Photo by Oliver Boehm
impressive three game stretch. In the finals FiveStar
Lleida won the event with a 1-0 win over a very impressive
Manchester Firm squad, who took second.
There is a lot of talent in the SPL2 (Semipro 2) division
with teams like Rain Of Fire Nuernberg, FiveStar Lleida
2 and PBS91 Saulx les Chartreux, just to name a few. In
the preliminary rounds the Group winners were Rebels
Borgeskogen, Vision PPC Grenoble, Razorback Saint
Etienne, United Strasbourg, Force Majeure Moscow and
Lucky 15s Staffordshire. Rebels Borgeskogen from Norway
beat Freilos Neuss in the ochos, Indecence Les Fourgs in the
quarterfinals and PBS91 Saux les Chartreux to take t h i r d
place. Force Majeure Moscow worked their way through
the ochos, beating Low Life Uddevalla from Sweden, then
FiveStar Lleida 2 in the quarterfinals and PBS91 Saux les
Chartreux in the semifinals. In the finals they would face a
red-hot Rebels Borgeskogen and that’s where their Bitburg
event ended. Congrats to Rebels Borgeskogen for an
undefeated event in the European Masters.
In probably the most popular division/event in Bitburg
other than the CPL, the EPBF Women’s Nations Cup was
amazing. Eight teams from Russia, Germany, Great Britain,
Turkey, France, Poland, Norway and the Netherlands
squared off for a shot at the championships. In the
preliminaries it was Russia and France dominating with
undefeated brackets. Germany and Poland each won two
of their three matches.
In the semifinals Russia blanked Poland 4-0 in front of
packed grandstands and spectators outside of the net
five rows deep. In an emotional match with tons of fans
of both teams cheering, France defeated Germany 3-2.
France then went on to beat Russia also by a score of 3-2
to take the champion 6