European League of Clans Overview

[Mundo AoE]

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Thank you everyone, for accompanying us in this long trip. EULC aimed at bringing an entertaining competition to European Clans and we are very happy with its outcome. For 18 weeks, clans divided in two leagues have fought in very attractive maps against worthy adversaries, and we have had the opportunity to enjoy wonderful matches. Here´s a quick overview of what happened:

EULC Champions League

We started the league with the Nordic Stage. A very particular set of maps created or customized specially for EULC. We were really impressed by maps like Frazil and Glacier. Everyone seemed to enjoy them. We saw teams preparing this or that map and becoming better at them. The French team, Alliance Francophone A won absolutely everything. Even against Rulers of Rome (2-0) and Spain (2-0), who were definitely the favorites. At the end of the first stage, the French seemed unstoppable and won the Nordic Stage without losing a single game. Spain ended second, and RoR third.

The Mediterranean Stage came by with backups for some of the teams. Alliance Francophone added Luca (pop200), the old timers form CZ brought some new blood: Stejvi_CZ, Lunacy added Scogo, and The Brits were decided to level up the team by bringing Hallis and Steakmaster. Shortly after it started, it was clear that Stage 2 was bringing surprises. This was indeed the case: Rulers of Rome beating Alliance Francophone 2-0, Spain losing to Lunacy and CZ. Finally, CZ beating Alliance Francophone was a surprise.

RoR ended up winning the Mediterranean Stage, only losing against Spain 1-2 in a wonderful duel. It was then decided: RoR and Alliance Francophone to the BIG FINALS (450 Euros), and Spain won the 3rd place (50 Euros). In addition to the 500 Euros, these three clans get physical trophies with the name of the clan, and Voobly Premium Accounts (thanks to Voobly) for each member. They also get 3 Game Keys for Age of Empires 2: HD (thanks to Microsoft) and these nice medals in their profiles:

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EULC Europa League

This league had two clear leaders throughout both stages and then the rest of the teams fought hard for the third place. Once again, the French Alliance Francophone were absolutely unbeatable. Also @robo ´s team was on top: NoobsQad. Every team lost against them in both stages: Nordic and Mediterranean Stage. The matches between these two teams were absolutely awesome. Specially the ones at Nordic Stage, which was 2-1. Very very tight.

This league had the most players added to the teams during the event. Teams which found really good players and changed a lot from Nordic to Mediterranean were Villains and Age of Gentuzas. The Norwegians "Villains" added Sandalen, Rablebok, two old timers with many RTS Leagues under their belts. Age of Gentuzas added VladVonCarstein, a kick ass 18+ Spanish player who brought a lot of power to the team.

Nordic Stage finished with Disciples of Abraxas and Villains sharing the 3rd place. A renewed VLNS for Mediterranean Stage was far too good for the rest of the teams and ended up claiming the 3rd place for themselves. NoobsQad finished second, and Alliance Francophone B is the Europa League Champion. The three clans receive three trophies with the name of the clan, premium Voobly accounts for all the members of the clan (Thank you Voobly), 3 Game Keys for Age of Empires 2: HD (Thank you Microsoft), and these pretty medals in their profiles:

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We proudly invite everyone to enjoy the Big Final of EULC Champions League: Rulers of Rome vs Alliance Francophone tomorrow Sunday at 16:30 GMT. The Bo7 will be broadcasted live in Spanish at MundoAoE and is open for everyone else who wishes to stream it in any language. You are welcomed at 16:30 GMT in MundoAoE Tournament´s Lobby.

Maps of the final & civs percentages during the league

We´ve made a poll for you, should you wish to predict the result of the finals
We´ll make the results public tomorrow!
POLL


- Long live Age of Empires -​

 

[Poxo]

GOGO ROR!

 

[Ardeuz]

Comparison of maps played in each league:

There were less games in the Mediterranean phase as there were more AW in the Champions League.

Sinkhole and Grand Bara are 2 maps that show a different taste of maps between the teams in the 2 leagues. Why?

The Europa League teams love the maps with TC in the center much more than the Champions League teams (Border dispute in the Nordic Stage and his half brother African Waters in Mediterranean Stage). The Mongols were the civilization unquestionably preferred for this type of maps with a fast pass to feudal. Who can resist putting towers having the opponent so close?

Shelter and Hideout were 2 very played maps in both leagues that we can see in the final. Surely we will see the Indians in Shelter accompanied by Japanese, Mayans, Berbers? and Spanish in Hideout accompanied by Mayans and Slavs? What beautiful games were the ones that were chosen Khmer cutting the forest through the center, will we see it in the final?

In which map will each team choose the widely used Mayans and Slavs for these maps?

Civilizations chosed in Game1 and HM:

 

[Abraxas]

I am really looking forward to see the strategies clans use tonight for Hideout and Shelter. These two maps have many things in common and they were picked for the same reason IMO: the feeling of safety. This has proven to be false and these maps offer way more alternatives than wall + boom. We’ll see. Thanks for the analysis @Ardeuz very interesting.

 

[Cedric]

Wow very interesting stats with professional aesthetic, it's sad I'm only seeing this now. This perfectly reflects the tournament that was well organised, I hope to see more EULC in the future.

Get rekt poxo for cheering the wrong horse

PS: France A did do the forest cut with Khmer against Spain on Hideout^^

 

[Poxo]

PS: France A did do the forest cut with Khmer against Spain on Hideout^^

And died.

 

[angelina_jolie]

Thank you so much for organising this! Was really fun to play in it! I think every team improved in their potential! ^^

 

[Mundo AoE]

Wow very interesting stats with professional aesthetic, it's sad I'm only seeing this now. This perfectly reflects the tournament that was well organised, I hope to see more EULC in the future.

Get rekt poxo for cheering the wrong horse

PS: France A did do the forest cut with Khmer against Spain on Hideout^^

Thanks a lot for the feedback!

 

[Mundo AoE]

Thank you so much for organising this! Was really fun to play in it! I think every team improved in their potential! ^^

Dank je wel!

 

[OLADUSHEK]

Yes, thank you for this tournament. It helps a lot for improving our team game skills!

 

[Mundo AoE]

Yes, thank you for this tournament. It helps a lot for improving our team game skills!

Thank you, guys. You´ve been awesome throughout the whole thing.
Keep it up.

 

[ClemoL]

In the name of AF B, I would like to thank all of you, people of MundoAOE, for having organized this 1st edition of EULC (hope there will be a 2nd edition btw). Especially @Abraxas who I was in touch with when I was captain of my team, and was always super available when we had any question, even though he had a lot to deal with during the tournament.
It was a lot of fun for us to take part in it : maps were very interesting, draft as well, the 3v3 format ...

I would like to thank as well the teams of Europa League, especially the ones who tried hard and elaborated some cool strategies. Congrats to Noobsquad and their captain @robo, our toughest opponents in the pool, for challenging us along the tournament !