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mousesports win CPL Spain

Posted by Liq at 21:05 1/5/2005.

After two action action packed days of Counter-Strike, the world tour event in Barcelona has come to an end. Mousesports of Germany came out victorious, beating Complexity convincingly 16-2 in the grand final. There was a lot of close games throughout the tournament and several surprises, most notable the early exits of SK, astralis and 3D as well as NiP's loss to x6tence in the second round of the upper bracket. After losing, NiP fought back well, reaching the consolation final where they lost to Complexity to eventually finish third. Mibr played some impressive games with their latest recruit element, before losing out to Mousesports then NiP. Here is a full recap of the results:

Upper Bracket: Round 1 (de_train)

SK Gaming [16:03] darkzone
Complexity [16:06] CTF
NiP [16:08] Alliance
mibr [16:02] Hostile
3D [11:16] Wings
g3x [12:16] x6tence
Astralis [24:18] GoodGame
Catch-Gamer [14:16] Mousesports

Upper Bracket: Round 2 (de_inferno)

SK Gaming [13:16] Mousesports
Complexity [16:11] Astralis
NiP [9:16] x6tence
mibr [16:11] Wings

Upper Bracket: Semi Finals (de_nuke)

Complexity [16:09] x6tence
mibr [08:16] Mousesports

Upper Bracket: Final (de_cbble)

Complexity [09:16] Mousesports

Lower Bracket: Round 1 (de_inferno)

3D [09:16] Hostile
g3x [16:14] Alliance
Catch-Gamer [16:11] darkzone
GoodGame [16:05] CTF

Lower Bracket: Round 2 (de_nuke)

SK Gaming [07:16] GoodGame
NiP [16:02] Hostile
g3x [16:08] Wings
Astralis [09:16] Catch-Gamer

Lower Bracket: Round 3 (de_cbble)

NiP [16:02] Catch-Gamer
g3x [13:16] GoodGame

Lower Bracket: Semi Finals (de_dust2)

NiP [16:14] mibr
x6tence [09:16] GoodGame

Lower Bracket: Final (de_train)

NiP [16:07] GoodGame

Consolation Final (de_inferno)

Complexity [16:08] NiP

Grand Final (de_dust2)

Complexity [02:16] Mousesports

This leaves the final standings looking like this:

1. Mousesports (€10,000)
2. Complexity (€5,000)
3. NiP (€3,000)
4. GoodGame (€2,000)
5-6. x6tence
5-6. mibr
7-8. Catch-Gamer
7-8. g3x
9-12. Astralis
9-12. Wings
9-12. Hostile
9-12. SK Gaming
13-16. 3D
13-16. Alliance
13-16. CTF
13-16. darkzone

That about wraps it up. It was an interesting event with some teams performing above expectations, and some failing miserably to live up to them. Congratulations to both Mousesports and Complexity for proving they belong with the cream of the Counter-Strike world, and to NiP on a somewhat successful return. HLTV demos from most of the games are available on SK gaming and GotFrag.