{"id":37420,"date":"2024-08-05T21:05:31","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T01:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=37420"},"modified":"2024-08-05T21:05:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T01:05:31","slug":"iem-cologne-2024-teams-battle-visa-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/iem-cologne-2024-teams-battle-visa-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"IEM Cologne 2024 teams battle visa issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BetBoom Team will miss <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/iem-cologne\/\" title=\"IEM Cologne betting guide\">IEM Cologne 2024<\/a> due to visa issues, ESL has announced.<\/p>\n<p>Filling in for the Russian <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/counter-strike\/\" title=\"Counter-Strike 2 betting guide\">Counter-Strike 2<\/a> team will be 3DMAX, as per the ESL Pro Tour&#8217;s Team Replacement Rules.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Unfortunately, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetBoomTeam?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BetBoomTeam<\/a> have been unable to obtain visas to travel to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IEM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IEM<\/a> Cologne and have been replaced by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/3DMAXGaming?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@3DMAXGaming<\/a> as the next eligible team based on our Team Replacement Rules. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/25kb62Tq02\">pic.twitter.com\/25kb62Tq02<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Intel\u00ae Extreme Masters (@IEM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IEM\/status\/1820501616862376290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>BetBoom had earned a spot in the play-in stage of IEM Cologne via the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/electronic-sports-league\/\" title=\"ESL betting guide\">ESL<\/a> World Ranking.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament would have been their first of the season, following their last official match in June at YaLLa Compass.<\/p>\n<p>BetBoom had also planned to attend the Skyesports Championship but withdrew, citing unmet conditions and fairness concerns with the Indian tournament organiser.<\/p>\n<p>3DMAX, who recently won the Skyesports Championship and achieved their peak world rank of 18, will take BetBoom&#8217;s spot in the play-in bracket, facing 9z in the first round of the double-elimination stage.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Herioc announced that Volodymyr &#8220;\u2060Woro2k\u2060&#8221; 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