Aleksi Halsas, Co-Founder KOVA Esports.
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KOVA Esports is a Multi-Game organization, with players in several popular games.
The organization seeks diversity, doing professional digital marketing in addition to video production.
Aleksi Halsas, Co-Founder KOVA Esports. (Image: KOVA)
When was KOVA Esports created?
Who was the creator of this project?
KOVA Esports was created in early 2019.
KOVA Esports Counter Strike Global Offensive team. (Image: KOVA)
We were working on this project for a few months before the official launch.
The creators were me, Aleksi Halsas and Antti Hirvonen.
Besides Counter Strike Global Offensive, what are the other modalities you have?
Today, in addition to Counter Strike Global Offensive, we have 5 more modalities.
Rainbow Six Siege, Hearthstone, StarCraft II and Fortnite.
We have a team of Streamers too.
Are there any plans to create new teams in new modalities?
We are constantly open to new possibilities, but nothing is desired in stone.
What about women’s modalities, do you have any intention of creating women’s teams?
Yes, we have intention, if they can compete, it will be created.
We really don’t care if the team has women or not.
But yes, if they are able to compete.
Does KOVA Esports have any Gaming House for training its athletes?
Not our own, we have a partnership with JAMK University (Jyvaskyla University of Applied Sciences).
We use their facilities for training.
How do you work on athletes' mental health?
Is there a specific area of this within the organization?
We have our trainer Perttu Leppa who is responsible for the general health of athletes.
And our General Manager Timo Tarvainen, who is responsible for all the team’s programming.
We are very confident and it is a very important qualifier for us.
What is your expectation of the KOVA Esports brand for 5 years from now?
We are looking to create long-term sustainable growth.
Having a global brand that people in eSports in general know about.
Long-term planning is one of the heads for us.
The 5-10 year window is definitely the right one we are looking for.
Was defeated 2-0 in both clashes, against Heroic and OG.
KOVA Esports Counter Strike Global Offensive team.
