ESL Masters - Stage Two

The first stage of the ESL Extreme Masters Tournament (National Qualification Stage) is now over. One or two teams from nearly every European country are left in this tournament to represent their country in the following stages of the competition.

Stage Two of the Extreme Masters will be split into three parts. The International Qualifier stage is split into two qualification rounds and a final group stage round which will continue into the rest of the tournament. The draw for the first qualification round will be shown live tonight on GIGA at 21:30CET

The teams have been split into two pools (12 teams per pool) to decide the matches that will follow. Here are the list of teams that have made it to Stage Two and the pool they have been placed in:

Pool 1	Pool 2
Against All Authority	Ancients
Begrip	Clan.G
Custokuli	Dark Passage
doitonlan	Defeaters
Easy Team	DigitalMind
endless inspiration	Earthquake
fnatic	exotic
H2K.Thermaltake	JustBe
OGM	Network.Generation
redCode	RESET
SK Gaming	Team 24Seven
Team Logitech	Warfare Online

Perhaps one of the only teams that seems to stand out in this early stage of the ESL Masters tournament is SK Gaming, fnatic, Begrip and H2K. Not a lot of competition? Well actually there are teams already qualified for the second qualification round of Stage Two, here they are:

x6tence.AMD	goodgame
Team Faxzup	Team Dignitas CS
alltherage	Highscore
inzania	Hoorai
Virtus.Pro	mTw
ID Gaming	Lemon-Crew

On behalf of HLTV.org good luck to all the teams we hope you can promise us a thrilling event.

Links

HLTV.org ESL Masters Article #1
ESL Extreme Masters