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Tuesday night saw an exciting lineup of three games in ESL’s Country Championships.  With the tournament at the Playoff stages, it switched from the original group format to a double elimination setup.

We saw  Finland fall from grace at the hands of a revitalised  Spanish team,  Germany rolling all over Sweden, and a fun, close game between  Portugal and  Latvia.

A graphical representation of the TF2 Superpowers, then and now.

Read on to find out how the matches went down, and what games you can look forward to in the tournament!

Three exciting games tonight, with the ESL Country Championships currently at the playoff levels.  The stalwart  German side face a  Swedish team without  Ryb, but  Zebbosai is in instead.   Latvia face off against  Portugal and elsewhere, the  Spanish side faces  Finland, who I’m sure people are expecting to see play a little better than in their last game vs team  USA.

Sweden Fanvasöt, Bybblish, Snissan, Zebbokai!, Croccodile, wulture

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Germany Thy, kurt, basH, stefan, GeaR, KLar

ESL Country Championship Playoffs

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TIME

• Tuesday June 7th
• 21:15 cest
• 15:15 edt (na)
• 05:15 est (aus)

CASTED BY

• n2o TV
• VanillaTV Livestream
• VanillaTV Mumble

SOURCETV

• tv-tf2.redline-hosting.net:29004

Who will win this match?

• Germany (57%, 112 Votes)
  
• Sweden (39%, 76 Votes)
  
• Tie (4%, 9 Votes)
  

Total Voters: 195

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Spain longás, Hiper, KTJ, Jan, Pescanova, Harry

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Finland hocz, Darn, dajackal, Rebeli, hymzi, mafu

ESL Country Championship Playoffs

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TIME

• Tuesday June 7th
• 21:15 cest
• 15:15 edt (na)
• 05:15 est (aus)

CASTED BY

• VanillaTV OpenMic Mumble
• VanillaTV Livestream 2

SOURCETV

• 145.92.203.100:27101

Who will win this match?

• Finland (83%, 124 Votes)
  
• Spain (15%, 23 Votes)
  
• Tie (2%, 3 Votes)
  

Total Voters: 149

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Latvia

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Portugal Neff, t0dA, Coinz, Kalhó, XiU, Hurricaner

ESL Country Championship Playoffs

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TIME

• Tuesday June 7th
• 21:15 cest
• 15:15 edt (na)
• 05:15 est (aus)

CASTED BY

• No cast information available

SOURCETV

• tv-tf2.redline-hosting.net:29006

Who will win this match?

• Portugal (68%, 36 Votes)
  
• Latvia (34%, 18 Votes)
  
• Tie (0%, 0 Votes)
  

Total Voters: 53

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The Germany vs Sweden game will be casted by  Greg and  Byte on VanillaTV, with  flushy and  Torden casting the Spain vs Finland game on the VanillaTV Open Mic service, as well as a German only cast for the Ger/Swe game on n2o TV.  All matches start at 21:15 CEST (Wire permitting).

Update: Congrats to USA, beating the defending nations champion!

Update: Expect some delays. USA are looking for available players as we speak. Meanwhile, Finland has gotten a case of the ESLs. <@hymzi> AnAkIn` unlock teamfi. <@AnAkIn`> open a ticket. <@hymzi> !B_#&!B#&:!#B&!

The 2011 ESL Country Championships have finally reached the playoff stages, and tonights showdown should be a cracking match for TF2 viewers.

The super strong  Finnish team lines up against the  USA team, who, despite ping issues last game vs the UK team, still managed to give an excellent performance.

Finland Xzr, Hymzi, Mafu, Punpu, Darn, Ziit

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United States of America Blackymonster, Davis, Oplaid, Harbleu, Platinum, Clockwork

ESL Country Championship Playoffs

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TIME

• Thursday May 26th
• 21:15 cest
• 15:15 edt (na)
• 05:15 est (aus)

CASTED BY

• VanillaTV Livestream
• VanillaTV Mumble

SOURCETV

• 145.92.203.100:27100

Who will win this match?

• Finland (88%, 115 Votes)
  
• United States of America (8%, 11 Votes)
  
• Tie (4%, 7 Votes)
  

Total Voters: 130

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Starting at 21:15 CEST, make sure you join #vanillatv on Quakenet and click here for the live stream to join Byte and hys in the debut cast for VanillaTV.

hiho all!

The nearest LAN for Team Fortress 2 is coming and yesterday the list of invited teams was published. Let’s have a look:

Group A (Friday):

• Team Dignitas
• Power Gaming
• The MIPC Organization
• Pentaerytritolitetranitraatti

Group B (Saturday):

•  Epsilon eSports
•  Team Refuse
• RAGE.eSports
• Team OS

All the teams listed here will get invitation letter concerning their participation and final information about the event. Final rules will be announced few weeks before the event. The prize fund for this tournament is:

1. 1700 €
2. 850 €
3. 560 €

Good luck to all participants!

- Galant

The Nations Cup champions, Team Finland will be facing off against Team Germany in a show game at 18:00 CET today.

The match will be covered live from Alienware Challenge studio in Copenhagen by A_Spec and Tech. You can watch the high quality stream from the game on H2kTV.

Finland vallone, cookye, kyynel, hymzi, Hocz, Pena

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Germany Ronny, basH, zerox, Thy, GeaR, mvp

No League Show Match

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TIME

• Saturday August 14th
• 18:00 cest
• 12:00 edt (na)
• 02:00 est (aus)

CASTED BY

• H2Ktv

SOURCETV

• fakkelbrigade.eu:27100

Who will win this match?

• Finland (89%, 71 Votes)
  
• Germany (14%, 11 Votes)
  
• Tie (0%, 0 Votes)
  

Total Voters: 80

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Thanks to Moose for the contribution!

Also, If you don’t have much to do on a beautiful Saturday, you could catch the epic Hungarian battle between Hungarian pubbers and Hungarian pros. Update: Bad news, the Hungarian match is cancelled!

It’s that time again…

Kalle Honkala was born on the 1st of August, 1988 in the town of Vantaa, in Finland. The son of a plumber, he was taught to connect pipes from a very young age. During his youth, he would help his father in all kinds of jobs, and got himself into some very sticky situations. He learned to deal with these situations in many different ways which has now proven to be a strength of his work.