COGnitive Gaming from North America has been chosen to replace Edward Gaming of China due to visa complications of the latter.
COGnitive Gaming, the number 3 ranked team in North America will be replacing Edward Gaming as the latter could not attend as they have encountered problems with their visa applications.
COGnitive Gaming was one of the top 4 teams during the recently concluded MSI MGA North America Qualifiers beating Team Blaze before eventually succumbing to Cloud 9. Their invitation means that they will take EDG's place in the competition and will face Tempo Storm in the round of 8.
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