everything was still at stake in SPL, this already won the championship and time between Vision, Polar Bears and celebrated plenty on the field, but Dogs D’Amour. Vision, despite being in they still wanted to show why they first place, weren’t the favourites. The are considered the best in the SPL. French team remained in first due to Unfortunately for them they caught the other two teams’ misfortune; they some in-form Polar Bears that won were careless in previous events and their third consecutive first place, thus that affected their final score. Besides ensuring second place overall. It is still Polar Bears won the last two events, interesting to note how the best team on which meant any Vision’s stumble the field in three consecutive events lost would be fatal. And that stumble would a championship due to a single defeat happen right in the first game, by losing in the first event. But as in all sports, 2:3 against Drammen Solid. Luckily consistency is the making of winners. for them, this wasn’t enough to stop Dogs did what they had to by them from finishing in first place beating Silent Moscow and thereby in their group. In the case of achieving third place in the the Greeks - Dogs D’Amour – event and overall. they won all three matches In the top league, In a group without great difficulty. there were two distinct too easy The Russians lost their competitions: the fight for Dynasty, second game, which for first place, between the unthinkable was also not enough to Dynasty and Art Chaos, happened. prevent them from finishing and the fight for the in first place. In the last 16, remaining table places. The the only team to experience difference of these two teams’ some difficulties was Polar Bears by games to the rest is abysmal, to the winning 4:2 against the Cosilium Dei. point that the fourth place obtained by Both Vision and Dogs won their matches Art Chaos in Bitburg came as a complete 4:0, as if simply strolling through the surprise to everyone. park. The victories endlessly continued, The Dynasty, having a bad year in until two of these three teams had to the U.S., arrived with a NPPL victory face each other. The luck of being left gained the previous weekend that rose out fell on Vision that won 4:2 against their morale high. Could this be the Silent Moscow. In a great clash, Polar necessary victory for the Dragons in Bears left the Greeks behind with some blue to return to the glow of previous ease, beating them by 4:1. years? They brought the same base as By the time of the final, Vision had in the first Millennium’s event but
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