ESWC 2008 ESWC 2008

Groups for ESWC drawn

18-8-2008 16:29

ESWC announced the draw pools for ESWC Grand Final 2008 last week, today the group drawing took place.

ESWC Grand Final 2008 will start off in a group stage consisting of eight groups with each five teams. Top two from each group will advance to the second group stage. Groups have been drawn using the seeding pools released last week.  A group cannot consist of more than one team from one nationality, should a team be drawn into a group with a team from the same nationality, the team is put aside and another participant will be drawn.

The first group stage at ESWC Grand Final 2008 are as follow:

Group A

Poland PGS.MYM
Ukraine Virtus.pro
China Dragon
Venezuela N1
United States Team 34

Group B

Brazil Made in Brazil
United Kingdom Dignitas
France Millenium
Venezuela Mindless
Peru Xuxan

Group C

Germany mousesports
Russia EYESports
Belgium LowLandLions
Tunisia Winners
Panama QTP

Group D

Denmark mTw
Poland Frag eXecutors
Canada Motus
Libya Lybia CS
United Arab Emirates Assasin List

Group E

Sweden fnatic
Germany Alternate
Greece Vatos Locos
Japan Speeder
Pakistan Incredibles

Group F

Finland roccat
France emuLate
United States Evil Geniuses
Ecuador Make It Happen

Group G

Sweden SK Gaming
China wNv
United States MoB
Portugal defs

Group H

Korea e-STRO
United States x3o
Germany n!faculty
Chile Punto.cl

We will be back shortly with pre-ESWC coverage, so stay tuned.
You can find the group stage in our coverage section, which will be updated non-stop during ESWC Grand Final. HLTV.org will be in San Jose to cover ESWC Grand Final 25-27th of August. So lock your doors and stay at home, we will be your home during the entire event with HLTV, betting, scores, standings, demos and photos.

