The fear team took part in the open qualifiers for ESL Challenger Katowice 2023 - the team's russian flag was changed to a Ukrainian flag

Earlier, the captain of The Witchers made a statement that the team refused to participate in the qualifiers under the Russian flag. The team was even prepared to withdraw from the competition. More information about this can be found in the article.

The esports players requested that the HLTV administration change the flag to Ukrainian, which was approved. In addition, a player on the team, Daniil Sdaim Tupov, changed his flag from Russian to Ukrainian. According to unconfirmed information, he was born in Crimea, which is part of Ukraine.

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At the time of publication, The Witchers had already been eliminated from the qualifiers after losing to Nexus 14-16 on the Mirage map in the second round. The statistics of the match can be found at the link.

The open qualifiers for ESL Challenger Katowice 2023 for Europe are taking place online from May 3 to May 4. The teams are competing for four slots in the closed qualifiers for the tournament. The schedule and results of the competition can be followed here.