CounterStrike Nations Cup III - week 1 roundup

Posted by Dev at 12:42 2/12/2002.

All of the games from the first week in the third nations cup have now been played. Not really any suprises with Sweden, Finland and The Netherlands all winning. Here are the results:
Group A
Austria 39 - 9 Estonia
Sweden 24 - 12 Russia
Only three quarters of the Sweden vs. Russia game were played due to the m19 contingent for Russia having poor connections. You can't help but wonder what the score would have been if Russia had managed to keep a stable connection.
Group B
Finland 37 - 11 Spain
Netherlands 28 - 20 United Kingdom
Finland showed why they have finished in the top 3 in both the previous tournaments with an impressive win over Spain. The United Kingdom were narrowly beaten by a strong Dutch team in a good game on de_nuke and de_prodigy. The game was won in the 3rd quarter where the Dutch team managed to get 7 rounds in a row, the UK team answered back by winning the next 5 but it was a bit too late for it to have a full impact.
Group C
Iceland 27 - 21 Switzerland
Germany 41 - 7 Belgium
A strong performance by Germany all round, you can't help but feel they may have an impact in the later rounds this year. Well done to Iceland who overcame Switzerland despite having a massive ping disadvantage.
Group D
Poland 32 - 16 Slovakia
Norway 48 - 0 Denmark
Denmark forfeited their game against Norway and Poland showed why they were able to defeat France in the qualifiers with a nice solid performance against Slovakia.

Well played to all the teams. For a list of this weeks fixtures and all the latest news and information on the tournament check out the Nations Cup website.

Comments

Ripper
Rush!
12:45 2/12/2002
Not really any supprises with Sweden, Finland and The Netherlands all winning.

hmm, anyone looking at the NL squad when it was first announced would have thought otherwise. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Ripper
Rush!
12:50 2/12/2002
But the uk team was a bit poor anyway, Rhyzz summed it up well on sogamed:

#45 Rhyzz *
2002-11-29 10:27:47

as usual Mangiacapra owned it up, although i did see him panic at times, something you dont see from marc very often, and it cost him 2 or 3 rounds.

Demo and Bom weren't very good at all, Bom is a good player, he just didnt get it together, maybe nerves, i dunno, but he sprayed alot, forgetting to aim, which is his best attribute.

Demo was pulled by the team, getting the occasional frag in a rush, but the majority of his frags were from eco rushes from NL.

m0rph is a class player, and played well. He only player as well as his team did, and i know he can do better, but i guess he felt kinda let down by the poor performance. Also, spraying, just like Bom, although he did headshot loads, its just not like alex.

Keiju is the most underated player of the year. He's awesome. Crushed the NL countless times, cutting down rushes, and saving rounds. Worked very well along side Marc, and was probably best player of the game (i'd say).

wp UK, unlucky.

gg NL, PB sux. (and oppie is mean)
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Ripper
Rush!
12:52 2/12/2002
and jamsam also made a fool out of himself many times, most notably when he bragged about knowing team uk's first names, only to say bob's real name was bob... [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Ripper
Rush!
12:53 2/12/2002

next time: marc/bob/tom/stu/alex
for u who are stupid and dont know who they are its....

Mangiacapra/b0b/KhAoS/lil/m0rph

stick a fork in me [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Righteous-
12:58 2/12/2002
omg UKT

who puts their christmas decorations up this early ? :P [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Nick^
13:00 2/12/2002
This is the same JamSam who accused us of cheating when we beat his clan in OC, then got booted - he thought he was smart posting anonymously, so we just resolved the ip to irc. He's a tit :-) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Nick^
13:03 2/12/2002
"hmm, anyone looking at the NL squad when it was first announced would have thought otherwise."

Can't remember the other 2 guys but just oppie/aapje/kwak is pretty awesome. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smiffeh
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
13:04 2/12/2002
if UK had been able to play there best team im sure they would have won :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Nick^
13:09 2/12/2002
You'd only say Lil was perhaps missing out of that lineup really, Bom/m0rph had both played excellently beforehand, Marc needs no introduction and Keiju was ace at WCG and other events. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
m0rph-
13:10 2/12/2002
Think you'll see a different uk on thursday, we've started praccying. Oh and btw, demo is not to blame for the defeat at all. We didnt have a clue coz we had no prep time as most of the players were too busy with their own clans to make the uk praccies. Tho i reckon the nl game was a wake up call and you'll see a stronger performance on thursday i guarantee it. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Righteous-
13:11 2/12/2002
#england.cs

AVE IT !

:D

Khaos@ADSL This Thursday i believe :) (and BL) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Me
13:16 2/12/2002
lil refuses to play for UK dont he? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Blackbelt
13:30 2/12/2002
rhyzz dont know much :] [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
KhAoS`
13:37 2/12/2002
it's a shame that people like Toomy and Xs weren't picked for UK team, they were really impressive at CPL quals. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Nick^
13:48 2/12/2002
England.cs lineup vs Team UK would be a VERY interesting match...

