CCT Central Europe Series 3 reaches playoffs; Eternal Fire, forZe among invites

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.

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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.

Eternal Fire will play their first match with Calyx back on the roster

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:

Date	Matches
CCT Central Europe Series 3
15/11/2022	Copenhagen Flames10:00 9INE	Match
15/11/2022	FORZE14:00 HAVU	Match
15/11/2022	K2316:20 IKLA	Match
15/11/2022	Sangal19:00 UNGENTIUM	Match
16/11/2022	Endpoint10:00 Tricked	Match
16/11/2022	BLUEJAYS13:00 Young Ninjas	Match
16/11/2022	Eternal Fire16:00 HONORIS	Match
16/11/2022	ex-Finest19:30 SINNERS	Match

SINNERS #44 Patrik 'Zero' ŽúdelJindřich 'ZEDKO' ChybaSebastian 'beastik' DaňoMax 'SHOCK' KvapilDavid 'forsyy' Bílý HONORIS #59 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasKamil 'reiko' CegiełkoKamil 'Sobol' SobolewskiDenis 'Grashog' HristovDawid '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' DörtkardeşBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınÖmer 'imoRR' KarataşYasin 'xfl0ud' Koç FORZE #30 Andrey 'Jerry' MekhryakovAleksandr 'zorte' ZagodyrenkoAleksandr 'shalfey' Marenov Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Young Ninjas #71 Erik 'ztr' GustafssonSean 'eraa' KnutssonLinus 'nilo' BergmanAdam 'adamb' ÅngströmMax 'maxster' Jansson HAVU #66 Jesse 'zehN' LinjalaJani 'Aerial' JussilaSami 'xseveN' LaasanenJoonas 'doto' ForssJarkko 'spargo' Rahja Tricked #46 Magnus 'Nodios' OlsenOliver 'kwezz' RasmussenPhilip 'Lucky' EwaldOliver 'IceBerg' BergMathias 'PR1mE' Carlsen IKLA #53 Dmitriy 'SENSEi' ShvorakYaroslav 'byr9' BuryakKyrylo 's4ltovsk1yy' LytvynovYevhen 'j3kie' SerhachovVladyslav 'Kvem' Korol Copenhagen Flames #48 Rasmus 'raalz' SteensborgJohannes 'b0RUP' BorupThomas 'TMB' BundsbækThomas 'birdfromsky' Due-FrederiksenIulian 'regali' Harjău Endpoint #57 Max 'MiGHTYMAX' HeathKia 'Surreal' ManGuy 'NertZ' IluzMiłosz 'mhL' KnasiakNikita '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