Winner:Rival, Odds: 42% (2.3:1)
Bets placed: E$43446, betting open: 10:00 GMT 19 Nov 2002 to 01:00 GMT 22 Nov 2002

Loser:WEW, Odds: 57% (1.7:1)
Bets placed: E$60306, betting open: 10:00 GMT 19 Nov 2002 to 01:00 GMT 22 Nov 2002

Weekend Warriors and Team Rival will meet in the CAL-I Grand final to determine who's currently the best (online) team in Canada and the USA. Both teams come from the West Coast and have never reached the CAL-I finals before. Here's their road to the finals:

Regular season:
  • Team Rival: 12 wins, 4 losses
  • Weekend Warriors: 12 wins, 4 losses

    Playoff results:
  • Team Rival:
    3rd round: Rival over 3D 13-10 (7-5, 6-5)
    2nd round: Rival over New Expert Gamers 13-6 (6-6, 7-0)
    1st round: Rival had a "bye" in the first round
  • Weekend Warriors:
    3rd round: Weekend Warriors over zEx 13-8 (4-8, 9-0)
    2nd round: Weekend Warriors over Domain of Pain 17-7 (6-6, 11-1)
    1st round: Weekend Warriors over Texas Area Untouchables 23-1 (11-1, 12-0)

    The teams met twice during the regular season. Rival won the first match 15-9, WEW won the second one with a score of 17-7 (on de_dust2!)

    Map: de_dust2
    Thursday; 9pm CST - 3am GMT

    HLTV:
    hltv.gamedaemons.net:27016