Copenhagen Games viewer's guide
The 20,000€ tournament at Copenhagen Games 2012 will begin Friday at 10:00 , we now bring you a complete rundown of the schedule, allowing you to plan when to tune in.
The tournament will begin Friday with the group stage, which for a change will be played best-of-three maps. All thirty-one teams will advance to the playoffs, with top two placed teams in the groups going to the upper-bracket, while third and fourth placed teams will go in the lower-bracket. Friday will also feature round of 16 in the upper-bracket, while the remainder of the tournament will be played Saturday.
In regards to the playoffs, it is not pre-determined who will face who. As the group stage concludes, there will be a draw for the playoffs, with the only criteria for round one being that two teams who played each other in the group, can't play each other. In the upper-bracket a team placing first in the group will face a team finishing second in another group. In the lower-bracket, a team finishing third in the group, will be put up against a team placing fourth.
Below is a detailed schedule to guide you through the two days of Counter-Strike action. All times are listed in your local time zone, so make sure to edit it in your profile settings if you have not already. Please note that the times are subject to change.
Friday, April 6
| Time | Map | |||
 Lemondogs | vs. |  seven11 | 10:00 | BO3 |
| Anexis | vs. | Visual Gaming | 10:00 | BO3 |
 ESC Gaming | vs. |  teamKR | 10:00 | BO3 |
| Copenhagen Wolves | vs. | NinjaNice | 10:00 | BO3 |
| Xapso | vs. |  Mojo Amsterdam | 10:00 | BO3 |
 MoD-eSport | vs. | Mkuu | 10:00 | BO3 |
| WinFakt | vs. | Gamestyle.dk | 10:00 | BO3 |
 PTT | vs. | dafuq | 10:00 | BO3 |
 Natus Vincere | vs. |  semXorah | 10:00 | BO3 |
| SharkGaming | vs. | whoname? | 10:00 | BO3 |
| SK Gaming | vs. | Last Kings | 10:00 | BO3 |
 zNation | vs. | fjortis | 10:00 | BO3 |
| Alternate | vs. |  team decerto | 10:00 | BO3 |
| alchemists | vs. | DiZLiKEZ | 10:00 | BO3 |
| fnatic | vs. | TRiCKSTerS | 10:00 | BO3 |
| Lemondogs | vs. | Visual Gaming | 13:30 | BO3 |
| Anexis | vs. | seven11 | 13:30 | BO3 |
| ESC Gaming | vs. | NinjaNice | 13:30 | BO3 |
| teamKR | vs. | Copenhagen Wolves | 13:30 | BO3 |
| Xapso | vs. | Mkuu | 13:30 | BO3 |
| Mojo Amsterdam | vs. | MoD-eSport | 13:30 | BO3 |
| WinFakt | vs. | dafuq | 13:30 | BO3 |
| PTT | vs. | Gamestyle.dk | 13:30 | BO3 |
| Natus Vincere | vs. | whoname? | 13:30 | BO3 |
| semXorah | vs. | SharkGaming | 13:30 | BO3 |
| SK Gaming | vs. | fjortis | 13:30 | BO3 |
| zNation | vs. | Last Kings | 13:30 | BO3 |
| Alternate | vs. | DiZLiKEZ | 13:30 | BO3 |
| alchemists | vs. | team decerto | 13:30 | BO3 |
| TRiCKSTerS | vs. | IMBA | 13:30 | BO3 |
| Lemondogs | vs. | Anexis | 17:00 | BO3 |
| seven11 | vs. | Visual Gaming | 17:00 | BO3 |
| ESC Gaming | vs. | Copenhagen Wolves | 17:00 | BO3 |
| teamKR | vs. | NinjaNice | 17:00 | BO3 |
| Xapso | vs. | MoD-eSport | 17:00 | BO3 |
| Mkuu | vs. | Mojo Amsterdam | 17:00 | BO3 |
| WinFakt | vs. | PTT | 17:00 | BO3 |
| dafuq | vs. | Gamestyle.dk | 17:00 | BO3 |
| Natus Vincere | vs. | SharkGaming | 17:00 | BO3 |
| semXorah | vs. | whoname? | 17:00 | BO3 |
| SK Gaming | vs. | zNation | 17:00 | BO3 |
| fjortis | vs. | Last Kings | 17:00 | BO3 |
| Alternate | vs. | alchemists | 17:00 | BO3 |
| DiZLiKEZ | vs. | team decerto | 17:00 | BO3 |
| fnatic | vs. | IMBA | 17:00 | BO3 |
| Upper-bracket round of 16 | 21:00 | BO3 |
Saturday, April 7
| Time | Map | |
| Upper-bracket quarter-finals | 10:00 | BO3 |
| Lower-bracket round one | 10:00 | BO1 |
| Lower-bracket round two | 11:30 | BO1 |
| Lower-bracket round three | 13:00 | BO1 |
| Upper-bracket semi-finals | 13:30 | BO3 |
| Lower-bracket round four | 14:30 | BO1 |
| Lower-bracket round five | 16:00 | BO1 |
| Upper-bracket final | 17:00 | BO3 |
| Lower-bracket semi-finals | 17:30 | BO1 |
| Lower-bracket final | 19:00 | BO1 |
| Consolidation final | 20:30 | BO1 |
| Grand final | 21:30 | BO2 |
Remember to set your Dreamteam if you haven't already, prizes from SteelSeries to top three at the end of tournament. No tournament related action will take place Thursday, so while waiting, go ahead and check out our Copenhagen Games video from last year, which should give you a good feel for what's in store for the next couple of day.
We are on site in Copenhagen to provide you with full coverage, should you have any questions regarding anything related to the event, then feel free to write it in a comment below and we will do our best to answer them.
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