Sprout replace TYLOO at IEM Katowice

4-2-2022 16:42

COVID-19 regulations prevented the Chinese team from traveling to Poland.

Sprout will participate in the play-in stage of IEM Katowice 2022, filling the void left by TYLOO. The Chinese organization had to withdraw from the event due to current restrictions around COVID-19 after qualifying for the tournament through Road To Katowice Asia.

Both Spirit and FORZE were offered invites based on ESL's replacement rules, but visa issues prevented them from participating in the event. In the end, it was Sprout's position on the ESL Pro Tour standings that earned them a ticket to Poland.

raalz's squad will get a crack at IEM Katowice

Sprout will join 15 other invited teams in the Play-In stage, looking to challenge for one of the eight spots leading to the main stage of the coveted tournament.

We last saw TYLOO competing in Europe during IEM Winter 2021, where the Chinese squad finished in a disappointing 13th-16th place. Since then, the team saw some changes with the return of old captain Hansel "⁠BnTeT⁠" Ferdinand, coming back to TYLOO after spending two years in Europe and North America.

IEM Katowice's Play-In stage will begin on Tuesday, February 15. The current list of teams attending the tournament is:

Main Event

Play-In

GOD BERRY

2022-02-04 16:43

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Tier 2 EU teams relieved after reading this news, BNTET (top 1 2021 perfect world fyi) would clean the play-in floor against those weaklings. I believe in BNTET supremacy, the Social Credit Dragon

2022-02-04 17:03

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2022-02-04 17:18

wtf Bntet son of Polish premier not allowed to play in Poland? SAD!!!

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Sad indeed

2022-02-05 01:40

who

sadge

rip BnTeT can't go home

2022-02-04 16:44

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Saddening :-(

2022-02-04 16:46

2022-02-04 17:08

Sad

They were scared of god bntet so they banned him from humiliating s0mple and trashwoo Embarrasing esl

FeelsWeirdMan

wow thats sad

wow that's sad

Cool news for them!

Bntet can't visit his home country :( so sad.

Sprout always farming free slots when other teams cant make an event

2022-02-04 17:00

Luckers

2022-02-04 16:45

lmao sprout XDdd this roster wont go far

If teams like MIBR,GODSENT,ENTROPIQ,RENEGADES OR WISLA KRAKOW being there, they can look better than this shits

2022-02-05 00:20

wisla krakow been looking good recently, mibr aswell tho

2022-02-05 17:10

mibr look good ? Cuz win against shit NAVI and shitter complexity XD

2022-02-05 18:31

free site

Sad for TYLOO

Picking Sprout ?? Who tf is managing this event there is Ef available fckin braindeads

2022-02-04 16:47

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EF were nowhere in the iem katowice ranking..

2022-02-04 16:50

What about Tyloo? Is there any rating table?

2022-02-04 17:07

pro.eslgaming.com/tour/csgo/katowice/

2022-02-05 10:16

They didn't pick Sprout specifically, they just followed the rulebook: "After the replacement deadline In case a teams drops out the following happens: 1. ESL Pro Tour Slots a. The next team in line from the home region of the tournament in the EPT standings will receive an invitation to the tournament. i. In the EPT slot distribution for the tournament every team below the dropped team moves one slot up and the replacement team will be added at the bottom."

i forget about the ept point thanks for reminding

2022-02-05 12:52

like ef is any better lol

2022-02-05 00:11

hltv.org/matches/2354182/eternal-fire-vs.. "like ef is any better " oki and it is not just about their f2f matches sprout just built the team they havent played enough tournaments yet . Am i wrong?

NOOOOOOOOOOOO

ez for the spiidmaster

2022-02-04 16:48

noooooo

2022-02-04 16:49

Those pepole who makes covid idiot rules will ruin everything

They are scared of the best polish player to invite this team that exits first day. wow

2022-02-04 16:51

OMG, it's SPIDII TIME in the major !

2022-02-04 16:52

How? Sprout far far down on esl world ranking

They corrected themselves on Twitter, it's the ESL Pro Tour standings that count, not World Ranking

2022-02-04 16:55

tyy

2022-02-04 17:04

-1000000 social credits

Loool after epl they got again undeserved slot. Fraud esl 🤡🤡. Ef is better

2022-02-04 16:53

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Eternal bots cant even win vs sangal

2022-02-04 16:54

its based on raking dude

Based on ranking idiot. And Ef's ESL ranking couldn't be worse lmao. They were sth like 22 at the beginning only because of Xantares's BIG points, after that they only went downhill lmao Now they are #43 xaxaxa. They suck man. Just look at this pro.eslgaming.com/worldranking/csgo/team..

