The single-elimination bracket will get underway on Tuesday as teams battle for the lion's share of the $50,000 prize pool. Series 3 of the Champion of Champions Tour (CCT) Central Europe division has reached its knockout stage, setting up a 16-team bracket for the title, a share of the prize pool, and points in the Central Europe regional rankings. Eight teams have received direct invites to compete in the bracket stage, joining another eight teams who advanced through the Swiss group stage. Tricked and IKLA were the two teams who progressed undefeated through the opening stage, while the likes of Young Ninjas, HAVU, and SINNERS managed to make it through in later rounds. Included among the list of playoff invitees are Eternal Fire, who will play their first match since the departure Ahmet "paz" Karahoca and benching of Özgür "woxic" Eker, as well as the addition of Buğra "Calyx" Arkın. The Turkish side will begin their CTT Central Europe Series 3 campaign against HONORIS on Wednesday at 16:00 . Other notable teams who received invites to compete include Copenhagen Flames, Endpoint, and FORZE, the last of whom will be looking to defend their Central Europe title after emerging victorious from CCT Series 2. The schedule and matchups for the opening round can be found below:Read more Champion of Champions circuit announced with $3.4 million total prizemoney in 2022-2024
Date Matches CCT Central Europe Series 3 15/11/2022 Copenhagen Flames 10:00
9INE
Match 15/11/2022 FORZE 14:00
HAVU
Match 15/11/2022 K23 16:20
IKLA
Match 15/11/2022 Sangal 19:00
UNGENTIUM
Match 16/11/2022 Endpoint 10:00
Tricked
Match 16/11/2022 BLUEJAYS 13:00
Young Ninjas
Match 16/11/2022 Eternal Fire 16:00
HONORIS
Match 16/11/2022 ex-Finest 19:30
SINNERS
Match SINNERS #44
Patrik 'Zero' Žúdel
Jindřich 'ZEDKO' Chyba
Sebastian 'beastik' Daňo
Max 'SHOCK' Kvapil
David 'forsyy' Bílý
HONORIS #59
Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas
Kamil 'reiko' Cegiełko
Kamil 'Sobol' Sobolewski
Denis 'Grashog' Hristov
Dawid 'SaMey' Stańczak
Ahmet 'paz' Karahoca
Age: 25 Team: Eternal FireB Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 1147 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.65
Eternal Fire #34
Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş
Buğra 'Calyx' Arkın
Ömer 'imoRR' Karataş
Yasin 'xfl0ud' Koç
FORZE #30
Andrey 'Jerry' Mekhryakov
Aleksandr 'zorte' Zagodyrenko
Aleksandr 'shalfey' Marenov Time is adjusted to your selected timezone
Young Ninjas #71
Erik 'ztr' Gustafsson
Sean 'eraa' Knutsson
Linus 'nilo' Bergman
Adam 'adamb' Ångström
Max 'maxster' Jansson
HAVU #66
Jesse 'zehN' Linjala
Jani 'Aerial' Jussila
Sami 'xseveN' Laasanen
Joonas 'doto' Forss
Jarkko 'spargo' Rahja
Tricked #46
Magnus 'Nodios' Olsen
Oliver 'kwezz' Rasmussen
Philip 'Lucky' Ewald
Oliver 'IceBerg' Berg
Mathias 'PR1mE' Carlsen
IKLA #53
Dmitriy 'SENSEi' Shvorak
Yaroslav 'byr9' Buryak
Kyrylo 's4ltovsk1yy' Lytvynov
Yevhen 'j3kie' Serhachov
Vladyslav 'Kvem' Korol
Copenhagen Flames #48
Rasmus 'raalz' Steensborg
Johannes 'b0RUP' Borup
Thomas 'TMB' Bundsbæk
Thomas 'birdfromsky' Due-Frederiksen
Iulian 'regali' Harjău
Endpoint #57
Max 'MiGHTYMAX' Heath
Kia 'Surreal' Man
Guy 'NertZ' Iluz
Miłosz 'mhL' Knasiak
Nikita 'HeavyGod' Martynenko
Özgür 'woxic' Eker
Age: 24 Team: Eternal FireB Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 1249 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.61
Buğra 'Calyx' Arkın
Age: 24 Team: Eternal Fire Rating 1.0: 1.09 Maps played: 1121 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.63