forZe replace GODSENT at Roobet Cup

Andrey "⁠Jerry⁠" Mekhryakov's team will have the chance to play among top-tier competition in late June.

FORZE have been invited to compete at the $250,000 Roobet Cup 2022 after GODSENT decided to withdraw their participation, HLTV.org has learned.

No official reason for the replacement was given by the organizers, but the substitution comes just two days after a report was released indicating that 00NATION is interested in signing the majority of the GODSENT roster around Epitacio "⁠TACO⁠" de Melo.

GODSENT withdrew amidst reports of 00NATION's interest in the team

Currently ranked 20th in the HLTV.org world ranking, FORZE will be among the lowest positioned teams at the event, with eight out of the current top 15 teams set to participate, including the likes of FaZe, ENCE, and Cloud9.

The tournament will be played online and start with a GSL group stage, from where eight teams will advance to a single-elimination bracket. With the event starting in a little over two weeks, the group distribution and opening matchups are yet to be revealed.

Below is an updated team list for the Roobet Cup, taking place on June 22-30:

FaZe
ENCE
Spirit
FURIA
Cloud9
Astralis
Imperial
BIG Outsiders
Entropiq
Movistar Riders
FORZE
MOUZ
Complexity
9z
OG FaZe #1 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenHåvard 'rain' NygaardRussel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenRobin 'ropz' KoolHelvijs 'broky' Saukants Epitacio 'TACO' de Melo Age: 27 Team: GODSENT Rating 1.0: 0.93 Maps played: 1395 KPR: 0.61 DPR: 0.65 Outsiders #16 Evgenii 'FL1T' LebedevAlexey 'Qikert' GolubevDzhami 'Jame' AliDavid 'n0rb3r7' DanielyanPetr 'fame' Bolyshev 9z #29 Maximiliano 'max' GonzalezFranco 'dgt' GarciaMartin 'rox' MolinaDavid 'dav1deuS' Tapia Maldonado Andrey 'Jerry' Mekhryakov Age: 24 Team: FORZE Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 1546 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.67 MOUZ #21 Christopher 'dexter' NongDavid 'frozen' ČerňanskýJon 'JDC' de CastroÁdám 'torzsi' TorzsásAurimas 'Bymas' Pipiras Entropiq #17 Aleksei 'NickelBack' TrofimovVladislav 'Krad' KravchenkoViktor 'Lack1' BoldyrevAleksei 'El1an' GusevIgor 'Forester' Bezotecheskiy BIG #15 Johannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschFlorian 'syrsoN' RischeJosef 'faveN' BaumannKarim 'Krimbo' Moussa Cloud9 #9 Abay 'HObbit' KhassenovTimofey 'interz' YakushinSergey 'Ax1Le' RykhtorovDmitry 'sh1ro' SokolovVladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov Movistar Riders #18 Alejandro 'alex' MasanetAlejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo CanoRaúl 'DeathZz' Jordán NietoÁlvaro 'SunPayus' GarcíaDavid 'dav1g' Granado Bermudo Imperial #14 Lincoln 'fnx' LauGabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaRicardo 'boltz' PrassVinicius 'VINI' Figueiredo GODSENT #27 Henrique 'HEN1' TelesEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloEduardo 'dumau' WolkmerBruno 'b4rtiN' CâmaraBruno 'latto' Rebelatto OG #32 Nemanja 'nexa' IsakovićMateusz 'mantuu' WilczewskiAdam 'NEOFRAG' ZouharShahar 'flameZ' ShushanMaciej 'F1KU' Miklas ENCE #3 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferPavle 'Maden' BoškovićPaweł 'dycha' DychaOlek 'hades' MiskiewiczLotan 'Spinx' Giladi FORZE #20 Andrey 'Jerry' MekhryakovAleksandr 'zorte' ZagodyrenkoAleksandr 'shalfey' MarenovAleksandr 'KENSI' GurkinEvgeny 'Norwi' Ermolin 00NATION #63 Marcelo 'coldzera' DavidMario 'malbsMd' SamayoaVinicius 'vsm' MoreiraSantino 'try' Rigal Complexity #25 Johnny 'JT' TheodosiouRicky 'floppy' KemeryMichael 'Grim' WincePaytyn 'junior' JohnsonJustin 'FaNg' Coakley Astralis #12 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderKristian 'k0nfig' WieneckeAsger 'Farlig' JensenBenjamin 'blameF' Bremer FURIA #7 Andrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosKaike 'KSCERATO' CeratoRafael 'saffee' CostaAndré 'drop' Abreu Spirit #5 Leonid 'chopper' VishnyakovAbdul 'degster' GasanovBoris 'magixx' VorobievPavel 'S1ren' OgloblinRobert 'Patsi' Isyanov