{"id":38302,"date":"2024-09-09T21:10:52","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T01:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=38302"},"modified":"2024-09-09T21:12:32","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T01:12:32","slug":"ence-announce-enkay-j%e2%81%a0-as-new-cs2-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/ence-announce-enkay-j%e2%81%a0-as-new-cs2-head-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"ENCE announce enkay J\u2060 as new CS2 head coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Niclas &#8220;\u2060enkay J\u2060&#8221; Krumhorn has been appointed as the new head coach of ENCE&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/\" title=\"Counter-Strike 2 betting guide\">Counter-Strike 2<\/a> roster, the Finnish organisation announced.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old German takes over from Jakub &#8220;\u2060kuben\u2060&#8221; Gurczy\u0144ski, who was benched in late August following ENCE\u2019s failure to qualify for the Perfect World Shanghai Major Europe RMRs, ending the team\u2019s five-year streak of attending Majors.<\/p>\n<p>enkay J\u2019s task will be to steer ENCE back to form after a difficult period, which saw the team drop to the brink of falling out of the world\u2019s top 30.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welcome <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/enkay_J?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@enkay_J<\/a>, the new Head Coach of ENCE CS \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2firHWj5CK\">https:\/\/t.co\/2firHWj5CK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5TjtNWQQ7s\">pic.twitter.com\/5TjtNWQQ7s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ENCE (@ENCE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ENCE\/status\/1833068072967573657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Despite the challenge, enkay J expressed excitement and optimism about his new role.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am super excited to join such a prestigious organization as ENCE, and I feel very privileged to be here,&#8221; he said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My goal is to bring the team back to the top 10 of the world rankings. 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