FCL hits playoffs

The group stage of fnatic PLAY league 2012 finished today after two postponed matches of ESC Gaming were finally played. The Polish powerhouse somehow managed to secure a spot in the playoffs, where they will meet fnatic, while eSrael and SK Gaming go through as group winners.

Group A's playoff positions were left undecided until the very last match, as ESC Gaming still had a chance to reach one of the top three spots.

However, they suffered a heavy 16-3 loss to the new WinFakt squad on de_dust2, which put their playoff hopes in doubt.

But after that, they faced eSrael in a must-win situation and turned around a 5-10 deficit to win the match 16-12 on de_train, which secured them the 3rd spot of the group, knocking out Alternate from the competition.

Despite that loss, eSrael ended up at the top of the group due to defeating WinFakt head-to-head and they will move on directly to the semi-finals.

Group A

#	Team	W	T	L	RW	RL	Diff	Points
1.	eSrael	3	1	1	75	53	+22	10
2.	WinFakt	3	1	1	75	51	+24	10
3.	ESC Gaming	3	0	2	60	71	-11	9
4.	Alternate	2	1	2	66	62	+4	7
5.	KerchNET	1	3	1	75	65	+10	6
6.	E2G	0	0	5	31	80	-49	0

In Group B, SK Gaming finished in the top spot ahead of fnatic, while the 3rd place went to Anexis who claimed it thanks to better round difference than Moscow Five, as their head-to-head encounter ended in a draw.

Group B

#	Team	W	T	L	RW	RL	Diff	Points
1.	SK Gaming	5	0	0	80	46	+34	15
2.	fnatic	4	0	1	78	36	+42	12
3.	Anexis	2	1	2	71	56	+15	7
4.	Moscow Five	2	1	2	55	56	-1	7
5.	eestralis	1	0	4	41	67	-26	3
6.	myRevenge	0	0	5	16	80	-64	0

The competition will now move into playoffs, where firstly a relegation stage takes place between 2nd and 3rd placed teams from both groups.

The relegation (quarter-final) pairs are:

May 28th, 21:00	fnatic	vs.	ESC Gaming
May 28th, 19:00	WinFakt	vs.	Anexis

eSrael and SK Gaming await their opponents in the semi-final, where the Danes will meet with the winner of fnatic vs ESC Gaming, and SK will play WinFakt or Anexis.

The grand final is scheduled for June 3rd, while the following prize purse awaits the three best teams:

1. $2,500
2. $1,000
3. $500

Don't forget that you still have a chance to enter our guessing competition before the playoffs start, and also update your Dreamteam as only six teams remain in contention now.