posted by HolyMaster,
Only two weeks left for the groupstage to finish. The first playoff participants are decided, but most teams are still fighting for that goal. Week 5 Results

Group A stays completely undecided with each team having at least one win after by iCCup's success against ru VP - the second surprising loss in a row for the Russians, who made up for it by beating br neX-I the day after. is aL.Academy is now rank three in their group with a 2-1 score. Still topping their group is de Mousesports.

se 4FC is the rising team of Group B. Their triumph over ru Empire made them a serious candidate to win the group. We can expect a tough battle between 4FC, Empire, and us Dignitas for the upperbracket positions. Almost out of the competition are tr HWA and kz Next, both of them suffering their fourth consecutive defeat.

We say goodbye to de WhA, the team received default losses for their last two matches after disbanding. The remaining seven teams in Group C are still fighting for the four playoff slots. se NoTidehunter, inspite of their first loss, is already through to the playoffs thanks to beating us Fnatic.NA and their default win against WhA. Having a 3-1 score so far, both us EG and se Turtle are expected to follow NtH into the playoffs as well. We also see what could be the comeback of dk dd who beat both WhA and se Shz after finishing 2012 with a 0:3 score. Most notable though was pe GU's victory over Shz in one of the closest matches of The Defense history.

Still dominating Group D is eu Fnatic.EU. Just like all other opponents, dk 3DMax couldn't stop them. That gives Fnatic the team with the best result in the whole competition so far. The complete opposite happened to pl Qwert, who lost all of their five games. 3DM is on its way to securing the second place in the group with a comfortable 4-1 record. Also in a solid position is ru XX5 with 3:2. This puts a lot of pressure on the two big namesof Group D: eu aL and ua NaVi are both sitting on two losses and only one win.

Current Standings

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Week 6 Schedule

The frequency of the matches stays as high as in week 5. Only Tuesday gives everyone a little break. This leaves us six days full of The Defense.

Monday (07.01.):19:15 - Pride vs VP20:30 - Liquid vs Pride21:45 - EG vs TurtleWednesday (09.01.):18:00 - KP vs 4FC20:30 - HWA vs KP21:45 - Root vs BaguetteThursday (10.01.):16:45 - paiN vs Next18:00 - XX5 vs aL19:15 - Mouz vs Pride20:30 - Baguette vs fnat.eu21:45 - aL vs BaguetteFriday (11.01.):18:00 - Next vs Dignitas19:15 - NaVi vs aL20:30 - mTw vs DignitasSaturday (12.01.):16:45 - aL.Acad vs iCCup18:00 - iCCup vs neX-I19:15 - fnat.na vs dd20:30 - fnat.na vs GU21:45 - aL.Acad vs LiquidSunday (13.01.):18:00 - Mouz vs VP19:15 - 3DM vs NaVi20:30 - Qwert vs NaVi21:45 - mTw vs 4FC23:00 - WiM vs neX-I

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