Groups drawn for EM finals

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.

Groups for Extreme Masters II finals
Group A
Group B
Brazil mibr
Germany mousesports
Denmark Spirit of Amiga
Sweden fnatic
Finland roccat
Korea e-STRO
Sweden SK Gaming
Finland Excello
Germany Team Alternate
Russia Virtus.pro
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.
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Poland tsrx
GL fnatic :D:D
2008-02-20 19:54
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Russia Russia<3
gl VP nice group
2008-02-20 19:57
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Lithuania kpc
mibr vs fnatic :o SK vs Virtus.pro :o gl!!!
2008-02-20 19:57
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Belgium Musex
Group A is amazing o_O
2008-02-20 20:04
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Brazil Mr. Brightside
OMG, Group A is awesome. Go MiBR, GL Excello. :D
2008-02-20 20:17
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Switzerland MadeInLondon
u got it :D gonna watch every single game if possible^^
2008-02-21 10:54
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Belgium smiTTe
There are going to be sweet matches soon!
2008-02-20 20:21
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Spain deBurrows
Easy for SK and Alternate.
2008-02-20 20:32
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Denmark faiNt^^
With Excello and Virtus? Easy? Well.. let's see about that.
2008-02-27 09:02
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Spain deBurrows
OK not so easy but they should win.
2008-02-27 11:58
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Denmark faiNt^^
Well.. I expect Virtus to win it :) Don't think SK can stand the challenge. Alternate might cause trouble for Virtus, but with their latest results I don't see a problem with them winning? :)
2008-02-27 12:03
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Spain deBurrows
then ur problem is called Get_Right
2008-02-27 20:27
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Denmark faiNt^^
Oh come on, would you? :)
2008-02-27 20:32
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Russia AR4ER
2 7 we'll see :) GL Virtus!
2008-02-20 20:39
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Belarus Fifth
virtus - estro again
2008-02-20 20:52
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Bulgaria maka91
A : fnatic mouz mibr B : SK VP aTTaX
2008-02-20 21:02
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Romania C1pryaN
GO fnatic :D:D:D <3 MiBR :D
2008-02-20 21:14
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Romania hZs<3 MJE
go fnatic^^
2008-02-20 21:21
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Bulgaria Bassmaniac
Kill 'em mousesports!! Group A: 1 Mousesports 2 fnatic 3 SoA Group B: 1 Virtus.Pro 2 SK.Gaming 3 Alternate
2008-02-20 21:48
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Latvia BenDe[R]
hope vp>all
2008-02-20 22:20
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Sweden xtazz0rn
Group A: 1, fnatic. 2, mibr. 3, roccat. Group B: 1, SK. 2, e-STRO. 3, excello.
2008-02-20 22:21
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gg Virtus.pro
2008-02-20 22:37
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Romania xtS.
GROUP A:1mibr 2fnatic 3roccat GROUP B:1Virtus.Pro 2SK 3aTTax
2008-02-20 22:45
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Romania TrOmpY
GROUP A: 1.fnatic 2.mibr 3.roccat GROUP B: 1.SK 2.Virtus.pro 3.Alternate
2008-02-20 23:01
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Serbia SUPERNOVA!
GO MOUZ <3 :D
2008-02-20 23:03
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Netherlands Archy11
cant wait
2008-02-20 23:04
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Russia KOsP
GL VP! GL Roccat!
2008-02-20 23:05
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Russia blackaaa
GL & HF Roccat!
2008-02-20 23:22
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France FlectoR
both group are amazing impossible to make a pronostic IMO . Maybe Fnatic, MiBR, Mouz ; excello, Sk, ALTERNATE
2008-02-20 23:31
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Portugal Escolhido
mibr SoA roccat mousesports fnatic believe in me :) AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH IM THE KING MARTIN, NIXON ANYONE I CAN PREDICT HLTV.ORG FUTURE PM ME =D edit: watch the previous post :)
2008-02-20 23:35
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Sweden ZerG^
I Hope for Fnatic ofc, Well they are from sweden so and i love the Players. But almost any team here have a good chance on wining. I mean Mousesports,Vp,Alternate,Sk. I mean evry team here is huge all of them. Will be fun to watch. GL HF Fnatic Tho : )
2008-02-21 00:47
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Brazil kitoxme
group A mibr, fnatic, roccat group B SK, alternate, virtus.pro and the champion will be MIBR!!!!!!!!!!!!!! gL everyone
2008-02-21 02:47
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Poland ng~
fnatic is poor last time. mibr or sk ofc, replay of dreamhack
2008-02-21 06:34
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China SF-gch
Woow! It's very crazy! I'm waiting that it is coming!
2008-02-21 07:25
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Russia mNstR-
good lag eSTRO
2008-02-21 08:07
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Russia m> unReaL
go go Virtus!
2008-02-21 09:16
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Portugal godinho
GL SK :D
2008-02-21 11:10
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Faroe Islands s1carius
goodluck SK
2008-02-21 13:28
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Lithuania Deci
mibr will win the event
2008-02-21 13:39
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Serbia fffuuu
SK SK SK SK SK
2008-02-21 18:38
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Brazil gu1d0
i think fnatic win this tournament but mibr will do some damage
2008-02-21 19:49
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Sweden xtazz0rn
Virtus is so overrated..
2008-02-21 21:28
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Portugal Da Lip
Hope e-Stro doesn't do the same shit like in the WCG gl SK
2008-02-21 22:57
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Korea whonnyR
don't forget eSTRO
2008-02-22 01:10
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Russia Genr1h
gl VP!! vcex nopvete! tawute napHu!!
2008-02-22 01:22
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Sweden xtazz0rn
SK vs e-STRO in the finals i think.
2008-02-22 01:39
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Spain m4t4
a: 1.fnatic 2&3.mouz&roccat b: 1.attax 2&3.virtus&sk who are excello, cmax?
2008-02-22 04:59
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Albania L33T.Crew
gogo fnatic and mouz!
2008-02-23 23:35
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Poland RZEZNIK!
Roccat is good team, i thing that they win!!!
2008-02-24 12:47
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Romania OAI3
mibr :X vs SK in the final then in the 3 th places ... zee germans =D
2008-02-27 02:56
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Denmark NizzE
what did e-STRO do at WCG? hehe
2008-02-27 08:53
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Denmark faiNt^^
Sadly a very tough group for SoA! Think It will end up like: Group 1: fnatic, MIRB, Roccat Group 2: Virtus, Alternate, SK Go ArcadioN!
2008-02-27 09:03
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Ukraine dBLtRBL
same opinion +1
2008-02-27 10:21
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Denmark Y2Quake
SoA Wins, Spirit of amiga playing vary good CS... SoA Wins grup A
2008-02-27 10:55
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SK <3 easy :P walle ftw ;)
2008-02-28 13:10
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