Top UK Team win World Championship Gaming Series.

Birmingham Salvo held a uniquely historic position in the second annual World Championship as the first international team ever to reach the championship match in the CGS World Final.

Developed by BSkyB in collaboration with its US partners, CGS is the first worldwide professional video gaming league.  Launched in 2007, CGS features the world's best pro gamers and is broadcast to more than 100,000,000 households in America, Europe and Asia.

Birmingham Salvo, from the UK, were the European champions and faced off against San Francisco OPTX in the World Championship match. The match ended 22-15 to Salvo with their top players Daveyskills and Picaso named the Championship Gaming Series 2008 MVPs ( Most Valuable Players).

The match was played against a variety of games including EA SPORTS FIFA 08. Salvo team member Michael "Bazza" Barrett competed on FIFA, winning his game 2-1 to put the score at 7-3 early on in the match.

Bazza had this to say:

"It just felt as though my practice had finally paid off really, I didnt come into the other games as prepared as I shouldve been. I didnt practice as much, and this week I thought, 'this is it, this is the biggest match of my life. I need to practice as hard as I can.' I did that and I knew coming into this match that if I played the way I know I can play theres only one or two players in the league who will give me a good game. Im just ecstatic. Im over the moon right now."

The match will air on Sunday the 10th of August at 2pm on Sky One and Sky One HD.

For more information vist: Birmingham Salvo | The CGS