fnatic disqualified from WCG Nordic

The WCG organisation has announced that fnatic will not take part in the Nordic Counter-Strike finals.

fnatic had secured the top Swedish spot for the WCG Nordic finals after winning the local qualifier at DreamHack Summer last month with a 2-0 victory over SK Gaming.

However, fnatic lodged a protest to the WCG Nordic officials on July 5th, stating that only one paid spot to the WCG World Finals in Los Angeles for all the three Nordic countries was not enough.

The WCG Nordic organisation ruled that, although the six teams - two from Sweden, Norway and Finland - involved in the tournament will be given a place at the WCG finals, only the winner of the Nordic qualifier will have paid expenses to LA.

fnatic stated that they would either get the free spot to the WCG finals without having to play the Nordic qualifier or they would not attend the event.

The Swedish giants, who added Rasmus "GuX" Stahl from SK Gaming earlier this week, aired their discontent with the fact they would have to attend one more tournament this summer, a season that looks to be very busy for them.

"We are disappointed with Fnatic's decision not to participate WCG Nordic qualifiers in Assembly Summer 2010 event held in Helsinki, Finland, in August. We have discussed with the team, but sadly their fans won't be seeing them competing in WCG this year since the team has decided to decline the Nordic Finals", says Petri Hämälä, Director of events in WCG Nordic.

fnatic will thus miss out on the WCG Nordic finals, which will take place from 5-8 of August at Assembly Summer in Helsinki, Finland, being replaced by H2k Gaming, who placed third at the Swedish qualifier.

With fnatic out of contention for the WCG finals, which will be held in Los Angeles from September 30 to October 3, it remains to be seen whether they will receive an invite for the tournament.