device will skip BLAST Premier World Final 2021

The Swedish esports organization NIP announced the forced changes in the CS: GO roster for the upcoming BLAST Premier World Final 2021. device is forced to miss the championship on the recommendation of doctors, while phzy will again take his place in the roster. In addition, calc will lead the team during the championship, as THREAT left his position after the end of IEM Winter 2021 and took over as the team's technical director. The organization also said it will continue to look for a new head coach during the offseason.

“We pride ourselves on taking the health of our players and employees seriously. The device still needs time to recover as prescribed by the doctor, which means phzy is back on the big scene,” the organization wrote in a press release.

device has been on the sidelines for the last week, which is why you will miss the final leg of IEM Winter 2021. Playing alongside phzy, NIP reached the grand final of IEM Winter 2021, where they lost to Vitality with a score of 0: 3.

In turn, calc has already worked as a NIP trainer within BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2021, when he replaced THREAT. However, the 33-year-old Swedish specialist is currently retiring and taking over the management of a division of the organization, focusing his efforts on developing the composition as a whole.

Note that before the start of the tournament, several teams have already announced changes in their rosters. In particular, BLAST Premier World Final 2021 will also skip stavn, while nexa will return to the main roster of G2 Esports after visa problems.

The NIP roster for the upcoming BLAST Premier World Final 2021 is as follows:

• REZ.
• Plopski.
• hampus.
• es3tag.
  
• phzy (stand-in).
• calc (trainer).