Forté and . ScreaM initially said that he was going to be a temporary stand-in for EnVyUs, but then later officially announced that he signed with the team. EnVyUs then moved devoduvek to the inactive roster. Heroic bought out Jakob "JUGi" Hansen from Tricked Esport and release Michael "Friis" Jørgensen from the team. Long time Natus Vincere player and coach Sergey "starix" Ischuk left the team and stepped down as the coach. He was replaced by Na'Vi analyst Andrey ‘Andi’ Prokhorov. starix then joined Team Spirit as a player. Ninjas in Pyjamas took in William "draken" Sundin from Epsilon eSports and benched Jacob "pyth" Mourujärvi. Team Kinguin release Damian "Furlan" Kisłowski and bring in Bartosz "Hyper" Wolny as the new in-game leader. Europe Scores Finals The finalized teams are shown below. Each team's world ranking for May 29, 2017 is also shown. Broadcast talent Host Alex "Goldenboy" Mendez Backstage Reporter Tres "stunna" Saranthus Desk Host Jason "moses" O'Toole Commentators Hugo Byron Henry "HenryG" Greer Christian "Chrispian" Hart Sam "DaZeD" Marine John "BLU" Mullen Alex "Machine" Richardson Harry "JustHarry" Russell Lauren "Pansy" Scott Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett Analysts Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill Halvor "vENdetta" Gulestøl Janko "YNk" Paunović Observers Heather "sapphiRe" Garrozo DJ "Prius" Kuntz Group stage Group A SK Gaming dominated the North American scene during the season, but the team struggled in the latter stages of the season, including a 0–2 loss against Counter Logic Gaming. However, the two time major champions still came up on top and comes into the tournament with a premier event win, taking the IEM Sydney 2017 title after defeating FaZe Clan. Its Brazilian counterparts, Immortals, were steady during the season, almost always in the top 6; however, the release of Counter-Strike veteran Lincoln "fnx" Lau due to internal problems might hurt the team. The defending EPL champions are also in group A, but Cloud9 did not find as much success as it did last season, barely cutting the top 6. G2 Esports started the season very slow with its newly formed French superteam after the player shuffle that involved G2, Team EnVyUs, Team LDLC.com. and Vexed Gaming. However, after starting 1–8, G2 won its last 15 of 17 matches to take second place in the European season. The other main team that was involved in the French shuffle was EnVyUs, as it took in Cédric "RpK" Guipouy and Adil "ScreaM" Benrlitom form G2 Esports. EnVyUs