Tuesday’s games, American Rules Cup

American Rules Cup

The American Rules Cup signups have exceeded expectations, and in order to accommodate all participants and improve cup flow, we’ve decided to make several changes to the cup structure. The cup will now feature skill brackets of 8 teams each, and will have 7 days per match instead of 5, with cp_snakewater as the final map. The new cup schedule is as follows:

• Round of 8: August 1-7, map cp_badlands
• Semi-finals: August 8-14, map cp_granary
• Finals: August 15-21, map cp_snakewater

In addition to allowing the cup to accommodate up to 40 teams, the new schedule should reduce overlap with the ongoing Nations Cups and give participants more breathing room. Signups close Tonight 22 CEST, so don’t miss your chance to try something new!

Edit: If signups reach at least 46 teams, we will have 6 brackets of 8 instead of a waiting list.

With that out of the way, let’s move on to tonight’s games.

6v6 Nations Cup: England vs. Spain

While both teams may have already secured playoffs, this match will determine the winner of the group, who will have an easier route in the playoff stages. Neither team has been tested properly so far, but this should be a close match, with high level players on both sides.

• STV: tba

6v6 Nations Cup: Hungary vs. Canada

Neither Hungary or Canada have won any points from the competition so far, playing England and Spain. Canada did show that they are capable of performing, by testing Spain out on cp_granary with a narrow loss. Hungary also tested Spain on cp_gullywash_final1, so this could be a close game! This will be their last chance to get any points from their campaign.

• STV: nervousenergy.co.uk:27031

6v6 Nations Cup: Latvia vs. Wales

A very important game for both teams, the winner of this will be going through into the playoff stage (as runners-up mostly likely), and the loser will be eliminated! Latvia have a strong team mainly consisting of division 1 team CIDO, whereas Wales have soldier duo  Mike and  Santa as the core of the team.

• STV: tba

HL Nations Cup: France vs. Ukraine

The second game from the Quarter Final stages of the HL Nations Cup is between France and Ukraine, two teams that have beaten strong opposition to reach this stage. France beat Spain in Round 1 of the Playoff Stages, which confirms them as a strong contender to win the tournament. Meanwhile Ukraine also showed us they can compete, defeating England on their way to win their group. The winner of this match will face Finland in the semi-final.

• STV: fakkelbrigade.eu:27101

HL Nations Cup: Netherlands vs. Sweden

Netherlands have probably been the surprise team of the tournament so far, having drawn with Spain in the group, and beat Lithuania in Round 1. If they can beat this Sweden team full of SNSD and May Contain Nuts players, it would surely be the biggest upset so far!

• STV: 176.9.138.143:27100