It will be a one day event when the finals kick off on Saturday the 22th of August. Four teams have reached the finals, playing best-of-three maps in a single elimination bracket. Defending champions are Sweden, who last season crowned themselves champions by defeating Germany in the overall final.
The four teams to play the 2009 European Nations Championship are Sweden, Germany, Poland and France. The lineups for the four teams have now been revealed, so we now know who will be fighting for their country next weekend.
| Sweden | Germany |
 Patrik "cArn Sättermon |  Antonio "cyx" Daniloski |
| Johan "face" Klasson | Navid "Kapio" Javadi |
| Christopher "GeT_RiGhT" Alesund | Roman "roman" Ausserdorfer |
| Rasmus "Gux" Ståhl | Manuel "approx" Zeitz |
| Jimmy "allen" Allen | Manuel "Tixo" Makohl |
| Poland | France |
 Artur "dOk" Kaleta |  Bridet "RiGo-" Matthieu |
| Filip "Neo" Kubski | Christophe "sixeR" Xia |
| Wiktor "Taz" Wojtas | Guillaume "Geno" Ntep |
| Mariusz "loord" Cybulski | Kupeli "MAJ3R" Engin |
| Jaroslaw "pasha" Jarzabkowski | Jeremy "ioRek" Vuillermet |
The European Nations Championship will as mentioned be on display 22th of August, being Saturday next week. The first match will be starting at 09:30CET, with a scheduled final at 18:00CET. HLTV.org will be onsite in Cologne, to bring you all of the action from gamescom and the 2009 European Nations Championship.