Uniquestars will have the following lineup at the Asia Minor:

Lidor "⁠LaNrefNi⁠" Almasi
Guy "⁠NertZ⁠" Iluz
Barak "⁠shp3x⁠" Schneider
Guy "⁠anarkez⁠" Trachtman
Daniel "⁠ponkt⁠" Punkt

Guy 'anarkez' Trachtman Age: 18 Team: Uniquestars Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 29 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.67 YuanZhang 'Attacker' Sheng Age: 21 Team: VG.Flash Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 615 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.66 5POWER #91 Gan-Erdene 'dobu' BatboldBat-Enkh 'kabal' BatbayarZhiHai 'QKA' FuPeng 'xiaosaGe' SongWei 'shuadapai' Wang Signature #121 Warittorn 'RoLEX' KalanukarnPhaiboon 'j9' SaengsermsubPhakhin 'PPOverdose' JaroenthanajindaManutsawat 'Reality' SangphadungNarakrit 'HSK' Phuthiwaranan Zhenghui 'z8z' Liu Age: 29 Team: VG.FlashC Uniquestars #93 Lidor 'LaNrefNi' AlmasiGuy 'NertZ' IluzBarak 'shp3x' SchneiderGuy 'anarkez' TrachtmanAnton 'hydra' Sviridon Anton 'hydra' Sviridon Age: 22 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 28 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.72 BOOT-d[S] #50 Nevin 'splashske' AwBenedict 'Benkai' TanAnthony 'ImpressioN' LimKumaresan 'Tommy' RamaniAlikhan 'w1nt3r' Kopzhanov Tainted Minds #68 Yaman 'yam' ErgenekonRyan 'zewsy' PalmerChris 'ofnu' HanleyCallum 'BURNRUOk' HendersonJoshua 'INS' Potter Lidor 'LaNrefNi' Almasi Age: 19 Team: Uniquestars Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 18 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.67 VG.Flash #53 YuLun 'Summer' CaiYuanZhang 'Attacker' ShengWeiJie 'zhokiNg' ZhongKunHua 'LOVEYY' BaiWingHei 'Freeman' Cheung Guy 'NertZ' Iluz Age: 19 Team: Uniquestars Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 30 KPR: 0.84 DPR: 0.74 Barak 'shp3x' Schneider Age: 21 Team: Uniquestars Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 29 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.68 TYLOO #16 Ke 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuHansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandHaoWen 'somebody' XuKevin 'xccurate' Susanto Daniel 'ponkt' Punkt Age: 19 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.89 Maps played: 16 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.73