You can either start low and work your way up or prove yourself a force to be reckoned with before the season ever gets started.

Decorated league vets Castors battled past league talents Marseille and Pokertree.com and eventually endured a penalty shootout against Bottega to emerge pre-season champs. The fact that all three wins came against top division teams should concern any team stuck with Castors in the B2 Division this summer.

Winter finalists San Marino took somewhat of an easier path in the recreational division.

After some winter heartbreak, San Marino beat up on C3-bound Brazil
6-1 in the pre-season final after shutting out FC Nanho in the semis.
However, the boys may find life in the C1 Division a little more challenging with rivals Einhoven, Nightrage and Zeus Canada to contend with.