Gentle Mates withdraw from Birch Cup 2025 to compete at ESL Pro League Season 22

Spanish team Gentle Mates has withdrawn from the Birch Cup 2025 Counter-Strike 2 LAN tournament currently taking place in Poland. The reason for this decision is that Gentle Mates players need to travel to the ESL Pro League Season 22 venue in Sweden.

Notably, tournament operator ESL announced a roster change for ESL Pro League Season 22. Chinese team Lynn Vision withdrew from the event due to a lack of a complete lineup. The vacant spot at the competition has been given to Gentle Mates.

Gentle Mates kicked off their run at Birch Cup 2025 with a loss to Inner Circle in the upper bracket of the Play-In stage. The team was scheduled to face Venom in the lower bracket.

Birch Cup 2025 takes place from September 26th to 28th in Gdansk, Poland. The total prize pool of the event is $15,000, with $8,000 going to the winners. Participants also compete for VRS points.

Origin: x.com