Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Rank #4 Xeppaa Erick Bach v1c Victor Truong Zellsis Jordan Montemurro penny Erik Penny OXY Francis Hoang has announced that, due to a family emergency, Francis "OXY" Hoang will not be available to play this weekend. The team shared that he returned home to Houston, Texas.

He shared that his mother had passed away due to cancer on Sunday, and that he won't be able to play this weekend due to her funeral.

"Our entire organization is fully behind Francis as he takes the time and space he needs and we ask that you respect his privacy during this time," the team said in a statement. "We have prepared a substitute player to fill in his spot for the time being until he is ready to return to the team. We will be sharing more news on the substitution shortly."

OXY, the team's primary Duelist player, competed through both matches of the team's opening weekend at Americas Kickoff, which saw the team claim an opening round victory over LOUD LOUD Brazil Rank #11 lukxo Lucca Travaioli Darker Sebastián Castro Cicuamia Virtyy Leandro Moreno pANcada Bryan Luna cauanzin Cauan Pereira and then slide to the middle bracket after a loss to defending world champions NRG NRG North America Rank #1 keiko Georgio Sanassy brawk Brock Somerhalder mada Adam Pampuch skuba Logan Jenkins Ethan Ethan Arnold .

Cloud9's next match at Kickoff will be against LEVIATÁN LEVIATÁN North America Rank #12 spike Rodrigo Lombardi blowz Guilherme Oliviera Neon Bruno Rodríguez Sato Eduardo Kenzo Nagahama Sato kiNgg Francisco Aravena PxS Josh Brunelli , who lost to 100 Thieves 100 Thieves North America Rank #3 Cryocells Matthew Panganiban Asuna Peter Mazuryk vora Jordan Pulwer Timotino Timothée Lavigne Dupont bang Sean Bezerra in the opening round.

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