The next cup is coming and some people will perhaps wonder why we announce this earlier than normal. The background is that this cup isn't open for all players! We would like to try out something new: a cup only for players outside of Germany. We will also modify the check-in system this time, too. How it works and all the other facts read out in the news...

As we have announced, we are going to start the first qualification cup of the summer cup series 2008 tomorrow to find the first three players who will fight in the play-offs in august. 64 players have the chance to buy the first ticket and possibly get the final prizes we will offer to the winners. So don´t hesitate and check-in now!

We proudly present the summer cup series of the ICQ Games section. The next weeks will be very hot and filled with hard cups. But that's ok, because you can win a lot of cool prizes.

A long long time ago, we can still remember, we had two cups of our cuptournament. Late but not to late we will announce the winner in an official news, because honor to whom honor is due.

June, the sixth month of the year and according to this we will start tomorrow our sixth cup for this year. Again, the best three pooler can qualify for the big final cup at the end of the year. Could it be you?

It´s late, but not to late to announce our cup this evening. Today we have our fifth elimination to find the best poolers all over in Europe. You wanna be one of them? Than go in and read the whole news with all the details ...

At this cup only 45 players took part. This was the most sparse cup at this year. Now we take a look at the winners.

Again, at this weekend we have a new cup for you. It´s the 4th cup this year and you can show who is the best. You can play against 63 other pooler. We are curious who wins at this month the cup. Nosily? Read more....

Last night we searched again for the best ICQ Pool player in Europe. 62 player rised the challenge and now we should have a look at the winner of this cup ...

The Electronic Sports League needs you! To further advance our player relation partnership we have the following positions available within our Electronic Sports League ICQ Games Staff.

The Easter-bunny have a present for you in his basket, because the third Pool Cuptournament this year is on Easter! Again we have 64 slots for you to qualify for the big final in December. We hope to see again that many player from foreign country's and not only from Germany. So be fast and check-in. See inside for more information.

Later then rather we want announce you the winner of the last years cuptournament. The problem wasn't that we were to lazy to write a news, but we had problems with the producer of the trophy's. Now the trophy's are made and we send them to the winners. So lets take a look who it was...

Second cup, second winner news. We are very proud to show you the statistics of this cup: 64 players used the checkin and 11 of this were non-german players! This was a good step to become more international. But now we should have a look for the winner of this cup ...

Ladies and Gentlemen, its time for pool! Round two of Cuptournament 2008 will start soon. We hope this cup will be so international as the last one in january. But now the facts ...

Time and time again we have any problems during a cup. That we can give you a better support we created a lil Cup FAQ for you.

We are proud to announce you the winner of our first cuptournament in 2008. We had a really nice and uncomplicated cup evening with more than 10 non german players. That´s a good beginning on our way to become more international.

Its late, but not to late to join the cuptournament 2008. Based on the slogan: Same procedure as every year ... We will have eleven, monthly cups with a big final for all winners in december. Every month we have a lot of premium accounts and a big surprise for the overall winners. Our biggest ambition will be to push more international players to join this tournaments.

Together with lots of other games in the ESL, there will be a Night Cup on the upcoming Sunday. This is the opportunity for you to give the new year 2008 a warm welcome! The cup will start on Sunday at 19.00 CET with 32 participants in single elimination and best of three.

Finaly we are here: Its december and time for the final of the pool cuptournament 2007. The last eleven months we played eleven cups and now the best three of every cup will play against to find the almost best. Lets take a look at the cupdetails and the ranking:

The last matches has finished and the finalists are definited. But before we announce the players which are qualified for the finals we have to take a look about the last Cuptournament.

This month we are searching the last time this year for the best Pooler in the EU section. "Could it be you?" There is the last chance to qualify for the final in December. So hurry up und sign in ....

The Electronic Sports League needs you! To further advance our player relation partnership we have the following positions available within our Electronic Sports League ICQ Games Staff.

It´s late, but not to late to announce the winners of the October Cuptournament 2007. The end is near and the finals too. :) Two new players resereved a slot for the coming event and so there are now 21 finalists. But now we should have a look on the previous cup.

Later then normal we have to announce you the cuptournament for the month october. There are just two possibilities left to qualify for the final in December. So don't wait and check in fast for today. As every month we start at 17:00 CET. Let's take a short look at the details:

It´s late, but not to late to announce the winners of the September Cuptournament 2007. Again there were no big suprises in the final rankings. ICQ Pool fans will see old-known players under the Top3, but nevertheless we want to be pleased with them and their good placements.

With a touch over 1,300 players playing an average of over 200 matches per day, the ICQ Games Pool 1on1 ladder is the largest and most popular ladder in ESL International.

This month we are searching for the best Pooler in the EU section. "Could it be you?" There are just three opportunities to qualify for the final in December. You must sign up fast!

Little later as planned, but here we want to present the winners of the ICQ Games Pool Cuptournaments 2007 in August. Again there were no big suprises in the final rankings. ICQ Pool fans will see old-known players under the Top3, but nevertheless we want to be pleased with them and their good placements.

“The same procedure as last month?” “The same procedure as every month!” You don’t know what we are talking about? We talk about the international pool Cuptournament # 8. There are still three times for you to qualify for the finals in december. Who don’t qualify yet should hurry up!

Here we are. The day after the ICQ Games Pool Cuptournament 2007 #7 July. What happened?. The Cup started on time at 17 o' clock. Except a few mistakes at the cup creation (slap the admins) everything went alright and the first games started. But then - during the 3rd round - it happened again: the poolserver broke down. With a little delay and much discipline from your side the cup was continued and finished in the lobby.