Riot has stated that VCT Stage 1: EMEA Challengers will not continue Friday. The weekend schedule is still being considered.
Riot announced the postponing of VCT EMEA Week 3 games on February 24 owing to the current Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Week 4 of games will go on as usual, according to Upcomer’s Declan McLaughlin. The games involving FunPlus Phoenix and Natus Vincere, as well as Fnatic and Guild Esports, have been rescheduled. The EMEA tournament will resume on March 11 with a super week format to make up for Week 3 and the games stated above.
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13 Russians and 2 Ukrainians are among the 60 players competing in VCT EMEA. FunPlus Phoenix will field Kamil “baddyG” Graniczka as a replacement for Kyrylo “ANGE1” Karasov, who resides in Kyiv and is now prohibited from leaving the country, according to Dexerto’s Jakub Czapran.
