EPICENTER reaches playoffs

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.

s1mple and co. will face EG in the quarter-finals

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:

Saturday, December 21
12:00 HEROIC vs. FORZE | BO3
15:00 Natus Vincere vs. Evil Geniuses| BO3

Sunday, December 22
10:00 Vitality vs. quarter #1 winner| BO3
13:00 MOUZ vs. quarter #2 winner| BO3
16:00 Grand final | BO3

FORZE #16 Dmitriy 'facecrack' AlekseyevAlmaz 'almazer' AsadullinEvgenii 'FL1T' LebedevBogdan 'xsepower' ChernikovAndrey 'Jerry' Mekhryakov Vitality #8 Richard 'shox' PapillonCédric 'RpK' GuipouyDan 'apEX' MadesclaireAlex 'ALEX' McMeekinMathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Evil Geniuses #5 Peter 'stanislaw' JarguzTarik 'tarik' CelikVincent 'Brehze' CayonteEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov HEROIC #21 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferCasper 'cadiaN' MøllerPatrick 'es3tag' HansenJohannes 'b0RUP' BorupMartin 'stavn' Lund MOUZ #4 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenChris 'chrisJ' de JongÖzgür 'woxic' EkerDavid 'frozen' ČerňanskýRobin 'ropz' Kool Natus Vincere #10 Ladislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' SharipovKirill 'Boombl4' Mikhailov