The redLine vs KomaCrew match was rescheduled from the 21st to the 28th of December. The TCM vs rats match is currently unscheduled. TCM was not able to play the match on the default date set by ESL, but a new date has not been picked at this point in time.

At the end of this article I give you some predictions on the first playoff round. More predictions will be very hard to do, since the playoffs are played with the double elimination system and no maps have been announced yet. We hope to give you more of this later on!

EMS Season 3 - Groupstage Final Rankings
Group A 1. Crack! Clan 2. Pandemic 3. rats-clan 4. plan-B	Group B 1. Die Doppelnullen 2. Team Coolermaster 3. Oh My God It Is 4. Prior.eSports TF2	Group C 1. Four Kings 2. Team Druidz 3. KomaCrew 4. Babylon eSports	Group D 1. Ubersexuals 2. redLine 3. SAW TF2 4. TFPortal.de

I expect rats vs TCM to be a pretty tight match, which TCM will win in the end. The strong French team redLine should be able to win from KomaCrew without much problems, although it can become a tough battle if KC show everything they have got and play particularly well.

The first matches from the playoffs are based on my predictions from the unplayed relegation matches and the official EMS rules, telling us which teams will face eachother in the first round. From these eight teams, Crack Clan should have the least problems winning from their opponent and advancing to the 2nd round. I expect Team Druidz, Four Kings and Ubersexuals to reach the next round aswell.

Sources: Relegation info and Playoff bracket.