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Their rise was accompanied by the fall of Spain and Poland. Ukraine, France, Germany and Sweden are set to play today, then it's playoffs time.
Russia opened the tournament in the strongest possible fashion as Titan sat in the booth against Spain to all-kill Alastor, Vortix and Majestic and advance his country to the winners match of the group. He could not repeat the same performance as Norway's Targa defeated him in the first game but the other Russians stepped in to turn the deficit around. Happy scored back-to-hack wins against Targa and Snute and once the Terran fell, Slivko came to trump Eiki in the deciding match.
This dropped Norway to the group's decider where Poland was waiting for a rematch. Nerchio's squad of him, Mana and DieStar had lost to Norway 1-3 in the opening game and tried to return the favor but once again the vikings prevailed. Eiki and Snute were victorious for Norway and pinned a final 3-2 score that advanced them out of the group.
Russia will play the team that finishes second in Group B. Ukraine, France, Germany and Sweden are set to fight in this group tonight starting at 17:00 CET.
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