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2 Nordic teams will battle it out for a spot in the Intel Extreme Masters European main round. The Norwegians in hevn, will play against the unknown team of Sport in the Game, whereas the Danish team of Spirit of Amiga, will play against the Austrian powerhouse which is Geh aB Clan.

EMS Season V is finally upon us and the Nordic countries have been given slots in CS:S and DotA for the various stages of the tournament. If your country is not represented with a national qualifier, then there will be an international qualifier where your team can earn the right to participate in EMS Season V.

The Monday night Nordic EPC Ranking Tournament was played out yesterday, several people participated, but only 3 people could come out with some money in their account, read on for a breakdown of the prizes, and how to sign up if you want to participate in an upcoming ESL EPC Ranking Tournament or EPC Sunday tournament to qualify for the European Poker Championship.

Lately the next ESL Major Series - Season V - got announced! Now you can find the national qualification details in Trackmania at the Nordic countrys in this news. Signup and represent your country to fight for the 500 Euro prize money amount.

On this Sunday the big Sunday tournament of the European Poker Challenge will be held! Show your Poker skills against players from all over Europe and win real money plus a slot for the monthly final. Can you keep your cool and be the toughest player? Enjoy the real Poker feeling of ESL Poker by Everest Poker!

Half time in the ESL European Poker Challenge. The results of the first tournaments are in so you can see them in both the Ranking as well as the Hall of Fame. You still have some time to score points for the grand final. Sign up now and take your chance!

The European Counter-Strike season of Intel Extreme Masters just recently passed the first stage, being the National Cups. Now, the first international encounter, the Qualification Round 1, is upon us, as the matches are drawn. Winners head on to the second Qualification Round where they get the chance to qualify for the European Championship, while losers will be eliminated. Everything is at stake!

After a successful fourth season with great and exciting offline-finals during gamescom in Cologne, Germany we are ready to start into the next season. Will the champion of the last season, the Swedish girls from Pink Zinic who won their second season already and played in all playoffs, are able to dominate once again or you want to stop them? Then sign-up now for the upcoming fifth season and do not miss the action and play against Europe's finest and best female teams!

The Swedish and Finnish Country Cups are over with Begrip and Crack Clan standing as winners, both being aforementioned favorites. Together with Elukkaveljekset Gaming Club, Crack Clan goes directly in to the European Championship, Begrip lands in Qualifier Round 2, as wooSai heads for Qualifier Round 1. Norway and Denmark still have a few matches left.

The Nordic Intel Extreme Masters Cups are right about heading in to the playoffs, as we are one step closer on settling our Nordic representants. Wrap your mind around the last bits of details that comes with the rules of Intel Extreme Masters Cup playoffs.

From today ESL Wire 1.0 is free to download for everybody! ESL Wire is an instant messenger as well as a tool that simplifies playing on the ESL and combines a lot of very helpful functions. This includes Matchmedia Upload, a Screenshot Tool, integrated Aequitas, Buddy-, Lobby- and Teamchat as well as virtual LANs and Video Broadcasting.