The second Qualification Round for Quake Live and Warcraft 3 for the ASUS European Nations Championship 2010 will start until 29th of March. 12 European teams will face each other in each discipline. Who will survive the second stage of the Qualification?

The first Qualification Round of Counter-Strike 1.6, FIFA 2010 and Counter-Strike:Source is already over. 18 national teams survived one stage of this year's qualification process to the ASUS European Nations Championship 2010. March 15th the second qualification round of CS1.6 and CS:S will start together with the first one of Warcraft 3 and Quake Live. One week later CS Female's first and FIFA's second round follows.

Today we want to present the Warcraft 3 mappool for this year's season of the ASUS European Nations Championship. All in all three maps have been changed to keep the tournament up-to-date and more interesting. While Death Trap, Melting Valley and Avalanche have been removed, Centaur River, Last Refuge and Goldshire will refresh the new season of the ASUS ENC.

Today we want to present the participating nations of Quake Live and Counter-Strike 1.6 Female. These are the pools for the single Qualification Rounds of the ASUS European Nations Championship 2010. Qualification Round 1 is already drawn, the first matches will start on Monday, 1st of March.

Today we want to present the participating nations of Counter-Strike:Source and Warcraft 3. These are the pools for the single Qualification Rounds of the ASUS European Nations Championship 2010. Qualification Round 1 is already drawn, the first CS:Source matches will start on Monday, 1st of March. Warcraft 3 will kick off ten days later.

Today we want to present the participating nations of Counter-Strike 1.6 and FIFA 10. These are the pools for the single Qualification Rounds of the ASUS European Nations Championship 2010. Qualification Round 1 is already drawn, the first matches will start on Monday, 1st of March.

The new season of European Nations Championship is supported by ASUS and as we announced earlier big changes are coming with the help of our new partner. It's time to reveal the big secret: The ASUS European Nations Championship 2010 will have five offline events in different European countries.

Today we want to present the FIFA and CS:Source Nations Rankings of the ASUS European Nations Championship 2010. These are the pools for every Qualification Round of the European Nations Championship 2010. Qualification Round 1 will start on March 1st in all disciplines and the date of the drawing will be announced soon.

For everybody who did not recognized the possibility to become a partner for the ASUS European Nations Championship 2010 here is a reminder. Up to 12th February prospective partners for the 2010 European Nations Championship can submit an application. The first Qualification Round starts at 1st March.

From now on prospective partners for the 2010 ASUS European Nations Championship can submit an application. A national partner should be responsible for all ASUS ENC 2010 games; should there be more than one application for a country, a prospective partner applying for all games will be favoured over a partner applying just for one game.

Today we want to inform you about the mode of the ASUS European Nations Championship 2010. After the changes in 2007 we were very happy because we have seen very hard matches in every round and a lot of tension when the drawing was done. So we decided to keep this mode to guarantee a fair and thrilling tournament.

ASUS has been a long time partner of the ESL and has supported ESL Pro Series, the Intel Friday Night Games as well as our trade fair performances. Today they have expanded their commitment again: ASUS is the head sponsor of the ASUS European Nations Championship 2010! ASUS is one of the leading companies in the new digital era now supports the upcoming season featuring national teams in six disciplines.

Today we want to present further details on the European Nations Championship 2010. After adding Counter-Strike: Source year before last, we decided to add Counter-Strike 1.6 Female and Quake Live for 2010 since the communities in both are growing fast. Look forward to a new season of the European Nations Championship with 6 disciplines!

We are proud to announce the next season of the ESL European Nations Championship for 2010. We are all looking forward to the biggest and best season of European Nations Championship ever been. Stay tuned for further details about the new games, prize money, sponsors and the big changes to come!

During the last days we saw the new European champions in the core disciplines of the European Nations Championship. Only Sweden was able to keep their spot on the throne in Europes 1.6 scene. In CS:S, WC3 and FIFA three new champions rose from the cream of the crop and we're celebrated by thousands of fans here in Germany, at the gamescom in Cologne.

