Too easy for Sweden?

The Dutch defeats the Turks in 2 modest games.

Spain wins in one of the most anticipated games in the cup and both teams did not fail to deliver a great show!

Here you can find the second match week. Almost all matches had to be forced, good job to Group B, who managed to agree their matches.
The matches that didn't have any challenge were randomly forced to the first evening where there was no match.
Remember that if the date is not good, you can contact your opponent and agree on a new date in the same matchweek (possibly) or in the following matchweek. Then you should inform supervisor of the new date (for this week Niceguy, since I'll be away)

Slovakia wins her first game in the cup by beating Czech in the closest match up in this cup up to date.

Another classic match.

First match with a third map in this cup.

Second derby comes from group B.

The first derby was played in group D.

The cup finally had its start, with the opening match, refereed and streamed by Spaire.

Here you can find the first match week. Many matches had to be forced, because teams coudn't agree on a date.

Read inside to know more about nation Czech Republic

Finally the list of captains is published!
16 nations will be partecipating in this NC, and will be divided in 4 groups of 4 teams, where the top 2 of each group will advance to playoffs!
All captains should contact their Nation's Team Manager and ask to be added and to be given trustee to add players. In case they don't add you within one week, send me a PM or an e-mail.

Flag	Nation team	Abr.	Captain	Notes
	Team Bulgaria	bg	san1ty	Only applicant
	Team Czech Republic	cz	kuRe	Only applicant
	Team Germany	de	sn4p	More votes
	Team Estonia	ee	ASD	Same amount of votes, but only applicant with registered QL guid
	Team Spain	es	sh0g	More votes
	Team France	fr	YinhOsA	More votes
	Team Hungary	hu	smghero	Only applicant
	Team Italy	it	kEy21	Only applicant
	Team Netherlands	nl	Niceguy	Only applicant
	Team Poland	pl	OmeGa	More votes, but please cohoperate with wendel who had only 1 vote less. Both of you were a nice choise for captain, and both of you were nice enough to vote each other
	Team Serbia	rs	kostur	Same amount of votes, but more not coming from his own clan, and more CB experience. Please cohoperate with kodisha. In case you won't be able to field a team for the 16th of January, kodisha will take the captain place.
	Team Russian Federation	ru	h8m3	Only captain with at least one vote and a registered QL guid
	Team Sweden	se	Ani	More votes
	Team Slovak Republic	sk	sico	Only applicant
	Team Turkey	tr	Arronax	Only applicant
	Team United Kingdom	uk	ShadyAK	More votes

Unfortunately, since the number of nations that applied couldn't be divided equally to form groups, 2 nations had to be excluded. Anyways, the only applicants for those nations didn't have the required criterias for beeing elected

Flag	Nation excluded	Abr.	Applicant	Notes
	Team Bosnia Herzegowina	bg	demigod	Didn't have a registered QL guid on Clanbase
	Team Slovenia	cz	R1ppeR	Didn't have a registered QL guid on Clanbase, and collected 0 votes

Read inside to know more about the first nation to be overviewed: Italy