2022-02-04 17:37

sprout even worse in this ranking lul they are choosing from pro tour standings

2022-02-04 17:57

Well, they just got two new players. Previous sprout was 10.6 points higher.

2022-02-04 17:59

Sad for the new

bntet wanted to play in front of home crowd :(

2022-02-04 16:56

lmaoooooo it is 2022 and you still can't travel from china because of covid19 restrictions

2022-02-04 16:57

2022-02-04 17:06

wait what nooo why...

2022-02-04 16:58

Nooooooo

2022-02-04 16:59

forZe whyyyyyyyy why you have visa problems NOOOO

2022-02-04 17:01

Why not put the same Asian team instead of EU team for replacement??????

UNFAIR

damn sucks for tyloo lynn vision not considered good enought?

2022-02-04 17:02

why sprout ?

Read the new and you'll get the answer

2022-02-04 17:50

because sprout next best team according to ranking ma friend

2022-02-04 18:46

Article lists Extra Salt in the list of Play-in teams, but the team will actually play under Complexity, right?

I too am wondering this...

2022-02-05 03:55

Delusional_tyloo_fan is going to be in bits. Hope you're okay mate

BnTeT getting robbed off some real Tier-1 games once again. He's had quite an unlucky career. It's a surprise that being from that region, he even managed to get where he did. Let's see what Sprout shows without FaveN

2022-02-04 17:05

Ik men hes always unlucky when it comes to getting on the big stages, wish i could join him and go to the big stages but sadly csgo circuit here in indonesia is dead:(

2022-02-04 17:12

Has to be partly his own fault at this point, I’m sure he’s had some good offers but has taken the wrong ones

2022-02-04 17:17

He did had an offer to Extra Salt, but he chooses EXTREMUM. In hindsight, should've taken the ES offer. But can't blame him, at the time, the EXTREMUM offer plus their RMR spot is too tempting to pass on.

2022-02-05 00:17

wtf? they don't care so much about restrictions in Poland, so why would they do this?

Probably restrictions in China about traveling

Who doesnt care about restriction in Poland? Some randoms in internet?

2022-02-04 17:14

MADGE

2022-02-04 17:10

so LAN confirmed?

2022-02-04 17:11

why this bots man wtf

2022-02-04 17:13

Damn that sucks, would have loved to see bntet and the boys

sprout lol

2022-02-04 17:24

sprout really good,but MIBR better

2022-02-04 17:33

ETERNAL FIRE >>>>>>>> EZZZ SPROUT

2022-02-04 17:42

Meh... I feel like Sprout is a team no one wants to watch/care, they don't bring anything to the event

2022-02-04 17:48

who cars, both thai poo and sprout would bomb out

2022-02-04 17:58

rip

2022-02-04 18:10

sad

TYLUL KEKW T5 TEAM

2022-02-04 18:12

ESL just invited the eventually winners to the event. Very well done :D

2022-02-04 18:40

Pog

2022-02-04 18:50

excuse from tyloo, they are trying to sort out who's gonna be kicked.

2022-02-04 18:58

ez 4 taiwan

MARIX ON LAN LET'S GOOOOOOOOO

2022-02-04 18:59

happy for you.

2022-02-04 19:04

very interresting

2022-02-04 19:00

this is pre-emptive return fire for how the olympics in china are gonna be. ccp going to deem anyone they dont want entering as "having covid" and that's that.

2022-02-04 19:03

2022-02-04 20:03

That’s actually kinda shitty. I was excited to see tyloo back in action.

2022-02-04 20:38

NOO!! :(

2022-02-04 20:42

Let's go marix. #1 Luxembourg

2022-02-04 23:42

ez spot x)

2022-02-04 23:59

no, not tyloo :(

2022-02-05 00:12

damn bntet stuck in asian sadge

2022-02-05 01:52

I'm fuming

2022-02-05 02:41

Noo BnTeT :((((

2022-02-05 03:38

I smell something wrong

2022-02-05 05:04

That's real sad for BnTeT. Seems like he's been making one bad decision after another, with rosters and orgs all the time. All the best :/ And Sprout is in an interesting state right now. They don't have their best player anymore, so it's gonna be interesting to see what they bring to the table.

2022-02-05 05:20