Almost all remaining questions have been answered this week regarding final placements, as the four attendants of the LAN Finals are now known and the relegation battle is over for most teams.
In what was definitely the match of the week, TBH and You Don't Know Me met in Munich for the last Intel Friday Night Game of the season. The Bavarians ended up disappointing a lot of their fans, as they couldn't bring the match to a close after they took the lead 15-11. At that score, it seemed that they finally broke You Don't Know Me, but they lost a 5vs2 situation against a couple of deagles. Fired up by this round, ydk.me went on to grab the last 3 rounds and get a draw against the second placed team.
Mousesports were again unbreakable, as they defeated snook even easier than the 16-6 score line suggests, having won the first half 14-1. That leaves only one game for them to win in order to have a perfect season as they stand on 14 wins in 14 matches.
Alternate needed to win against Frankfurt 69ers in order to secure their spot at the Finals, and they did so with no trouble as the match ended 16-3 in their favor. The 69ers finished their campaign, collecting 9 wins and 6 losses, since they played their match from the last Playday a month ago during IFNG Hamburg.
Hardware4u proved to be no match for n!faculty in the battle for the last spot at the Finals, as last year's number 4 clinched the spot with a 16-1 victory in a match filled with server problems.
As far as relegation is concerned, it is no question which teams will definitely stay for another season as the first ten places have been determined. However, places that lead to the Relegation tournament (11th-14th) are still not completely decided, as only Tera is safe from direct relegation to EAS (15th and 16th), while four others will fight for salvation. The only team that doesn't have a chance to save itself in the last Playday is cwG, as they collected only 4 points and have no wins under their belt. Complete standings can be found here.
![]() ![]() | 16-10 | Demo | Stats |
![]() ![]() | 16-3 | Demo | Stats |
![]() ![]() | 16-1 | Demo | Stats |
![]() ![]() | 16-6 | Demo | Stats |
![]() ![]() | 16-6 | Demo | Stats |
![]() ![]() | 15-15 | Demo | Stats |
![]() ![]() | Wildcarded |
![]() ![]() | 16-13 | Demo | Stats |
Player performances
Manuel "approx" Zeitz from Alternate was the best rated player this week, with the league's second-best rating this season of 2.22, against Frankfurt 69ers. He seems to be a de_tuscan expert, as all three of his matches on that map were worthy of a weekly top5 and he averaged an incredible 1.25 KPR in them.
At second place is Vinh "NiNjA" Bui Thanh who led n!faculty to an easy win against Hardware4u with his 20 kills in 17 rounds.
Currently top rated player of the league, mousesports' Antonio "cyx" Daniloski, was the best in his team's victory over snook while he put up a score 22-7 in the first half.
The rest of the top 5 consists of two supporting roles. Firstly, Direnc "seraph" Öz from Alternate in their match versus Frankfurt 69ers which marks his second appearance in a row, and then Navid "Kapio" Javadi from mouz with 20 first half kills against snook.
# | Player | K-D | Rating | Demo |
1. | ![]() | 26-6 | 2.22 | POV |
2. | ![]() | 20-8 | 1.76 | |
3. | ![]() | 25-14 | 1.72 | |
4. | ![]() | 22-8 | 1.71 | |
5. | ![]() | 21-10 | 1.61 |
Team performances
Team Alternate is the top rated team thanks to one of their best performances this season in an important match against Frankfurt 69ers. N!faculty played an even more important match and managed to win with style 16-1, while mTw showed great improvement as the season nears its end, with their second noteworthy performance in a row.
# | Team | Result | Rating |
1. | ![]() | 16-3 vs ![]() | 1.47 |
2. | ![]() | 16-1 vs ![]() | 1.39 |
3. | ![]() | 16-6 vs ![]() | 1.31 |
Worst performances
Player | K-D | Match | Rating |
![]() | 7-17 | Hardware4u vs n!faculty (1-16) | 0.34 |
Team | Result | Rating |
![]() | 1-16 vs ![]() | 0.54 |
![]() | 3-16 vs ![]() | 0.54 |
Don't forget to check out complete stats of every match, team and player here, and stay tuned for the last week of regular season.