KOVA Esports
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KOVA Esports
Team Information
Location:
Region:
Founders:
Aleksi Halsas Antti Hirvonen Timo TarvainenApprox. Total Winnings:
$122,809
Games:
Links
History
Created:
: 2019-04-02
: 2019-04-02Disbanded:
2022-11-08
KOVA Esports was a Finnish esports organization founded on April 2, 2019. The organization ceased operations on November 8, 2022 due to bankruptcy. [1]
Timeline
[edit]Player Roster
[edit]Former
[edit]| Former Squad | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | |||||
| uli | (Samu Leirilaakso) Samu Leirilaakso | Join Date: 2019-04-02 [2] | Leave Date: 2022-11-08 [1] |  HAVU Gaming | |||||
| airax | (Jussi Airaksinen) Jussi Airaksinen | Join Date: 2021-04-12 [10] | Leave Date: 2022-11-08 [1] | HAVU Gaming | |||||
| zks | (Aleksi Nissinen) Aleksi Nissinen | Join Date: 2021-09-27 [12] | Leave Date: 2022-11-08 [1] |   JANO Esports (Trial) | |||||
| ottoNd | (Otto Sihvo) Otto Sihvo | Join Date: 2022-08-13 [17] | Leave Date: 2022-11-08 [1] | HAVU Gaming (Trial) | |||||
| Sm1llee | (Joona Holmström) Joona Holmström | Join Date: 2022-08-13 [17] | Leave Date: 2022-11-08 [1] | JANO Esports | |||||
| peku | (Petteri Jaakkola) Petteri Jaakkola | Role: (Coach) | Join Date: 2022-01-14 [14] | Leave Date: 2022-11-08 [1] |  Rare Atom (Assistant Coach/Analyst) | ||||
| Former Players | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Join Date | Inactive Date | Leave Date | New Team | ||||
| Twixie | (Samuli Herrala) Samuli Herrala | Join Date: 2019-09-13 [5] | Inactive Date: | Leave Date: 2022-08-13 [16] | Retired | ||||
| spargo | (Jarkko Rahja) Jarkko Rahja | Join Date: 2020-08-07 [7] | Inactive Date: | Leave Date: 2022-07-11 [15] | HAVU Gaming | ||||
| pietola | (Lauri Hietala) Lauri Hietala | Join Date: 2019-04-02 [2] | Inactive Date: 2021-09-27 [12] | Leave Date: 2021-12-31 [13] | Retired | ||||
| peku | (Petteri Jaakkola) Petteri Jaakkola | Join Date: 2019-07-31 [4] | Inactive Date: 2021-03-10 [9] | Leave Date: 2021-06-13 [11] |  SAWO Esports (Coach) | ||||
| derkeps | (Nikita Syrmytev) Nikita Syrmytev | Join Date: 2019-04-02 [2] | Inactive Date: 2020-08-06 [6] | Leave Date: 2021-02-26 [8] | Retired | ||||
| doto | (Joonas Forss) Joonas Forss | Join Date: 2019-04-02 [2] | Inactive Date: | Leave Date: 2019-09-13 [5] | HAVU Gaming | ||||
| STOVVE | (Toni Liukkonen) Toni Liukkonen | Join Date: 2019-04-02 [2] | Inactive Date: | Leave Date: 2019-07-09 [3] |  SJ Gaming | ||||
Organization
[edit]Former
[edit]| Former Organization | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | |||||
| Aleksi Halsas | (Aleksi Halsas) Aleksi Halsas | Role: (Co-Founder, Co-Owner, Digital Marketing) | Join Date: 2019-04-02 [18] | Leave Date: 2022-11-08 [1] | |||||
| Antti Hirvonen | (Antti Hirvonen) Antti Hirvonen | Role: (Co-Founder, Co-Owner, Marketing) | Join Date: 2019-04-02 [18] | Leave Date: 2022-11-08 [1] | |||||
| renemesis | (Timo Tarvainen) Timo Tarvainen | Role: (Co-Founder, General Manager) | Join Date: 2019-04-02 [2] | Leave Date: 2022-11-08 [1] | |||||
| Yappis | (Tommi Laaksonen) Tommi Laaksonen | Role: (Analyst) | Join Date: 2022-01-14 [14] | Leave Date: 2022-11-08 [1] | |||||
Results
[edit]| Date | Place | Tier | Type | G. | Tournament | Result | Prize | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-29 | 1st | C-Tier | Online | |   | Elisa Open Suomi Season 2 | 2 : 1 |   (temp) | $5,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022-02-27 | 1st | C-Tier | Online | | | Elisa Open Suomi Season 1 | 2 : 0 | | $5,635.44 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020-09-27 | 2nd | B-Tier | Online | |  | Elisa Finnish Championship 2020 | 1 : 2 | | $8,143.66 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020-07-05 | 1st | B-Tier | Online | |  | Finnish Esports League Season 8 | 2 : 1 | | $28,109.07 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020-05-07 | 1st | B-Tier | Online | |  | Telia Esports Series Season 3 | 2 : 0 | | $18,055.26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020-04-12 | 1st | C-Tier | Online | |  | Elisa Viihde Spring Challenge | 3/2/0 | Grp S. | $5,467.75 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-11-15 | 3rd - 4th | B-Tier | Online/Offline | | | Telia Esports