The postponed Week 8 Schedule Deadline is over; below you can find all set Default Dates for unscheduled matches. Don’t forget CEST will be changed to CET this Sunday.

Week 9 officially started today. Please contact your last opponent and schedule your last regular Division match.

Week 8 – Default Dates

• Division 1: Team CoolerMaster vs K1ck eSports – Sunday, 26^th October, 21:00 CET
• Division 1: Crack Clan vs MeMento – Sunday, 26^th October, 21:00 CET
• Division 2a: prior.eSports TF2 vs Veritas – Sunday, 26^th October, 21:00 CET
• Division 2a: Team Druidz vs mousetek – Sunday, 26^th October, 21:00 CET
• Division 2b: dmg. vs I Don’t Know? – Sunday, 26^th October, 21:00 CET
• Division 3a: AD vs HerbsArmy – Sunday, 26^th October, 21:00 CET
• Division 3b: CZech tactiX TF2A vs se7en – Sunday, 26^th October, 21:00 CET
• Division 3c: Babylon sh.esports vs Blood Pressure – Sunday, 26^th October, 21:00 CET
• Division 3d: Friede seiner Asche vs Knifeback Mountaineers – Sunday, 26^th October, 21:00 CET
• Division 3d: enixe vs Clones-Inc – Sunday, 26^th October, 21:00 CET
• Division 4a: Necrotic United Brothers vs Lulz Team – Sunday, 26^th October, 21:00 CET
• Division 4a: SpecialAttack vs Memento Mori – Sunday, 26^th October, 21:00 CET
• Division 4b: ouF Team vs Belgian combatants – Sunday, 26^th October, 21:00 CET
• Division 4c: Legion of Legends vs ScArYsUcKeR – Sunday, 26^th October, 20:00 CET
• Division 4d: Imperox Esports vs ReVival – Thursday, 23^th October, 21:15 CEST
• Division 4d: unbindAll vs Incoming – Sunday, 26^th October, 21:00 CET
• Division 4e: MM2 Team vs VenGeaNce – Sunday, 26^th October, 21:00 CET
• Division 5e: PnS Gaming vs Xenomorphs – Sunday, 26^th October, 21:00 CET
• Division 5e: Rejected vs guinneX – Sunday, 26^th October, 21:00 CET

22 different countries from all over Europe attended in the biggest Nations’ Cup so far and tried their best to attain the ETF2L Nations’ Cup Final. After a Group Phase and a Playoff Phase between the two top placed Nations of each group only two National Teams are left which managed to reach the big Final: Finland and Belgium! Both will meet this Sunday evening at 20:00 CEST and play this Best of 5 Maps. First team reaching 3 Map Wins will win the European Championships Title.

We are also happy to announce A_Spec from QuadV who will do an English radio commentary for this match. Beside that there will also be a French radio commentary by Killerdark from NerdVibes. Coverage for everyone!

*UPDATE* Sadly Gamefire won’t be able to do the Shoutcast due to technical problems.

Coverage

• NerdVibes Source TV (500 slots): 91.121.133.175:27020, 91.121.133.25:27020
• QuadV English Radio Commentary: http://relay.quadv.com:8000/listen.pls
• NerdVibes French Radio Commentary: http://www.nerdvibes.com/

Gamemode

• Best of 5 Maps (first team reaching 3 Map Wins wins the title)
• Overtime if a map is drawn after normal match time
• Map Order: 1. cp_badlands, 2. cp_well, 3. ctf_turbine, 4. cp_pro_granary, 5. cp_gravelpit

Line-Ups

Belgium [Team Profile]: Arnold, Epothon, Exoronic, Matt, ShitFly, skinnie, Springer

Finland [Team Profile]: Agron, Darn, Haza, hymzi, Masiina, Moose, Punpu

Way to Final

Belgium

• Group Phase – Week 1: vs. Italy 6:0 (cp_badlands 10:0, cp_well 5:1)
• Group Phase – Week 2: vs. Luxembourg 6:0 (ctf_turbine 15:2, cp_pro_granary 3:1)
• Group Phase – Week 3: vs. Russia 4:1 (cp_pro_granary 4:3, cp_badlands 4:4)
• Group Phase – Week 4: vs. Latvia 6:0 (cp_well 4:2, cp_gravelpit 2:0)
• Quarter Final: vs. Norway 2:1 (cp_pro_granary 5:2, cp_badlands 2:4, ctf_turbine 7:6)
• Semi Final: vs. United Kingdom 2:0 (cp_gravelpit 2:1, cp_badlands 3:2)

Finland

• Group Phase – Week 1: vs. Austria 6:0 (Default Win)
• Group Phase – Week 2: vs. Portugal 6:0 (cp_pro_granary 8:0, ctf_turbine 10:2)
• Group Phase – Week 3: vs. Netherlands 6:0 (cp_pro_granary 12:0, cp_badlands 3:0)
• Group Phase – Week 4: vs. France 4:1 (ctf_turbine 2:0, cp_gravelpit 1:1)
• Quarter Final: vs. Russia 2:0 (cp_pro_granary 6:1, ctf_turbine 13:5)
• Semi Final: vs.  Sweden 2:0 (cp_badlands 3:2, cp_gravelpit 2:1)

Match Overview

cp_badlands

Belgium [2:6] Finland 

cp_well

Belgium [1:5] Finland 

ctf_turbine

Belgium [6:9] Finland 

OVERALL

Belgium [0:3] Finland

Congratulations to Finland for winning the first ETF2L Nations’ Cup!

