Complexity Gaming will be unable to compete at IEM Katowice 2022 because numerous team members tested positive for COVID-19. Movistar Riders, who are now ranked second in the ESL Pro Tour, will take their spot in Katowice, according to tournament organizer ESL on Twitter.
Movistar Riders who are will take Complexity spot in Katowice, have been making waves after returning to a fully-Spanish roster in October of 2021, reaching 14th position in the globe and competing in the PGL Stockholm Major Challengers Stage.
Until now, two players have been ruled out of the event owing to positive COVID tests; FaZe’s Robin “ropz” Kool and MOUZ’s Aurimas “Bymas” Pipiras, however, the two teams will participate with stand-ins. TYLOO withdrew out of the event earlier in February owing to COVID-19 requirements, with Sprout securing a slot based on their Pro Tour points.
Read also: Bymas to miss IEM Katowice 2022 due to COVID-19
On February 15, Movistar Riders will play their first match in the Play-In stage against BIG.
The team list for IEM Katowice is as follows:
Main Event Teams
- Natus Vincere
- G2
- Heroic
- FURIA
- Vitality
- Gambit
- Virtus.pro
- Liquid
Play-In Stage Teams
- NIP
- Astralis
- Renegades
- Wisla Krakow
- Entropiq
- Copenhagen Flames
- ENCE
- FaZe
- GODSENT
- Sprout
- MIBR
- BIG
- OG
- fnatic
- MOUZ
- Movistar Riders
