With twenty four teams at the start of the night, we are down to our final eight teams which will be going head to head over the next two nights of fantastic competition. UK EMS Katowice Qualifiers Day One:







So tonight began the first two rounds of the EMS Katowice Qualifiers for the United Kingdom. With twenty four sides, there was plenty of aspiring teams hoping to make it to the final four to secure their first steps of qualification in the National Finals.



The first of our personal favourites in the cup, was fm-eSports TOXiC who played Magmus first (who sadly didn't turn up) and then progressed to the next round. In that round they faced a rather unknown side called DreamY, however TOXiC managed to sweep DreamY aside with a rather one sided 16 - 2 win. Meanwhile, Ginyu Force managed to sweep aside their first round opponents with a 16 - 0 win against Team Kobalos. Ginyu then went onto squaring up with FEVER and once again, a rather one sided scoreline came to fruition with 16 - 1. This means our first pairing in the Quarter Finals is fm-eSports TOXiC Vs Ginyu Force.



Swagnificent who are current A-Series Second Season table toppers managed to not even turn up against Optimum eSports whilst Cashville who are currently sixth placed in the A-Series also forgot to turn up, which meant Optimum eSports managed to get a rather easy route to the Quarters. myXMG which includes the controversial Sheeky, and one of the rising stars of UK CS Scene, Powell, managed to overcome a small inconvience in the form of Space Monkey Mafia, by winning 16 - 3. After that another default win came calling as Coyotes also managed to drop out. The second pairing for the Quarter Finals is Optimum eSports Vs myXMG.



In a rather stacked second half of the draw, Rekt managed to take on Perilous Fury with little problems as they swept away SpeedyG & Abiii's team 16 - 5. PulseCore which features r0m and Paynt, managed to then beat Rekt 16 - 10 in the next round to reach the Quarter Finals. The Lovely Men which features players such as HenryG, sliggy & fearLess managed to have a breeze through of a first round match as they disposed of the services of #Rasta.Go in 16 - 1 on de_mirage which was featured on Jay Atkins stream. In the follow up round, Rasta.Xd managed to be rather disappointing as they then succumb to The Lovely Men 16 - 9. This means that PulseCore now square up to TLM in the third quarter final.



Team MINISTRY managed to come out the better side of a default win, as Syphon's men from MAN CAT couldn't play in the cup. MINISTRY then went on to play former Enemy Down all stars [786] on de_mirage as MINISTRY just proved too hot to handle as they ran out 16 - 1 winners. Meanwhile TeamCRG had to take on current in form A-Series side B2Gaming which resulted in a rather close encounter as TeamCRG managed to win 16 - 9. TeamCRG's follow up match was against doghorse (whoever thought of that name should be highly commended), however the team lived up to their name being pretty dog, as they got beat by TeamCRG 16 - 6. This means Team MINISTRY will play TeamCRG in the forth quarter final. These two teams last met at insomnia50 where TeamCRG managed to win over two maps going to Overtime on both maps. Will MINISTRY seek revenge?



Friday 17th 21:30 - fm-eSports TOXiC 2 - 0 Ginyu Force

Sunday 19th 20:00 - Optimum eSports Vs myXMG

Sunday 19th 18:00 - PulseCore Gaming Vs TLM

Sunday 19th 20:00 - Team MINISTRY Vs TeamCRG







CS:GO in front of a huge audience! (More photos of IEM Katowice on Flickr.com) So tonight began the first two rounds of the EMS Katowice Qualifiers for the United Kingdom. With twenty four sides, there was plenty of aspiring teams hoping to make it to the final four to secure their first steps of qualification in the National Finals.The first of our personal favourites in the cup, was fm-eSports TOXiC who played Magmus first (who sadly didn't turn up) and then progressed to the next round. In that round they faced a rather unknown side called DreamY, however TOXiC managed to sweep DreamY aside with a rather one sided 16 - 2 win. Meanwhile, Ginyu Force managed to sweep aside their first round opponents with a 16 - 0 win against Team Kobalos. Ginyu then went onto squaring up with FEVER and once again, a rather one sided scoreline came to fruition with 16 - 1. This means our first pairing in the Quarter Finals is fm-eSports TOXiC Vs Ginyu Force.Swagnificent who are current A-Series Second Season table toppers managed to not even turn up against Optimum eSports whilst Cashville who are currently sixth placed in the A-Series also forgot to turn up, which meant Optimum eSports managed to get a rather easy route to the Quarters. myXMG which includes the controversial Sheeky, and one of the rising stars of UK CS Scene, Powell, managed to overcome a small inconvience in the form of Space Monkey Mafia, by winning 16 - 3. After that another default win came calling as Coyotes also managed to drop out. The second pairing for the Quarter Finals is Optimum eSports Vs myXMG.In a rather stacked second half of the draw, Rekt managed to take on Perilous Fury with little problems as they swept away SpeedyG & Abiii's team 16 - 5. PulseCore which features r0m and Paynt, managed to then beat Rekt 16 - 10 in the next round to reach the Quarter Finals. The Lovely Men which features players such as HenryG, sliggy & fearLess managed to have a breeze through of a first round match as they disposed of the services of #Rasta.Go in 16 - 1 on de_mirage which was featured on Jay Atkins stream. In the follow up round, Rasta.Xd managed to be rather disappointing as they then succumb to The Lovely Men 16 - 9. This means that PulseCore now square up to TLM in the third quarter final.Team MINISTRY managed to come out the better side of a default win, as Syphon's men from MAN CAT couldn't play in the cup. MINISTRY then went on to play former Enemy Down all stars [786] on de_mirage as MINISTRY just proved too hot to handle as they ran out 16 - 1 winners. Meanwhile TeamCRG had to take on current in form A-Series side B2Gaming which resulted in a rather close encounter as TeamCRG managed to win 16 - 9. TeamCRG's follow up match was against doghorse (whoever thought of that name should be highly commended), however the team lived up to their name being pretty dog, as they got beat by TeamCRG 16 - 6. This means Team MINISTRY will play TeamCRG in the forth quarter final. These two teams last met at insomnia50 where TeamCRG managed to win over two maps going to Overtime on both maps. Will MINISTRY seek revenge? Gumpster , Friday, 17/01/14 16:47