Kristjan "FejtZ" Allsaar and Vladimir "VofkiN" Shmakov are in China and have already been practicing with the team ahead of their official debut.

Vladimir "⁠VofkiN⁠" Shmakov arrived in Dalian, China, on May 15, and was joined by Kristjan "⁠fejtZ⁠" Allsaar one week later. Both players have been practicing with UYA since May 22, ahead of the ESL One Cologne qualifier which the team will play on June 7-9.

VofkiN and FejtZ are the first European players to join a Chinese team

With this move, UYA has become the first team to import players from Europe to China, something both fejtZ and VofkiN are excited about as mentioned in their joint statement:

We are very happy and excited to get this opportunity from UYA. We have practiced with the team already, and we believe we can do great things in the future. It is a bit hard with the communication for the current moment but we are sure our teammates are talented guys and we will enjoy this chance, let's go UYA!

With the inclusion of the Russian and Estonian players, UYA will have six players under contract: