The first phase of the Infinite Crisis Championship ended on Sunday with the last matchday of the Groupstage. Now we know all four teams, who are advancing into the Playoffs and competing for a prize pot of €5,000. The second phase will be played on February 15th and 16th and all matches will be streamed by ESL TV.

Groupstage - the standings

Playoffs - the brackets

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Statements from the teams

Cliff from AbsoluteLegends:

Well we see Team Dignitas HotS as our biggest challenge for this cup, because we played a long time already against them and we know how strong they are. There are some chances winning against them, but it will be pretty hard to beat them. However we want to reach Top 3 for this cup.





Envisi0n from TCM-Gaming:

Heading into the playoffs, we are aiming for first place. It would be difficult to say, who our main competitor is because everyone, who has come this far deserve their place amongst the best teams in Europe.



We play LC (Old team) in the Semi Final, they are a strong team, but I think our teamwork and in-depth knowledge of the game will benefit us going into this match.



Good luck to all teams, may the best team win!





Keltion from Team Dignitas HotS:

We are currently in the Semifinals of the Infinite Crisis Winter Championships. The next opponents are our well-known friends and scrim partners from AbsoluteLegends. Although they are not to underestimate we see ourself in great shape and are confident to win this match and move on to the final where we will most likely face our long time rivals from TCM-Gaming. But regardless of our opponent we´ll do anything to win this competition and uphold our reputation as the strongest European team.





Soulz from LC (Old team):

We, at Aware Gaming Academy, are very happy to have made it into the semi-finals. We have had our share of challenges thus far and we know that these are only going to increase the further we progress. However, we fully welcome them and we will push ourselves to give the best performance we possibly can. The teams currently still in the Championship are all very competitive and talented. We expect great games from Team Dignitas HotS, whose past performances have been consistently strong, and AbsoluteLegends, whom we believe with their fresh roster will present a new threat to be very wary of. TCM-Gaming, who have showed a very solid presence in the groupstages and whom we are facing in the semi-finals, will definitely challenge us to our limits but we are hopeful that with great team synergy and dedication we may yet pose an equal challenge to them. Ultimately, we are overjoyed to be able to support competitive Infinite Crisis play and wish all teams in the semi-finals the best of luck.





Prize Money



Prize money distribution Infinite Crisis Winter Championship

€5,000



Infinite Crisis 1st €2,500 2nd €1,500 3rd €1,000



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After three matchdays in the Groupstage the following results turned up.andwon all their matches andandonly lost against the winner of their group.Here you can see the full ranking of the groupstageandare currently unbeaten and did not lose a single map. The question now is, canorbeat them in the semi-finals or at least win one map? We will find out on February 15h at 19:00 CET, when the semi-finals are played after each other. Of course ESL TV is streaming both of them live and our commentators are once again Jason Kaplan and David 'Zaccubus' Treacy. The Grand Final will be played a day later on February 16th at 19:00 CET, which will also be streamed by ESL TV . All further details for the show will be announced next week.We wish all four teams the best of luck and may the best team win the €5,000 Infinite Crisis Winter Championship.