#1
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Ukraine k1nd3r
Group A is the group of death imo.
2008-08-18 16:30
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#22
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Ukraine FRoGGyT
+1 Imho top4 1. mouz 2. VP 3. EG 4. n!faculty
2008-08-18 17:59
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#2
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Portugal prdOx
Just wanna say...Goodbye defs :P and btw the groups are well balanced I think... MyM ftw!
2008-08-18 16:32
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#3
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Finland Kelsey
W00t, looks nice. GL roccat!
2008-08-18 16:31
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#4
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dsn | 
Turkey OFFICIALNEAL
group F vov :) go MOUSESPORTS <3 gob b !!!!!
2008-08-18 16:38
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#5
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North Macedonia exBandit
GL ...FNATIC ....(K)
2008-08-18 16:39
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#6
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Romania lockheed_123
no romanian team? :|
2008-08-18 16:39
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#7
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Poland bkx
It's nice for mYm, they should win their group. Really lucky group drawing for FX, they can take 2nd place in group D. GL to all teams!
2008-08-18 16:56
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#8
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Romania lockheed_123
group e : fnatic-attax is the best group, the rest are booring especially group D
2008-08-18 16:56
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#9
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Belgium smiTTe
Veddy Niice! :D
2008-08-18 17:02
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#10
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Turkey ekon
GroupF HS x)))
2008-08-18 17:06
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#11
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Portugal blackadder
Defs Make It happen :P
2008-08-18 17:11
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#12
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Portugal underz0r
All groups well balanced, no such thing as group of death i think. Group F nice.
2008-08-18 17:13
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#13
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Portugal warvens
gl defs
2008-08-18 17:17
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#14
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Romania PALERMO-.-
GL all teams.bad for RO-gaming...no team invite Group A: PGS.MYM & Virtus.pro Group B: mibr & dignitas Group C: mouz & EYEsports Group D: mTw.dk & frag eXecutors Group E: fnatic & Alternate Group F: roccat & emuLate Group G: SK & MoB Group H: e-STRO & x3o &...mTw ftw:DDD
2008-08-18 17:20
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#15
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Ukraine Taira-kuN
Group F nice team
2008-08-18 17:25
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#59
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Belgium hima
IT WILL BE SK AND L3 U WILL SEE /°
2008-08-18 23:04
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#16
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Ukraine Stev1e
mTw, haha, n1 group =D group F...gL aLL ^^ g0g0g0 Virtus.pr0!!!
2008-08-18 17:29
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#17
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Brazil 0k'21
and about the groups with 4 teams?Someone will complete? And mibr & dignitas together again,:o
2008-08-18 17:36
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Poland vasyl
FX can make a big suprise by beating mtw. I wish that could happen :D
2008-08-18 17:36
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#19
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Denmark hastrup_91
in your dreams :b
2008-08-18 17:41
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#20
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France Hakuteiken
Go e-STRO and mTw x)
2008-08-18 17:52
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#21
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China jacka8581
Dragon quit!!! no money!!!
2008-08-18 17:55
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#23
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Romania lockheed_123
no romanian team invited? :| or they dident have money to go to san jose?
2008-08-18 17:57
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#28
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World KtuluaK
ESWC doesn't hold romanian qualifiers. and yes not even 1 team was invited , you can pretty much see our level on international cs scene , its lower than : peru , lybia ,grece , colombia and another few countries with flags that i don't recognize
2008-08-18 18:26
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#30
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Denmark Nomad - HLTV.org
It is local partners that arranges ESWC qualifiers, not ESWC, you simply buy a license.
2008-08-18 18:29
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#24
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Other PYro^Ui
GL Incredibles :D
2008-08-18 18:11
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#25
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Romania stM!
mTw lucky! they have the easiest grup.
2008-08-18 18:16
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#26
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Brazil fzZ
Group A PGS.MYM Virtus.pro Group B Made in Brazil Dignitas Group C mousesports EYESports Group D mTw Frag eXecutors Group E fnatic Alternate Group F roccat emuLate Group G SK Gaming wNv Group H e-STRO x3o
2008-08-18 18:16
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#27
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China jacka8581
agree! Group B maybe mibr Millenium!
2008-08-18 18:23
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#29
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Brazil fzZ
Who knows, everything can happen :D
2008-08-18 18:29
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#46
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China jacka8581
haha EYE quit!!
2008-08-18 19:41
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#31
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Netherlands Krabon
dig will roll Millenium tbh, although they have a merc
2008-08-18 18:32
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#41
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Poland bart.es
+1
2008-08-18 19:06
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#32
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Venezuela scrubs_-
gl n1 & mindless
2008-08-18 18:34
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#33
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Estonia SMUUTi
Group F is the group of death.
2008-08-18 18:42
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#34
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France Dae
A : PGS.MYM B : Made in Brazil C : mousesports D : mTw E : fnatic F : emuLate! G : SK Gaming H : e-STRO Gl all and go go go emL <3 !!!!
2008-08-18 18:49
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#35
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Denmark MySSe^
Roccat lucky again :D Damn... Nice gruop for mTw, me like :)
2008-08-18 18:50
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#36
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Romania lockheed_123
nobody can beat mTw.dk
2008-08-18 18:51
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#62
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World Gladast
This time i think mtw will "flopp" they can't win all :)
2008-08-18 23:25
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#37
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Russia denz111
Good luck VIRTUS.PRO
2008-08-18 18:53
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#38
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Netherlands AK^ WOEHOE
tbh no hard groups for the favorite teams
2008-08-18 18:57
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#39
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World h1tmaN ^^
gl incredibles :D
2008-08-18 19:00
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#40
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France klwN
Nice groups, mYm vs VP is gonna be freakin nice I guess. mTw and fnatic shouldn't have any problem finishing 1st.
