North coach MITHR bids farewell

North have parted company with coach Torbjørn “mithR” Nyborg, the Danish organisation announced on Tuesday.

In a Twitter post, North thanked the 30-year-old for his service but did not give more details about the reason behind his dismissal.

mithR leaves North almost a year after being named as Alexander “ave” Holdt‘s replacement. During his time at the helm, he guided the team to victories at GG.BET Ice Challenge 2019 and DreamHack Open Sevilla.

The announcement comes just weeks after North crashed out of DreamHack Open Leipzig in the group stage following defeats to Danish rivals MAD Lions and Heroic. This was the team’s first tournament after the recent roster changes, which saw Mathias “MSL” Lauridsen return to the squad, replacing Jakob “JUGi” Hansen.

North are slated to play at the upcoming DreamHack Open event in Anaheim, where they have been paired with forZeFURIA and Endpoint in Group A. The event will take place from February 21-23 and will have $100,000 on offer.

The Danish team currently looks as follows:

Denmark Philip “aizy” Aistrup
Denmark Markus “Kjaerbye” Kjærbye
Denmark Nicklas “gade” Gade
Denmark René “cajunb” Borg
Denmark Mathias “MSL” Lauridsen

Denmark Jakob “JUGi” Hansen (benched)

Source : hltv.org