MOUZ will be without their head coach as he is attending his brother's wedding.

MOUZ have announced that Dennis "⁠sycrone⁠" Nielsen will not be standing behind the team during their BLAST Open Lisbon playoff campaign, with assistant coach Andreas "⁠Xyp9x⁠" Højsleth set to fill in instead. sycrone is missing the event as he is attending his brother's wedding.

BLAST Open Lisbon will serve as Xyp9x's first taste of head coach work since he stopped playing, having joined MOUZ as an assistant coach early in 2024. At the time, the Dane told HLTV that he planned to one day "become the best coach" in the game.

Read more Xyp9x joins MOUZ as assistant coach

MOUZ will begin their playoff campaign in the quarter-finals, having taken down Falcons and Spirit in the group stage before losing a seeding match to Vitality. Their first playoff match will be against the winners of The MongolZ vs. G2.

Date	Matches
BLAST Open Lisbon 2025
28/03/2025	MOUZ16:30 G2	Match

Spirit #1 Leonid 'chopper' VishnyakovDmitry 'sh1ro' SokolovBoris 'magixx' VorobievMyroslav 'zont1x' PlakhotiaDanil 'donk' Kryshkovets Sergey 'hally' Shavaev Falcons #10 Nikola 'NiKo' KovačEmil 'Magisk' ReifRené 'TeSeS' MadsenAbdul 'degster' GasanovDamjan 'kyxsan' Stoilkovski Danny 'zonic' Sørensen G2 #7 Janusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiNemanja 'huNter-' KovačMario 'malbsMd' SamayoaIlya 'm0NESY' OsipovNikita 'HeavyGod' Martynenko Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas The MongolZ #6 Garidmagnai 'bLitz' ByambasurenSodbayar 'Techno' MunkhboldMunkhbold 'Senzu' AzbayarAyush 'mzinho' BatboldUsukhbayar '910' Banzragch Erdenedalai 'maaRaa' Bayanbat Andreas 'Xyp9x' Højsleth Age: 29 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 2188 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.62 MOUZ #4 Ludvig 'Brollan' BrolinÁdám 'torzsi' TorzsásLotan 'Spinx' GiladiJimi 'Jimpphat' SaloDorian 'xertioN' Berman Dennis 'sycrone' Nielsen Vitality #2 Dan 'apEX' MadesclaireRobin 'ropz' KoolMathieu 'ZywOo' HerbautShahar 'flameZ' ShushanWilliam 'mezii' Merriman Rémy 'XTQZZZ' Quoniam Dennis 'sycrone' Nielsen Age: 29 Team: MOUZC