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STC8 1/8 Finals, what's happened?
Acer vs 
3DMAX : The Acer steamroller continued its path of easy victories: 7/1 7/1 5/4.
Lions vs 
Replica: Replica managed to overcome the norwegian obstacle: 5/3 7/4.
eSuba vs !: Despite very good results in groupstage and a good 1st map, eXclamation! faced a too strong opponent this time: 7/5 5/1 for eSuba.
dacSP[1] vs 
RAGE: The German were really motivated to create the surprise here, they were not so far to did it: 7/0 2/5 7/4 for RAGE.
Dignitas vs Infused: Infused was a bit short of players for this match, the Diginitas task was facilitated: 5/2 7/2.
adv vs Saphire: Saphire started really well the match with a lot of enthusiasm: 5/2 for them on the multilap. Then things turned out badly: 7/0 7/2 for Advanced whose core players ( Ned, kuduro, 
Vini played all the maps) were really consistent.
But there was a discussion after the match that Vini didn't entered his game-account on the STC website. It might lead to a defwin for Saphire since he played all the maps...
Edit: Finally, the admins decided to stick with their first decision: Advanced is defwin and thus eliminated of the tournament.
RtA vs 
UMF : UMF was reprieved thanks to a 
wX mistake, this time it was the true end for the best finnish team: 7/3 7/4 5/2 for RtA.
mX vs Mistral: Mistral had the misfortune to meet mX, they did what they can though: 7/1 5/2 7/1 for mX.
Again, all the favourites won their place for the quarter-finals but this time, it is going to be much harder to predict the winner, thus much more interesting matches to watch!
Number of teams by country in 1/16 Final: 6, 5 , 3 , 2 , 2 , 2 
, 2 , 2 , 2 , 2 , 1 , 1 
, 1 
, 1
Number of teams by country in 1/8 Final: 4, 3 , 2 , 2 , 1 , 1 , 1 , 1 , 1
Number of teams by country in 1/4 Final: 2, 2 , 1 , 1 , 1 , 1
FRA vs 
BEL: France won the match relatively easily against a good Belgium team: 7/1 7/3 5/3.
FI vs CZE: Which team is going to join the relegations? Finland! After a match where they were really more trained than Czech Republic, they won 7/4 7/0.
POL vs SVK: The big match of the playday, both team had their destiny in their hands: if Slovakia wins 3/0 it is first, otherwise it's Poland. So, what happened? The Slovakian team was more homogeneous and consistent than the Polish team, even if it was really tight on the first map: 5/3 for Poland and then 7/5 for Slovakia! After this map, HakkiJr came in the game and Poland couldn't do anything. Final score: 7/5 7/3 5/3 for Slovakia and the first place of the group.
WTF?
Lithuania AND 
Italy retired of the NC7... This is now a group of 3 teams instead of 6 at the beginning... Norway is thus directly qualified for the play-offs, Netherlands and Spain will have to play a relegation round.
SWE vs 
RU: The Russians knew they just have one map to win and they will be qualified. And even though it is Sweden against them, they decided to train a lot, hoping being able to take one map. Unfortunately for them, Sweden is not the kind of team to show up untrained: 7/2 7/3 5/4. Russia can have a few regrets with a 5/4 on the last map.
EE vs 
CAN: CarlJr and his teammates knew the 3/0 was mandatory to go into relegations. The first map began quite well, 5/3 for them, then the pressure struck them, multiplying the mistakes while Estonia was playing ok. It led to a decisive 6/6 which the Canadians won 28/26! After that, Estonia was out, like they only trained the first map. Final score: 7/6 7/0 5/0 for Canada.
End of the Groupstage, with sadly many retirements: 6 out of 23 teams, one-fourth of the total. Nevertheless, the battle for the podium in each group was really exciting, especially in the Group 2.
A few surprises occured: it's the very first time we don't see Russia and Italy in the play-offs of a NC, and we usually had Portugal and Brasil.
And we honestly didn't expect Slovakia and 
Hungary to take such a place in their groups!
