Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev will play with Ukrainian squad Worst Players, according to statement given to HLTV.org's Luis "MIRAA" Mira.

s1mple tweeted Sunday that he would be joining up with fellow Ukrainian players Vladislav "arch" Svistov, Dmitriy "dima" Bandurka, Igor "crush" Shevchenko and Ilya "fix" Golovko. The lineup was confirmed by s1mple when HLTV reached out to him to ask if the squad intended to play together competitively.

"I like this team because we have young players, we may not have that much experience, but we all have great aim and movement," s1mple said in his statement.

He also said that Worst Players is already in talks with a potential sponsor organization and is seekomg to add Ivan "Johnta" Shevcov as a coach.

s1mple parted ways with Team Liquid after a trip back to Ukraine ended with him deciding to stay in Europe. He is still contracted to the team, though he has been replaced on the starting roster by Eric "adreN" Hoag. If Worst Players is able to find an organization, it will likely buy out s1mple's contract.

s1mple's new team features a number of Eastern European players who have also been moving around the scene in recent weeks. arch and dima were both members of the all-CIS Team YP squad that reverted to using the Team Phenomenon name when they parted ways with the org.

crush has been with EXplosive Gaming for over five months, but has left to join up with Worst Players, according to HLTV. fix, who rounds out the roster, was a member of Team Empire until early April.

Worst Players has existed in various incarnations since August 2015 and s1mple, arch and fix were all part of the roster at various points over the past eight months. When the squad competed at CIS Minor Championship 2016 Cologne at the beginning of May, placing third, it featured Anton "kibaken" Kolesnikov and Vadim "DavCost" Vasilyev in place of s1mple and crush.

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