ESWC has announced that French team Platinum will replace E4US at the $50,000 CS:GO tournament in Paris, France.
After announcing that Algerian CS:GO team E4US would not be attending the tournament due to visa issues, the ESWC tournament organizers have now announced that Platinum will be replacing them at the tournament.
The French CS:GO team did not make it past the ESWC qualifiers earlier this year, just cutting short of qualifying after a crushing defeat against Team LDLC. However, the team will now attend the tournament in place of E4US, facing 24 of the best CS:GO teams from around the world.
Platinum will be placed in Group C of the tournament, which consists of the following teams:
Copenhagen Wolves
HellRaisers
KaBuM
Ninjas in Pyjamas
Platinium
Titan
Platinum will attend ESWC 2014 with the following roster:
Alexandre "bodyy" Pianaro
Antoine "to1nou" Pirard
Brandon "Storen" Valembois
Matthieu "matHEND" Roquigny
Simon "Fuks" Florysiak
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