KODE5: ToD, HasuObs, Infi and Shy advance

Group A and C started off this morning and have not been completed. Two players from each group advances from each group and in these two those were mouz.ToD, mouz.HasuObs, WE.Infi and fnatic.Shy.

It's a hectic day at the T-Modul Exhibition Complex in Moscow, Russia. The group stage of the KODE5 Global Finals is taking place and two of them have now been completed as the other two are about to commence. Four playershave granted themselves a place in the playoff stage tomorrow, whereas six, among them players like RotterdaM and TeRRoR, have been knocked out of the tournament.

Three players ending on same points in Group A

Group A turned out to be quite a nail-biter with three players ending the day on 9 points. With TeRRoR defeating Dennis "HasuObs" Schneider in an Undead mirror, the latter was up against his teammate ToD. A win would ship him to the playoffs due to gaining a better map score, and, somewhat unexpectedly, he managed to take the game home by winning the best-of-3 series 2 to 1. Dennis, who is not regarded as one of the top contenders for the top placements, mentioned in a recent interview for readmore.de that he is currently not in shape, but it seems he's been able to pull off some good play anyway. It is, however, highly doubtful that it will suffice in the playoffs.

Dennis "mouz.HasuObs" Schneider barely made it to the playoffs

Infi dominated Group C

Xuwen "Infi" Wang from China seems to be in the shape of his life. Lately he's been performing exceptionally well and today was exception. The World Elite star went through the group without losing to anyone and only dropping a map to the Night Elf player Frozen from Belarus. As expected, the Korean Shy ended up in second place. Besides losing to Infi, he only lost a map to third placed RotterdaM and will follow Infi to the playoff. They should both be considered as strong contenders for the $10,000 top prize.