Quake 4: Final Standing
1: d1ablo
2: JuN
3: neok
4: pLaG

Counter-Strike: Final Standing
1: ALTERNATE aTTaX
2: mTw.expekt
3: ID Gaming
4: SK Gaming

WarCraft 3: Final Standing
1: fire_de
2: Crafty
3: Viper
4: deadly

Counter-Strike female: Final Standing
1: ALTERNATE aTTax
2: starComa.Tagen
3: Bouncer4You Gaming
4: catz

Pro Evolution Soccer 5: Final Standing
1: L.O.G.
2: BKL
3: RedLion
4: Xside

TMN: Final Standing
1: Pascal 'foundatioN.gaLLo' Jäger
2: Christian 'Nord McClane' Kather
3: Kirko 'ocr|ysa' Stimmer

1. mousesports:
Christian 'Blizzard' Chmiel
Ola 'elemeNt' Moum
Martin 'fleks' Wehrmann
Franz 'gore' Burghardt
Roman 'Roman R.' Reinhardt

2. aTTaX:
Jan 'moon' Stolle
Tim 'silver' Hochgrebe
David 'CHEF-KOCH' Nagel
Navid 'Kapio' Javadi
Manuel 'Tixo' Mahkohl

3. ID Gaming:
Gerhard 'gerdi' Grimm
Bodo 'Bodo' Sbrzesny
Robin 'scAnsi' Knoch
Bastian 'b4d' Gaffron
Christoph 'chrizzo' Krämer

4. mTw:
Jens 'sNej' Zeitke
Markus 'Gladiator' Höffe
Thomas 'ulti' Teissl
Roman 'roman' Ausserdorfer
Florian 'hades' Platzer

5. sonkei:
Robert 'Qat' Kath
Thomas 'wahN' Finger
Tim 'Tim' Stourac
Thomas 'Thomas' N.
Benjamin 'lordi' Lorenz

6. SK Gaming:
Christian 'ChRRRRp' Porten
Hannes 'Hanso' Dunkel
Tim 'Mason' Kleemann
Arnt-Peter 'night' Schuldt
Hannes 'hYde' Schurer

7. a-Losers:
Christoph 'loomit' Normann
Colya 'madferret' Goh
Thomas 'plaZeR' Russy
Marc 'silent' Wachsmuth
Christian 'todi' Hackmann

8. Team64:
Oliver 'sabotaGe' Janev
Daniel 'chief' Leichtle
Nils 'bara' Waldowski
Dennis 'neon' Kroh
Michael 'neo' Mitrega

WB Round 1:
aTTaX > sonkei 16:1
SK.ger > mTw 16:10
ID Gaming > a-Losers 16:3
Team64 > mouz (def win, because mouz came too lat for check in and got punished for that with a def loss in the first round)

LB Round 1:
mTw > sonkei 16:4
mouz > a-Losers 16:12

WB Round 2:
aTTaX > SK.ger 16:1
ID Gaming > Team 64 19:15 (Overtime)

LB Round 2:
mTw > Team64 16:3
SK.ger > mouz 16:9

WB Round 3:
aTTaX > ID Gaming 16:10

1. Oleg 'a-Losers.MSI | d1ablo' Kogut
2. Marius 'JuN' Krawczak
3. Tobias 'fnaticneok' Grieser
4. Stefan 'mTw.ATI | dragon' Schott
5. Marcel 'Lehnitz.Speedlink|k1ller' Paul
6. Benjamin 'Lehnitz.Speedlink|beeni' Paul
7. Marco 'pLaG' Piscopia
8. Dietmar ' ' Jäger

Grand Final:
05:30 CDT - 08:30 CDT
d1ablo vs JuN
[14-4] Monsoon
[22-13] Lost Fleet

Lower Bracket Final:
### TIME SYNTAX ERROR ### - 05:30 CDT
neok [1-2] JuN

Winner Bracket:
d1ablo vs neok
[15:14] to d1ablo (Blip)
[12-19] to neok (Monsoon)
[29-14] to d1ablo (Phrantic)

Loser Bracket:
JuN [2-0] pLaG

Round 1:
d1ablo [2-0] JuN
neok [2-0] pLaG

1. Daniel 'SK.Miou' Holthuis
2. Christopher 'mTw-Tak3r' Heil
3. Christopher 'faculty.CraftY' Peuser
4. Andrew 'fire_de' Regendantz
5. Stephan '|nOn|MetZleR' Juhl
6. Patrick 'EA|scorpio' Reinert
7. Davin 'mTw.expekt|DaviN' Georgi
8. Benjamin 'bEing-Viper' Waalkes