It's now time for the relegation round and the play-offs.
Acer vs 3DMAX : The Acer steamroller continued its path of easy victories: 7/1 7/1 5/4. Lions vs Replica: Replica managed to overcome the norwegian obstacle: 5/3 7/4. eSuba vs !: Despite very good results in groupstage and a good 1st map, eXclamation! faced a too strong opponent this time: 7/5 5/1 for eSuba. dacSP[1] vs RAGE: The German were really motivated to create the surprise here, they were not so far to did it: 7/0 2/5 7/4 for RAGE. Dignitas vs Infused: Infused was a bit short of players for this match, the Diginitas task was facilitated: 5/2 7/2. adv vs Saphire: Saphire started really well the match with a lot of enthusiasm: 5/2 for them on the multilap. Then things turned out badly: 7/0 7/2 for Advanced whose core players ( Ned, kuduro, Vini played all the maps) were really consistent.But there was a discussion after the match that
Vini didn't entered his game-account on the STC website. It might lead to a defwin for Saphire since he played all the maps...Edit: Finally, the admins decided to stick with their first decision:
Advanced is defwin and thus eliminated of the tournament. RtA vs UMF : UMF was reprieved thanks to a wX mistake, this time it was the true end for the best finnish team: 7/3 7/4 5/2 for RtA. mX vs Mistral: Mistral had the misfortune to meet mX, they did what they can though: 7/1 5/2 7/1 for mX.Again, all the favourites won their place for the quarter-finals but this time, it is going to be much harder to predict the winner, thus much more interesting matches to watch!
Number of teams by country in 1/16 Final: 6
, 5 , 3 , 2 , 2 , 2 , 2 , 2 , 2 , 2 , 1 , 1 , 1 , 1 Number of teams by country in 1/8 Final: 4
, 3 , 2 , 2 , 1 , 1 , 1 , 1 , 1 Number of teams by country in 1/4 Final: 2
, 2 , 1 , 1 , 1 , 1 STC8 Play-offs tree
| 1/16 |
1/8 |
1/4 | 1/2 | Final |
| You Dont Know Me 0 |
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| Team Acer 3 |
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| Team Acer |
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| 3DMAX |
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| dacSP [2] 0 |
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| 3DMAX 3 |
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| Team Acer |
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| Replica E-Sports |
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| TNT 0 |
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| Lions 3 |
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| Replica E-Sports |
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| Lions |
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| Replica E-Sports 2 |
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| Gang of Drivers 0 |
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| eSuba 2 |
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| MaDrivers 0 |
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| eXclamation! |
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| eSuba |
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| eXclamation! 2 |
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| Insight Gaming 0 |
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| eSuba |
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| RG-Esports |
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| 711 1 |
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| dacSP [1] 2 |
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| dacSP [1] |
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| RG-Esports |
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| Extremalne ciotki 0 |
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| RG-Esports 2 |
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| nGt Gaming 0 |
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| Team Dignitas 3 |
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| Team Dignitas |
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| Infused.Tt eSports |
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| Infused.Tt eSports 2 |
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| GamersLeague.no 0 |
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| Team Dignitas |
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| Saphire |
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| DFF 1 |
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| Saphire 2 |
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| Saphire |
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| v-FX.advanced |
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| v-FX.advanced 2 |
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| eEriness 0 |
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| Rule Them All 3 |
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| Fanatics 0 |
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| Rule Them All |
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| UMF |
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| wX by crew.sk 1 |
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| UMF 2 |
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| Rule Them All |
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| mythiX eSports |
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| Mouse Control 0 |
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| Mistral.Tt 2 |
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| Mistral.Tt |
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| mythiX eSports |
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| A New Era 0 |
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| mythiX eSports 3 |
Fifth and last round of this Nations Cup 7!
