Everybody like prizes, so let's start with rewards for the Quarterfinals.
Awards
Champions League
All eliminated in QFs of Champions League get 2 HBD:
Congrats and see you next season! All of you will start qualifications to Season 6 from Round 2 and will be seeded there.
Consolation Cup
All eliminated in QFs of Consolation Cup get 1 HBD:
Congrats and see you - hopefully - next season!
@mariya36 's rank is high enough to guarantee spot (and seeding) in the second Round of eliminations.
@asia-pl and
@zimnaherbata will start from Round 1 and will be seeded there. Only
@notak will have to battle thru pre-qualifiers. He did that successfully this season and ended up in the group phase.
Currently Playing - Monday, Jan 17
no matches today
Next on Schedule - Semifinals
Champions League
SF1: (QF1) @masoom vs
@browery (QF4)
SF2: (QF2) @merthin vs
@bucipuci (QF3)
Leg 1: Wednesday, Jan 19
Leg 2: Saturday, Jan 22
The semifinals will be not only a battle for the Final. Whoever wins in their pair, will join @manuvert in Season 6 Group Phase without the need of going thru eliminations.
@manuvert's Rank is safe - the winner of CL gets max. 8pts, runner up - 5pts. For CC it's half of that. It's not possible for 3 players to get more points that he already has.
As reminder, direct access to Season 6 Champions League will be granted to:
- Champion of Season 5
- Winner of Consolation Cup
- Winner of
@poliac League One
- three highest ranked players AFTER the above
Prediction
Bets anyone? @bucipuci will crush
@merthin on Wednesday and the latter will only try to win on Saturday, as the two points to be gained will be enough to be among the 6 players who won't have to qualify for next season's Champions League.
The other pair is more difficult to predict. Both @masoom and
@browery repeatedly score above 30. It will be a close duel and I see scores in the ranks of 70 for both. How do you see it?
Consolation Cup
SF1: (QF1) @grecki-bazar-ewy vs
@ptaku (QF3)
SF2: (QF2) @manuvert vs
@practicaleric (QF4)
Leg 1: Thursday, Jan 20
Leg 2: Sunday, Jan 23
Here too, apart from the glory of CC Winner, the players battle for access into Season 6. @manuvert is safe.
@ptaku is very close to get the coveted slot. For
@grecki-bazar-ewy and
@practicaleric the battle is for a higher seeding in Round 2 of qualifiers.
Prediction
Interesting setup. @ptaku and
@manuvert might be dissatisfied by being in the Semifinal of "only" Consolation Cup. They are the Champions League's Defending Champion and All Times Star, respectively. Their oponent have already reached their all times best result and are hungry for more. My bet here is that
@grecki-bazar-ewy and
@practicaleric will meet in the Final. What do you think?
Next on Schedule - Season 6 pre-qualifiers
Friday-Monday, Jan 21-24
Participating:
@sandraa1
@matthew1
@giulius
@racibo
@kiel91
@rozio
@zimnaherbata
@notak
@stefannikolov
@ziabutt3836
@ykretz.sports
@romualdd
@krakonos
@mushanov
@axel-mccornstack
@dontcare89
@martusamak
@kwsnomzys
@deepresearch
@markhodge
@liftslikealady
@stewie.wieno
@fredkese
@soluce07
@kpreddy
@griega
@zireal86
@wallee
@guury123
Details in yesterday's announcement.