Groups drawn for EM finals
20-2-2008 19:30
ESL has drawn the two groups for the first group stage for the upcoming Extreme Masters II finals at CeBIT.
Ten teams to be divided into two groups, seems like a pretty simple task. With ten teams having a caliber this high, there’s almost no chance to end up in an “easy” group. The teams in each group will play a total of four matches. When all teams has played one another, top placed team in each group will advance to the playoff brackets, while teams finishing second and third will play a relegation match to determine who advance as the last team from the group.
As said before, both groups consist of ten teams with really high caliber. No weak group here, but Group A looks very interesting. fnatic and Spirit of Amiga once again ended up in the same group. They played in same group during the regular group stage. fnatic did beat Spirit of Amiga, but came second in the group when losing to Virtus.pro. mibr drops into this group being one out of the two best placed non-European teams at Extreme Masters in LA. mousesports joins them with ending first in their group, latest beating mTw.International at Intel Fight Night Game in Cologne. roccat had to play a relegation match versus atLanteam, in order to qualify for the finals. They did win and the team can along with fnatic warm up for the Extreme Masters II finals, when playing the NGL One Season 4 finals this weekend in Berlin.
Group B consist of teams with a high standard too. e-STRO, to some troublemakers at WCG 2007 in Seattle, drop in as being one of two best placed non-European teams at Extreme Masters in LA. SK Gaming has been on a long break since they finished second at DreamHack Winter. They did however finish first in their group, and should not be underestimated. Excello, the team having ups and downs, to many shocked when finishing first in the group with Alternate. They will once again be playing against Alternate as the German squad also ended up in Group B. Last participant in Group B, comes from Russia. Virtus.pro had to play a relegation match against mTw.International to determine who would make it to the finals. The Russian's shocked many with their play and actually beat the WCG silver medalists from Denmark.
Look forward to the Extreme Masters II finals from CeBIT 6-9th of March from Hanover, Germany. HLTV.org will be bringing you all the action from the event.
Ten teams to be divided into two groups, seems like a pretty simple task. With ten teams having a caliber this high, there’s almost no chance to end up in an “easy” group. The teams in each group will play a total of four matches. When all teams has played one another, top placed team in each group will advance to the playoff brackets, while teams finishing second and third will play a relegation match to determine who advance as the last team from the group.
Groups for Extreme Masters II finals
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Group B consist of teams with a high standard too. e-STRO, to some troublemakers at WCG 2007 in Seattle, drop in as being one of two best placed non-European teams at Extreme Masters in LA. SK Gaming has been on a long break since they finished second at DreamHack Winter. They did however finish first in their group, and should not be underestimated. Excello, the team having ups and downs, to many shocked when finishing first in the group with Alternate. They will once again be playing against Alternate as the German squad also ended up in Group B. Last participant in Group B, comes from Russia. Virtus.pro had to play a relegation match against mTw.International to determine who would make it to the finals. The Russian's shocked many with their play and actually beat the WCG silver medalists from Denmark.
Look forward to the Extreme Masters II finals from CeBIT 6-9th of March from Hanover, Germany. HLTV.org will be bringing you all the action from the event.
mibr
mousesports
Spirit of Amiga
fnatic
roccat
e-STRO
Virtus.pro
tsrx
kpc
Musex
MadeInLondon
deBurrows
Fifth
maka91
C1pryaN
BenDe[R]
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FlectoR
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