ROUNDS CS2 attend VRS LAN tournament in Sweden with full HLTV coverage

Starting today, ROUNDS’ CS2 team will be battling it out at the Esplay Elite Gaming #1 in Helsingborg, Sweden.

ROUNDS are attending Esplay Elite Gaming #1 on the 1st and 2nd of May, 2026 in Helsingborg, Sweden. All of ROUNDS’ matches will be streamed to our Twitch and YouTube with Finnish commentary, starting from the very first group stage match against SAW at 11 p.m. EEST tonight. The following matches versus G2 Ares and Matrix will follow right after, likely to continue until appx. 2 a.m. EEST as every game will be a Best of 1 in today’s format.

This tournament is imporant for ROUNDS due to the VRS points available. We’re sending a hungry team from Tampere eager to gain LAN experience and to punch in the digits of their very first HLTV-covered win in an official match, especially after the recent setback of incredibly narrowly not making it in to the 13th season of Elisa Open Suomi.

Eight teams will be attending, including us. Group A consists of dJ uNT frIENDS, Johnny Speeds, INFINITE, and Lilmix. In our group we face the aforementioned SAW, G2 Ares, and Matrix. The other notable team for the Finnish audience is surely G2 Ares, boasting Juho “yksjupe” Viitasalo in their lineup.

The format has us face each of our Group B opponents once in a Bo1, after which the last placed team in each group is eliminated from the tournament. The other six (three from each group) continue their journies on Saturday, May 2nd. The winners of each group get the luxury of skipping the quarterfinals straight into the semis later on in the day.

The brackets can be found on Liquipedia, as well as HLTV, which will have full coverage of the tournament. This is big news for a team like us, and a great opportunity to show what we are capable of.

It’s also worth following us on your preferred short-form video platform, you can find us under @roundsgg on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. We are keeping the content flowing from each travel day, so stay tuned for our own behind-the-scenes coverage as well!

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