Finally the Sign-Up Phase for our first Highlander Cup starts this Sunday at 19:00 CEST, we invite all interested Highlander teams to sign! All relevant information can be found below.

Overview

• Gamemode: 9on9, General Classlimit 1
• Slots: 16 (can be upped to 32)
• Winmode: Best of 3 Maps
• Random Fixtures
• Fixed Maps except for Final (see Rules Page)
• Specific Rules [Link]
• General Map Pool: cp_dustbowl, cp_gravelpit, cp_redstone_b2, pl_badwater, pl_dustbowl_b4, pl_goldrush, pl_hoodoo_b3, tc_spectre

Dates

• Sign-Ups open *NOW*
• Sign-Ups closing: Sunday, 26th October, 23:59 CEST
• Round 1: Monday, 27th October till Wednesday, 5th November
• Other dates will be published later

Sign-Ups

• Requirements: at least 10 players added + at least 2 different contact methods entered
• Note: Only Highlander Teams are able to sign up
• [Sign-Up Link]
• Slots Taken: 16/16 – Waiting List 13/16 (if we reach 3 more teams, we will expand the Cup to 32 slots)

The end of our Regular 3rd Season’s Game Weeks is near, Week 8 is running this week and Schedule Deadline is entered for tonight. But, due to the lack of scheduled matches in this week, we decided to postpone Week 8’s Schedule Deadline to this Sunday and also the last Schedule Deadline of Week 9 will be postponed to the Sunday so every team should have enough time to handle scheduling their matches.

We please all teams to get hold of their last matches, please schedule them as soon as possible and add a date to our Calendar.

New Dates – Overview

• Week 8 – Schedule Deadline: Sunday, 19^th October, 23:59 CEST
• Week 8 – Match Deadline: Sunday, 2^nd November, 23:59 CEST
• Week 9 – Schedule Deadline: Sunday, 26^th October, 23:59 CEST
• Week 9 – Match Deadline: Sunday, 2^nd November, 23:59 CEST
• Season 3 – Regular Week Games’ Match Deadline (for all matches): Sunday, 2^nd November, 23:59 CEST
• Playoff Week (see Rule 2.7 [Link]): Monday, 3^rd November till Sunday, 9^th November

Arena Cup #1 – Round 1 Default Dates

The Schedule Phase of the first round is over and most matches were scheduled in time. The remaining unscheduled matches will get additional time till tonight, 23:59 CEST to set their own date, otherwise we will add the mentioned Default Date to the Calendar.

Unscheduled Matches: *UPDATE* Default Dates entered.

• Gathering of Arena Tweakers vs Special Marine Soldier – Tuesday, 14^th October, 20:30 CEST
• Why do you wanna kill me? vs mT – Sunday, 19^th October, 19:30 CEST
• Split vs Back to Old school – Sunday, 19^th October, 19:30 CEST
• Booyah! vs The Mipc Organization Arena – Sunday, 19^th October, 19:30 CEST
• spidi fans vs Revenge Arena – Sunday, 19^th October, 19:30 CEST
• Niech macie latwo vs What’s in the boX? – Tuesday, 14^th October, 20:30 CEST
• Extreme Duo vs Forever-Gaming.TF2 – Sunday, 19^th October, 19:30 CEST
• led vs Weapons of the Arena – Sunday, 19^th October, 19:30 CEST

4^th Cup – Rules and Dates

The 4^th Cup Public Polls are over, thanks to over 250 voters taking part in it. Again the results are pretty close, but overall the community decided for Overtime if a map is drawn after normal match time and also on fixed maps set by league. Fixtures of all Rounds will be randomly picked in IRC Live Drawings again which especially gives all lower teams the opportunity to reach further rounds!

Dates & Details

• Sign-Ups open: Sunday, 26th October, 19:00 CEST
• Sign-Ups closing: Sunday, 2nd November, 19:00 CEST
• Round 1 IRC Live Drawing: Sunday, 2nd November, 19:30 CEST
• Round 1: Monday, 3rd November till Sunday, 16th November
• Slots: 128
• Gamemode: 6on6, Classlimit 2, Medic- + Demolimit 1
• Winmode: Best of 3 (Overtime if a map is drawn after regular match time)

Scout + Demoman 1on1 Cup Announcement

Also our 1on1 Cup Poll ended with a clear win for the Scout being the class for our next 1on1 Cup. Anyway, as the Demoman also reached 64 votes for a Cup, we will go with both and arrange two 1on1 Cups. Exact Rules and Dates will be discussed internal now; more detailed information on both Cups will probably be published next Week.

Highlander Cup – Sign-Up Reminder

Last but not least a short reminder on our Highlander Cup. Sign-Up Phase will start on Sunday; we are currently working on the Map Pool which will be published during the week. As we already have 19 Highlander teams registered on the page, we give you the advice not to miss the Sign-Up start if you want to have a safe spot in this competition.

Dates & Details

• Sign-Ups open: Sunday, 19th October, 19:00 CEST
• Sign-Ups closing: Sunday, 26th October, 23:59 CEST
• Round 1: Monday, 27th October till Wednesday, 5th November
• Slots: 16
• Gamemode: 9on9, Classlimit 1