RtCW NC I Group Phase Underway

After the showmatches the groups for RtCW NC I were drawn, and the first set of games were known, these first set of games were played out over the last two weeks and they were:



The groups were already known to be quite tight and the results over the next 4-6 weeks should show this and it is anyones guess who will qualify into the playoffs.

Here is a rundown on the results of these games:

Group A
United Kingdom vs. Belgium
Maps were UK: Ice, BE: Village. Although Belgium had their chances and epic moment of the match was mLy team killing 3 team mates, one having the docs and in a good position for a chance to set a decent time in the second round Team UK didnt look like losing this game and the final score summed up the performances but Belgium did well to force a double fullhold on Village. Belgium must secure at least a point against Germany in their next game to stand any chance of getting out of the group phase. Team UK will be confident of qualification after this win and with the return of owzo on the panzer for future games they can only get stronger. demos can be found: HERE

Germany vs. Italy
Maps were DE: Frost, ITA: Ice. After some scheduling issues this game was played last night, in a replay of the opening showmatch the scoreline stayed the same. Some lineup changes may be ahead for Germany as I have heard this was a weaker fielded team, time will tell ahead of their crunch game with Belgium. Italy face a tough task ahead with games against United Kingdom and Germany.

Group B[/u]
Netherlands vs. Hungary
Maps were NL: Base, HU: Ice. Some people may see this as a surprise result others may not but in what was a quick game with some fast times sets Netherlands came out on top. Hungary will be playing Finland next and this will be a major game for both teams. Netherlands can secure their place in the playoffs if they beat Estonia in their next game.

Finland vs. Estonia
Maps were FI: Village, EE: Frost. After a small reschedule after some client issues this game finally got finished and it was a nice watch, with some good play by Auron and Sirkka pulling back the result from 2:0 down. Finland are in a good place now knowing that if they beat Hungary in their next game they are through, where as Estonia have to do something against a strong Netherlands side to stand any chance of qualification.

We spoke to a couple of people about the first weeks results to get peoples thoughts and this is what they said:

Pudi, Team Estonia player and former POW owner had this to say:

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in group b well the nl and hu score suprised me, i was pretty sure that hun was going to win, as they usually do in official games and ofcourse and fin vs ee, we shouldve won, cause sipperi is a retard but we got really unlucky and did a bit rubbish. group a the uk vs. be and de vs. ita results were not so surprising.

phaTe, Team Germany player and former ET Team Germany Player said the following:

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games to me really came out as expected, with nl vs hu and fi vs ee being relatively close - the most exciting moment probably was mLy absolutely destroying any chances of a tie for belgium with his 3man teamkill panzer, including syL who was in a very good position to secure docs. apart from that I cant't really recall anything of these games, but it was fun watching them, that I know!

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