Former WinFakt captain Tomi "lurppis" Kovanen will be standing in for Karnal at Asia E-Sports Cup Malaysia this weekend in Kuala Lumpur.

Kovanen initially offered his services as a ringer for the upcoming Asia E-Sports Cup qualifiers in our first news post announcing the event. After some planning, it's finally confirmed that he will be representing Karnal at the Malaysian qualifier largely thanks to fellow HLTV.org employee Maxim "mitz0r" Maximov who plays for Karnal.

lurppis returns to CS in Kuala Lumpur this weekend

The Malaysian qualifier for Asia E-Sports Cup will be held this coming weekend at Invasion Cyber Zone in Kuala Lumpur. So far the participants list includes Hybrid, Orange and Karnal, the top three teams from the country. Signing up is still possible at CyAC's website. Winners will receive up to $5,000 in travel support to Tokyo as well as free accommodation during the finals.

Karnal at AEC Malaysia:

Mohd "Bruno" Khairuddin Said
Tomi "lurppis" Kovanen
Maxim "mitz0r" Maximov
Haron "haron" Mustaffa 
Mohd "wanro" Syazwan Hanafie 

AEC finals will take place during Tokyo Game Show 2012 on September 20-23 in the Japanese capital and will feature a $16,500 prize purse for the four teams from Japan, India, Malaysia and Singapore.