Tundra Esports has made a last-minute roster change forward of The Worldwide 2025, starting on September 4th, 2025.
The UK-based esports organisation was initially competing with Matthew ‘Whitemon‘ Filemon on the beginning line-up for Dota 2’s season-ending occasion.
On August thirty first, 2025, the organisation revealed it had encountered ‘unexpected issues within the visa utility course of,’ leading to Whitemon being unable to signify the organisation at The Worldwide 2025.
Consequently, Tobias ‘Tobi‘ Buchner has joined the staff as a short lived stand-in. The Austrian participant is not any stranger to success. In July, he received FISSURE Universe 5 whereas representing Group Liquid.
“Each try was made to safe Matthew his visa, nonetheless, extenuating circumstances exterior of Tundra and Matthew’s management led us to this example,” mentioned an announcement from Tundra Esports on social media.
The organisation reveals Tobi has been practising as a part of the staff within the remaining days of August, earlier than the group stage of the occasion begins on September 4th.
Tundra Esports is extensively thought to be among the best Dota 2 groups on this planet, with common appearances within the latter levels of tournaments. In August, it completed second at Clavision Masters 2025: Snow-Ruyi. In July, the staff secured the BLAST Slam III title with a victory over Group Falcons.
The Worldwide 2025 Group Adjustments
Outdoors of Tundra’s last-minute substitution, this 12 months’s version of The Worldwide has seen groups withdraw, leading to Valve introducing groups that didn’t qualify for the occasion.
On August twenty eighth, 2025, Valve introduced Yakutou Brothers because the alternative for Gaimin Gladiators, turning into the third Chinese language staff to compete on the occasion. Yakutou Brothers joins Group Tidebound and Xtreme Gaming because the area’s representatives.
