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As a part of our pre-coverage for Extreme Masters IV European Championship Finals this weekend, we bring you a close look on the groups and its teams – First up is Group A.
Group A is considered to be the toughest at the European Championship Finals. The group houses quite some candidates for the final stages of the tournament. Six teams where only the first place finisher is secured progression to the playoffs, while second and third placed teams will enter the relegation stage.
SK Gaming
Dennis "walle" Wallenberg Frej "kHRYSTAL" Sjöström Jimmy "allen" Allen Johan "face" Klasson Robert "RobbaN" DahlströmSK Gaming finished in top spot of their group when the online part of the championship finalized. A group where the Swedes did not lose a single map. SK will come to Brühl with a first place finish at Arbalet Cup Europe as their latest achievement.
The team will be looking to improve the result from last year's finals, when they went out in the relegation stage. Since the arrival of the two H2k members, the team has gone to claim victory at Global Challenge Chengdu, IEF 2009 and Arbalet Cup Europe, which once again underlines that they are a team can be counted on, when it comes down to reaching the final stages of a tournament. SK Gaming are expected to be one of the contenders for the top spot, but it is not going to be an easy challenge for the Swedes.
Antonio "cyx" Daniloski 
Fatih "gob b" Dayik Manuel "Tixo" Makohl Navid "Kapio" Javadi Roman "roman" Ausserdorfermousesports
The 2010 mousesports line-up have high expectations from the community, who believe this line-up very well could be one of the best compositions seen in a long time. And why is that? The answer is simple. The arrival of Roman "roman" Ausserdorfer has once again made the fans expect mousesports to go far and win titles. Without Ausserdorfer, mousesports managed a second place in their group during the online stage. The Germans secured advancement from the relegation stage by receiving a controversial default win against HellRaisers.
The German ESL Pro Series XV winners will be eager to repair the poor result the team managed at the finals last year, where they finished second to last of their group, with just two wins. But with the anticipations flying high, the team can only have great motivation to bring their a-game this weekend. Although it will be the first official appearance for Ausserdorfer with mousesports, it is expected that this team will be top contender to advance in first place.
AGAiN
Filip "Neo" Kubski Jakub "kuben" Gurczynski Jarosław "pasha" Jarząbkowski Mariusz "loord" Cybulski Wiktor "TaZ" WojtasAGAiN might still feel like Christmas came late to Poland, as the team looked set to miss the European Championship Finals following a 2-0 loss against oXmoze in the relegation stage. But with the disbandment of SoA, the team got the chance to play for the very last spot to the finals. With victories against confis and MYM in the final, AGAiN made their way to Brühl after all. The team last week announced the addition of Jarosław "pasha" Jarząbkowski, who replaced Łukasz "LUq" Wnek. Jarząbkowski had before this helped the WCG 2009 gold medalists take 3/4th at WEM 2009, standing in for Wiktor "TaZ" Wojtas.
The Polish squad is known to have a hard time playing online matches, but what goes for LAN games, we all know they are a team that can do some serious damage. Last season, they managed a notable third place finish at the European Championship Finals, being beaten by Alternate in the Consolidation Final. In group with other great teams, AGAiN are still expected to be a contender for the first place in Group A.
H2k Gaming - not attending
Abdisamad "SpawN" Mohamed Emil "FYR773" Karlsson Jim "zneel" Andersson Mattias "Snajdan" Andersen Samuel "Zyppe" MartinssonH2k Gaming have been through some lineup changes since the former Lemondogs squad arrived to the Dutch-based organization. Just two of the players who managed to qualify for WCG 2009 remain in the team. The team has of late brought in Samuel "Zyppe" Martinsson, who replaced a retiring Niklas "niko" Johansson. They made their way to Brühl with top spot of their group, following a 2-1 win against mTw.
It is however a different team we will see in action this weekend, a lot has changed and how have the Swedes been able cope with the fact? Have they lost some of its solid-backbone? It will be an uphill struggle for H2k, who on a good day, might be able to fight their way to the magic top3, but expected to finish just outside.