The European Nations Championship 2009 is over. The last and probably most exciting match ended only moments ago, when Germany and Sweden competed in an almost classical showdown for the ENC Counter-Strike trophy. After two very close and exciting maps Sweden managed to beat the host nation and is the old and new European champion.

Today is the last day of the European Nations Championship 2009. With Germany, Poland, Sweden and France four strong nations are still in the race for the European throne. Starting at 9:30 CET Germany will play Poland. Later on the next matches will follow. See it live on ESL TV!

After winning the European Nations Championship in FIFA09 Germany managed to win another discipline of the finals at gamescom, Cologne. France won the first map, but wasn't able to win the second one. Supported by the large crowd Germany saved the day for their fans and won de_tuscan and de_dust2. Tomorrow the last discipline begins, when Sweden, Poland, France and Germany playing the CS 1.6 semi finals.

At last years ENC finals the Polish team was the first team ever beating the German one in a FIFA grand final. But in 2009 Germany managed to get back on the first place and won clearly over Ukraine. Most of the time the opponents didn't have a real chance since the famous SK twins hero and styla joined the national team after an one year lasting abstinence.

Two more champions will be determine today. After Denmark climbing the throne in Warcraft 3 by beating the Netherlands 3:0 now it's time for FIFA 09 and Counter-Strike: Source! See these two thrilling matches with Germany playing in both facing Ukraine at 1pm CET in FIFA 09 and France at 6pm CET in CS:S. Watch those matches live on ESL TV!

The first final match at the gamescom ended a few minutes ago. Denmark is the new European Champion of Warcraft 3. They managed to beat Netherlands clearly with three to zero maps. It is the first gold medal for this nation in the history of the ENC and even the first time entering the top three- Congratulations Netherlands!

It took time, but finally the new look for the European Nations Championship page is up! Year for year, the ENC growed up and the old logo was simply too old-fashioned for a competition like this. Today we introduce you to the new design, additionally we have a overview of the prize money the nations can take home by placing the top spots.

We already presented the lineups of the ENC finalists in Counter-Strike:Source, Warcraft 3 and FIFA 09 - today we introduce the lineups of the four participating Counter-Strike nations! These are the players which will fight for their country in the final matches of the European Nations Championship 2009.

In course of the European Nations Championship we are searching for the craziest fan. Apply yourself with a picture or video and maybe you're the lucky one who will win an exclusive ENC shirt with autographs of your favourite players. There are no limits to your creativity. You can make a picture of you wearing national fanwear and swinging a "GeT_RiGhT for Sweden" poster or make a video of you singing the national anthem.

The grand finals in Call of Duty 4 and Defense of the Ancients have been played! Germany was able to defeat Finland in a thrilling match while the surprise team in DotA, Ukraine, showed Romania which european nation knows how to play the game best. Here are the final rankings in both disciplines, we congratulate the new champions!

The finalists of the European Nations Championship 2009 are set for quite some time now, today we inform you about the lineups the nations will play with at gamescom. Below you can find the players which will fight for their country in the disciplines Counter-Strike:Source, Warcraft 3 and FIFA 09!

This evening the last match of the European Nations Championship 2009 in Call of Duty 4 before the grand final takes place. It's the third place which will be played out - today, while the two finalists Germany and Finland are waiting for their match tomorrow evening. To give every Call of Duty 4 fan the chance to see the match live on ESL TV, it will be casted by our british moderators. Don't miss the show!

All participants of the finals of the European Nations Championship 2009 are determined! It took a lot of energy of players, admins and all the people around, but finally we proudly present the nations that managed to qualify for the last step towards victory: The gamescom at Cologne, Germany, venue of this year's European Nations Championship grand finals!

Several weeks ago we announced that the system of the ENC playoffs changed from Double-Elimination to Single-Elimination. In the same move most of the ENC's discipline got a Best-Of-3 instead of a Best-Of-1. The FIFA 09 tournament is going to have a new system as well:

Today the second match of the relegation in Counter-Strike takes place. Two days ago Germany was able to beat Denmark in a thrilling match with three overtimes at the last map. They now have to face Poland, this evening we will find out who is going to play against the reigning champion Sweden!