Both teams had been invited by the ICC organisation and were announced earlier this week as being part of the highest seed group.

The French side will miss the event as Mathieu "MaT" Leber, one of the team's players, wasn't able to get his passport in time for the tournament.

"Mathieu does not have a passport, he asked for it when we received the invitation to attend the ICC tournament but it did not arrive on time," Michael "HaRts" Zanatta told GotFrag.com.

Meanwhile, the European mix team SWERUS confirmed that Robert "RobbaN" Dahlström and Dennis "walle" Wallenberg saw their visa request denied.

Although Filip "Neo" Kubski was able to get his visa, the Polish star said that he is no longer interested in flying to Russia to attend the event.

These departures leave the ICC with two places to fill only three days before the start of the event. The ICC organisation was unavailable to comment on this matter.