The group stage of EPICENTER has been played out, with the six teams which will compete in the playoffs on December 21-22 now decided. Vitality and MOUZ were the two teams that topped their groups in Moscow, Russia, and claimed spots in the semi-finals that take place on Sunday.  Four more teams, those that finished second and third in the group stage, will be in the single-elimination BO3 playoffs, but they will start their road in the quarter-finals. After a win over Evil Geniuses in the match for seeding, FORZE will be facing HEROIC for a spot in the semi final, while Natus Vincere will be taking on Evil Geniuses in a match happening earlier than expected. The two semi-finals will take place on Saturday, after a day off, with the four best teams facing off on Sunday in the semi finals and the subsequent grand final. The whole schedule for the EPICENTER playoffs is as follows:
  FORZE #16 Dmitriy 'facecrack' AlekseyevAlmaz 'almazer' AsadullinEvgenii 'FL1T' LebedevBogdan 'xsepower' ChernikovAndrey 'Jerry' Mekhryakov   Vitality #8 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyDan 'apEX' Madesclaire Alex 'ALEX' McMeekinMathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut Time is adjusted to your selected timezone    Evil Geniuses #5  Peter 'stanislaw' JarguzTarik 'tarik' CelikVincent 'Brehze' CayonteEthan 'Ethan' Arnold Tsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov    HEROIC #21 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferCasper 'cadiaN' MøllerPatrick 'es3tag' HansenJohannes 'b0RUP' BorupMartin 'stavn' Lund   MOUZ #4 Finn 'karrigan' Andersen Chris 'chrisJ' de Jong Özgür 'woxic' Eker David 'frozen' Čerňanský Robin 'ropz' Kool  Natus Vincere #10 Ladislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsEgor 'flamie' Vasilyev Oleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' SharipovKirill 'Boombl4' Mikhailov |
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