The latest Asia Minor team to be hit by visa problems is Uniquestars who will field in Daniel "ponkt" Punkt in place of Anton "hydra" Sviridon.
Uniquestars qualified for the Asia Minor by winning the Middle East & South Asia Open Qualifier. However, the Israeli squad will not be able to use their full lineup as hydra couldn't secure a visa to enter the United Kingdom where the event is taking place.
ponkt will replace the aforementioned player at the Asia Minor which will take place on July 16-20. The top two teams at the event will qualify for the FACEIT Major New Challengers Stage.
Uniquestars will attend the Asia Minor at the Twickenham Stadium with a stand-in
Uniquestars will compete in Group B alongside TYLOO, Tainted Minds, and 5POWER who will have three stand-ins. Over on Group A, Signature—another team that had visa issues—have been replaced by BOOT-d[S] while VG.Flash are having to play with Zhenghui "z8z" Liu instead of YuanZhang "Attacker" Sheng.
Uniquestars will have the following lineup at the Asia Minor:
Lidor "LaNrefNi" Almasi Guy "NertZ" Iluz Barak "shp3x" Schneider Guy "anarkez" Trachtman Daniel "ponkt" Punkt