Season 19 Playoffs

Hello,

The group phase over, 16 out of 24 players are left in the tournament. Time to start the playoffs!

Playoffs brackets

Two best players from each group and the four best 3rd-placed players advanced to the playoffs.A table has been created with the following sorting order:

1. Place in group
2. Points won
3. Total score
4. Ranking position before the Season

Rule #4 had to be applied to decide the order between @danmaruschak and @erikklok and also between @fredkese and @benbow2017.

The 16 players are paired like this:

#1 vs #16, #2 vs #15 ... #8 vs #9

There's only one match per playoff round.

In later rounds, the brackets will guarantee that the top 4 players after the group stage could meet only in the semifinals.

Schedule

Round of 16

Round of 16 and the Quarterfinals will be split over to days. As per default, the upper part of the brackets play on Saturday and Tuesday, while the bottom half will have matches on Sunday and Wednesday respectively.

This said, I may shift games order in the quarterfinals, so that players who typically post reports "the day" after, play earlier - if possible.

Saturday, September 28:
P1: @bucipuci vs @benbow2017
P2: @merthin vs @fredkese
P3: @new.things vs @browery
P4: @manuvert vs @davidthompson57

Sunday, September 29:
P5: @danmaruschak vs @timehacker
P6: @erikklok vs @itz.inno
P7: @cezary-io vs @mushanov
P8: @ptaku vs @racibo

Quarterfinals

Tuesday, October 1:
Q1: Winners of (P1 vs P8)
Q2: Winners of (P2 vs P7)

Wednesday, October 2:
Q3: Winners of (P3 vs P6)
Q4: Winners of (P4 vs P5)

Semifinals

Saturday, October 5 (1 match) and Sunday, October 6 (1 match)

Final and 3rd place Match

This season the Final will be played on a working day

Wednesday, October 9