And blackbelt, unfortunately Rhyzz knows a lot more than you having actually played at a high level, quips or no quips. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Myers
Saviour of UKT
UKTerrorist
13:55 2/12/2002
being good on net and being good on lan varies quite often... [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Stu^
13:56 2/12/2002
stfu rhyzz owns everyone AND YOU ALL KNOW IT. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Righteous-
13:59 2/12/2002
Tom and ME !!! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Bigbirdy
14:09 2/12/2002
ah thats where the score is! Although I knew the uk hadn't won as there was no news post on ukterrosit ;) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
KhAoS`
14:13 2/12/2002
oh yea and righty! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Myers
Saviour of UKT
UKTerrorist
14:13 2/12/2002
we filter out bad news...GOOOOO FASCISM!!!! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Messiah
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
14:16 2/12/2002
you dont [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
arma
14:20 2/12/2002
someone gonna do a report etc on the girls result? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Messiah
Game2XS.Monkey Magic
14:22 2/12/2002
just doing it now [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Myers
Saviour of UKT
UKTerrorist
14:24 2/12/2002
according to pun, craig refreshes ukt every 10 seconds to see new comments and reply to em...just sits at his comp like all day repeating that action [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
shads
theb0g
14:24 2/12/2002
i wouldn't say 28-20 was a bad loss considering they had no practice what so ever, just makes u wonder what the score would have been like if they did have praccy/tactics/organisation...

but saying that after all the controversy about the team being picked and the management of it i think it's quite poor that they did have no practice at all up till now (after it's started and cost them a game)

url to any hltv demos ?

better luck next time [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Bigbirdy
14:27 2/12/2002
oh and well done windmill dwellers =] [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Headshot^Man`
Disturbed
14:29 2/12/2002
KhAoS`
13:37, 2/12/2002 it's a shame that people like Toomy and Xs weren't picked for UK team, they were really impressive at CPL quals.

Toomy has isdn doesn't he? xs is lovely and smily though :] [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Dev
theb0g
14:40 2/12/2002
arma, i aint sexist, like the gents result i didnt post them all straight after the respective games i will wait untill week 1's matches are finished. Will do female ones same as male ones after all games are over. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Havors
15:42 2/12/2002
Sweden a bit lucky on nuke if u ask me. 2 russian players dropping like that :/

ah well that hyber guys a bit good inny. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Eagle
15:51 2/12/2002
I thought demo wasn't that bad, but then again, i was following marc and pb all the time :o i only watched nuke half, and i must say, once nl got going they were pretty much unstoppable. It was just rg.lan (i think) so they had a lot of practice together. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
arma
15:55 2/12/2002
i never said u were sexist :P i just wanna know the score :P [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Dev
theb0g
15:59 2/12/2002
all in good time, all in good time

:D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DK@work
16:00 2/12/2002
(esp-server) Nuke esp 15 - 9 uk
(uk -server) Prod esp 14 - 10 uk

I believe :/ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
arma
16:08 2/12/2002
ack [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
FELLA
16:36 2/12/2002
That's the bestest report ever DK ... ever thought of a career in the media ? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DK@work
16:39 2/12/2002
Beats the one Dev just posted, don't you think?

:P [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Smittins
16:41 2/12/2002
and jamsam also made a fool out of himself many times, most notably when he bragged about knowing team uk's first names, only to say bob's real name was bob...

indeed ;D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Ripper
Rush!
16:46 2/12/2002

Can't remember the other 2 guys but just oppie/aapje/kwak is pretty awesome.

yeh, but aapje was inactive (unfortunately he still owns tho) at the time and oppie isn't what he used to be. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DK@work
17:01 2/12/2002
Having the privilage of playing along side both those guys I can say this, they may lose some speed, but they ain't gonna lose the game awareness they had. Pair of very clever players with more than the odd trick up their sleeves.

Not being what they used to be was still good enough though :( [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
rd
theb0g
17:12 2/12/2002
Xs shud hav been picked 4 the UK team, he is diffo class imo :)
UL Guys, I fort m0 did v.well
wp u lot :D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Kronikal
Anti-Climax
17:18 2/12/2002
...atomik all the way [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Psy^
xtreme9.uk
19:12 2/12/2002
And blackbelt, unfortunately Rhyzz knows a lot more than you having actually played at a high level, quips or no quips.


Yeh ffs Rhyzz' aim got him into noc!! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Boz
19:32 2/12/2002
gwan russia o/ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
MiG
19:41 2/12/2002
how many times have I said Xs and SiN for Team-UK? =] [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
MiG
19:42 2/12/2002
maybe they shoulda got the whole of ui to pm j0nb0y to pick them [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Elton John
19:44 2/12/2002
now now MiG, let's not be childish. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
MiG
19:47 2/12/2002
what? i never said anything childish or offensive! =[ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Phoenix[FuN]
theb0g
21:40 2/12/2002
pld NL gg

lol @ excuses bout uk team

plz its getting old...so old [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
BL
21:41 2/12/2002
Xs at nuke roof to rock jump

classic :D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
pip
23:36 2/12/2002
Who said we had any practice??
We didn't have ANY practice whatsoever.
Still we didn't OWN them we just won and i'm glad :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
woo yay \o/
00:26 3/12/2002
demo proved why hes justifiably one of the uks top 8 players. His uncanny ability to flashbang his team at every oportunity got him into team uk, where did yours get you ? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Dino^
00:46 3/12/2002
xs and sin are the best players ive ever pld wit [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
oppie
01:03 3/12/2002
Agree there Ripper, have alot to work on. Dunno if i cba, well see.

gg UK.

DK seeya soon :x [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
MiG
07:34 3/12/2002
and me dino! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Nick^
09:49 3/12/2002
Was gonna make an avi of Demo flashbanging 3 of the team and them getting owned cos of it... [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Ripper
Rush!
10:11 3/12/2002
do it nick! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Ripper
Rush!
10:12 3/12/2002
btw why did annum play for uk agaisnt england last night? just filling in or is he in the squad now? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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