Dmitry "hooch" Bogdanov will be Team Russia's fifth player at the WESG World Finals, HLTV.org has confirmed.

The EPG veteran will fill the Russia spot left open when Na`Vi star Egor "⁠flamie⁠" Vasilyev announced that he would not be attending the event, citing "personal issues".

Dmitry "⁠hooch⁠" Bogdanov secured a Chinese visa on arrival and has already joined up with the rest of the team, who will play their first match on Wednesday at 04:00 , against SK.

hooch is already in Haikou with the rest of the Russia team

Russia, who will also face BIG and New4 in the first group stage, qualified for the WESG World Finals after finishing top 12 at the European Finals, where they were defeated by fnatic in the first round of the playoffs.

With hooch's addition, Russia will field the following team in Haikou:

Denis "⁠electroNic⁠" Sharipov
Denis "⁠seized⁠" Kostin
Georgi "⁠WorldEdit⁠" Yaskin
Mihail "⁠Dosia⁠" Stolyarov
Dmitry "⁠hooch⁠" Bogdanov

Vadim "⁠MSE⁠" Zimin (coach)

New4 Nan 'Jewelry' WangFei 'jackhan' HanYang 'Mr.six' ChengZhiTao 'Drea3er' ZhangZhiWei '0i' Liu fnatic #6 Robin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonMaikil 'Golden' Selim Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Egor 'flamie' Vasilyev Age: 20 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 931 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.68 Georgi 'WorldEdit' Yaskin Age: 26 Team: FlipSid3 Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 899 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.66 EPG #42 Dmitry 'hooch' BogdanovKristaps 'krii' BricisAleksei 'El1an' GusevMareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis Russia Denis 'seized' Kostin Age: 23 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 1064 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.67 Dmitry 'hooch' Bogdanov Age: 31 Team: EPG Rating 1.0: 0.91 Maps played: 674 KPR: 0.63 DPR: 0.69 SK #3 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaRicardo 'boltz' PrassMarcelo 'coldzera' DavidEpitacio 'TACO' de Melo Denis 'electroNic' Sharipov Age: 19 Team: Natus Vincere Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 497 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.69 BIG #24 Fatih 'gob b' DayikJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschJohannes 'nex' MagetNiels 'luckeRRR' Jasiek Vadim 'MSE' Zimin Age: 31 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.81 Maps played: 54 KPR: 0.59 DPR: 0.76 Mihail 'Dosia' Stolyarov Age: 29 Team: Gambit Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 1169 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.66