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The Extreme Masters Finals moves into Day Three. 4 Teams are left to battle it out.

Two days ago 8 teams met in Hannover, Germany at the CeBIT conventionto battle it out in the offline finals of the Extreme MastersCS1.6 tournament. After these two days of gaming and fighting the group stages are over and the teams have been halved so there are now only 4 teams proceeding to the final stage of the Exteme Masters event.

From Group A, Pentagram G-Shockand fnatic qualified to earn themselves a place in the double-elimination alongside the two qualified Group Bteams: SK Gamingand H2k-Gaming.

If you missed any matches, or simply wish to find out more information about the event check out HLTV.org's coverage page.

Here is the schedule for Day Three:

The Playoffs

Pentagram G-Shock [12:16] H2k-Gaming
Map: de_train // HLTV // Scorebot

Pentagram: Neo, LUq, TaZ, Loord & Kuben
H2k-Gaming: Morf4r, KK, whimp, Xcited & zone

Time: 10:45 CET, Saturday 17th March

HLTV.org Prediction

This match promises to be an exciting one with H2k performing extremely well in the Group Stage by defeating Logitech and mYm. The norwegian team, mYm have been very strong in the Extreme Masters event indicating how powerful H2k really are to have got this far. Pentagram however are also on form and seem difficult to beat, and because they have the expierence they should just edge this match.

SK Gaming [17:21] fnatic
Map: de_dust2 // HLTV // Scorebot

SK Gaming: SpawN, Robban, Snajdan, allen & fisker
fnatic: Archi, cArn, f0rest, ins & dsn

Note: Match went to overtime.

Time: 10:00 CET, Saturday 17th March

HLTV.org Prediction

This match is the battle of the Swedes. Two of the top Swedish teams come face to face for the second time this year. SK Gaming have been performing extremely well and outplaying all their opponents. They defeated fnatic at the Swedish SEC qualifiers, but it took them 3 maps to do it in and today they only have one. It must also be noted that while SK are performing well in the other CeBIT event (EM finals) fnatic have only this to win. This will be a fairly even match with fnatic seeking revenge but as long as SK stay focused they will and should be able to win it.