hardware4u had a terrible start with only two wins out of the first seven games. But after that bad run, the team has not been beaten for six games until now and so even they have the theoretical chance to reach the finals. As the distance to the fifth place is five points, they really need a miracle if they would like to go to Cologne.

Although h4u doesn't have very well-known players, they were able to beat the top team n!faculty. The newest addition to the team is Raphael 'Rafty' Koller, who joined the team only one month ago from the Austrian top team Ultimate Ratio. He won at the first knockout round of the World Cyber Games against Michael 'Chocoyote' Oprée and kicked the German player out of the tournament. Before the season, the strong former a-Losers player Peter 'CriZz' Anders, who had a good ratio of 1.52 in EPS XII, joined h4u together with his teammate Chris 'ChrisinHo' Barkschat and the pod player Stefan 'pikstAr' Gallert. Moreover, the team also managed to hold the best players Dennis 'coco' Hergt and Thomas 'RedTiger' Nebl of last season's lineup, which ended the season in 8th place.

If SK Gaming win this game, they would have nine wins in a row. Although hoorai is only three points behind them, SK has got the better score difference so far and could even lose the last match without moving into trouble. If you would like to follow the match, please visit our coverage item for further information.