Fnatic will play from the group stage, while Heroic and Ence participate in the playoff round.
Heroic is in high form and is likely to win at this online tournament.
CCT has announced the guest list for CCT Season 2 Europe Series 17, with 12 teams invited to the group stage and 8 special teams in the playoff round.
16 teams will compete in the group stage in the Swiss BO3 format, with 8 best teams to win the right to the playoff round. Here, they will confront the teams invited to playoff in a live category of BO3 format.
Fnatic and B8 are two of the teams who receive tickets to the group stage, while the teams with higher rankings on the VRS rankings such as Heroic, Ence, Passion UA and 9 Pandas will start from the playoff round. These guest teams will join 4 teams who have won the qualifying round including ECSTATIC, FIRE FLUX, APOGEE and MoneyF (formerly Into the Breach).
The notice also mentioned that Imperial Fe and Betboom have withdrawn from the tournament, creating opportunities for OG and Alliance to receive an invitation ticket instead.
Notably, Ninjas in Pyjamas was absent in the list of participating in the 17 Series after failing to Fire Flux in a closed qualifying round and missed the attendance. This team also missed an appointment with Europe Series 16 when losing to Cybershoke in the previous qualifying round.
This tournament took place after the Europe Series 16 was deprived of the VRS ranking state due to controversy related to the guest list, when some teams were eligible for VRS but were still eliminated from the tournament.
Europe Series 17 is still ranked VRS, creating opportunities for teams to accumulate important scores. Fnatic is falling on the VRS rankings due to a slow start of the year, while Ence has the opportunity to improve the position to receive invitations to more prestigious tournaments.
The guest list for CCT Season 2 Europe Series 17 is as follows: