Results Swedish National VTES Championship 2019

On September 7th, 2019 the Swedish National VTES Championship 2018 was held in Stockholm, Sweden with 42 players attending the tournament. The final standings after three rounds and final were as follows:

1. Esa-Matti Smolander (FIN) — 2 GW 9.5 VP — 1.5 VP — Baali MMPA Stealth Bleed
2. Kristofer Åkesson (SWE) — 2 GW 9 VP — 0 VP — Lasombra Stealth Vote
2. Lauri Salmi (FIN) — 2 GW 7 VP — 1.5 VP — Guruhi MMPA Anarch Rush
2. Henrik Klippström (SWE) — 2 GW 7 VP — 0.5 VP — Tremere Big Cap Stealth&Bleed
2. Erik Mossberg (SWE) — 2 GW 6 VP — 0 VP — Harbingers Emerald Legionaires

Congratulations to Esa-Matti for his win of the Swedish Nationals 2019. You can find a tournament report and the tournament winning deck in the VEKN Newsletter September 2019.

VEKN Newsletter September 2019

On October 3rd, 2019, the VEKN has published its newsletter for September 2019. The newsletter covers a number of topics, namely the VEKN Code of Ethics, a tournament report of the 2019 Swedish National Championship, and new VTES community content in the forms of Bindusara´s Jyhad Diary blog and the Struggle, Interrupted YouTube channel (and Twitch stream).

Read the complete newsletter here: VEKN Newsletter for September 2019 on VEKN.net.

VEKN Newsletter August 2019

On August 31st, 2019, the VEKN has published its newsletter for August 2019. The newsletter covers this time almost exclusively the VTES European Championship 2019, which took place during mid-August. Topics in this issue include tournament reports of the week of nightmares tournaments and the actual EC tournaments, the tournament winning decks of EC Day 1 and Day 2, and finally an interview with this year’s EC winner, Otso from Finland.

Read the complete newsletter here: VEKN Newsletter for August 2019 on VEKN.net.

Results Scottish National VTES Championship 2019

On May 25th, 2019 the VTES Scottish National Championship 2019 was held in Edinburgh, Scotland with 8 players attending the tournament. The final standings after 2 rounds and the finals were as follows:

1. Norbert Flasko (HUN) — 2 GW 4.5 VP — x VP — Petrodon & Co
2. Edd Phipps (UK) — 1 GW 5 VP — x VP — Malgorzata & Friends
2. Thiago Cavalcanti (BRA) — 0 GW 2 VP — x VP — Alexandra & Friends
2. Nicolas Vlad (FRA?) — 0 GW 2 VP — x VP — Kiasyd Stealth Bleed
2. George T. Newberry (UK) — 0 GW 0 VP — x VP — !Brujah Multi-Action/Toolbox Vote&Bleed

Congratulations to Norbert for his win of the Scottish Nationals 2019. You can find the tournament winning deck on VEKN.net.

Results EC 2019: European Championship (Day 2)

Here are the results from the European Championship (Day 2) tournament that was played during the VTES European Championship 2019 on August 18th, 2019 in Paris, France. 50 players participated in this EC tournament, the standings after 3 rounds and the final were as follows:

1. Otso Saariluoma (FIN) — 2 GW 8.5 VP — 1.5 VP — Nana & Friends Ani/Pot Combat
2. Tommi Hakomaa (FIN) — 1 GW 6.5 VP — 0.5 VP — Tremere antitribu Nephandus
2. Orian Gissler (FRA) — 1 GW 6 VP — 0.5 VP — Nana & Friends Ani/Pot Combat
2. Radoslaw Wroblewski (POL) — 1 GW 5 VP — 0.5 VP — Ventrue antitribu Grinder
2. Sélim Ammouche (FRA) — 2 GW 8 VP — 0 VP — Arika Stealth Vote.

Congratulations to Otso for winning the Day 2 tournament of the VTES EC 2019 which makes him the European VTES Champion for 2018 (and 2nd win after EC 2011 with Nana/Nanglia Were Ani/Pot Rush Combat).

Results EC 2019: European Championship (Day 1)

Here are the results from the European Championship (Day 1) tournament that was played during the VTES European Championship 2019 on August 17th, 2019 in Paris, France. 132 players participated in this EC tournament, the standings after 3 rounds and the final were as follows:

1. Jorge Delgado (ESP) — 2 GW 8 VP — 1.5 VP — Girls will find… Inner Circles
2. Benoît Moyen (FRA) — 2 GW 7.5 VP — 1.5 VP –Ventrue antitribu Grinder
2. Erik Mossberg (SWE) — 2 GW 8 VP — 0.5 VP — Harbingers Emerald Legionnaires
2. Patrick Benoît (FRA) — 2 GW 9.5 VP — 0 VP — Ravnos Breed & Boon
2. Mathias Skubich (FRA) — 2 GW 8 VP 0 — VP — Ventrue antitribu Grinder

Congratulations to Jorge for winning the Day 1 tournament of the European VTES Championship 2019. 40 players qualified for the Day 2 tournament. You needed 1 GW 2.5 VP in this tournament for the qualification. An additional 10 players were also qualified, when they have reached the final round of the previous day’s Last Chance Qualifier tournament or the final round of the Grand Prix 2019 series.

Results EC 2019: Last Chance Qualifier

Here are the results from the Last Chance Qualifier tournament that was played during the VTES European Championship 2019 on August 16th, 2019 in Poland, France. 132 players participated in this EC tournament, the standings after 3 rounds and the final were as follows:

1. Lukasz Ho Thanh (POL) — 2 GW 7 VP — 3 VP —
2. Randal Rudstam (SWE) — 2 GW 6 VP — 1 VP —
2. Laurent Ribeyre (FRA) — 1 GW 6.5 VP — 0 VP —
2. Marko Saari (FIN) — 2 GW 6 VP — 0 VP —
2. Thomas Gibson (FRA) — 1 GW 5.5 VP — 1 VP —

Congratulations to Lukasz for winning the Last Chance Qualifier tournament of the European VTES Championship 2019. This time the tournament was not really a last chance qualifier, but the finalists qualified directly for the EC Day 2 tournament.