AMKAL shuts down

Russian organization AMKAL has shut down operations after two years. The organization most recently fielded a team featuring Vladislav "⁠nafany⁠" Gorshkov and Aleksandr "⁠KaiR0N-⁠" Anashkin.

The entire squad was benched earlier in December, and all players are now open to offers from other teams.

Despite mostly featuring in lower-tier European online tournaments, AMKAL had most notably qualified for the PGL Copenhagen Major, which was the first Major Championship held in Counter-Strike 2.

AMKAL have a couple of notable alumni currently plying their trade on different teams, with Danil "⁠molodoy⁠" Golubenko making a name for himself on FURIA and Kaisar "⁠ICY⁠" Faiznurov, who played for Virtus.pro in the majority of 2025.

AMKAL most recently fielded this lineup:

• Vladislav "⁠nafany⁠" Gorshkov

• Aleksandr "⁠KaiR0N-⁠" Anashkin

• Aleksandr "⁠TRAVIS⁠" Timkiv

• Aleksandr "⁠KENSI⁠" Gurkin

• Abdurakhim "⁠mo0N⁠" Issa

• Pavel "⁠PASHANOJ⁠" Legostaev (Coach)