A lot of people have said group A is the harder of the two as all 5 of the teams have a realistic chance of qualifying. Obviously the favourites of the group has to be the number one seed fnatic but with strong sides such as Mousesports, Made in Brazil and Roccat, anything could happen.

Along with these sides is the dark horse of the tournament, Spirit of Amiga. After beating fnatic online in the group stages a lot of people are expecting big from the team. With the lack of international LAN experience from the team they could easily flop to the bigger more experienced teams but don't underestimate them as this is Counter-Strike, anything could happen.

#	Team	pts.
1	Mousesports	12
2	Roccat	6
3	Spirit of Amiga	6
4	Made in Brazil	3
5	fnatic	3

 

* SoA advance over fnatic after a elimination-match on de_inferno between the two. SoA won 16-12.

Thursday's matches

	[18:12] Thursday 17:00
Team Roccat	de_inferno	Made in Brazil

	[12:18] Thursday 17:00
fnatic	de_nuke	Mousesports

	[10:20] Thursday 19:00
Roccat	de_dust2	Mousesports

	[19:11] Thursday 19:00
Spirit of Amiga	de_nuke	Made in Brazil

Friday's matches

	[12:18] Friday 16:45
fnatic	de_inferno	Made in Brazi

	[18:12] Friday 16:45
Roccat	de_train	Spirit of Amiga

	[15:15] Friday 17:45
fnatic	de_nuke	Spirit of Amiga

	[17:13] Friday 17:45
Mousesports	de_nuke	Made in Brazil

	[20:10] Friday 19:45
Mousesports	de_dust2	Spirit of Amiga

	[17:13] Friday 19:45
fnatic	de_inferno	Roccat