ESL Winners dropped from the winnerbracket final after losing to Dickheads, who are already waiting in the grandfinal. nOu way! dropped into the loser bracket after their very first playoff match vs Guarana but collected themselves again and are back stronger than ever. This will be a very tight match for sure and many will again gather to see these teams battle it out on ETTV.

The teams' way to the loser bracket final

	ESL Winners	nOu way!
	Qualifiers 1:0 vs aToOn - dark&beyond 4:0 vs Sublime 4:0 vs Friends in Force 4:2 vs Friends in Force	Qualifiers 4:2 vs rename99908 4:0 vs invitium 4:0 vs mASCULINE_MANS 0:4 vs Team Guarana
	Groupstage 4:0 vs Team reVeal 4:2 vs Gamerz Connexion 4:0 vs Mouse Control.ET	Groupstage 4:2 vs Team reVeal 4:0 vs Gamerz Connexion 0:4 vs ANIMELINUXNERDCLUB 3:1 vs Bossid
	Playoffs 4:0 vs logiX e.V. ET 4:0 vs mASCULINE_MANS 0:4 vs fintastic five	Playoffs 2:4 vs Team Guarana 4:0 vs Taggers 4:0 vs mASCULINE_MANS 4:0 vs Gamerz Connexion

Team statements

filuS
I am pretty sure it will be very interesting match eventhought that eslw have some troubles with getting enough players. For me this match is just bonus, I already reached my personal goal for this season of EMS - to get into top3 again, so pressure will be off. But I will do my best to get into grand final. May the force be with us!

Community expectations

n00n
Well, looking at the lineups both are pretty strong, but as far as I know nOu is pracing hard for Crossfire INTEL Challenge 7 and ECWinnerz is not playing anymore apart from cup matches, so should be 4-0 for nOu pretty easily.

Gifted
It will be a close game. nOu has had good results lately & I think with their teamplay & teamwork they could win this game with 4-2. allthough it will depend if the ironfist will play or not.

R0SS
Well nou are a very decent team and are one of the more active teams praccing for lan. However ESLW have a lineup on paper that is very strong. I will go for a 4-2 win for nOu due to activity.

Homer
That's one of those games where you can't say that your e-money is safe. On the one hand we've got EC Winners, with 2nd place of CB EC XX, but on the other hand, we've got a team who's playing more actively. For me nOu way is one of the favourites to get a top spot @ CIC7. The game can go both ways but I'd say 4:2 for nOu.