B8 head coach maddened will miss the 2026 IEM Atlanta due to visa issues.

Ukrainian CS2 team B8 announced on Sunday that head coach Ivan Jordanidy (ID: maddened) will miss the 2026 IEM Atlanta tournament due to visa issues. In this situation, B8 CEO and former professional player Vladislav Svestov (ID: arch) will replace maddened and lead the team.

The official announcement also confirmed that maddened will continue to provide tactical guidance to B8 remotely. According to the schedule, B8 will face BetBoom in their first match at IEM Atlanta today.

maddened, 25, has been with B8 since 2021, initially in charge of tactical analysis. Since being promoted to head coach of B8 in August 2022, he has led the team to a record of 470 wins and 388 losses across 858 maps, and has won the runner-up titles at the 2024 ESL Katowice Challengers and the CCT Season 2 Global Finals.

Following this personnel change, the complete roster for B8 at IEM Atlanta is as follows:

Rifleman: Andrei Kukharsky (ID: npl)

Rifleman: Dmitro Zwir (ID: esenthial)

Commander: Alexei Yarmoshuk (ID: alex666)

Rifleman: Artyom Kaplan (ID: kensizor)

Sniper: Daniel Vinnick (ID: s1zzi)

Interim Coach: Vladislav Svestov (ID: arch)

Image source: Internet/B8 official website