ESL invites ex dAT Team to join European qualifier

ESL have decided to make an exception and invite the ex-dAT Team line-up, now known as FlipSid3 Tactics, to the European qualifier.

A few days ago we reported that dAT Team was forced to forfeit their match in the ESL One Katowice CIS Qualifier due to schedule conflicts between the ESL qualifier and StarLadder which in the end resulted in them being unable to qualify for ESL One Katowice as no CIS or Polish teams were allowed to join European qualifiers since they had their own national qualifiers. Today, ESL made an exception and invited them for European qualifier.

Alexander "crtmN" Nehr from ESL had the following to say:

We reached out to Andrey from dAT yesterday to apologize for any trouble, and to let the team know that we will grant them an exception for the upcoming second European Qualification due to our mistake. The team accepted and is happy to join the qualifier to get a fair chance to play in ESL One Katowice.”

Andrey "B1ad3" Gorodenskiy's, captain of FlipSid3 Tactics said:

We are very thankful to ESL for reconsidering their stance and granting us an exception to play in the second European Qualifier. We are humbled and beyond grateful of the response we received from our fans and the community as a whole. Your support through this entire situation was amazing and I am sure was no small part in the decision.”

Furthermore, ESL said that the last unannounced qualification spot will also be granted to the teams from the second European qualifier. The addition of this slot means the top 3 teams from the qualifier will get a spot at the offline event at the Hotel Angelo in Katowice on February 14th & 15th. The second European qualifier will be played on February 3-4.

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