fnatic have announced that they are looking to transfer their academy team to another organisation.

The move follows PGL's announcement that academy teams will be forced to use a "different name tag and logo" at the Minors and at the Krakow Major in case another squad from the same organisation is also part of the event circuit.

The tweet in question came as a result of Spirit and Spirit Academy both qualifying for the CIS Minor, with many calling for one the squads to be disqualified in order to preserve the competitive integrity of the tournament.

fnatic Academy seek a new home

HLTV.org knows that PGL's ruling would also apply to fnatic Academy at the European Minor, even though the organisation's main team have a Legend status from their semi-final run at the ELEAGUE Major. This means that the academy team would have to go through the Minor and also the offline qualifier for PGL Major Krakow to get to the same competition as fnatic's main squad.

With ESL also imposing restrictions on academy teams for their own tournaments, Maikil "⁠Golden⁠" Selim's team have been left with no choice but to seek pastures new as they look to continue their climb towards the top.

"It has been an honour to be part of the fnatic family," the team's coach, Andreas Samuelsson, said in a statement. "We have achieved great things together and have had our best CSGO year in our careers. "Unfortunately, academy teams are given less and less space though, and when PGL informed us that we would not be able to use the fnatic name in the Minor, we took a unanimous decision to find a new home for ourselves. "Our goal and ambition have always been to reach the very top, which is impossible to do as an academy team right now. "We would like to thank fnatic for the opportunities and the support they have given us. They provided the best platform possible to build our careers on, which we will always be thankful for. We especially want to thank [fnatic CGO] Patrik for everything he has done for us."

During their time with fnatic, the Swedish team most notably won the 2016 China Top to secure a payout of over $71,000. Last week, they qualified for the European Minor after beating LDLC, Kinguin and Heroic, moving up to 39th in our ranking.

The Swedish team will attend the $30,000 GeForce Cup in Wroclaw, Poland, this weekend, which will be their final event under fnatic if they are unable to find a new organisation by then.

All organisations interested in contacting the team can do so by reaching out to the team's coach by e-mail at andreas.samuelsson@fnatic.com.

Their lineup is the following: