The Finnish tournament organizer and production company has chosen to exclude and suspend all Russian-owned organizations from their tournaments, they confirm on Twitter this Wednesday.
BLAST excludes Russian teams for the foreseeable future
With the decision, Elisa Esports follow the footsteps of BLAST, who took the same stance yesterday, owing to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine happening right now.
Elisa Esports’ next big tournament will be played is Elisa Invitational Winter 2021, which is set to run this week. The playoff doesn’t hold any Russian-owned or based team, which means that today’s decision won’t affect the rest of the tournament.
Elisa Invitational Winter | Schedule
Thursday 2/3
12.00: HEET – HAVU
15.00: Dignitas – TBA
Friday 3/3
12.00: SKADE – Eternal Fire
15.00: Entropiq – ENCE
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