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CPL Nordic takes place this weekend at the Dreamhack event in Jönköping.

Final standings:

1st. NiP - Travel, tickets and accommodation for CPL Winter
2nd. H2k.Thermaltake
Joint 3rd. 69°N-28°E and Fainted
5th-8th. aAa
5th-8th. Begrip
5th-8th. MiBR
5th-8th. SK-Gaming
9th-12th. Bevara
9th-12th. GoodGame
9th-12th. Skillz of Borås
9th-12th. Volt Gaming
13th-16th. 12114
13th-16th. Defining Stars
13th-16th. Fr0zen Hellguardz
13th-16th. Les Seules



[match] time=over flag1=swe team1=NiP score1=16 flag2=dk team2=H2k.Thermaltake score2=07 hltv=over irc=over [/match]
[match] time=over flag1=swe team1=NiP score1=16 flag2=dk team2=H2k.Thermaltake score2=04 hltv=over irc=over [/match]


[match] time=over flag1=swe team1=NiP score1=16 flag2=fn team2=69°N-28°E score2=14 hltv=over irc=over [/match]
[match] time=over flag1=no team1=Fainted score1=11 flag2=dk team2=H2k.Thermaltake score2=16 hltv=over irc=over [/match]


[match] time=over flag1=swe team1=NiP score1=16 flag2=bra team2=MiBR score2=03 hltv=over irc=over [/match]
[match] time=over flag1=swe team1=SK-Gaming score1=11 flag2=fn team2=69°N-28°E score2=16 hltv=over irc=over [/match]
[match] time=over flag1=no team1=Fainted score1=16 flag2=fr team2=aAa score2=12 hltv=over irc=over [/match]
[match] time=over flag1=swe team1=Begrip score1=01 flag2=dk team2=H2k.Thermaltake score2=16 hltv=over irc=over [/match]


Congratulations to NiP!

After hard working week team stardrift have finally announced their team which consists of players from tickleRs and NoFeaR!

The lineup is:

jitsu
kimos
kinetic
rcon
wiill
yon

Good luck!

#stardrift

This month we'll see the biggest CSGN cup in history. Featuring a 32 team tournament consisting of two group stages, then into the finals. This cup will help CSGN when deciding on teams for future season and events, good for teams that have not yet competed in CSGN. It will also help us to start a ranking system which will be used for all upcoming LANs and other leagues.

Here is a better way to explain the way the tournament will be run, taken from the CSGN site.

Tournament Structure
The tournament Open Cup 2006 will consist of two group stages, and then a number of single elimination knockout rounds before the winner is crowned.

Group Stage 1 (32 teams in 8 groups with 4 teams in each)
Group Stage 2 (16 teams in 4 groups with 4 teams in each)
Final Stage – Quarter-Finals (8 teams, single elimination and best of 3 maps)
Final Stage – Semi-Finals (4 teams, single elimination and best of 3 maps)
Final Stage – 3rd Playoff (2 teams, single elimination and best of 3 maps)
Final Stage – Grand Final (2 teams, single elimination and best of 3 maps)

Apart from the impressive list of prizes that are going to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place teams, from Steelpad, Logitech and Icemat, doing well in this competition will help in your application to future CSGN seasons and LAN events.

Head over to www.CSGN.co.uk for more info and updates on when and how to apply for the CSGN Open Cup!

The first edition of Zonerank is now out.

Heres the top 10.

January rankings:

1st. NiP - £1810
2nd. Pentagram - £1040
3rd. MiBR - £725
4th. NoA - £470
5th. SK-Gaming - £360
6th. NiP - £260
7th. aTTaX - £180
8th. roccat - £80
9th. MYM
10th. H2k.Gaming

17th. 4Kings

Stay tuned for next months update.

It has now been announced that the German 1.6 divison of SK-Gaming will be closing. A mix of poor results, coupled with instability resulted in the closure.

Alexander the 1.6 manager had this to say:

Well, we had to face the fact that we just could not support the German team like we wanted to and like they deserved. The problem is also that in Germany, teams change way too fast and building a new team every 5-6 months does not bring the stability to SK-Gaming that we are looking for. Also we want to fully concentrate on our international CS team for 2007. All of those reasons led to the decision.

SK-Gaming Germany was:

Manuel "approx" Zeitz
Tim "mason" Kleemann
Stefan "sTeVe" Eschengert
Christian "todi" Hackmann
Kim "vio" Schümann
Yasin "y4sin" Kovanci

Good luck to all the players!