In League of Legends, the Berlin e-sports organization “Penta 1860” was kicked out of the German Prime League on September 2nd. The team would have had to play relegation in order to keep its place in the 1st league. But now the team has been disqualified due to financial difficulties and does not even get a place in the 2nd division. Your partner, the football club 1860 Munich, is “surprised”.
This is how it looked sporty for the team:
The NNO team consists of 5 German streamers who just spectacularly won the 2nd league in Lol:
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Players and employees not paid
This was the decision: The Prime League announced on September 2nd that the team would be disqualified from the league with immediate effect. The reason for this is the “repeated failure to meet financial obligations”:
The flagship of the Prime League in 2022 is the team “Eintracht Spandau” by YouTuber HandOfBlood:
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Problems caused by the pandemic: the growth potential of an e-sports club is severely limited
What the team says: In a statement, Penta 1860 admits that players and staff have not been paid:
The reasons are financial problems at Penta, which we could not solve quickly enough.
Of course, the blame lies entirely with us here – but it is also important to address the reasons.
Andreas Schetzke, CEO and owner of Penta
It is said that there were problems caused by the pandemic, and growth opportunities for an e-sports club are still very limited.
“Black Hole” swallowed six-figure sums
According to the owners, they should have put over €100,000 into the club in 6 months to cover running costs. It was not always possible to serve this “black hole” in good time.
You want to meet your financial obligations.
What does that mean for the relegation? 4 teams are involved in the relegation: the 2 best of the 2nd league and the 2 worst of the 1st league.
Because Penta 1860 is now thrown out of the relegation, it is said that now only 3 teams are fighting for 2 places in the 1st league. But at the moment no team has “certainly” been promoted.
Twitch streamer “NoWay” should have played against Penta at the weekend for promotion to the 1st league. He shows respect with the “F”.
Munich residents say: Economic responsibility lay in Berlin
What do the Munich lions say? The partners of the team say in a statement that although they are cooperation partners, the economic responsibility lay in Berlin. As a club, you are “surprised” by the development. It is not yet foreseeable whether the cooperation will continue.
Esports teams worldwide get into financial difficulties again and again. In July 2022 we reported on MeinMMO about a case in which the precarious situation of e-sports teams had a particularly drastic effect on a player’s health:
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