Due to health challenges, Hampus was unable to compete in IEM Dallas, and NiP’s replacement, ztr, did not do well in the $250,000 tournament, losing in the group stage. Hampus revealed on Twitter that he is feeling a lot better, but that he will miss the Global Esports Tour Dubai to rest and prepare for IEM Cologne, one of the most significant CS:GO tournaments in 2022.

“I’m not going to Dubai. FEELING A LOT BETTER, but since ztr can IGL my boys I will rest this one out as well, while I’m looking forward to Cologne,” the tweet read.

Ztr will take on the captain duties, as he already does for Young Ninjas, the company’s academy project.

According to HLTV’s rankings, NiP is now the world’s seventh best team, and by far the strongest team invited to the Global Esports Tour Dubai. Their odd of winning the game, on the other hand, is substantially reduced by the absence of Hampus, a key player in regards to fragging and leadership.

The Swedish team has struggled to maintain consistency in recent months as a result of having to deploy academy players like, Love “phzy” Smidebrant, ztr, and Linus “LNZ” Holt?ng on several occasions. It’s still uncertain whether AWPer Nicolai “dev1ce” Reedtz, for example, will ever play for NiP anymore. Due to health concerns, he has been out of commission since December 2021.

NiP, Movistar Riders, OG, Complexity, MOUZ, NASR, TYLOO, and Falcons will compete in the Global Esports Tour Dubai. The Ninjas will meet NASR in the quarterfinals of the $250,000 tournament, which will be held in a single-elimination bracket.
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?OG made quite impactful roster changes in May when the European esports organisation parted ways with Valdemar “valde” Vangs? and Nikolaj “niko” Kristensen, who got replaced by Adam “NEOFRAG” Zouhar and Maciej “F1KU” Miklas. The roster reshuffle was a response to OG’s disappointing run in the PGL Major Antwerp qualifiers, where Nemanja “nexa” Isakovi? and co. placed ninth-11th.

Although we are not too excited about valde’s departure, we wouldn’t call the recent additions a downgrade. NEOFRAG was one of the top players at SINNERS with a 1.18 average performance rating, while F1KU is an up-and-coming 18-year-old who has led AGO to two ESEA MDL/Premier season titles while averaging a 1.08 rating.

But while we can feel excited about OG’s future, Complexity’s situation looks very bleak. Since the signing of Extra Salt core in January, Complexity have yet to achieve anything noteworthy and have recently crashed out of IEM Dallas in 13th-16th place. Their other tournament runs include a 20th-22nd-place finish at PGL Major Antwerp 2022 and a 17th-20th-place finish at ESL Pro League Season 15.

But even though Complexity will certainly struggle until they find some traction, they should be competitive against the new-look OG. Admittedly, OG field a promising roster, but they did not have enough time to form a strong synergy. So even though OG should win, there’s a good chance we will see a three-map series.

?Movistar Riders made quite a statement last October when they came one win short of qualifying for the PGL Major Stockholm 2021 Legends Stage, but the Spanish CS:GO squad have since not achieved much. Over the next seven months, Movistar Riders have won just two tournaments in ESL Pro League Conference Season 15 and RTP Arena Cup 2022.

They reached the semi-finals at Pinnacle Cup IV in May, but that is hardly something to write home about, considering Movistar received a direct bye into the quarter-finals and only won against Isurus (2-0) before they lost against Team Finest (1-2).

Yet despite their lack of success, Movistar Riders enter this bout as $1.22 favourites, which makes no sense. TYLOO might hail from a weaker region, but they are not nearly as weak as the offered CS:GO esports betting odds suggest.

The Chinese squad placed third at PGL Major Antwerp 2022: Asia-Pacific RMR and finished Pinnacle Cup IV in fifth-eight place after losing to Team Finest. So even though TYLOO seem weaker, their head-to-head price is way overs.

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