The
World Cyber Games Nations tournament has just finished, giving us the two on two champions in all of the WCG disciplines asides from Counterstrike and Halo.
Perhaps of most interest was
Holland beating the
American team in the UT2K3 finals (
earlier story and details), which puts Holland in the position of a potential double gold and of course a bronze too in Unreal Tournament 2003.
Meanwhile,
Korea unsurprisingly won the Starcraft event, with Russia and Canada their most noteworthy opponents until the finals against
Kazakhstan, who had a notably easier run.
The Fifa ti
tle saw
Germany hold off the Dutch, with
Italy only managing third, having lost to the Germans in the semi finals.
Lastly, the Warcraft 3 nations finals had a rather unexpected line up, with
Great Britain facing
Chinese Taipei (for who we have no flag). Chinese Taipei had arguably weaker opposition on their way - Poland, Hong Kong, France and Holland, but managed to defeat Tillerman and Bond (Italy, Germany, Russia and China) to claim the gold. Tillerman says:
I'm just so glad I won something decent, after only coming top 32 [in the singles]. I didnt expect it either so it's a nice shock!
I believe that this leaves Holland and Chinese Taipei at the top of the medal table, which could perhaps herald the first year of a non-Korean country coming out best at the WCG...
They won 2 gold medals in nations... AoM and Wc3 both.
They have a possible 1st place in AoM.
They have a possible 3rd place in Wc3 and AoM both.
At the very least, they are guaranteed 2 gold and 1 silver medal with a possible 3 gold 2 bronze.
The netherlands on the other hand is guaranteed 1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze and has a possible 2 gold 1 silver 2 bronze.