A last-minute change to the European Champions Cup team list sees Gambit Youngsters replace Tricked in group A.

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' AlekseyevAlmaz 'almazer' AsadullinEvgenii 'FL1T' LebedevBogdan 'xsepower' ChernikovAndrey 'Jerry' Mekhryakov OpTic #22 René 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenKristian 'k0nfig' WieneckeNikolaj 'niko' KristensenRené 'TeSeS' Madsen DreamEaters #19 Semyon 'kinqie' LisitsynSvyatoslav 'svyat' DovbakhVladislav 'Krad' KravchenkoAnton 'speed4k' TitovIgor 'Forester' Bezotecheskiy BIG #24 Johannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschJohannes 'nex' MagetIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşOwen 'smooya' Butterfield GamerLegion #34 Dennis 'dennis' EdmanAdil 'ScreaM' BenrlitomKevin 'HS' TarnHampus 'hampus' PoserTim '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' PetersenLucas 'Bubzkji' AndersenFrederik 'acoR' GyldstrandRasmus 'sjuush' BeckFredrik 'roeJ' Jørgensen Movistar Riders #53 Rajohn 'EasTor' LinatoAitor 'SOKER' FernándezAlejandro 'alex' MasanetAlejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo CanoRaúl 'DeathZz' Jordán Nieto Spirit #40 Leonid 'chopper' VishnyakovDmitry 'S0tF1k' ForostyankoPavel 'COLDYY1' VeklenkoViktor 'sdy' OrudzhevArtem 'iDISBALANCE' Egorov Heretics #28 David 'Davidp' PrinsLogan 'LOGAN' CortiBryan 'Maka' CandaGaëtan 'JiNKZ' JaminJérémy 'jeyN' Nguyen AVANGAR #6 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevSanjar 'SANJI' KulievTimur 'buster' TulepovAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami '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' ZaikinRamazan 'Ramz1kBO$$' BashizovSanzhar 'neaLaN' IskhakovNicolas 'Keoz' DgusIlya 'Perfecto' Zalutskiy CR4ZY #12 Nemanja 'huNter-' KovačNestor 'LETN1' TanićNemanja 'nexa' IsakovićOtto 'ottoNd' SihvoRokas 'EspiranTo' Milasauskas HellRaisers SMASH #36 Mikail 'Maikelele' BillJesse 'zehN' LinjalaMartin 'STYKO' StykKevin 'kRYSTAL' AmendPavle 'Maden' Bošković Windigo #227 Kamen 'bubble' KostadinovBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınAli 'hAdji' HaïnoussValentin 'poizon' Vasilev Sprout #33 Florian 'syrsoN' RischeTimo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' HowellNils 'k1to' GruhneJosef 'faveN' Baumann Illuminar #49 Paweł 'innocent' MocekPaweł 'reatz' JańczakOskar 'oskarish' StenborowskiMichał 'mono' GabszewiczDaniel 'STOMP' Płomiński HEROIC #17 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferPatrick 'es3tag' HansenJohannes 'b0RUP' BorupMartin 'stavn' LundBenjamin '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' YakushinAnton 'supra' TšernobaiSergey 'Ax1Le' RykhtorovDmitry 'sh1ro' SokolovVladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov

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