German esports organisation FOKUS has introduced its growth into Counter-Strike 2 esports by signing a global roster.
Former GamerLegion participant Erik ‘ztr‘ Gustafsson will captain the roster, which makes its LAN debut at City Riga Open 3, happening from March twenty third to twenty fourth.
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Unveiled on social media, the signing of a global line-up strikes away from FOKUS’ reported authentic plan of signing gamers from the identical nation.
In accordance with HLTV, the organisation had initially signed the previous ESC Gaming line-up in November 2025, which then attended a number of Tier 2 tournaments beneath the Pleasant Campers banner.
Max ‘Eggo‘ Eickhoff, Senior Workforce and Challenge Supervisor at FOKUS, revealed that the prevailing staff composition wasn’t working, ensuing within the coaches beginning the roster-building course of from scratch. “We’ve been working for a few years to lastly see FOKUS in Counter-Strike, and you will need to us to do it in a method that we are able to establish with,” mentioned Eggo.
Alongside ztr, Sebastian ‘volt‘ Malos, Georgi ‘Jorko‘ Mitev, Mateo ‘Matheos‘ Prišlin and Matias ‘Banjo‘ Kivistö spherical out the staff. Volt is not any stranger to reaching success in Tier 1 tournaments. The rifler burst onto the scene on the BLAST.television Paris Main as a part of the Into the Breach that scored a top-eight end.
17-year-old Jorko is tipped to be one in every of Counter-Strike’s promising upcoming abilities. The Bulgarian AWPer just lately completed within the high six at DraculaN Season 4, scoring a 2-1 victory over Inside Circle in his staff’s opening higher bracket match.
Matheos has beforehand competed alongside Jorko for Copenhagen Wolves, whereas Banjo joins FOKUS after a two-year stint representing Fireplace Flux Esports in Tier 2 and Tier 3 competitions.
FOKUS And Esports
Based in 2018, FOKUS has develop into one in every of Germany’s distinguished esports organisations. In recent times, it has competed throughout a number of esports titles, together with EA Sports activities FC, Fortnite, and VALORANT.
Its VALORANT roster is presently competing within the first stage of Challengers 2026 DACH: Evolution. The staff has made its solution to the decrease bracket ultimate, incomes a spot within the high 4, leading to qualification for Stage 2.
City Riga Open 3 Particulars
The third version of City Riga Open sees eight groups competing in a single-elimination bracket for an opportunity to develop into champion. Categorized as a Tier 2 occasion, groups can earn Valve Regional Standings (VRS) factors to climb the ladder that may assist with qualification to important CS2 occasion.
City Riga 2 noticed the likes of AaB Esport and SemperFi Esports battling it out for a share of a $6,500 (~£4,771) prize pool. MOUZ NXT, the academy roster of MOUZ, gained the occasion and has since climbed to forty sixth in Europe’s February VRS.
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