Group B began with two established teams on the eurofootballfives.com circuit and it was a cracker of a game. Luminy Wolves would meet Budapest Celtic Lions with the former having quite a history in our tournaments making 3 appearances in Barcelona;

2009 Barca Fives: Champions – beating Goldsmith Williams (Eng) and Lozenetz City (Bul) along the way. Both teams are 2-times eurofootballfives.com champions.

2011 Barcelona Fives: Cup QF exit – surprisingly lost on penalties to 2008 winners Rapid Bosco Navas (Spa) despite being the best team in the tournament.

2011 Barca Fives: Cup SF exit – losing to eventual winners Midshires FC (Eng).

Budapest Celtic Lions had progressed from the group to the Cup competition on both their previous appearances. Their most recent outing was in the 2012 Barcelona Fives and was also their most successful when they made the Cup Semi-Final losing on penalties to Irish team Saipan FC.

It was the Hungarian team that took the lead with an epic goal. Think Zola for Chelsea versus Norwich with a back-heel flick at the near-post from a corner and you have a great description of Poncho's goal that gave the Lions a great lead. It looked for long periods like it would be the winning goal as Luminy Wolves hit back but couldn't find the equaliser until late on. A sweeping passing move resulted in a narrow miss at the far post before Haikel Ben Khlaifa drew the teams level. Final score, 1-1. A great game and both teams looking in fine form.

The final teams in Group B to start their challenge were Intermore FC versus The Spice Boys. Intermore FC of Ireland were making their third appearance in Budapest. They made their debut in Krakow 2010 and finished second in their group before bowing out at the quarter-final stage to eventual runners-up, Pimp My Side. Twelve months on in Barcelona they went all the way to the Plate Final where they were unlucky to finish runners-up, 1-0, in a very tight match against Bristol Bridge.

Spice Boys were making their debut and were the sister squad of DYDDFC. We were yet to see the team in action and were Group B's unknown quantity. With the opening two games finishing level there was an opportunity for the two teams in this match to grab an early 2 point lead at the top of the table.

At half-time the game was still 0-0 and we were looking at another draw until Simon Kerry of The Spice Boys broke the deadlock and wrapped up 3 points for the Englsih team. Intermore FC, although defeated, could take solace in the fact that with the other teams drawing they'd not lost too much ground.