As with every OpenCup season, there is a beginning, a middle and most unfortunately: an end. Over the last months, about 120 clans battled in exactly 203 matches to climb to the top positions in their group for a chance to play in unfied playoffs for prizes kindly sponsored by Activision. Sadly there could only be one true winner no matter how close it may have been.

The ET:QW OpenCup medalists:

	Dignitas	€ 2000
	4Kings	€ 1250
	Kompaniet	€ 500
4th	Pelit	€ 250

Head on inside the newsitem for further information!

dignitas finally won their last match, staying undefeated during all this Opencup. 4K fought well, but it was not enough to unhinge their challenger.

There we go, the time has come for the big showdown!

dignitas 4 - 0 4Kings
Date: Thu 24 Jan 21:00 CET Reporter Channel: #clanbase.etqw
Referee(s)	Coverage
Mixo, [CB]LionQ	Audio by QuadV (English) + ETQW:TV

You can find the full match preview (including interviews with both teams) here!

In this last installment of the preview series, there's only the grand final to look forward to, as the double elimination nature of the cup eliminates the need of a bronze final. So now that we arrived at the end of the long list of fixtures ranging all the way back to October, 2007, the question about who'll take the gold medal and its accompanying € 2000 obviously remains, because this OpenCup didn't finish just yet. We sat down with both teams to get a perspective on this last match, so head inside to check it out.

Two more playoff rounds have gone by without me updating the big playoff-tree newsitem, so it's time again to do this one more time.

 
The Grand Final between Team Dignitas and Four Kings is upon us!
Date: Thursday, 24th of January
Time: 21.00 CET
Modus: D. must win one set Best-of-3 maps, while 4K needs to win 2 sets.

You can ofcourse find the new playoff-tree inside this newsitem!

After losing in the winner bracket final against Dignitas, Kompaniet failed again and could not beat 4K.

We're only one fixture away from the grand final, as the lower bracket final awaits us. Obviously these matches are played on the highest level, so prepare for some decent action coming your way.

Tonight we have the Lower Bracket Final coming up, fully featured with ETQW:TV and live commentary by QuadV|Splodge!

Lower Bracket Final
Match				CBooky	Time	Referee	Coverage
	Kompaniet	vs	4K	55% - 45%	21:00 CET	Mixo	Audio by QuadV (English) + ETQW:TV

The clan that wins this match still has the chance at the first prize of € 2000 while the clan that loses has secured € 500!

After their defeat against Pelit on the first round of these playoffs, 4K certainly wanted to take their revenge, and they did it with form.

Playoffs
Match				CBooky	Time	Referee	Coverage
	4K	vs	Pelit	55% - 45%	21:00 CET	Atte902	ETQW:TV

Demos available here! Matchreport will follow.

With only four teams still standing, we're nearing the end of the cup. The contestants still running have made it this far, but their performances in the outstanding fixtures will severely influence they amount of money they'll collect at the end. The one biting the dust tomorrow will tumble down the prize purse picture. Stay tuned as the stakes are high and the final is nigh.

Tonight was played the winner bracket final, and dignitas took the win, but Kompaniet forced them to play three maps.

Today the winnerbracket-final is on schedule:

Premier League
Match				CBooky	Time	Referee	Coverage
	dignitas	vs	Kompaniet	50% - 50%	21:00 CET	Mixo	Audio by QuadV (English) Audio by NerdVibes (French)

Pelit didn't fail to defeat SPEEDLINK and will continue their way into these playoffs.