WB Round 1:
fire_de > bye
Tak3r > Viper 2:1
DaviN > Metzler 2:0
Crafty > deadly 2:0

LB round 1:
Viper > Bye
deadly > Metzler 2:0

WB Round 2:
fire_de > Tak3r 2:1
Crafty > DaviN 2:1

LB Round 2:
Viper > Davin 2:1
Tak3r vs. deadly (to be played 11:30 pm german time)

WB Round 3:
fire_de > Crafty 2:1

1. Kirko 'ocr|ysa' Stimmer
2. Thomas 'soucy' Huber
3. Pascal 'gallo' Jäger
4. Christian 'Nord McClane' Kather
5. Dennis 'KO'PANzon' Borchert
6. Arndt 'KO'Cloud' Michaelis
7. Matthias 'Wrecker' Wolff
8. Philip 'nachtramm' Weimer

1. Antonino 'ocr|Lo-Re' Lo-Re
2. Patrick 'L.O.G@DkH.Keyweb' Baumann
3. Thomas '[CoZ]Ironman' Müller
4. Markus '|nOn|QLeverne$$' Mischke
5. Alper 'RedLion' Tamer
6. Marcel 'dbc.Xside' Walke
7. Stefan 'ocr|BKL' Hazell
8. Christian 'savetscho' Grösser

1. aTTaX:
Sandra 'craZygirl' Sbrzesny
Isabelle 'redfox' Schaffert
Annika 'Annika' Männle
Daniela 'Spyra' Hohnen
Annika 'Nia' Wieschollek

2. catz:
Melanie 'beyoNd' Gutsche
Christina 'tanu' Meier
Beatrice 'NiKiTa' Balz
Sarah 'zymt' Drzymala
Yelena 'quh' Gruner

3. bouncer4you:
Anika 'Maedchen' Lüke
Monika 'Chibi Aeris' Kokot
Jenny 'Zami' Lember
Susanne 'Mausi' Tanner
Annett 'Tija' Lange

4. starcoma:
Svenja 'Sheeva' Honselmann
Christina 'angel.th' Hülzer
Petra 'Peewie' Jäckel
Jacky 'sTani' Lange
Ina 'fuzZeL' Falzmann

zoom vs. apheleon [fixture]

Apheleon managed to upset pl1 in the last match and steal the victory on cpm22 by playing a smarter and more controlled game. Zoom played the exact opposite vs. dziku; aggressive and fast, Power of Speed style. Dziku played his usual +back though and seeing as zoom wasn't patient enough to slow down in the critical moments, he ended up in the LB. I think zoom will have to rethink his game because aph may have the ping disadvantage but he's the thinking type so focusing on speed/aim alone won't help. Zoom to win 2:1.

koddy vs. Vo0 [fixture]

In the match with rat, koddy's nerves let him down. He couldn't think clearly which cost him the start on cpm22. Cpm1a is also known as the rat-map so there wasn't much he could do there anyway. Vo0's style fits koddy much better; aggressive, less item hunting etc but again Vo0 has much more experience, especially under pressure. Vo0's map repertoire is more new-school than rat's so koddy won't have an advantage should he go for his best maps, cpm3a, cpm24 or 22; Vo0 is very good on all of them. Predictions are very hard at this point but I think Vo0 has the edge and will take it 2:0.

zerox vs. Vo0 [fixture]

Vo0 was less than motivated in the last game vs. zerox's teamate silas, but in the end he got what he wanted even if he was fooling around. This time he should really go into the game concentrated since his opponent is a better dueller and sports a more defensive style. Vo0 can take this 2:0 but he needs to play seriously.

apheleon vs. pl1 [fixture]

Few expected aph would make it that far, seeing as he was out of shape in the first rounds. Lucky for him, his opponents weren't very hard and aph didn't let the opportunity slip. In this game he's facing one of the best players from Poland. Pl1 is smart with good aim but his ping will be prohibiting on the NYC server. I'm not entirely sure but I think the 3rd map will be played on Lazery, which means he has the advantage. 2:1 for pl1

The Global Gaming League (GGL) has made a statement regarding this issue.

The Global Gaming League was surprised and disappointed by the unilateral announcement from Games Services about the Electronic Sports World Cup (ESWC) 2006 United States qualification process.

GGL partnered with ESWC last year and looked forward to doing so again this year. In the past, to support the gaming community, GGL has even voluntarily paid for the U.S. team’s travel expenses and was a sponsor of Team USA the year prior to our formal involvement with ESWC.

