The Waldner Legends Cup was unexpectedly canceled: a possible reason has been named.

The Waldner Legends Cup has been canceled for this year, and the qualifiers that were supposed to take place from November 8th to 12th have also been canceled. The tournament is expected to take place in 2024 instead.

This information was reported on Liquipedia.

The main part of the tournament was originally scheduled for November 24th to 26th, 2023, in Stockholm, Sweden. However, the specific date for the Waldner Legends Cup in 2024 has not yet been announced. The postponement might be due to the short time frame before the ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023 tournament.

Due to the tight schedule, some teams might have chosen to skip participating in the Waldner Legends Cup in order to prepare for ESL One Kuala Lumpur 2023, as the prize pool for the latter, the first major tournament after The International 2023, is ten times larger at $1 million.