SK Gaming and FaZe Clan Invited to IEM Sydney
By Nicholas Barth ·
Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2018 will have two of the best teams in the world making their way down to compete in the biggest esports event for Australia.
Announced on the Intel Extreme Masters website, IEM Sydney will be welcoming back SK Gaming and FaZe Clan to compete at this year’s tournament from May 4th to the 6th at the Qudos Bank Arena. They will be joined by 14 other teams, who will be announced in the coming weeks leading up to the event.
The first two invites are the top two finishers from IEM Sydney 2017, where SK Gaming was able to defeat FaZe Clan in the grand finals with a score of 3-1. Both team’s will be coming into the event with new rosters. Ricardo "boltz" Prass has taken the place of Joao “felps” Vasconcellos on SK Gaming. FaZe Clan is now playing with Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer and Ladislav “GuardiaN” Kovacs, as Fabien "kioShiMa" Fiey and Aleksi "allu" Jalli are no longer on the roster.
FaZe Clan added a great deal of firepower, since their second second place finish at IEM Sydney 2017 and will be looking for the championship this year. SK Gaming will be looking to defend their title and become repeat champions. With the lion’s share of the AUD $310,000 (about $244,000 USD) at stake, both teams will be looking to put together another successful run at IEM Sydney 2018.
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