The news of Tricked not participating in the competition comes shortly after the announcement of two other big teams withdrawing: CR4ZY and HellRaisers. To replace Tricked, the European Champions Cup organizers have invited Gambit Youngsters, currently ranked #32. sh1ro and co. replace the Danes in the European Champions Cup Gambit Youngsters have recently qualified for the $60,000 MSI MGA 2019 Finals in New York, with the European Champions Cup providing additional exposure to the young squad. The team featuring Dmitry "sh1ro" Sokolov, Sergey "Ax1Le" Rykhtorov and Anton "supra" Tšernobai are placed in group A alongside Major finalist and BLAST Pro Series Moscow winners AVANGAR, as well as BIG and Illuminar. The $60,000 European Champions Cup will start on September 16, with the four teams that will go to the LAN final with a separate, yet-unannounced prize pool set to be decided by November 23. The groups for the European Champions Cup are as follows: Group A
AVANGAR
Gambit Youngsters
BIG
Illuminar Group B
DreamEaters
OpTic
Movistar Riders
Sprout Group C
HEROIC
FORZE
GamerLegion
Heretics Group D
Syman
Windigo
Spirit
SMASH  FORZE #20  Dmitriy 'facecrack' Alekseyev Almaz 'almazer' Asadullin Evgenii 'FL1T' Lebedev Bogdan 'xsepower' Chernikov Andrey 'Jerry' Mekhryakov  OpTic #22  René 'cajunb' Borg Mathias 'MSL' Lauridsen Kristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke Nikolaj 'niko' Kristensen René 'TeSeS' Madsen  DreamEaters #19  Semyon 'kinqie' Lisitsyn Svyatoslav 'svyat' Dovbakh Vladislav 'Krad' Kravchenko Anton 'speed4k' Titov Igor 'Forester' Bezotecheskiy   BIG #24   Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz Tizian 'tiziaN' Feldbusch Johannes 'nex' Maget Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş Owen 'smooya' Butterfield  GamerLegion #34  Dennis 'dennis' Edman Adil 'ScreaM' Benrlitom Kevin 'HS' Tarn Hampus 'hampus' Poser Tim 'nawwk' Jonasson  Sergey 'Ax1Le' Rykhtorov Age: 17 Team: Gambit Youngsters Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 206 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.66  Tricked #25  Nicolai 'HUNDEN' Petersen Lucas 'Bubzkji' Andersen Frederik 'acoR' Gyldstrand Rasmus 'sjuush' Beck Fredrik 'roeJ' Jørgensen  Movistar Riders #53  Rajohn 'EasTor' Linato Aitor 'SOKER' Fernández Alejandro 'alex' Masanet Alejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo Cano Raúl 'DeathZz' Jordán Nieto  Spirit #40  Leonid 'chopper' Vishnyakov Dmitry 'S0tF1k' Forostyanko Pavel 'COLDYY1' Veklenko Viktor 'sdy' Orudzhev Artem 'iDISBALANCE' Egorov  Heretics #28  David 'Davidp' Prins Logan 'LOGAN' Corti Bryan 'Maka' Canda Gaëtan 'JiNKZ' Jamin Jérémy 'jeyN' Nguyen  AVANGAR #6  Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev Sanjar 'SANJI' Kuliev Timur 'buster' Tulepov Alexey 'Qikert' Golubev Dzhami 'Jame' Ali  Dmitry 'sh1ro' Sokolov Age: 18 Team: Gambit Youngsters Rating 1.0: 1.20 Maps played: 143 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.58  Syman #23  Maksim 't0rick' Zaikin Ramazan 'Ramz1kBO$$' Bashizov Sanzhar 'neaLaN' Iskhakov Nicolas 'Keoz' Dgus Ilya 'Perfecto' Zalutskiy  CR4ZY #12  Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač Nestor 'LETN1' Tanić Nemanja 'nexa' Isaković Otto 'ottoNd' Sihvo Rokas 'EspiranTo' Milasauskas  HellRaisers   SMASH #36  Mikail 'Maikelele' Bill Jesse 'zehN' Linjala Martin 'STYKO' Styk Kevin 'kRYSTAL' Amend Pavle 'Maden' Bošković  Windigo #227  Kamen 'bubble' Kostadinov Buğra 'Calyx' Arkın Ali 'hAdji' Haïnouss Valentin 'poizon' Vasilev  Sprout #33  Florian 'syrsoN' Rische Timo 'Spiidi' Richter Denis 'denis' Howell Nils 'k1to' Gruhne Josef 'faveN' Baumann  Illuminar #49  Paweł 'innocent' Mocek Paweł 'reatz' Jańczak Oskar 'oskarish' Stenborowski Michał 'mono' Gabszewicz Daniel 'STOMP' Płomiński   HEROIC #17   Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer Patrick 'es3tag' Hansen Johannes 'b0RUP' Borup Martin 'stavn' Lund Benjamin 'blameF' Bremer  Anton 'supra' Tšernobai Age: 17 Team: Gambit Youngsters Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 96 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.67  Gambit Youngsters #32  Timofey 'interz' Yakushin Anton 'supra' Tšernobai Sergey 'Ax1Le' Rykhtorov Dmitry 'sh1ro' Sokolov Vladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov |