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Yesterday we were witnesses to not only one, but three games in the where a 5th and deciding map was needed. After a few disappointing walkover wins, these games were a reminder how great TDM can be when it just "clicks". And being a favorite coming into the game doesn't mean the outcome is given in advance.
for a closer look at the playoff games just being finished in Div II and III.
Div II
 [CD] has been cruising through the groupstage () with only one loss, and 0 maplosses in the remaining games, convincingly winning the group with a margin of 5 points. So needless to say there were pretty much a favorite coming into the game with the Polish clan  mdt. mdt hasn't showed the kind of dominance [CD] has, but still managed to finish 2nd in (7 points behind groupwinner  TAK!). But they showed good form when they took down  ttnm in the first round of the playoffs.
Anyway, to make a short story long, the game was an epic!
(q2dm3/q2dm2/q2dm6) mdt [3:2] [CD] (q2dm7/q2dm1)
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Div III
In Div III we saw both the groupwinners taking a beating in their games, and the games were extremely close and a 5th map was needed.
The sole United Kingdom clan left in EuroQL, [ecf], has fought their way to the top of , but it was no walk in the park. So the Polish clan [H], who finished 2nd in , did have a fair chance at defeating the experienced Brits. And so they did, after 5 maps of shifting mapcontrol. None of the games were as close as in the previous game, but that just shows that maps really makes a difference in this game.
(q2dm2/q2dm3/q2dm7) [H] [3:2] [ecf] (q2dm3/q2dm8)
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In the other playoff game we saw  NMT, who had played convincingly up to this point winning with quite a big margin, versus a familiar team to them,  LmW. NMT and LmW had met eachother twice, and the games ended 2-0 and 2-1 for the Russians. So no need to say, the Russian side was favorite to win this time around as well. But, as usual for this quiet Sunday in January; expect something and the opposite will happen.
(q2dm2/q2dm1/q2dm7) LmW [3:2] NMT (q2next1/q2dm3)
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