Chaos replace Bad News Bears in DreamHack Masters Spring NA

Chaos will replace the recently-disbanded Bad News Bears roster in the North American division of DreamHack Masters Spring, the tournament organizer has announced.

Joshua "⁠steel⁠" Nissan's troops will take the final spot in the $100,000 tournament following Tuesday's announcement of Bad News Bears' disbandment, joining Liquid, FURIA, and MIBR in a stacked Group A.

Chaos will have less than a week to prepare for their opening clash with Liquid and to fully integrate Jonathan "⁠Jonji⁠" Carey into their system, with the Canadian player having joined the roster on Tuesday in the aftermath of the departure of 16-year-old Nathan "⁠leaf⁠" Orf.

steel and company will take on Liquid in their first match

Kicking off on May 19, DreamHack Masters Spring North America will utilize a best-of-three round-robin group stage, eliminating two teams from the competition heading into the double-elimination playoffs. The winning team from each group will advance directly to the upper bracket, while the runner-ups and third-placed teams will begin their playoffs run in the lower bracket.

With the addition of Chaos, the groups look as follows:

Group A FURIA Liquid MIBR Chaos Group B 100 Thieves Cloud9 Gen.G Evil Geniuses Chaos #54 Joshua 'steel' NissanAnthony 'vanity' MalaspinaJonathan 'Jonji' CareyLogan 'Voltage' LongErick 'Xeppaa' Bach Matthew 'mCe' Elmore MIBR #14 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoVito 'kNgV-' GiuseppeFernando 'fer' AlvarengaEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloIgnacio 'meyern' Meyer 100 Thieves #10 Justin 'jks' SavageAaron 'AZR' WardJoakim 'jkaem' MyrbostadSean 'Gratisfaction' KaiwaiJay 'Liazz' Tregillgas MIBR #14 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoVito 'kNgV-' GiuseppeFernando 'fer' AlvarengaEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloAlencar 'trk' Rossato Evil Geniuses #8 Peter 'stanislaw' JarguzTarik 'tarik' CelikVincent 'Brehze' CayonteEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov Wilton 'zews' Prado Cloud9 #17 Aran 'Sonic' GroesbeekJohnny 'JT' TheodosiouRicky 'floppy' KemeryIan 'motm' HardyJosh 'oSee' Ohm Tiaan 'T.c' Coertzen Liquid #5 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJake 'Stewie2K' YipRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Eric 'adreN' Hoag Jonathan 'Jonji' Carey Age: 20 Team: Chaos Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 639 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.71 Nathan 'leaf' Orf Age: 16 Team: Chaos Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 108 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.69 FURIA #9 Henrique 'HEN1' TelesAndrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosVinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoKaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato Nicholas 'guerri' Nogueira Gen.G #16 Hansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandDamian 'daps' SteeleTimothy 'autimatic' TaKenneth 'koosta' SuenSam 's0m' Oh Joshua 'steel' Nissan Age: 30 Team: Chaos Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 532 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.69 Liquid #5 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJake 'Stewie2K' YipRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Bad News Bears FURIA #9 Henrique 'HEN1' TelesAndrei 'arT' PiovezanYuri 'yuurih' SantosVinicius 'VINI' FigueiredoKaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato Chaos #54 Joshua 'steel' NissanAnthony 'vanity' MalaspinaJonathan 'Jonji' CareyLogan 'Voltage' LongErick 'Xeppaa' Bach