EDward Gaming will not be attending some of the remaining tournaments in 2015, including IEM Cologne, the team announced on Weibo on Thursday.

A rough translation indicates that EDG's decision to withdraw from the events is primarily due to medical concerns for their players.

"Due to medical reasons, and according to the medical treatment scheduling for our injured player(s), EDG e-sport club makes the following announcement: Our League of Legends team will regretfully miss the National eSport Tournament...World Cyber Arena...and IEM Cologne," the team said in the post.

EDward Gaming, who most recently failed to meet expectations at the 2015 World Championship after losing 3-0 to Fnatic in the quarterfinals, were fan voted as the first team to compete at IEM Cologne. During the World Championship group stage, Shek "AmazingJ" Wai Ho subbed in for Tong "koro1" Yang, who was reportedly suffering from back issues since prior to the Chinese Regional Finals. Koro1's injury, among others, may be the medical problems to which EDward Gaming alludes in their announcement.

Despite the decision, EDward Gaming will still participate in the Demacia Cup 2015 Grand Finals, which is set to run from Nov. 21-22. At this time there is no word on who will be replacing EDward Gaming at IEM Cologne.

Nic Doucet is a News Editor for theScore eSports. You can follow him on Twitter.