The thirty-one starting teams have now been cut down to sixteen remaining, as we ready to kick in the playoffs at ASUS Winter 2010.
All favorites still stand in the running to reach the first place at ASUS Winter 2010. The playoffs are about to kick in and features sixteen teams playing best-of-one map to determine whether they have been eliminated or made it to the next round.
Following teams made it to the playoffs:
 EGIPTYANE | Killers | 88-gaming | RuSh3D |
| A-Gaming | CL$N_K@K_Pro | UNiTED | wRa |
 PinG | NoName |  A Team | MEGAPORT |
| DTS.chatrix | Begrip.ru | forZe | Temporary |
The first round of the playoffs will be played on de_train and is set to start at 12:40CET.
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