Zinchenko Named Substitute for Passion UA at IEM Atlanta

Oleksandr Zinchenko, the founder of Passion UA and a professional footballer, has been named a substitute for the organization’s CS:GO roster ahead of IEM Atlanta. The club announced the roster update in a public statement.

Zinchenko previously played for Passion UA in an official match at YaLLa Compass Spring 2024 against BLEED. In that match he recorded 22 kills and 26 deaths, an average damage per round (ADR) of 43.6, a KAST of 76.9%, and a Rating 3.0 of 0.80.

The active Passion UA lineup listed alongside Zinchenko includes Vsevolod “s-chilla” Shchurov, Nikita “jackasmo” Skyba, Dmytro “jambo” Semerajambo, Kyryl “marat2k” Samsoniuk and Eduard “zeRRoFIX” Petrovskyi. Recent competitive figures show s-chilla at 64-48 K-D, 90.2 ADR and a 1.28 Rating 3.0; jackasmo at 55-47, 78.4 ADR and a 1.12 rating; jambo at 49-49, 78.7 ADR and a 1.10 rating; marat2k at 38-48, 53.3 ADR and a 0.82 rating; and zeRRoFIX at 3-20, 14.1 ADR and a 0.54 rating.

In the YaLLa Compass match, BLEED’s players posted their own statistics. Hampus “hampus” Poser had a 60-45 K-D, 86.6 ADR and a 1.31 Rating 3.0; Cai “CYPHER” Watson had a 46-49 K-D, 69.5 ADR and a 1.11 rating; Tsvetelin “CeRq” Dimitrov had a 48-40 K-D and a 1.03 rating; Josef “faveN” Baumann and Laurențiu “lauNX” ȚârlealuNX each recorded a 0.94 Rating 3.0.

The announcement did not include quotes from the club or from Zinchenko. The organization provided the roster listing and recent match statistics as public information ahead of IEM Atlanta.