The revolution hits France, as KODE5 invades France this weekend.

The rebel forces have reached France. KODE5 will be held at the Futuroscope Amusement Park in Poitiers, France. Once again, one spot will be at stake, for the Global Finals in Moscow, Russia in May. France will be represented by two teams, while two non-French teams has been invite. Defining Stars from and the Extreme Masters II Champions from mousesports will make their way to Polities this weekend, competing with aAa and dimension4 to reach to top at KODE5 France.

Some might wonder why the top in France for the time being, McPoker.emL, won’t be attending KODE5 France. The team already qualified for the Global Finals when they reached the top at KODE5 Germany. dimension4 and aAa will however had to defend the French pride against mousesports and Defining Stars. mousesports are without doubt, top candidate to win the qualifier as they went to the top at Extreme Masters II finals at CeBIT. Therefore the team has received seed one.

KODE5 France seeding

1. mousesports- cyx, gob b, gore, Kapio & Tixo
2. dimension4- dafunk, MaYeRs, Yoshi, YoRLiN & OliGan
3. aAa- TDSI, Xp3, falco, Geno & YanK
4. Defining Stars- coachi, SHOUW, foxj, QUICK & axoN

Defining Stars will be playing a KODE5 France with a stand-in, but not just any stand-in. Ricardo "foxj" Pacheco from k1ck will be acting as stand-in during the event. Will foxj have what it takes to bring Defining Stars higher than their seed? Time will tell. The event kicks off late Friday at 23.59 CET, with the opening match between mousesports and Defining Stars.

KODE5 France schedule

Friday 23:59 CET - mousesportsvs. Defining Stars
Saturday 12:30 CET - dimension4vs. aAa
Sunday 20:00 CET - Consolation Finals
Sunday 22:00 CET - Grand Final

Tune in on Friday, as HLTV.org will be brining you all the action from KODE5 France.