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Rixhack reaches final stages

Posted by Liq at 14:00 7/5/2005.

After large delays over the first two days the Counter-Strike event at Rixhack finally got under way yesterday with the initial group stages. While the turnout isn't what might be expected at an international event there is still an impressive set of teams including Ninjas in Pyjamas, team9, Clan-IT, Wings and of course the UK team endEffect. There is also several talented mix teams attending, most notably Skolpojkarna2 who have the Swedish 4Kings stars GoodFella and Red playing for them, along with dsn, cArn and Snajdan. Others include the EYEBALLERS mix team and Qteam with an eclectic lineup containing cogu of mibr, ex-adrenaline player quick and the UKT favourite midway from GotFrag.

The group stages yielded few surprises, however there was one big shock as the EYEBALLERS mix team mentioned above (archie, Bullen, zaffe, speedi, Zad) were knocked out of the tournament after losing to the relatively unknown Danish team Chemistry. Moving into the double elimination bracket, NiP and Skolpojkarna2 have both looked particularly impressive, while the only real surprise is the disappointing performance of SSV-Lehnitz who won just one game inbetween losing to BEVARA and Clan-IT. endEffect were also unfortunately knocked out of the tournament after losing consecutive games to team9 and zeNit. Here is a full recap of the results so far:

Upper bracket: Round 1 (de_nuke)

NiP [16:04] SHA
ARENA [07:16] Gamingeye
HLO.Gavle [16:06] zEnit
endEffect [3:16] Team9
Skolpojkarna2 [16:02] Nixblicka
Clanblomma [19:17] acer
wings [16:07] Otur
decimate [3:16] Port22
Chemistry [08:16] VHIEJ
Guardians [08:16] Junk52
Fastlane [16:11] Qteam
Online [04:16] CEA
skobbsunited [16:05] relic
Clan-IT [16:05] deadline
marvel [16:05] Onilty

Upper Bracket: Round 2 (de_cbble)

NiP [16:00] Gamingeye
HLO.Gavle [03:16] Team9
Skolpojkarna2 [16:01] clanblomma
wings [16:01] Port22
VHIEJ [03:16] Junk52
CEA [07:16] Fastlane
skobbsunited [16:05] bevara
Clan-IT [10:16] marvel

Upper Bracket: Round 3 (de_train)

NiP [16:10] team9
Skolpojkarna2 [16:14] Wings
Junk52 [11:16] Fastlane
Marvel [16:09] skobbsunited

Lower Bracket: Round 1 (de_cbble)

SHA [16:07] ARENA
Guardians [16:07] Chemistry
RELIC [02:16] SSV-Lehnitz
acer [16:14] Nixblicka
decimate [11:16] Otur
deadline [16:12] Onilty
Qteam [19:15] Online
endEffect [07:16] zeNit

Lower Bracket: Round 2 (de_dust2)

zeNit [16:13] Gamingeye
VHIEJ [09:16] Qteam
deadline [16:12] BEVARA
Otur [08:16] clanblomma
Port22 [16:07] acer
Clan-IT [16:04] SSV-Lehnitz
Guardians [16:14] CEA
SHA [07:16] HLO.Gavle

Lower Bracket: Round 3 (de_train)

zeNit [10:16] HLO.Gavle
Qteam [16:04] Guardians
Clan-IT [16:03] deadline
Port22 [07:16] clanblomma

Lower Bracket: Round 4 (de_nuke)

HLO.Gavle [04:16] Wings
clanblomma [16:10] team9
Qteam [08:16] skobbsunited
Clan-IT [00:00] Junk52

There are some great games in both sides of the bracket coming up now, particularly with NiP taking on Skolpojkarna2 on dust2 in what has to be the game of the tournament so far. Here are the upcoming matches:

Upper Bracket: Semi Finals (de_dust2)

Ninjas in Pyjamas vs Skolpojkarna2
Fastlane vs Marvel

Lower Bracket: Round 5 (de_dust2)

Clan-IT vs skobbsunited
clanblomma vs Wings

HLTV is available on HLTV.org and demos from the event are being uploaded on GotFrag.