NiKo & rain invited to HTC 2v2

FaZe's Nikola "NiKo" Kovač and Håvard "rain" Nygaard are the latest duo confirmed by PGL for the HTC 2v2 Invitational.

The announcement brings the number of confirmed teams to five, with the FaZe duo joining the likes of G2's Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon and Kenny "⁠kennyS⁠" Schrub, and Na`Vi's Denis "⁠seized⁠" Kostin and Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev in the tournament.

Neither Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač nor Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard took part in last year's 1v1 Invitational. Fabien "⁠kioShiMa⁠" Fiey finished 7th-8th, while Joakim "⁠jkaem⁠" Myrbostad, who was still part of FaZe at the time, took 9th-12th.

rain and NiKo will travel to Bucharest for the 2v2 tournament 

The HTC 2v2 Invitational will take place from May 13-14 inside PGL's studio, in Bucharest, with eight duos competing for a share of a $50,000 prize pool.

Below you can find a list of all the confirmed duos so far:

• Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon & Kenny "⁠kennyS⁠" Schrub
• Zainab "⁠zAAz⁠" Turkie & Julia "⁠juliano⁠" Kiran
• Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev & Denis "⁠seized⁠" Kostin
• Vincent "⁠Happy⁠" Schopenhauer & Adil "⁠ScreaM⁠" Benrlitom
• Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač & Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard

#FaZeUp! The fifth duo for the #htc2v2 is intense! @pglesports @HyperX @Vertagear @FaZeClan

More info: https://t.co/7wvBRMSNqk pic.twitter.com/UEAQ9qYeWE

— HTC Esports (@htcesports) April 24, 2017

Denis 'seized' Kostin Age: 22 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 912 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.66 Vincent 'Happy' Schopenhauer Age: 25 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 981 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.66 Julia 'juliano' Kiran Age: 23 Team: Secret fe Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 141 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.69 Håvard 'rain' Nygaard Age: 22 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 580 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.70 Joakim 'jkaem' Myrbostad Age: 23 Team: Dignitas Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 426 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.70 Richard 'shox' Papillon Age: 24 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.13 Maps played: 1055 KPR: 0.78 DPR: 0.66 Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač Age: 20 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 555 KPR: 0.82 DPR: 0.70 Adil 'ScreaM' Benrlitom Age: 22 Team: Envy Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 911 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.65 Zainab 'zAAz' Turkie Age: 25 Team: Secret fe Rating 1.0: 1.21 Maps played: 117 KPR: 0.84 DPR: 0.67 Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Age: 19 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.18 Maps played: 552 KPR: 0.84 DPR: 0.70 Fabien 'kioShiMa' Fiey Age: 22 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 915 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.64 Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub Age: 21 Team: G2 Rating 1.0: 1.17 Maps played: 1012 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.62