ETF2L's Nations Cup is about to kick off, with 22 nations signed up, this will be Team Fortess 2's biggest competition to date! The next 2 months will see a collection of Europe's greatest players compete with and against each other for the crown of Europe's best Team Fortress 2 Nation. The first match is set to be played on Thursday. The “Pre-Round” match-ups will see 4 of the unseeded nations compete for the final two spots of the Group Stage.

Groupstage Seedings

ETF2L have also announced the seedings for the “Group Stage”, there are five different pots and each one has a different skill level. Pot one being the highest skill and pot five being the lowest.

Pot One

Finland
Russia
Sweden
United Kingdom

Pot Two

Belgium
Denmark
France
Germany

Pot Three

Latvia
Poland
Portugal
Spain

Pot Four

Czech Republic
Israel
Italy
Netherlands

Pot Five

Norway
Ukraine

As seen in the ongoing ETF2L Cup, the live drawing system will be used to determine which teams will battle it out to progress to the Knockout Stage. The groups will be drawn on Sunday 13th July at 19:00CET and you will be able to watch the drama unfold in #ETF2L on Quakenet.

Group Stage Schedule

Group Phase start: Tuesday, 15th July, 0:00 CET
Group Phase Playtime: 15.07 -12.08

Week 1: cp_well & cp_badlands
Week 2: ctf_turbine & cp_pro_granary
Week 3: cp_gravelpit & cp_well
Week 4: cp_pro_granary & cp_badlands
Week 5: ctf_turbine & cp_gravelpit


Related: ETF2L