Poland to miss out on ESWC?

According to fnatic.com, the Polish ESWC attendees have faced difficulties regarding their travel to Paris, as one of the sponsors have not paid their share of the charter flight.

Trouble was first in one month ago, when HLTV.org reported that Poland would not be subject to a ESWC LAN qualifier. This was followed by that the main sponsor had pulled out, because of recent floodings in Poland which had damaged the sponsor's investements. 

The qualifier was later held online, seeing Frag eXecutors, DELTA and the female team Universal Soldiers making it to Paris. 

There have been several reports indicating that the same sponsor, which pulled out from the LAN qualifier, have not been able to pay their share of the charter flight which was supposed to take 28 representatives to Paris.

"We have just received information that the investor has not paid their part of the sum for the licenses (even though Beholder has paid its share quite some time ago). Because of this, we have decided to cancel the flight due to formal and lawful issues. We are doing our best to find out more details and after we determine all details we will post them on our website", a translated statement reads on fnatic.com.

"We would just like to keep updating you on a minute by minute basis, however all detailed information will be able to be found under this phone number: xxx-xxx-xxx"

Meanwhile, news just in: according to the FIFA player Paweł "Sanczezik" Jędrzejsk, every representatives will make it to ESWC 2010, but divided on seperate planes.

DELTA member Mateusz "ham" Rosłon has issued a comment on Cybersport.pl's forums, indicating that the representatives might just make it after all. Mariusz "Loord" Cybulski has also replied to the post which can be found below:

ham: yeah, we're supposed to get to the airport
ham: and we will be put on the planes separately
ham: whoever is first fly's right away
Loord (comment on forums): Whoever is first is the best!! :D

Stay tuned to HLTV.org for further updates as the situation unfolds. For now, every representative is rushed to Warsaw airport. 

Update [13:25] 

Frag eXecutors' owner, Adrian "ziggy" Witkowski, has now issued a calming update to their website, stating that the situation looks to be under control. However, it is yet to be determined how every participant will make it to Paris. 

"The situation is pretty much taken care of. We have been able to determine that the hotel will be taken care of for every player of Team Poland and that every participant will be allowed to compete in the ESWC tournament."

"Beholder at this moment is organizing the travel details, however it is still unclear how each player will get to Paris. The organizer however has shown the will to work with us on the matter - from a financial aspect as well."

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