After G2 was confirmed for the 16-team event which will take place this December in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Power League Gaming announced the second invited team: HellRaisers. HellRaisers will attend EPICENTER, SuperNova and PLG Grand Slam before the end of the year Under Kirill "ANGE1" Karasiow's leadership, HellRaisers managed to break into the top eight of the Major, securing Legends status, and are currently 12th in our ranking. HellRaisers also feature the first Middle-Eastern Major player, Issa "ISSAA" Murad. The team's coach, Ivan "Johnta" Shevtsov, gave the following statement after receiving the invite: "We are happy to be a part of PLG Grand Slam. We hope this event will bring fresh interest to esports in UAE and the Middle East region and our game will inspire a lot of young players to get into CS:GO" - Johnta
The team list now looks as follows: G2
Invite #3
Invite #5
Invite #7
South America Qual.
GCC & South Asia Qual.
East Asia Qual.
SE Asia & India Qual. HellRaisers
Invite #4
Invite #6
Invite #8
North America Qual.
Europe Qual.
Oceania Qual.
Levant & Africa Qual.  Issa 'ISSAA' Murad Age: 21 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 385 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.66  Kirill 'ANGE1' Karasiow Age: 29 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 1468 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.71  Ivan 'Johnta' Shevtsov Age: 31 Team: HellRaisersC  G2 #20  Richard 'shox' Papillon Kévin 'Ex6TenZ' Droolans Kenny 'kennyS' Schrub Edouard 'SmithZz' Dubourdeaux Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro  HellRaisers #12  Kirill 'ANGE1' Karasiow Vladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchuk Özgür 'woxic' Eker Bence 'DeadFox' Böröcz Issa 'ISSAA' Murad |