{"id":1699,"date":"2019-11-12T17:42:39","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T17:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/ecs-season-8-finals-groups-revealed"},"modified":"2024-07-19T18:19:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T18:19:58","slug":"ecs-season-8-finals-groups-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/ecs-season-8-finals-groups-revealed","title":{"rendered":"ECS Season 8 Finals groups revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">FACEIT is pleased to reveal the groups and schedule for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/cs-go\">CS:GO<\/a> ECS Season 8 Finals from Nov 28th &#8211; Dec 1st at the Esports Stadium Arlington. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">The Dallas Finals will mark the conclusion of a Regular Season filled with fast-paced action and will see the best CS:GO teams from Europe and North America compete <\/span><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">for a prize pool of &#36;500,000 and the title of the ECS Season 8 champions.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:-webkit-standard,serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">The Europe representatives will be Astralis, NiP, AVANGAR and Fnatic, while Team Liquid, Sharks, Evil Geniuses and MIBR will be the face of North America. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">All teams will compete in two intense double-elimination groups with the top two teams from each group advancing to the playoffs. <\/span><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">The playoffs will then see the top teams battle it out in a single-elimination best-of-three bracket with the strongest team taking home the trophy.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:-webkit-standard,serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center;margin:0;\"><b><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">ECS Season 8 Finals Groups<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:-webkit-standard,serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"border-collapse:collapse;width:300.3pt;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:5pt;border:1pt solid black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><b><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">Group A<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:5pt;border-width:1pt;border-style:solid solid solid none;border-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><b><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">Group B<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height:19pt;\">\n<td style=\"height:19pt;padding:5pt;border-width:1pt;border-style:none solid solid solid;border-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">AVANGAR<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height:19pt;padding:5pt;border-style:none solid solid none;border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-right-color:black;border-bottom-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">Sharks Esports Team<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:5pt;border-width:1pt;border-style:none solid solid solid;border-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">Evil Geniuses<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:5pt;border-style:none solid solid none;border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-right-color:black;border-bottom-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">Astralis<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:5pt;border-width:1pt;border-style:none solid solid solid;border-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">Team Liquid<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:5pt;border-style:none solid solid none;border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-right-color:black;border-bottom-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">Fnatic<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:5pt;border-width:1pt;border-style:none solid solid solid;border-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">NiP<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:5pt;border-style:none solid solid none;border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-right-color:black;border-bottom-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">MIBR<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:-webkit-standard,serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center;margin:0;\"><b><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">How the groups were determined<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:-webkit-standard,serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">AVANGAR and Sharks Esports Team were determined as A1 and B1 respectively as they were the first teams to qualify. They then took turns selecting the teams that should be in the opposite groups and the outcome can be seen below:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0 0 12pt 0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:-webkit-standard,serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"color:black;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">A1(AVANGAR) selects B2 (Astralis)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color:black;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">B1 (Sharks) selects A2 (Evil Geniuses)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color:black;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">B2 (Astralis) selects A3 (Team Liquid)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color:black;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">A2 (Evil Geniuses) selects B3 (Fnatic)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color:black;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">B3 (Fnatic) selects A4 (NiP)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color:black;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;margin:0;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">B4 (MIBR) remaining<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0 0 12pt 0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:-webkit-standard,serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">The Season 8 Dallas Finals sees the welcome return of ECS to Esports Stadium Arlington after Danish powerhouse Astralis took home their third ECS title at the same venue in Season 6. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">Arlington will provide the backdrop for a Thanksgiving weekend full of top tier competition as teams try to cement their CS:GO legacy with an ECS title. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">All top four teams in the HLTV rankings, Astralis, Evil Geniuses, Fnatic and Team Liquid, will be in attendance alongside two more top ten teams in the form of NiP and AVANGAR.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:-webkit-standard,serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">The winning team will dethrone ECS Season 7 champions Team Vitality who defeated FURIA at the iconic SSE Arena, Wembley earlier this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:-webkit-standard,serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">FACEIT has also partnered with leading social broadcasting platform Caffeine on exclusive content throughout ECS. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;margin:0;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">This includes the return of &lsquo;ECS After Dark,&rsquo; a unique and exciting overtime show broadcast exclusively on the platform.