Millenium
Christophe "sixeR" Xia Guillaume "Geno" Ntep Kupeli "MAJ3R" Engin Mahé "Yoshi" Martin Rassen "rara" AbdouDefending French ESL Pro Series champions from Millenium made their way to the European Championship Finals with a 2-0 victory against Frag eXecutors in the relegation stage. Since the last time the team was seen in action, they have removed their captain Steve "Ozstrik3r" Flavigni. Just this week, the team announced the man to fill Flavigni's shoes, an old fox being Rassen "rara" Abdou.
Fourth place finish at DreamHack Winter came as a surprise to some, but with a 5-8th finish at WCG 2009, the team had results to back up their performance. With long-time captain Flavigni gone, it will be the first test for the team to see how things work out. On top of that, being in a group with such strong teams, it is very unlikely that Millenium will do better than the result from last year's finals, where the team finished bottom last.
Roskilde Ravens
Baljit "zE-" Lal Christian "turkizh" Bindslev Danny "BERRY" Krüger Marco "Snappi" Pfeiffer Michael "Friis" JørgensenDanish side Roskilde Ravens had quite some roll in the online season, where the team clinched second place in the group. But it might just have been first place, as the Danes put up a great fight against Alternate, who grabbed top spot. In the relegation stage the team got paired with MYM, where the Danes shocked the scene, following a 2-0 victory against the DreamHack Winter champions. The match had a dispute from both teams, which resulted in a rematch. It did however not change much on the result, as Ravens repeated the 2-0 win.
The last LAN-performance from Ravens was at Arbalet Cup Europe, where the team did not stand many chances, losing all of their matches and finishing last in the group. With the stand-in Michael "Friis" Jørgensen things might be different, as the AWP'er is known to turn matches for his team. In this tough group, one-man armies do however not stand many chances, which direct the Danes to fight for not finishing last in the group.
HLTV.org's final placing prediction:
1. mousesports
2. AGAiN
3. SK Gaming
4. H2k Gaming
5. Millenium
6. Roskilde Ravens
SteelSeries competition
Who do you think will win Group A? By leaving a comment below, with the team you think will win, you will have the opportunity to win a SteelSeries QcK+ Custom Limited Edition mousepad of your own choice.
The winner will be drawn between all correct answers, once Extreme Masters IV European Championship has ended.
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* All votes on H2k Gaming has been removed, those who voted on H2k can select a new team to vote on.
who can win :: SK
Post edited 2010-01-12 02:46:42
again
h2k (snaj + spawn = ownage)
and if SK have prepared properly and are aware of what's waiting them, they should be able to win the group before mousesports.
im however longing and rooting for mousesports in this event and for the future. roman is a great addition (which Kapio's blog @ mousesports.com also confirms) and i think they finally have a chance to become one of those teams who's always fighting about top3 and even winning a couple of events.
im not saying that mouz has been bad earlier on, but they just haven't had that edge which SK, fnatic, mTw and AGAiN have had.
finally, ill vote for SK as the group winner!
Thanks.
SK
Both team kicked recently their leader ig, and both team signed an old school players,.
H2k crashed at Arbalet cup.
Honestly, exept the fact that h2k got a swedish flag and an old star, how could you possibly rank them above Millenium ? Really I can not understand.
I dont say that Millenium is going to beat H2K, but yeah, the team who will searching for revenge won't be the french ...
Again
MOUZ or ravens xD (GL guys :P)
H2k
-M-
just 2shake things up a bit xD
Mouz
AGAiN
hell yeah :D
I think they can do some serious damage, especially with roman. They had enough time to prepare fot the tournament)
Post edited 2010-01-12 06:19:35
It seems that many really favor mousesports for the group winner or even whole cup winner. Surely roman is a huge gain for mouz, but they had only one weekend to train and even "proman" can't make forget their poor performance from the past. He certainly has helped some teams up to the EPS finals by his own, but I think it's not already possible to compete with the world's elite. I'm curious about whether mouz will simply put him on cash's positions or will they have changed their whole system. But in the end I think that "Again" or "Guns are drawn" or how they are called now, will win EM4.
