CB NationsCup XV Grand Final

The fifteenth edition of ClanBase NationsCup will come to an end for Enemy Territory this Sunday! Some high quality games have been played and two best teams made it through to the final stage. Coming from the upper bracket we got
Team United Kingdom who has managed to gather one of the strongest and most stable team ever, and on the other hand we got quite a surprising finalist Team Poland. United Kingdom hasn't lost a single game in this tournament so far (only one map against Sweden!). Poles have already met with Brits in Upper Bracket Final where they didn't manage to take up a fight and lost 0-4. Although Poles weren't a favorites for the final victory, they have managed to beat some of ET's finest nations such as Finland, Belgium or Netherlands. Due to these facts we can honestly say that it's deserved grand final for both teams.




United Kingdom

Baggiez
griim
koop
R0SS
rAzZ
sqZz




Team Poland

dialer
fanatic
Frag'Stealer!
hunter
lesti
zMk




Date: 22.04.2012
Time: 22:30 CEST
Maps: TBA
League: CB ET NationsCup XVTo win the grand final Poland needs to beat United Kingdom two times as they are coming into this match from the loser brackets.

This game will be most likely radio shoutcasted and streamed by owzo as well as broadcasted by GamesTV via ETTV so you won't miss this clash of the titans.

Quote by Artstar

It really feels quite good to captain the strongest ever UK squad, the experience and mix of talent together with the overall communication of the team should hopefully secure the win versus Poland without going to a second final, but this is ET and you can never know what's coming! I wish a good luck to everyone playing and hope for an exciting match for the spectators.

Quote by dialer

Despite losing in the first game against UK I can see our team pulling if off and taking first place. I hope we didn't run out of luck yet and can put some good show tonight.

Team United Kingdom previous wars:

4:0 vs Russia - Group Stage
4:0 vs Croatia - Group Stage
4:0 vs Australia - Group Stage
4:2 vs Sweden - Playoffs UB Round 1
4:0 vs Germany - Playoffs UB Round 2
4:0 vs Finland - Playoffs UB Round 3
4:0 vs Poland - Playoffs UB Final

Team Poland previous wars:

4:0 vs Austria - Group Stage
4:0 vs Italy - Group Stage
4:0 vs Czech Republic - Playoffs UB Round 1
4:2 vs The Netherlands - Playoffs UB Round 2
4:0 vs Belgium - Playoffs UB Round 3
0:4 vs United Kingdom - Playoffs UB Final
4:2 vs Finland - Playoffs LB Final

As usual, I've gathered some predictions from known gamers and community members:

Quote by Domi

4-2 UK. Although UK seems to be the stronger team this NC I still think that Poland (the obvious underdog's in this game) could suprise us. In my opinion the map's played will decide who's going to be the winner. Its the grand final, all the players from each team will do their best to play their A game, so anthing is possible!

Quote by duKe

I think that UK will win this since they are performing a stable line in this NC so far. Still, Poland is an enemy you should not underestimate. But UK got more teamplay, better aim and the so underrated experience what will lead them to the win. My prediction is UK 4 - 0 POL

Quote by gr0ss

It should be a 4:0/4:2 for UK, they already managed to beat Poland quite easily, anyways Polands performance against Finland was pretty good, therefore i expect a more thrilling match now. Still, UK just pwns at the moment, they were able to beat all good teams, even germany. :$ POL shouldnt take more then one map, otherwise i would be really surprised.

Quote by grzesiek

Poland has surprised Finns in Loser Bracket Final, but half of UK players are praccing hard 24/7 and I wouldn't be suprised about 4-2 score for UK. Poland will take sw_goldrush_te easily with hunter, rest in hands of United Kingdom.

Quote by kapaa

Should be a very exciting match and decider is a must because this is the final. Poland took very nice victory against Fin and obviously they got more self-confidence after that game so polaks are very dangerous opponent today. If I have to predict Ill say 4-2 for UK. Player to watch: fanatic :=)

Quote by Kevin

The UK is most likely going to win this tournament and if I'm not mistaken that would be their first gold ever. It doesn't matter how many - really - strong aimers that they have, the game-winning impulses in this team will usually come from Baggiez or Koop. ( And Sqzz if there is a flag on the map. )
I'm quite surprised to see the lineup of team Poland as they could field players who are a lot stronger. I mean no disrespect to Hunter and Lesti but I fear that they might be the reason of Poland's silver medal, in a bad way. I can't really see a way in which Poland can take this final, twice at that, they might however have awesome teamplay which I'm just not aware of. 4-0 for The UK. Player to watch : Baggiez

Quote by Mayni

I expect the UK to win 4-0, possibly 4-2 if a map like Adler is played and they slip up; UK have a stronger line-up, both individually and from a team play point of view, with a good balance ranging from the more damage orientated to the objective focused.

Quote by Robaciek

Poland showed that they are capable of extraordinary perfomance like in game against Finland, however UK is by far the strongest team in current NC and betting on score is not an easy task. If we have in mind that UK can afford to lose one game since they come from WB it gets even tougher. My prediction is that Poland will manage to win one game either 4:0 or 4:2 but UK will come back and claim their crown in 2nd game. gl Krein

Quote by R0SS

So finally we reach the final, something which no other UK team before us has accomplished. I personally believe that we have had the hardest path to the finals, playing the 2 favourites germany and finland on the way. Now we meet Poland again, a team who we beat in the WB Final. Confidence is high, however we will not be over confident after seeing their performance against finland. I still believe that we will take the game 4-0, but both maps will be close.

Quote by Sample

UK is stronger on the paper, on the battlefield, everywhere. I'm really much surprised if Poland manages to win them twice. Good luck and have fun, hopefully we are going to see great game tonight.

Quote by sCope

United Kingdom has been very strong this year, they haven't lost a single game so far. Team Poland in the other hand has already lost once against United Kingdom. I was pleasantly suprised to see that Poland won against Finland, that means we should see an interesting match tonight. I'd say that UK is a bit too strong for Team Poland this year, but we'll see tonight! 4-0 UK

Quote by TOMOYO

UK has for sure shown its superiority among national teams, crushing opponents one after another. There will be no doubt they'll take this. And dave is a winner.

Quote by xPERiA

UK has been praccing a couple times per week and haven't once lost sight of the NC XV Golden crown. With easy wins over germany and finland, UK can only be seen as the strongest nation this year (even if they did fall by the hands of team NL junior squad :D). Where on the other hand PL struggled on their every match. The way I see it is worse case scenario is that UK will lose one map. But I expect a clean 4-0 win for UK. Players to watch: sqZz & Frag'stealer.

Quote by Zodiac

UK have been playing well throughout the whole tournament, and I predicted them to win from the start. Poland is also a surprisingly good team, not one I foresaw coming this far in the tournament. Poland have to win twice over a really strong UK team, and I just can't see that happening despite Poland having surprised in this tournament. I predict UK winning the first game, 4-0 or 4-2.