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;margin:0;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:-webkit-standard,serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center;margin:0;\"><b><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">ECS Season 8 Finals Schedule<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:-webkit-standard,serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"border-collapse:collapse;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:5pt;border:1pt solid black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><b><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">Time<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:5pt;border-width:1pt;border-style:solid solid solid none;border-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><b><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">Day 1 (Nov 28)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:5pt;border-width:1pt;border-style:none solid solid solid;border-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">9am CT, 3pm GMT, 4pm CET<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:5pt;border-style:none solid solid none;border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-right-color:black;border-bottom-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">AVANGAR vs. EG (Gr A semi 1 &#8211; BO1)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:5pt;border-width:1pt;border-style:none solid solid solid;border-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">10:30am CT, 4:30pm GMT, 5:30pm CET<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:5pt;border-style:none solid solid none;border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-right-color:black;border-bottom-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">NiP vs. TL (Gr A semi 2 &#8211; BO1)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height:25pt;\">\n<td style=\"height:25pt;padding:5pt;border-width:1pt;border-style:none solid solid solid;border-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">Noon CT, 6pm GMT, 7pm CET<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height:25pt;padding:5pt;border-style:none solid solid none;border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-right-color:black;border-bottom-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">Astralis vs. Sharks (Gr B semi 1 &#8211; BO1)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height:24pt;\">\n<td style=\"height:24pt;padding:5pt;border-width:1pt;border-style:none solid solid solid;border-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">1:30pm CT, 7:30pm GMT, 8:30pm CET<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height:24pt;padding:5pt;border-style:none solid solid none;border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-right-color:black;border-bottom-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">Fnatic vs. MIBR (Gr B semi 2 &#8211; BO1)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height:24pt;\">\n<td style=\"height:24pt;padding:5pt;border-width:1pt;border-style:none solid solid solid;border-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">3pm CT, 9pm GMT, 10pm CET<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height:24pt;padding:5pt;border-style:none solid solid none;border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-right-color:black;border-bottom-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">Gr A UB Final &#8211; BO3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height:24pt;\">\n<td style=\"height:24pt;padding:5pt;border-width:1pt;border-style:none solid solid solid;border-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">6pm CT, midnight GMT, 1am CET<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height:24pt;padding:5pt;border-style:none solid solid none;border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-right-color:black;border-bottom-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">Gr B UB Final &#8211; BO3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0 0 12pt 0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:-webkit-standard,serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:451.3pt;border-collapse:collapse;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:5pt;border:1pt solid black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><b><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">Time<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:5pt;border-width:1pt;border-style:solid solid solid none;border-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><b><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">Day 2 (Nov 29)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:5pt;border-width:1pt;border-style:none solid solid solid;border-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">9am CT, 3pm GMT, 4pm CET<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:5pt;border-style:none solid solid none;border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-right-color:black;border-bottom-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">Gr A LB R1 &#8211; BO3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:5pt;border-width:1pt;border-style:none solid solid solid;border-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">Noon CT, 6pm GMT, 7pm CET<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:5pt;border-style:none solid solid none;border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-right-color:black;border-bottom-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">Gr B LB R1 &#8211; BO3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:5pt;border-width:1pt;border-style:none solid solid solid;border-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">3pm CT, 9pm GMT, 10pm CET<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:5pt;border-style:none solid solid none;border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-right-color:black;border-bottom-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">Gr A LB R2 &#8211; BO3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height:27pt;\">\n<td style=\"height:27pt;padding:5pt;border-width:1pt;border-style:none solid solid solid;border-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">6pm CT, midnight GMT, 1am CET<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height:27pt;padding:5pt;border-style:none solid solid none;border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-right-color:black;border-bottom-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">Gr B LB R2 &#8211; BO3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0 0 12pt 0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:-webkit-standard,serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:451.3pt;border-collapse:collapse;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height:26pt;\">\n<td style=\"height:26pt;padding:5pt;border:1pt solid black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><b><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">Time<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height:26pt;padding:5pt;border-width:1pt;border-style:solid solid solid none;border-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><b><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">Day 3 (Nov 30)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:5pt;border-width:1pt;border-style:none solid solid solid;border-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">Noon CT, 6pm GMT, 7pm CET<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:5pt;border-style:none solid solid none;border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-right-color:black;border-bottom-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">Playoffs Semi #1 &#8211; BO3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:5pt;border-width:1pt;border-style:none solid solid solid;border-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">3pm CT, 9pm GMT, 10pm CET<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:5pt;border-style:none solid solid none;border-right-width:1pt;border-bottom-width:1pt;border-right-color:black;border-bottom-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">Playoffs Semi #2 &#8211; BO3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;margin:0 0 12pt 0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:-webkit-standard,serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:451.3pt;border-collapse:collapse;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height:26pt;\">\n<td style=\"height:26pt;padding:5pt;border:1pt solid black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><b><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">Time<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"height:26pt;padding:5pt;border-width:1pt;border-style:solid solid solid none;border-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><b><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">Day 4 (Dec 1)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:5pt;border-width:1pt;border-style:none solid solid solid;border-color:black;overflow:hidden;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;\"><span style=\"color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">Noon CT, 6pm GMT, 7pm CET<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:5pt;border-style:none solid solid 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