Mikhail "Kane" Blagin is no longer the head coach of Passion UA. The organization announced his departure after more than a year of collaboration, where the best result was qualifying for a major.
Kane was the one who created this team from the very beginning. He assembled the first lineup, which was previously known as Zen Gaming. With this lineup, the team showed results, and after the arrival of fear, who replaced marat2k, they started achieving progressive results.
The best achievement was qualifying for the major in Shanghai. At the major itself, Passion UA started with a 2-1 result but missed out on advancing to the legends stage, losing to GamerLegion and Wildcard. The year 2025 brought the team many challenges: s-chilla went inactive before the season started, fear and jambo transferred to fnatic, and the team lost their chances at the Austin Major Europe RMR.
The head of the organization, Alexander Zinchenko, bid a warm farewell to the coach:
I am immensely grateful to Kane for his dedication, professionalism, and belief in the team from day one. I wish him nothing but success and new great achievements. It was an honor to work together — you are forever a part of this history!
The current lineup of Passion UA after Kane's departure:
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