East Germany and The Cheeky Boys opened Group B. East Germany arrived at the tournament with some pedigree. 12 months ago (under the name of Southampton Muppets) they narrowly lost 1-0 in the Cup Quarter-Finals to eventual champions AFK Druhaci and were expected to challenge again this year. The Cheeky Boys, making their debut, had a daunting start and despite two goals from Jack Walker found themselves on the wrong end of a 4-2 scoreline. East Germany shared the goals around (Scott Croucher, Paul Edwards, Michael Chukwuma and Ben Craig) as they claimed their first three points.

Red Star Rickerbys also made the Cup Quarter-Finals of the 2007 Prague Trophy when they fell to eventual runners-up DHL Prague. In a strange twist of fate, the fixture computer drew them against DHL Prague Blue in their opening game of the 2008 tournament. There was a sense of deja vu for Red Star Rickerbys as they could not enact their revenge. A double from Leo Echeverria completed a 2-0 win for the Czech team.

The Lions Bar hold a disappointing record in eurofootballfives.com competition finishing bottom of their group in both the 2007 Prague Masters and 2007 Prague Trophy with no wins and no goals in nine matches. It would be a brave man to bet on them against East Germany. You would have been wise to keep your money in your pocket as East Germany handed out a 9-0 lesson. Again, the East German goals were shared around - Paul Edwards (2), Scott Croucher (2), Ian Bishop (2), Michael Chukwuma (2) and Alex Craig finding the back of the net.

The Cheeky Boys and Red Star Rickerbys entered their second game both looking to bounce back from first game defeats. Jack Walker scored his third of the competition and Rob Adams opened his account for The Cheeky Boys. However, the goals were not to prove enough as they found themselves on the wrong end of a 4-2 scoreline once again. Red Star Rickerbys first three points of the group and their challenge was now underway.

Game 5 of Group B saw the Lions Bar break their goal-scoring drought at the 11th time of asking. Viki Lopatnik the hero as the Czech team broke their duck. A much improved performance for the Lions Bar although it was not good enough to claim the points as DHL Prague Blue completed a 4-1 win to make it two wins from two and sit in second place behind league leaders East Germany.

East Germany were then back in action against Red Star Rickerbys for their third game. Red Star Rickerbys can claim one group title on their eurofootballfives.com CV. Defeat in this game would end the chances of that becoming two. East Germany though were in pole position to win their first group title. They were in an even stronger position after this game when they edged out their opposition 2-1 thanks to a goal from Michael Chukwuma and the goal that ultimately proved to be the winner from Ben Craig.

The Cheeky Boys had lost their first two games 4-2 so what price lightning striking for a third time? Well they say things come in threes and that's exactly what happened as DHL Prague joined East Germany on 9 points with a 4-2 win. The Cheeky Boys will consider themselves unlucky as they competed well in all three games but just fell short.

Red Star Rickerbys kicked off their final game in Group B knowing a win would guarantee them a Cup Quarter-Final Place. In their way stood Lions Bar. Lions Bar broke their goalscoring duck in the previous game and must have got a taste for it as Gabi Janko and Jamie Lathwell both scored in this fixture. Whilst they were now scoring they were still conceding. Red Star Rickerbys finding their way through to the Lions Bar goal on five occasions to complete a 5-2 win and achieve a 100% record of Cup qualification.

East Germany and DHL Prague Blue met in the Group B clash of the titans. Both teams boasted three wins out of three with East Germany sitting pretty on top of the group thanks to a superior goal difference. They were not to relinquish that position as they held their nerve to make it four wins out of four thanks to goals from Paul Edwards, Scott Croucher and Ben Craig. East Germany would enter the Cup Quarter-Finals as Group B winners with the second best record ever in a eurofootballfives.com 5 team group (after Northern Monkeys, 2007 Krakow Trophy with 12 points and a goal difference of + 20).

All this left just one game to complete Group B. The Cheeky Boys and the Lions Bar both knew they would be in the Plate competition. This game was not a dead rubber though as the winners would finish 4th and earn a bye through to the Plate Semi-Final. The losers would finish 5th and have a tricky Quarter-Final against Atlantic Star to negotiate. The Cheeky Boys had played well without reward so far but they got the rewards for their performances so far emphatically in this game as they scored a magnificent seven. A hat-trick for Jack Walker, a brace for Rob Adams and strikes from Dave Adams and Dave Pitman were enough to claim all three points. The Lions Bar had scored three in 12 games before this match. They doubled their tally in this game with Viki Lopatnik scoring twice and Jamie Lathwell also scoring.