Following fnatic's decision to pull out of next month's DreamHack Open Winter, the Swedish tournament organizer announced BIG as the replacement.

fnatic have decided to skip the annual CS:GO event in Jönköping, Sweden, the team has announced today. The decision is a result of both schedule-related and personal issues, that will also see the Swedish side play the WESG EU&CIS Finals with Ludvig "⁠Brollan⁠" Brolin instead of Freddy "⁠KRIMZ⁠" Johansson.

BIG will be competing at the Elmia Convention Centre

Replacing the Swedes are BIG, who finished second at DreamHack Open Denver and are currently the #18 team in our ranking.

Currently, the six invited teams are known for DreamHack Open Winter, while the last two teams will be decided by the European and North American qualifiers, which were announced yesterday.

This is how the team list looks at the moment: