Showdown in Prague - ETC 2015 Results

Showdown in Prague - ETC 2015 Results August 6-9 2015, Prague Exhibition Centre, Prague, Czech Republic Many of the world’s most competitive wargamers travelled to the Czech Republic for the European Team Championship in Prague. There were two Flames Of War tournaments, starting with the ESC singles tournament on Thursday, which included 68 players, fighting it out over three rounds. The teams event from Friday to Sunday was the largest Flames Of War event ever held, with 180 players in 30 six-player teams. 28 national teams represented their home countrties (with a few ex-patriates and guests here and there, making up the numbers), while two ‘UN’ teams were made up of multinational coalitions. It really was the World Cup of wargaming, and the teams got into the spirit, many of them wearing matching ‘uniforms’.

Anders Johansson from Battlefront’s UK office made the trip to the Czech Republic to check out the action, and in fact he found himself subbing for one of the players from Team Greece for the last two games of the tournament. You can read Anders's full tournament report here...

The competition was hot, in more ways than one. For one thing, Prague was in the grip of an epic heatwave, and temperatures in the un-air-conditioned metal building housing the tournament were truly sweltering. But by all accounts everyone tolerated the punishing conditions as well as can be expected, and the spirit of healthy competition was not diminished.

Although the competitive aspect of such a prestigious event is always taken very seriously, it is also a fantastic opportunity to forge new wargaming friendships with like-minded people of all nations. So a true spirit of camaraderie and sportsmanship abounded, as you can see in these photos, courtesy of the Facebook page of Team South Africa...

	Of course, every competition needs a winner, and at the end of the three days of match-ups, the victory went to Team USA: Bill Wilcox, Brian Koches, Chris Jackson, John Brock, Phil Messier and Tony Davis.
	In second place were Team Poland: Piotr Miazga, Piotr Miakoto, Jakub Charmo, Marcin Nowicki, Igor Modelski, and RafaL Anusiak.
	And in third place were Team Australia: Dave Rae, John Maguire, Patrick Williamson, Paul Collins, Scott Norwood and Walter Spivak.

Congratulations, guys!

ETC 2015 Final Teams Results

Rank	Team	Tournament Points	FOW Victory Points	Awards
1	Team USA	24	161	First Place
2	Team Poland	24	152	Second Place, Second Best Painted
3	Team Australia	20	136	Third Place
4	Team Ireland	20	129
5	Team Slovenia	19	139
6	Team England	19	135
7	Team Switzerland	19	127
8	Team Denmark	19	125
9	Team Germany	19	121
10	Team UN 1	18	132
11	Team Austria	18	131
12	Team France	18	127
13	Team Spain	18	125
14	Team Russia	17	132
15	Team Italy	17	120
16	Team Belarus	17	110
17	Team Portugal	16	115
18	Team Serbia	15	120
19	Team Scotland	15	116
20	Team Wales	14	127	Best Painted
21	Team Romania	14	112	Favorite Opponent 4
22	Team Canada	14	107
23	Team Finland	14	96
24	Team Greece	13	119
25	Team South Africa	13	116
26	Team Northern Ireland	13	103
27	Team New Zealand	12	115
28	Team Hungary	12	95
29	Team UN2	11	110
30	Team Czech Republic	10	105