European Nations Championship 2009 LAN Finals will take place from 19 to 23 of August at gamescom trade fair in Cologne, Germany, featuring ten national teams to compete for €15.000 in four disciplines.

The defending champion Sweden, who has announced its lineup for the LAN Finals earlier, has undergone a roster change. Jimmy 'allen' Allen, who helped his national team win ENC 2009, has been added to the roster to replace Björn 'threat' Pers. The rest four players remain the same.

Sweden lineup:

Patrik 'cArn' Sättermon
Rasmus 'GuX' Ståhl
Christopher 'GeT_RiGhT' Alesund
Jimmy 'allen' Allen
Johan 'face' Klasson

The French side, who eliminated Norway in the relegation match and beat Denmark in group stage, consists of the likes of Bridet 'RiGo-' Matthieu, Jeremy 'ioRek' Vuillermet from oXmoze . Mickael 'mSx' Cassisi, the one who showed his outstanding performance in the relegation match, will not compete with his teammates in Germany. The other three are from Millenium .

France Lineup:

Jeremy 'ioRek' Vuillermet
Mathieu 'R!Go' Bridet
Guillaume 'Geno' Ntep
Christophe 'sixeR' Xia
Engin 'MAJ3R' Kupeli

Germany will stay with its roster in group stage, seeing Manuel 'approx' Zeitz and Roman 'roman' Ausserdorfer being from Team ALTERNATE , Antonio 'cyx' Daniloski, Navid 'Kapio' Javadi along with Manuel 'Tixo' Makohl coming from Mousesports .

Germany Lineup:

Manuel 'approx' Zeitz
Roman 'roman' Ausserdorfer
Manuel 'tixo' Makohl
Navid 'Kapio' Javadi
Antonio 'cyx' Daniloski

The Poles will again have most of their hardcore players coming from the NO.1 national team, seeing Filip 'Neo' Kubski, Wiktor 'taz' Wojtas as well as Mariusz 'Loord' Cybulski from WICKED eSports playing for their national team alongside Artur 'dOK' Kaleta and Jaroslaw 'pasha' Jarząbkowski from Frag eXecutors and PGS Gaming respectively.

Poland Lineup:

Filip 'NEO' Kubski
Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas
Mariusz 'Loord' Cybulski
Artur 'dOk' Kaleta
Jarosław 'pasha' Jarząbkowski

ENC 2009 Semi-Finals:

France VS. Sweden (Saturday, 22 August)
Germany VS. Poland (Saturday, 22 August)

Prize Money Breakdown for Counter Strike 1.6:

1st Place - €4,000
2nd Place - €2,000
3rd Place - €1,500
4th Place - €1,000

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