The first Worldwide Challenge of the Intel Extreme Masters III found with Nihilum Plasma a happy winner. Meanwhile at the WCG National Finals of Germany, Team Alternate (Counter-Strike 1.6), Era (Fifa 08), XlorD (Warcraft 3) and Mondragon (Starcraft Brood War) took 1st place for their respective games.

The Fifa-player Era from SK Gaming said to his win:

"I am very happy that I was able to finish first at WCG Germany. Before the games started, i was under pressure because I was one of the favorites and my personal goal was to make the Grand Final.

In the first match I had to beat Mossos. I knew, mossos did not expect to win the match but this was dangerous for me, because he had nothing to lose. I beat Mossos in two games and then met deto in the following round.

I have never beaten deto in a important match, and I knew that it will be a hard match. Finally we had to go in penalty shoot-out and I came out the lucky one. In the 3rd round i got zoOky and I was very concentrated because this game decided who gets the ticket for the Grand Final.

After losing the first match I refused to give up and I won the next two games which got qualified and very satisfied. In the Overall final I had to beat bvbstar two times and after five games I was the winner of the WCG National Finals."

The Winners:

European Nations Championship Finals 2008

Counter-Strike 1.6 (27.500 €)

1st Place: Sweden (15.000 €)
2nd Place: Germany (7.000 €)
3rd Place: Denmark (3.500 €)
4th Place: Spain (2.000 €)

Warcraft III (10.000 €)

1st Place: Germany (5.000 €)
2nd Place: Finland (2.500 €)
3rd Place: Sweden (1.500 €)
4th Place: Denmark (1.000 €)

FIFA 2008 (7.500 €)

1st Place: Poland (4.000 €)
2nd Place: Germany (2.000 €)
3rd Place: Romania (1.000 €)
4th Place: Portugal (500 €)

Counter-Strike:Source (10.000 €)

1st Place: Czech Republic (5.000 €)
2nd Place: France (2.500 €)
3rd Place: Slovakia (1.500 €)
4th Place: Germany (1.000 €)

Intel Extreme Masters III Global Challenge Leipzig

World of Warcraft (30.000 $)

1st Place: Nihilium Plasma (15.000 $)
2nd Place: SK Gaming (6.000 $)
3rd Place: fnatic (3.600 $)
4th Place: x6tence (2.400 $)
5th Place: mousesports (1.500 $)
6th Place: Pandemic Blue (1.500 $)

WCG National Finals 2008 Germany

Counter-Strike 1.6

1st Place: Team Alternate (Ticket to the WCG Grand Final in Cologne)
2nd Place: TBH.eSports
3rd Place: ESC Gaming

Warcraft III

1st Place: XlorD (Ticket to the WCG Grand Final in Cologne)
2nd Place: S.o.K.o.L (Ticket to the WCG Grand Final in Cologne)
3rd Place: HLA (Ticket to the WCG Grand Final in Cologne)

FIFA 08

1st Place: Era (Ticket to the WCG Grand Final in Cologne)
2nd Place: bvbstar (Ticket to the WCG Grand Final in Cologne)
3rd Place: Chocoyote (Ticket to the WCG Grand Final in Cologne)

Starcraft Brood War

1st Place: Mondragon (Ticket to the WCG Grand Final in Cologne)
2nd Place: HoRRoR (Ticket to the WCG Grand Final in Cologne)
3rd Place: Jogy (Ticket to the WCG Grand Final in Cologne)