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AVANGAR have accepted an invite to compete at PLG Grand Slam, the event's organisers have announced on Tuesday.

The Kazakhstan side are the 15th team confirmed for the tournament, joining a team list that also features the likes of HellRaisers, fnatic and INTZ.

AVANGAR will travel to Abu Dhabi after the Bucharest Gaming Week Invitational by ESL, which will kick off on December 9.

buster and co. will compete in Abu Dhabi

Bektiyar "⁠fitch⁠" Bahytov and co. are currently ranked No.19 in the world, with their most notable achievement in the last three months being a 3rd-4th place finish at EPICENTER 2018.

Last week, FORZE also booked their spot at the tournament after defeating Windigo Academy, 2-0, in the grand final of the European open qualifier.

The PLG Grand Slam will run from December 13-15 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Amirates, where 16 teams will duke it out for their share of the $100,000 prize-pool. There is just one invite yet to be revealed, with the event's team list currently looking as follows:

G2
fnatic
bluuuuud
INTZ
BOOT-d[S]
Energy
Grayhound
AVANGAR HellRaisers
Sharks
5POWER
NASR
guccixD
TYLOO
FORZE
Invite #8

*NOTE: This article previously read "Gambit invited to PLG Grand Slam", which is incorrect. AVANGAR is the correct team and the article has been changed to reflect that fact.

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