Last year on the 14th of December a nation war took place between Sweden and Norway. This year the captains have decided upon a rematch, same date, same time.
Not only will the date be the same as last year, the time, 19:00 CET will also be the same. The match format is four 1on1 games and one 2on2, just as last year. But not everything is the same, the Norwegian team is very different says KimmoL, captain of the Norwegians.
- Last year's team was more an old school team, now we got a very different lineup, I guess, he says, ensuring it's both a good and a bad thing.
The teams
When asked about the teams in general both captains responded positively. Raistlin, the captain of the Swedish team tells us that he's got faith in the Swedish team.
- Our national team has the absolute best players of Sweden, and at the moment there is not really any player I would say that is missing. Some of the players could of course be playing a bit more and we'd have a stronger team, but I would say we still house one of the best lineups in Europe at the moment with DaZe, KaaZ, Habit (picture), Mireille, Haypro and FrozenArbiter. And of course TreK when he plays his best.
KimmoL tells us he does not have that many players to pick from, and when asked if he had any safe cards to pull up he just tells us:
- We got some players that usually do good, but how they do vs Sweden, we'll just have to see.
Last year was a tight game which Norway won by only one match. According to Raistlin, this nation war won’t end up with Sweden losing 2-3.
- Looking at the possible rosters, I believe Sweden will come out on top. Our confidence is on top after our win against Poland the other week, even though Poland's lineup there was not their strongest.
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Ranking: | #62 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Statistics: | 12-17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ranking: | #12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Statistics: | 7-5 |
Few nation wars in the past
Both captains are happy to finally be able to play this nation war again. There have been very few played, says Raistlin. Only two have ever been played, one in 2001 when Sweden won 7-1 and the one last year.
- I'm very eager to play them again, and we want revenge. Also they both seams to be eager to have mannered games and trying to make it a good event.
- I just hope both teams gets a good lineup, keeps it manner and makes some good games!! For me results never really matters. But since its Sweden, maybe I should... says KimmoL