The upcoming CIS Minor will feature just seven teams after FACEIT could not find a replacement for Nemiga in time for the event, HLTV.org has learned.
FACEIT was approached by a number of teams willing to take Nemiga's spot, but, in the end, a replacement could not be found as there was not enough time to secure visa permits.
This means that HellRaisers will go straight into Group A's winners' match, in which they will meet the victor of the event's opening match, between PLINK and pro100.
Aleksey "1uke" Zimin's team will be attending the event with a stand-in, boxr's Kristjan "fejtZ" Allsaar, who will be stepping in for Artur "DarkS1DE" Kravchenko. In the other group, former EPG member Mareks "YEKINDAR" Gaļinskis will fill in for Monolith, replacing Denis "Kas9k" Grishechkin.
Below you can find the line-ups for these two teams:
PLINK
Aleksey "1uke" ZiminDanila "redhide" Demidov
Rassim "Jyo" ValijevRoman "rommi" GolubevKristjan "fejtZ" Allsaar MonolithAlexander "spiker" IvanovDmitriy "propleh" SenigovAleksei "NickelBack" TrofimovAlexey "ub1que" Polivanov
Mareks "YEKINDAR" Gaļinskis Kicking off on Tuesday and running until Friday, the CIS Minor will reward the top two sides with spots in the FACEIT Major's New Challenger Stage, in which they will join two other teams from the region, Gambit and Vega Squadron.
boxr #68 
Kory 'SEMPHIS' FriesenKristjan 'fejtZ' Allsaar
Stephen 'reltuC' CutlerDavid 'DAVEY' StaffordTaylor 'Drone' Johnson 
Gambit #12 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' KhassenovNikolay 'mir' Bityukov 
Danila 'redhide' Demidov 
Age: 18 Team: PLINK Rating 1.0: 0.89 Maps played: 103 KPR: 0.60 DPR: 0.68 PLINK #66 Aleksey '1uke' ZiminRoman 'rommi' Golubev
Artur 'DarkS1DE' KravchenkoRassim 'Jyo' ValijevDanila 'redhide' Demidov Kristjan 'fejtZ' Allsaar 
Age: 20 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 488 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.67 
Vega Squadron #56 Anton 'tonyblack' KolesnikovLeonid 'chopper' VishnyakovDmitriy 'jR' ChervakPavel 'hutji' LashkovIgor 'crush' Shevchenko Dmitriy 'propleh' Senigov 
Age: 21 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.92 Maps played: 97 KPR: 0.63 DPR: 0.68 
Monolith #94 Alexey 'ub1que' PolivanovAlexander 'spiker' IvanovAleksei 'NickelBack' TrofimovDmitriy 'propleh' SenigovDenis 'Kas9k' Grishechkin Aleksei 'NickelBack' Trofimov 
Age: 20 Team: Monolith Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 335 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.69 Denis 'Kas9k' Grishechkin 
Age: 17 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.87 Maps played: 25 KPR: 0.57 DPR: 0.69 
pro100 #71 Ivan 'AiyvaN' SemenetsDima 'def' LemeshchukVadim 'Flarich' KaretinLeonard 'kenzor' VolodarchukSvyatoslav 'svyat' Dovbakh Alexey 'ub1que' Polivanov 
Age: 26 Team: Monolith Rating 1.0: 0.94 Maps played: 477 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.69 Rassim 'Jyo' Valijev 
Age: 23 Team: PLINK Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 123 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.68 Aleksey '1uke' Zimin 
Age: 25 Team: PLINK Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 515 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.67 Alexander 'spiker' Ivanov 
Age: 24 Team: Monolith Rating 1.0: 0.89 Maps played: 326 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.71 Artur 'DarkS1DE' Kravchenko 
Age: 19 Team: PLINK Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 115 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.72 Mareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis 
Age: 18 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 264 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.71 Roman 'rommi' Golubev 
Age: 25 Team: PLINK Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 410 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.69 
Nemiga #101 Roman 'roman' RedihinKirill 'hitMouse' TsarevVladimir 'ROBO' NeskeyViaceslav 'fAst' RubetsAleksandr 'mds' Rubets 
EPG Dmitry 'hooch' BogdanovAleksei 'El1an' Gusev 
HellRaisers #13 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchuk
Özgür 'woxic' Eker
Bence 'DeadFox' Böröcz
Issa 'ISSAA' Murad
