Eternal Fire Bench Woro2k, Move EMSTAR to Academy Roster

Eternal Fire have made another significant change to their Counter-Strike 2 setup, benching Volodymyr “Woro2k” Veletniuk and transferring Emrecan “EMSTAR” Çalışkan to the organization’s academy team. The move was first reported by HLTV and matches Eternal Fire’s own public statement, in which the club said that, as part of its new restructuring phase, Woro2k would move to the bench while EMSTAR would continue under the academy banner. 

The decision comes only about three months after Eternal Fire committed to a new international direction. At the start of January, the organization benched Ömer “imoRR” Karataş, Berat “jresy” Özcan, and Baha “lugseN” Emir Şengül, effectively breaking up much of the previous lineup and leaving the team with only two active players. HLTV described that move as the start of a broader rebuild. Just two days later, Eternal Fire added Rigon “rigoN” Gashi and Woro2k, formally moving away from its long-standing domestic identity and bringing in non-Turkish talent as part of the restructuring. 

That rebuild continued later in January, when Eternal Fire signed Sergiy “DemQQ” Demchenko to complete the core of its new international roster. HLTV noted that the move reunited DemQQ with his former Monte teammate Woro2k, giving the team a familiar pairing as it tried to stabilize quickly after the initial overhaul. Then, in early February, the organization added Samet “jottAAA” Köklü on loan from Aurora. At the time, HLTV reported that jottAAA had returned to the club he had previously represented for nearly three years, and that he was expected to replace either Calyx or EMSTAR in the active lineup. 

On paper, Woro2k’s removal is notable because his individual output for Eternal Fire was not poor. HLTV’s team page currently lists him as benched after 106 maps with the team, during which he posted a 1.12 rating 3.0. That makes this change look less like a reaction to one player’s raw statistics and more like part of a wider reset after a disappointing first phase for the new project. The same HLTV page now shows only rigoN, DemQQ, and jottAAA on the main lineup, with Woro2k moved to the bench and no immediate full replacement publicly confirmed yet. 

The broader context also points to a team that has struggled to convert its January rebuild into stable momentum. HLTV’s current overview lists Eternal Fire at No. 70 in the world ranking, while also showing that the team’s peak was No. 4. That contrast underlines how sharply the organization’s position has changed since the launch of the new international lineup. The latest roster move therefore looks like an attempt to stop the slide rather than a routine adjustment. 

EMSTAR’s move is also part of that recalibration. After featuring in the senior setup during the organization’s various lineup changes across 2025 and 2026, he is now listed on HLTV’s Eternal Fire Academy page as a member of the academy squad. The academy overview confirms his arrival there on April 13, 2026, and shows him alongside the academy roster rather than the main team. 

In practical terms, Eternal Fire are once again in transition. Since early January, the club have benched three players, signed rigoN and Woro2k, added DemQQ, brought back jottAAA on loan, and now removed Woro2k from the active lineup while reassigning EMSTAR to academy duty. That is a heavy amount of turnover in just over three months, especially for a team that was supposed to be building around a fresh international core. 

For now, the most important verified takeaway is simple: Eternal Fire have not merely made a one-player substitution, but have continued a larger restructuring that began in January. Woro2k, one of the headline signings of that rebuild, is already out of the active five, while EMSTAR has been moved into the academy system. Until the organization announces the next step, the active senior roster publicly reflected by HLTV consists of rigoN, DemQQ, and jottAAA, leaving open questions about how Eternal Fire intend to complete the lineup and whether this latest reset can finally bring stability to a project that has changed shape repeatedly since the beginning of 2026.