VCT EMEA & PMPL CIS postponed due to Russian invasion in Ukraine *

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UPDATE: 

• EA indefinitely suspended all Apex Legends Global Series competition. 
• The postponement of the third week of Riot Games' League of Legends Continental League has been announced today. 

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Two esports competitions have so far been affected by the ongoing conflict of Ukraine and Russia, as their organizers decided to postpone the tournaments in the respective region indefinitely. 

Riot Games postpones VCT 2022 EMEA week 3 matches 

Riot Games announced yesterday that the third week of VCT 2022 EMEA Stage 1 Challengers matches had been postponed until further notice since many players, staff and fans are affected by the crisis. 

Week 3 of VCT 2022 EMEA was originally set to kick off today, with six matches on the schedule to be played throughout the weekend. 

There are multiple Russian and Ukrainian players in the competition that compete for teams including Gambit Esports, Natus Vincere, FunPlus Phoenix and Acend. Since the tournament is played online, players typically compete from their home country.

The organizers postponed also today’s matches for the Valorant Regional Leagues CIS: Milestone and VRL France: Revolution. 

Tencent suspends PUBG Mobile Pro League CIS 2022 Spring

The spring season of PUBG Mobile Pro League CIS 2022 has also been postponed in light of events in Ukraine, announced Tencent in an Instagram statement. 

The statement says: 

Dear players and viewers of PUBG MOBILE,
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Due to today's events, the league administration has decided to indefinitely postpone the matches of the current week of the PMPL CIS 2022 spring split. We will monitor the development of the situation and share more accurate information about updates to the schedule as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding.

Sincerely,

Administration PUBG MOBILE eSports

The League stage of an online tournament, which started on February 14th, ran until day 2 of the tournament's second week before it got postponed indefinitely by the organizer.

As a top-level PUBG Mobile competition in the CIS region, the PMPL CIS features 20 teams from across the region, with the majority of players being from Russia and Ukraine, including Vitus.pro, Natus Vincere, Team Unique and KDV Esports. 

Natus Vincere, which competes in both circuits, commented on the situation: 

Russia launched the invasion of Ukraine on Thursday morning as an escalation of the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War that began in 2014. At the time of writing this article, dozens of Ukrainian soldiers have been reported killed and thousands of Ukrainians have fled the country or have been displaced. The West has largely condemned the invasion and has called for Russia to stop the war.

This dreadful situation will undoubtedly cause uncertainty across all aspects of life, especially in Europe. More postponed tournaments are likely to be announced in the near future.