The Ukrainian esports team Monte was unable to leave the country to take part in the tournament. This is stated in a message on the team’s official Instagram account.
«Unfortunately, despite all our efforts, we were unable to cross the border of Ukraine. We did everything we could to play in the tournament.
We hope that next time we will be able to represent Ukraine with dignity on the international stage.», ─ written in message teams.
The Monte team planned to participate in the CS2 tournament IEM Chengdu, which will take place in China from April 8 to 14. The prize pool of the competition is $250 thousand. Due to Monte’s withdrawal from the competition, the Chinese team Steel Helmet took its place.
Commentator Vitaliy Volochay commented on this situation with sarcasm. His commentary is reproduced below with minor censorship adjustments:
«In fact, the fact that Monte was not allowed to go abroad was right!
What the fuck do they have to go to these obscure ESL tournaments and raise their rating and some kind of achievements?
You have to bring real benefit.
Like Ivan Danishevsky, the Chairman of the Board of the Ukrainian Esports Federation, who brings benefits to New York, Poland, Italy, and other countries.
Like Denys Davydov, (coach) Chairman of the Commission of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine on esports. Like Eduard Anokhin, the COO of the esports federation. They have no problems with traveling.
And that’s right. They benefit Ukrainian esports, not that the quality there is Monte», ─ wrote Vitaliy Volochai.