The two Major attendees headline the list of teams invited to the playoffs.
After a month-long group stage and play-in, REPUBLEAGUE Season 2 has finally reached the playoffs, which sees the six teams from the groups face off against ten invited teams, the top four from Season 1 alongside six other invites.
Fiend, ECLOT, Entropiq, K23, Eternal Fire, and Dignitas all advanced from the play-in stage, while SKADE, SAW, FORZE, and SINNERS were invited due to placing in the top four of Season 1. The final playoff spots are filled by 00NATION, Copenhagen Flames, fnatic, FunPlus Phoenix, GODSENT, and Virtus.pro.
Virtus.pro come in as the favorite in the playoffs
The format for the playoffs will be a fully best of three single elimination bracket, with a third place decider. The matchups have already been decided, and games will begin in just under two weeks time, on November 10. For the likes of Entropiq, Copenhagen Flames, and Virtus.pro, the event will begin just after the conclusion of the PGL Stockholm Major.
REPUBLEAGUE Season 2 boasts a prize pool of €100,000, with the first place team earning themselves a hefty €60,000.
Here are the matchups and schedule for the REPUBLEAGUE Season 2 playoffs:
Round of 16 November 10 16:00 SKADE vs. Fiend 19:00 SINNERS vs. Entropiq November 11 16:00 Virtus.pro vs. Eternal Fire 19:00 FunPlus Phoenix vs. 00NATION November 12 16:00 Copenhagen Flames vs. Dignitas 19:00 ECLOT vs. GODSENT November 15 16:00 K23 vs. FORZE 19:00 fnatic vs. SAW
Quarterfinals November 16 16:00 Quarterfinal Game #1 19:00 Quarterfinal Game #2 November 17 16:00 Quarterfinal Game #3 19:00 Quarterfinal Game #4
Semifinals November 18 16:00 Semifinal #1 19:00 Semifinal #2
Third place decider and grand final November 20 16:00 Third place decider 19:00 Grand Final