ESL Mixes Up Team Spirit Player Names at IEM Kraków 2026

The organizers of IEM Kraków 2026 for Counter-Strike 2 made mistakes in the spelling of Team Spirit players’ names in the official welcome letter sent to tournament participants. The club reported the issue on social media, publishing a photo that showed the inaccuracies.

In ESL’s letter, Danil “donk” Kryshkovets’ surname was written twice instead of his first name, resulting in him being listed as “Kryshkovets donk Kryshkovets.” In addition, Boris “magixx” Vorobyov was introduced as “Borislav,” even though his real name is Boris. The mistakes were identified after the team arrived at the tournament site.

Team Spirit arrived in Poland on the 27th of January and announced their arrival on social media. The team will start their tournament journey from the group stage of the tournament. The identity of the first opponent of Team Spirit will be revealed after the Play-In stage is complete.

The IEM Krakow 2026 tournament is taking place from the 28th of January to the 8th of February. The tournament is a LAN event with a total of 24 teams competing for a $1 million prize pool. This is the second major tournament for Team Spirit after the latest roster change. Boris "magixx" Vorobyov has been appointed the new in-game leader of the team. He replaces Leonid "chopper" Vishnyakov in the position.

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The incident with the misspelled names sparked an ironic reaction within the community and became yet another curious moment at the start of a major international tournament.