Over the last few months, GGL has been working to resolve Game Services’ new business demands related to ESWC. As recently as yesterday, we made a new proposal to meet these demands, including GGL once again sponsoring the travel expenses of the U.S. team.

Unfortunately, our desire to reach an amicable resolution to our business dispute apparently was not mutual. We wish the ESWC well and regret the inconvenience and cost that their decision has caused the players.

Right of reply of ESWC concerning GGL publication.

“The Global Gaming League was surprised and disappointed by the unilateral announcement from Games Services about Electronic Sports World Cup (ESWC) 2006 United States Qualification process.”

GGL has been notified the 17th of May that they were no more in charge of the licence.

“Over the last few months, GGL has been working to resolve Game Services’ new business demands related to ESWC.”

After months of negotiations GGL signed a contract for the ESWC 2006 licence with obligations the 29th November 2005. ESWC has never changed its business demands towards GGL. Conversely GGL decide to call their engagement into questions. We agreed on new conditions on the 21st of April 2006 to resolve the issue and GGL has received a signed fax concerning the extension of the partnership to a studio and live broadcast rights to make possible the US preliminaries. But GGL changed again their request and asked for more options that we couldn’t afford. As we were middle of May and as nothing append to select players, we took the difficult resolution that you know.

“As recently as yesterday, we made a new proposal to meet these demands, including GGL once again sponsoring the travel expenses of the U.S. team.”

ESWC agreed 2 times on 2 different GGL proposals that met our demands. 2 times GGL did not respect their commitment.

The only thing we can say is that we are really sorry for the American community that deserve a real challenge and fair competitions for ESWC but time is short to do thing in a better way today.

Matthieu Dallon
Games-Services ESWC / CEO

koddy vs. rat [fixture]

I was planning on starting this prediction by introducing rat but then I remembered that pretty much everyone know who he is so I'll introduce koddy instead. I remember when koddy was a very average player mainly interested in duels. In just one year however, his skill increased exponentially and he's now one of the best CPMA players in the world. Fast, aggressive, deadly aim, he's the complete package.

In this game however his opponent is not only a legend but a real monster in terms of intelligent play. Rat's aim is nowhere near as good as koddy's at the moment but does he need it? Koddy choked in his match vs. griffin and despite his vastly superior aim the game was close in the end. Should this happen in this match, rat won't let it go to waste. Rat wins 2:1.

dziku vs. zoom [fixture]

What a game this is going to be. Dziku, one of the best Polish duellers takes on *the* best Polish dueller zoom. This is hardly the first time these two will meet each other in a tournament. In fact, both the last two times they played it was again in the semi-finals round, in the PQ.de weekend Cup and the Gliwice 2005 Lan. Zoom emerged victorious on both occasions but the matches were close and very exciting.

Expect dziku to play defensively, especially when not in control, and push his spawnfragging as much as possible when given the chance. That RG of his is deadly. On the other hand, zoom will just play agressively no matter if he's in control or not :-> His aim is not as good as it used to be but if the guy managed to beat Vo0 in that shape, you know he's good. I suppose, no matter how long you've been away, the map tactics and spawnfragging patterns stay etched in your brain. Watch out for the trademark LG to RL combo. Zoom 2:0.

xero vs. apheleon [fixture]

Xero put up a nice fight vs. koddy a few days ago but this won't stop apheleon from beating him with a convincing 2:0. He is a much better player with tons more experience and since they will both be playing from the East Coast, pings will be even.

hoens vs. pl1 [1:2]

LuGia vs. zerox [fixture]

LuGia takes on German powerhouse zerox in an exciting series of matches. Both players have superb aim and love to use the LG. Zerox is the better dueller, both in terms of strategy and experience and should have no trouble taking this 2:0. My only concern is if cpm24 is picked as I don't know how good zerox is on that map.

Vo0 vs. silas [2:0]

Despite showcasing awesome aim and movement, Vo0 was knocked down to the Losers Bracket by Polish CPMA legend zoom. I believe Vo0 played too aggressively when the score was 19-19 on cpm1a and it cost him the game. It's certain that Vo0 is more than eager to reach the final even from the lower bracket and frankly I don't see anyone but the very best players standing in his way. Silas is good but not good enough to stop him. Vo0 2:0.

dziku vs. LuGia [fixture]

Dziku has been consistent in his performance so far in this cup but then again he hasn't had much opposition yet. LuGia comes from an impressive although very close win over NA's best player in this cup, vamp1re. LuGia has the aiming skills but his map control is still just average. Dziku is not as an impressive aimer but he has tons more experience than his opponent. I believe dziku is going to take this but I wouldn't rule out 1 map going to LuGia

koddy vs. xero [fixture]