In the end, I think the teams are both equal but as far I remember Again always had problems with german teams so in the group stage it can go either way :)
But my vote goes to:
Again
of course :)
2. again
3. h2k/mouz
its hard to tell which team will make 3rd, since they're both fantastic teams.
whens it starting?
Last day/time for entering the contest?
Please make me aware!
SK
mouz
mouz
h2k
Post edited 2010-01-12 08:10:46
SK.Gaming <3
2 - Again
3 - Mouz
4 - H2k
5 - Millenium
6 - Ravens
SK - Top1 in this group for sure...
I'd go for AGAiN since they are my favorite team, but Mouz and SK are usually better at group stages.
1. mouz
2. again
3. M or sk
2. SK Gaming
3. mousesports
4. H2k Gaming
5. Millenium
6. Roskilde Ravens
2nd AGAiN
3rd H2k
mouseports?rofl
Post edited 2010-01-12 12:03:36
2. AGAiN
3. Mouz/M
5. H2k
6. Ravens
Why almost everyone rates RR on last place? They are so underrated, they will kick M asses and maybe even win over H2k - you'll see that.
mouz
sk
kHRYSTAL <3
Dennis "walle" Wallenberg
Frej "kHRYSTAL" Sjöström
Jimmy "allen" Allen
Johan "face" Klasson
Robert "RobbaN" Dahlström
i think SK win, and again coming right behind in second and mouse in third. thats it =D
the rest i think: h2k gat the 4 place, ravens in 5 and milleniun 6.
1. SK
2. mouz
3. AGAiN
4. Ravens
5. H2k
6. Millenium
Post edited 2010-01-12 13:54:07
AGAiN
SK GAMING
Mouz
H2k
Millenium
Ravens
2. H2k
3. Mouz
4. Mille
5. Again
6. SK
Post edited 2010-01-12 14:05:59
Ravens will place 4th good shape
H2k 5th
Millenium 6th with a new player
Post edited 2010-01-12 14:09:55
SK GAMING !
AGAIN
h2k
mouse
1 sk
2 again
3 maouz
mousesports will win this for sure!^^
If not mousesports it will be AGAiN.
they'll crush everything :|
AGAiN
H2k Gaming
mousesports
MOUSE
3. - mouz
For Sure :)
gobb+cyx+roman=WIN! xD
2.AGAiN
3.Millenium
4.mousesports
5.H2k
6.RR
Post edited 2010-01-12 16:58:40
Post edited 2010-01-12 17:08:49
But as you can clearly see pasha is great addition, and it was a good move. However i don't think that AGAiN is going to win this event, couse they hadn't enough time to prepare well.
There is one more thing i want to talk about. THREAT, for me he is the greatest swedish aimer, except f0rest and maybe face and as we could see gux hasn't been playing good for long time i mean since august. And all over i think that this change will give them more than pasha for AGAiN, because pasha needs some time to acclimatise, beacuse team play and good coordination is the strongest weapon of AGAiN and Neo of course, but neo is always playing good.
SO i think it would be like:
1.Fnatic
2.Again
3.SK
Post edited 2010-01-12 17:20:03
2.AGAiN/SK
3.mousesports
4.Millenium
5.H2k
6.RR
2.H2k Gaming
3.Mousesports
4.SK Gaming
5.Millenium
6.Roskilde Ravens
mouz
mouse
2.Sk gaming
3.Mousesports
MAPS (I think that): de_dust2 and de_train or de_nuke
Post edited 2010-01-12 20:36:24
www.hltv.org/news/3527-h2k-miss-european-finals
2. AGAiN
3. Millenium
4. mousesports
5. Roskilde Ravens
roman doesn't have to frag everyone on the other team like usual :)
Millenium
Post edited 2010-01-13 16:43:52
again with pasha sucks :(
Post edited 2010-01-13 22:16:46
Post edited 2010-01-14 15:09:37
