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ESL European Nations Championship

Posted by Myers at 08:05 12/7/2004.

The Electronic Sports League has recently announced details of the European Nations Championships LAN Finals.

The event will take place on the 7th - 8th August at the KOMED Conference centre in Cologne, Germany. In attendance will be the various nations' teams that have qualified online. These are:

•  Finland
•  United Kingdom
•  Greece
•  Austria

These teams will be joined by two from the Playoffs.

Just like in a traditional sport setting, the need for identification with one's national team is an additional requirement beside the team competition. That makes national concepts in e-Sports indispensable. For that reason, the Electronic Sports League Europe has created the European Nations Cheampionship, where the National Teams of 24 European countries compete to find their champion.

Only six teams will enter the ENC LAN finals. This will guarantee some very exciting online matches for you to view on ESL TV, and will also show the world, the top European National Teams. While four of the six teams have already qualified for a ticket to the finals, yet two have to be found. These two teams will be determined during the ENC Group stage playoffs, which will end on 18th of July 2004.

The ENC LAN Finals will be conduced in two groups of three, teams being drawn at random. After playing one vs. all in this group stage, the remainig four teams will enter the semi-final round, where the two 1st ranked teams of either group will face the two 2nd ranked teams of the other group. The losers of this match will play against each other to decide the 3rd and 4th places and the winners will participate in the grand finals, taking place at approx. 20:00 CET on Sunday.

Expect more information regarding this competition over the next few weeks. It has to be said that ESL did leave the announcement of such a major event very late with just under a month for teams to sort out possible sponsors, flights and accomodation.