The relegation is finally done and the 8 teams are known. But first some little facts about the playoffs. First one a no show in a non-groupstage match will result in a forfeit loss. The second one is Playoffs and relegation matches cannot be wildcarded, or rescheduled past the deadline date without a serious reason and the permission of the admin team. One player being unavailable is not a valid reason. But its possible to play the matches before the default date. If you have a serious reason please open a conflict to this match and we will contact you in it as soon as possible.

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The 8 teams

	The final 8
	TBH.MSI	fnatic	GameLimitedd	FRORN.EMS
	Team Dignitas	Reason Gaming	2 gOOd fOr lan

Of course we will continue useing the best of three system. As a little reminder for all here is again the little guidline how it works. The general mode for all maps are first to 13 means after a team reaches 13 points you won the map and switch to the next. If there is a draw you play a overtime in maxround 3 mode until a winner is decided.
In each match the first map will given by the admins - for this stage its mp_crossfire. When you finished a map always the losers team decide the next map. The map must be chosen from the mappool, its not allowed to choose an already played map. A short example:

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Admins choose 1st map
Team 1 wins 1st map
Team 2 chooses 2nd map
Team 2 wins 2nd map
Team 1 chooses 3rd map
Team 1 wins 3rd map
Team 1 wins match

Matchtimes

Round	default time/date	default first map
Winnerbracket R1	Sunday, 21/06/09 20:00	mp_crash
Winnerbracket R2	Sunday, 28/06/09 20:00	mp_backlot
Winnerbracket R3	Sunday, 05/07/09 20:00	mp_crossfire
Losersbracket R1	Sunday, 28/06/09 20:00	mp_backlot
Losersbracket R2	Sunday, 05/07/09 20:00	mp_citystreets
Losersbracket R3	Sunday, 12/07/09 20:00	mp_crash
Losersbracket Final	Sunday, 19/07/09 20:00	mp_backlot
Overall Final	Sunday, 26/07/09 20:00	mp_crossfire

We hope you have now all imporant information, if there are still questions please feel free to open a support or ask us in IRC (#esl.cod4). We wish all participants much luck and fun. The best teams should win.