Series Season 2 | 0 : 2 | | $4,642.51 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-10-19 | 3rd | B-Tier | Offline | |  | Finnish Esports League Season 7 | 0 : 2 |  | $2,949.98 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-09-29 | 1st | C-Tier | Online | | | Finnish Esports League Season 7: Online Stage | 12/2 | Grp S. | $4,234.56 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-08-03 | 1st | B-Tier | Offline | |   | Assembly Summer 2019 | 2 : 0 | | $8,887.93 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extended list of results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | Tier | Type | Tournament | Score | vs. Opponent | VOD(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 28, 2022 - 20:00 EEST | C-Tier | Online/Offline | | | Elisa Open Suomi S3 - Playoffs | 0 : 2 | ||
| October 23, 2022 - 19:00 EEST | C-Tier | Online/Offline | | | Elisa Open Suomi S3 - Group B | 2 : 0 | ||
| October 13, 2022 - 19:30 EEST | C-Tier | Online/Offline | | | Elisa Open Suomi S3 - Group B | 0 : 2 | ||
| October 11, 2022 - 19:30 EEST | C-Tier | Online/Offline | | | Elisa Open Suomi S3 - Group B | 2 : 0 | ||
| September 18, 2022 - 18:00 CEST | C-Tier | Online | |  | ESEA S42 - EU Advanced - Week 6 (cont.) | FF : W | ||
| September 18, 2022 - 13:00 EEST | Qualifier | Online | |  | Pelaajatcom Series Fall '22 - Playoffs | 0 : 2 | ||
| September 17, 2022 - 19:00 EEST | Qualifier | Online | | | Pelaajatcom Series Fall '22 - Group B | 16 - 13 | ||
| September 17, 2022 - 16:00 EEST | Qualifier | Online | | | Pelaajatcom Series Fall '22 - Group B | 12 - 16 | ||
| September 17, 2022 - 14:30 EEST | Qualifier | Online | | | Pelaajatcom Series Fall '22 - Group B | 16 - 8 | ||
| September 15, 2022 - 17:00 CEST | C-Tier | Online | | | ESEA S42 - EU Advanced - Week 6 (cont.) | FF : W |
Gallery
[edit]Logos
[edit]
Original logo
(prior to October 18, 2021)
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Timo Tarvainen (2022-11-08). "KOVA Esportsin tarina loppui tänään 8.11.2022" [The story of KOVA Esports ended today, 8.11.2022] (in Finnish).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 KOVA Esports (2019-04-02). "Also please give a warm welcome to our CS:GO line-up and general manager".
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 KOVA Esports (2019-07-09). "Farewell stovve".
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 KOVA Esports (2019-07-31). "CS:GO - Looks like @dotocsgo @derkeps @UliCSGO @pietolacsgo got a new teammate!".
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 KOVA Esports (2019-09-13). "CS:GO Roster Change".
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Changes in CS:GO roster - derkeps benched". KOVA Esports. 2020-08-06. Archived from the original on 2021-10-18.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 KOVA Esports (2020-08-07). "NEW AWP PLAYER IN CS:GO ROSTER".
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 CrowCrowd (2021-02-26). "PLEASE WELCOME".
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 KOVA Esports (2021-03-12). "CS:GO Roster Change – Petteri “peku” Jaakkola benched".
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "CS:GO Roster Update (for real this time): NEW IGL". KOVA Esports. 2021-04-12. Archived from the original on 2021-10-28.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 KOVA Esports (2021-06-13). "@pekuCSGO's contract has been terminated and he is free to pursue next challenges in his career!".
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 KOVA Esports (2021-09-27). "Changes in CS:GO roster".
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 pietola (2021-12-07). "I've decided to switch to Valorant".
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 KOVA Esports (2022-01-14). "CS:GO roster is growing".
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 KOVA Esports (2022-07-11). "Some things come to an end: unfortunately we didn’t extend our contract with @spargoCS".
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 KOVA Esports (2022-08-13). "UPDATE".
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 KOVA Esports (2022-08-13). "CS:GO ROSTER UPDATE".
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 KOVA Esports (2019-04-02). "KOVA ESPORTS HAS ARRIVED".
