FIGHT FOR $500,000

BIRMINGHAM SALVO vs. SAN FRANCISCO OPTX; 3:00AM BST/4:00AM CEST

FINAL

CS:S

FZA

FIFA

DOAF

DOAM

SCORE

Birmingham Salvo

8

5

2

2

5

22

San Francisco OPTX

4

2

1

5

3

15

The World Final Grand Final sees two teams face off that no-one expected to be here.

Birmingham Salvo have defied public opinion by breaking the North American stranglehold on the final, defeating both the Latin and North American Champions along the way to a historic first final for Europe.

The North American representative is the San Francisco OPTX, they started as underdogs at the start of the tournament yet come into this match as a fan favorite.

Key match ups of the night will be Counter-Strike: Source and Dead or Alive 4 Female.

Match Order

Forza Motosrport 2
FIFA
Dead or Alive Female
Counter-Strike: Source
Dead or Alive Male

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Let's take at look at both team's recent results in the world finals so far

The on-form OPTX.CSS may prove key tonight

Goodeh's Predictions

FINAL

CS:S

FZA

FIFA

DOAF

DOAM

SCORE

Birmingham Salvo

10

5

0

3

0

18

San Francisco OPTX

9

2

1

5

5

22

Detailed pre-match statistics of the World Finals so far, compiled by Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner

San Francisco OPTX	Head-to-Head	Birmingham Salvo
2-0 (+17)	Franchise Record	2-0 (+5)
25	Average Points per Game	22
0-2 (-3)	FIFA 08	0-2 (-2)
2-0 (+10)	Counter-Strike: Source	1-1 (-2)
2-0 (+6)	Dead or Alive Male	1-1 (-2)
2-0 (+6)	Dead or Alive Female	1-1 (+1)
2-0 (+2)	Forza Motorsport 2	2-0 (+8)

Story Lines

Franchise
This is the 132nd CGS Franchise match in history.
This is the first time they have met in a franchise match.
San Francisco knocked out the other UK team London Mint in the Wildcard final.
There have been 5,689 franchise points scored since CGS began.
The highest score in any of the CGS matches is 36 and the lowest is 8.
Optx had to win 4 straight matches to get here.
Both teams have won 4 consecutive matches to reach this stage.
Salvo have won the UK final and European final in 2008.
Salvo have won twice in franchise overtime this year.
Salvo average age is 20 years and 7months - Oldest Picaso(25), youngest Bazza(18 ).
Optx average age is 21 years and 5 months - Oldest NinjaCW(24), youngest Paradox(20)
Optx have lost just once in their last 8 matches (the defeat to Dallas in the NA Semi Final)
Birmingham haven't lost a franchise game since the semi final of last years World Final (lost 25-17 v. Chicago)
Chicago Chimera's reign as world champions will end after 226 days.

DOA M
NinjaCW has lost just one of his last 5 games.
Messy is 0-2 and 0-10 in rounds against North American players in CGS.
Messy did however win that one franchise overtime round which got Salvo to the final.
Both of Messy's wins in CGS were against Mexican players.
This will be a Gen Fu Mirror match.

DOA F
Vanessa played and beat Sarah Lou in the individuals 5-3 after being 3-1 down.
Vanessa also beat Sarah Lou's sister in the wildcard final (strobe lost 5-3).
Vanessa was the no.1 draft pick of 2007 in NA region draft.
Sarah Lou was the no.1 draft pick in 2008 in UK region draft.
Vanessa became the first player in CGS history to pass +100 net points in her last game.

FIFA
Both FIFA players are 0-2 during the world finals.
Bazza last won a game when he beat ChrisyB in the UK Final.
Stermy lost to ChrisyB 3-2 when he last played a brit.
Bazza has only scored 2 goals in FIFA08 this year.
Bazza hasn't scored in any of his last 3 games.

FORZA
Both Forza squads are 2-0 during the world final.
Optx Forza have won both of their World Final games 4-3.
Picaso has won both of the World Final races for Salvo.
Salvo.Fza are the second strongest part of any team in the World Finals with +8 net.

CSS
Salvo have never lost to an American CSS team in franchise games.
They were on a 5 game winning run before Mexico beat them.
Both of the Salvo losses were 12-6.
Optx have won both of their World Final games and are the strongest part of any team on net points.

Ben Thomas offers Cadred his expert opinion. Photo Courtesy of theCGS.com

Expert Opinion: Ben "Racs" Thomas

For every game we'll be getting the opinion of a Championship Gaming Series expert. Today's prediction is by none other than Ben Thomas, General Manager of the Sydney Underground, who lost to the Berlin Allianz in round one of the World Finals.

Stay tuned every day to Cadred.org for your Championship Gaming Series World Finals coverage!

FINAL

CS:S

FZA

FIFA

DOAF

DOAM

SCORE

Birmingham Salvo

10

4

2

3

1

20

San Francisco OPTX

8

3

1

5

5

22