Counter Strike 2 (CS2) teams Vitality, SECRET, Falcons and more officially withdraw participation from FISSURE Playground Belgrade..

Vitality, SECRET, Falcons and many other Counter Strike 2 (CS2) teams all announced on their official X (Twitter) accounts on Sunday that they would not participate in the upcoming FISSURE Playground Belgrade which will be held next month.

Each team said in a tweet that since the opening date of the Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) Cologne, July 23, is only three days after the end of FISSURE Playground Belgrade, in order to avoid the team's roster being exhausted physically, mentally and spiritually, Vitality, SECRET, Falcons and FaZe Clan have decided not to participate.

In addition, Ukrainian club B8 Esports said that after conducting a survey with fans, the team members also decided to withdraw from the competition in accordance with the opinions.

As these teams withdraw one by one, this means that in this FISSURE Playground Belgrade, 3DMAX and GamerLegion (GL), the two Serbian clubs, have become the participating teams in the top ten of VRS after May 25.

FISSURE Playground Belgrade will be held at the Sava Center in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, from July 15 to 20. This will be the first offline tournament after the BLAST.tv Austin Major.

At that time, the top 16 teams in the VRS after May 25 will compete for a total prize of US$1 million for 5 days after the group stage and the knockout stage.

The following is a list of participating teams in FISSURE Playground Belgrade and their VRS after May 25:

• GamerLegion – 9

• 3DMAX – 10

• Virtus.pro – 13

• Complexity – 14

• HEROIC – 15

• Astralis – 16

• PaiN Gaming – 17

• SAW – 19

• FURIA – 20

• Rare Atom – 21

• MIBR – 21

• BIG – 22

• BetBoom Team – 23

• TYLOO – 25

• Lynn Vision Gaming – 26

• Wildcard – 27