| Group 1 | |||||
| Rank | Country | Team | Points | +/- | Played |
| 1 | |
France | 8 |
+36 | 3 |
| 2 |
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Germany | 6 |
+20 | 3 |
| 3 |
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Belgium | 2 |
-20 |
3 |
| 4 |
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Brasil | 1 |
-33 |
3 |
| x | x |
Ghost |
x |
x |
x |
| x | x |
Ghost | x |
x |
x |
FRA vs BEL: France won the match relatively easily against a good Belgium team: 7/1 7/3 5/3.| Group 2 | |||||
| Rank | Country | Team | Points | +/- | Played |
| 1 | |
Slovakia | 10 |
+29 |
4 |
| 2 |
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Poland | 9 |
+37 |
4 |
| 3 |
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Finland | 7 |
+20 |
4 |
| 4 |
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Czech Republic | 4 |
-22 |
4 |
| 5 |  |
Austria | 0 | -63 | 4 |
| x |
x |
Ghost |
x |
x |
x |
FI vs CZE: Which team is going to join the relegations? Finland! After a match where they were really more trained than Czech Republic, they won 7/4 7/0. POL vs SVK: The big match of the playday, both team had their destiny in their hands: if Slovakia wins 3/0 it is first, otherwise it's Poland. So, what happened? The Slovakian team was more homogeneous and consistent than the Polish team, even if it was really tight on the first map: 5/3 for Poland and then 7/5 for Slovakia! After this map, HakkiJr came in the game and Poland couldn't do anything. Final score: 7/5 7/3 5/3 for Slovakia and the first place of the group.| Group 3 | |||||
| Rank | Country | Team | Points | +/- | Played |
| 1 | |
Norway | 4 |
+16 | 2 |
| 2 | |
Netherlands | 4 |
+12 |
2 |
| 3 |
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Spain | 1 |
-28 |
2 |
| x |
x |
Ghost | x |
x | x |
| x |
x |
Ghost | x |
x | x |
| x |
x |
Ghost |
x |
x |
x |
WTF?
Lithuania AND Italy retired of the NC7... This is now a group of 3 teams instead of 6 at the beginning... Norway is thus directly qualified for the play-offs, Netherlands and Spain will have to play a relegation round.| Group 4 | |||||
| Rank | Country | Team | Points | +/- | Played |
| 1 | |
Sweden | 12 |
+51 | 4 |
| 2 |
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Hungary | 9 |
+18 |
4 |
| 3 |
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Canada | 5 |
-2 |
4 |
| 4 |
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Russia | 4 |
-7 | 4 |
| 5 |
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Estonia | 0 |
-60 |
4 |
| x |
x |
Ghost |
x |
x |
x |
SWE vs RU: The Russians knew they just have one map to win and they will be qualified. And even though it is Sweden against them, they decided to train a lot, hoping being able to take one map. Unfortunately for them, Sweden is not the kind of team to show up untrained: 7/2 7/3 5/4. Russia can have a few regrets with a 5/4 on the last map. EE vs CAN: CarlJr and his teammates knew the 3/0 was mandatory to go into relegations. The first map began quite well, 5/3 for them, then the pressure struck them, multiplying the mistakes while Estonia was playing ok. It led to a decisive 6/6 which the Canadians won 28/26! After that, Estonia was out, like they only trained the first map. Final score: 7/6 7/0 5/0 for Canada.End of the Groupstage, with sadly many retirements: 6 out of 23 teams, one-fourth of the total. Nevertheless, the battle for the podium in each group was really exciting, especially in the Group 2.
A few surprises occured: it's the very first time we don't see
Russia and Italy in the play-offs of a NC, and we usually had Portugal and Brasil.And we honestly didn't expect
Slovakia and Hungary to take such a place in their groups!It's now time for the relegation round and the play-offs.
NC6 Winner Bracket
| Relegation Round |
1/4 Final |
1/2 Final | Final |
Grand Final |
| Germany |
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| Spain |
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| Sweden |
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| Slovakia |
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| Belgium |
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| Netherlands |
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| Canada |
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| Poland |
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| Norway |
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| France |
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| Finland |
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| Hungary |
NC6 Loser Bracket
| 1/4 Final | 1/2 Final | Final | Grand Final |
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