Number 1 seed koddy faces xero of Canada. Not only is koddy one of the top players in this cup, but xero is mainly a CTF player and not a dueller. If this ends up anything else than 2:0, you know the game's been fixed.

hoens vs. rat [1:2]

Vo0 vs. zoom [fixture]

Both players are CPMA legends. Vo0 doesn't really need an introduction. Second only to rat back in the day, he was one of the best players to ever grace this game. His tradermark all-attacking 'ownage' style and quick movement has now reached a higher level. Influenced by PK's constant moving around he's more fluid than ever.
Zoom, a legend in his own right, has been winning all the Polish tournaments since he was 15 years old. His aim used to be deadly to the point where he didn't care about items. A long break in Q4 has seriously affected him however, so he will have to try very hard to beat his opponent this time. From the few recent demos I've watched, I doubt that he can do it, nevertheless these will be close matches. Vo0 wins this 2:0.

vamp1re vs. pl1 [fixture]

For those of you who aren't aware of the cup's rules, the 3rd match is played on the server where there's less ping difference between the two players. In this case, this means that the 3rd map will be played on the Lazery servers in the UK, where vamp pings 87 and pl1 57 thus making the latter, the favorite. That is, if he was playing like a favorite. Pl1 however, has made a series of poor appearances in this cup and has underperformed in his previous matches. This will be an even battle and unless pl1 really want this win, I don't see him taking it. vamp1re 2:1.

zerox vs. nekon [2:0]

Not much to say about this all German matchup. Zerox is a good dueller and star player of the TDM and CTF teams of noobs anonymous. Nekon is a very good TDM/CTF player but he hasn't been very active lately. Furthermore, his duelling experience is rather limited. If zerox doesnt take this 2:0 I'll eat my hat.

GNZ vs. apheleon [0:2]

GNZ is a Swedish dueller who has been around for a long time. Apheleon doesn't need an introduction, he's one of the legends of CPMA with 2 Challenges titles under his belt. This isn't 2002 though and aph has been inactive for a very long time. GNZ on the other hand, has been playing often. What this means is that this match will be close. I suppose apheleon is going to pick cpm15 to play in Europe as he is very good on that map. GNZ will prolly pick cpm3a or 22 to play on the NYC server. I think aph will take this 2:1.

sivek vs. silas [fixture]

Sivek is one of these players who are very annoying to play against. Calculated moves, no unecessary risks and frequent +back. The thing is, he gets the job done and that is winning matches. Silas is a decent dueller with great aim and nice movement. This, however will be more of a mind/tactics game and Silas should choose carefully when's he's going to push for more frags and when he'll play more conservative. Sivek had a good game vs. Vo0 on cpm3a so this will be close. Silas to win 2:1

jon4than vs. zoom [fixture]

What can I say about these guys. Zoom is a legend in Polish CPMA being the #1 player in all the LAN tournaments. Online, he's not as effective but still a seriously good player. He's been inactive for a long time though, so we'll have to see how much of his old mad rushing skill he can recover for this game.

Jon is another top5 player who is in great shape these days. Contrary to zoomer he is defensive, playing a very smart game coupled with the trademark Polish LG.

All options are open for this one but I believe it's going to be 2:1 for jon4than.

snapcase vs. xero [fixture]

Swedish veteran snapcase returns to CPMA after a long break in PK and WoW. He will be fighting versus xero, another veteran CPMA player playing from Canada. Snapcase may be more rusty than xero but I believe his skill can overcome this and take it 2:0.

apheleon vs. yer/flag/157.gif> mistral [fixture]

Apheleon looked rusty in his games vs. Vo0 so he ended up in the lower bracket. Now he has to beat N. Irish player mistral in order to continue. Mistral has gone a long way since he first started playing but I don't believe that's enough to beat the 2 times champion apheleon. Aph 2:0

marker vs. pl1 [fixture]

Not only marker lost to dziku, he now has to face the other top Polish dueller, pl1, in the LB. His performance vs. dziku was impressive, so maybe he can cause an upset this time? Logic says 2:0 for pl1, marker, however told me it's gonna be 2:1 for him :D

griffin vs. silas [fixture]

Another quality match. Silas is well known in the CPMA community playing an important role in na's success in the TDM and CTF scenes. A good dueller with impressive aim, he takes on Canadian Quake4 player griffin. Griffin played an amazing game vs. #1 seed koddy last week so it will be interesting to see if he can pull a high ping victory this time. Both players are likely to play aggressively so expect this to be very exciting. Somehow I don't see Silas messing up his game like koddy did so: Silas to win 2:1

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