2008-08-18 19:03
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#42
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Poland bart.es
ohh nice groups for Polish teams ... MYM ofcource 1st ... thats nodebut, and FX has a chance for a second place ... if they won't mees-up ;/
2008-08-18 19:07
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#43
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Poland bart.es
ohh ... and groups B, F, G, n' H look though ... if only 2 teams qualify then it will be excitind and thrilling in there ;]
2008-08-18 19:16
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#44
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Portugal star3
GL DEFS :D
2008-08-18 19:33
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#45
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Chile sENSI-
come on cL!!!
2008-08-18 19:39
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#47
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Germany BackY
mmm, gl them all rrly good matches :D:D
2008-08-18 19:44
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Poland qater-
A . MyM , Virtus , Dragon ;] Hard ;x
2008-08-18 19:48
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#49
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Russia ^Spike^
hm, a tough group for roccat, but they probably will pass through. A. group also looks intriguingly. Hope, MYM and Virtus will show some good performance. GL HF
2008-08-18 19:54
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#50
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North Macedonia illusi0n -.-
agree with #26
2008-08-18 20:13
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#51
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Bulgaria without gunning
mibr the best !
2008-08-18 20:42
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#52
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Poland Kepa456
MYM & FX > ALL :)
2008-08-18 20:47
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#61
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World Gladast
in you're dream man =´)
2008-08-18 23:23
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#53
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Pakistan w1gga.dt
go go fnatic go go SK go go mTw.dk go go Incredibles make us proud :D
2008-08-18 20:56
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#54
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Italy THEBLACKRIDER
Group G SK Gaming wNv MoB defs defs are "fucked" :( GL all
2008-08-18 21:17
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#55
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Canada ab0rt
wow we sent motus...what did they win a basement LAN... no offense to motus, but we have better teams.
2008-08-18 21:35
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#66
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Denmark Nix0n
Who are they, what roster do they have, what have they managed the last months?
2008-08-19 01:13
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#56
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Poland youh
My predictions to first 2 positions in the groups. GrA PGS+VP GrB MiBr+Dignitas GrC Mousesports+EYESports GrD mTw+FX GrE fnatic+alternate GrF EG+roccat GrG SK+MoB GrH e-STRO+n!faculty
2008-08-18 21:39
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#57
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Netherlands naru()
nice now i can see wnv playing live :P:D
2008-08-18 21:58
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#58
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Belarus Fifth
a f g h very very nice
2008-08-18 22:09
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#60
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World Gladast
hahah 2easy for SK.. This time it's your turn to win GOGO.
2008-08-18 23:22
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#63
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Netherlands AxelD
Y Go SK!!!
2008-08-18 23:42
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#64
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Brazil h4K parrudo
gogogooo MIBR !! I beleave you
2008-08-19 00:50
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#65
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Portugal --||P_17||--
On Group D I think than mTw will Win all Games. GoGoGo Sunde!!!! GL mTw and Defs.
2008-08-19 01:00
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#67
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Venezuela biglittle007
well, Venezuela's teams got it hard this time..:(
2008-08-19 01:57
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#68
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Pakistan jawwad
there wills ome upsets :D
2008-08-19 07:12
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#69
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Sweden oxynt
i think #2 is right "the groups are well balanced" gl all teams
2008-08-19 08:40
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#70
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France Hakuteiken
It's right? EYE and Dragon will not go in San Jose ?__?
2008-08-19 12:00
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#71
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Greece ChrisTop
Gogo Vatos Locos. Arg, tough group for the Greeks. :(
2008-08-19 16:35
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#72
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Poland ESPEEo_O:]
Is anyone there who know which team will play instead dragon ?
2008-08-19 21:35
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#80
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Denmark Nix0n
Nothing announced by ESWC yet. They have not confirmed that Dragon and EYESports actually are not coming.
2008-08-20 15:33
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#73
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Czech Republic Harrybo
imho imbalanced Group F roccat emuLate Evil Geniuses Make It Happen
2008-08-19 22:19
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#79
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Belgium elipse
unlucky EG :(
2008-08-20 15:32
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#74
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Bulgaria deviL_rz
Virtus.pro > all! gL :)
2008-08-19 22:53
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#75
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France MenZo
gRP C ; mousesports + Winners
2008-08-19 23:25
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#77
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North Macedonia PFT / FRANK
Group E 1.fnatic 2.Alternate 3.Speeder 4.Incredibles 5.Vatos Locos :((
2008-08-20 12:01
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#78
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Portugal Bizk
Can someone tell me the time(in Portugal) that defs will play? And the maps? When will we know in what map each game will be played?
2008-08-20 15:16
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#81
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Denmark Nix0n
18:00 - defs vs. wNv 19:30 - defs vs. SK 22:30 - defs vs. MoB Maps will be decided prior to match start.
2008-08-20 15:36
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#82
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Portugal blackadder
GO DEFS Make a surprise in USA china already won much medals in Olympics it's time to they lost something :P
2008-08-22 20:23
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#83
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Sweden Dexev
A: MYM VP _______ B: MiB Dignitas _______ C: Mouse EYESports _______ D: mTw Frag eXecutors _______ E: Fnatic Alternate attax _______ F: Roccat Evil Geniuses _______ G: SK wNv _______ H: e-STRO n!faculty Good luck all teams
2008-08-22 21:09
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#84
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United Kingdom Bullseye2k
A: MYM & Virtus.pro B: Mibr & Dignitas C: Mousesports & LowLandLions (EYESports won't come to ESWC) D: mTw & Frag eXecutors E: fnatic & Alternate F: roccat & emuLate G: SK & MoB H: e-STRO & n!faculty
2008-08-23 21:49
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#85
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Portugal AnGeoLithicK
lawl poor defs! :((
2008-08-24 00:39
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#86
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Pakistan w1gga.dt
Incredibles nt going Due to visas problem sumfin fq them :( sad
2008-08-24 03:05
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