To start this new playday, what is better than a forfeit? :) Defwin for Replica against minipeace.
In the other match, TNT had difficulties to win against Speed|Up but eventually managed to do it: 4/7 7/3 5/3.

One match, one logical result, UMF 3/0 SPW: 7/1 7/0 5/3.

No more matches in this group.

Saw must have been unmotivated after its defeat last week, the french players fought only in the first map but dacSP was much stronger: 7/5 7/0 5/0.
One-way match for RtA against iF: 7/0 7/3 5/0.

 

WOS tried really hard to win this match, to get the qualification. However, Lions is not a seed #1 for nothing, 3/0 for the norwegian team: 7/4 7/3 5/3.
FOXskill didn't give a sign of life in the match comments, defwin for Insight.

TOX forfeited again, Ec' is thus qualified.

RAGE wanted the first place, they slaughtered the polish team MD: 7/0 7/0 5/0.
Clan Demon didn't answered in the match comments.

One-way match for eX! against Worm: 5/0 7/1 7/2. The most interesting match of this playday was probably 3DMAX vs SL! Nevertheless, SL didn't play the game and didn't train at all apprently: 7/0 7/1 5/0 for 3DMAX.

The match for the first place between [GL] and YDK| was eventually won by the favourite, even if the Norwegians lost the multilap map: 7/4 3/5 7/0.

Match for the second place here, the Czech players from eEriness secured the win against WIRC: 7/1 7/5 5/2.

Again, match for the first place, eSuba just had to win one map against gOd and they eventually won all of them... 7/6 7/2 5/1.

Big surprise here, the big favourite Infused lost this match for the first place against the B-team of dacSP! 4/5 7/2 7/3 for the German.

DDp forfeited against deMentes, because of a lack of players.
wX vs DFF tuesday evening.
Edit: wX took the win against a tough DFF team: 3/7 7/4 5/2.

We don't know if mCon trained for this match, but Dignitas made a quick work here: 7/0 7/0 5/0.

IR: can be mad at Advance, because they didn't train for the match and let ANE won: 5/2 6/7 7/0 and gave them the 2nd place on a silver plate. They were even really lucky to win the second map 7/6, if not the 1st place would have been for ANE.

Plus de matchs dans ce groupe.

At last, 3d and last playday of this STC8. A groupstage to forget, thanks to the ridiculous amount of defwins. We now hope that the play-offs will be more interesting!

Here the list of the teams qualified:
Replica E-Sports (1st Group 1)
TNT (2nd Group 1)
711 (1st Group 2)
UMF (2nd Group 2)
Mistral.Tt (1st Group 3)
nGt Gaming (2nd Group 3)
Rule Them All (1st Group 4)
dacSP [1] (2nd Group 4)
Lions (1st Group 5)
Insight Gaming (2nd Group 5)
Saphire (1st Group 6)
Extremalne ciotki (2nd Group 6)
RG-Esports (1st Group 7)
MaDrivers (2nd Group 7)
eXclamation! (1st Group 8)
3DMAX Trackmania (2nd Group 8)
GamersLeague.no (1st Group 9)
You Dont Know Me (2nd Group 9)
mythiX eSports (1st Group 10)
eEriness (2nd Group 10)
eSuba (1st Group 11)
Gang of Drivers (2nd Group 11)
dacSP [2] (1st Group 12)
Infused.Tt eSports (2nd Group 12)
wX by crew.sk (?? Group 13)
Drivers From Finland (?? Group 13)
Team Dignitas (1st Group 14)
Mouse Control (2nd Group 14)
v-FX.advanced (1st Group 15)
A New Era (2nd Group 15)
Team Acer (1st Group 16)
Fanatics (2nd Group 16)

Number of teams by country: 6 , 5 , 3 , 2 , 2 , 2 , 2 , 2 , 2 , 1 , 1 , 1 , 1

The tree will be online today, as said Gamble on the STC website.

FRA vs GER: After missing the miraculous come-back in the first map (4-1 for Germany then 4-4 and finally 4-5), France regained its composure and ensured the victory: 4/5 7/2 7/3.

France and Germany are now qualified, whatever happens next. 2 matches left for France, and 1 for Germany, we will probably see France 1st and Germany 2nd. The 3d place will be between Brasil and Belgium.

Ukrainia retired of the competition.

FI vs AUT: Finland is pursuing its winning path, smashing Austria: 7/1 7/0 5/1.

PL vs CZE: Results come and go, we saw a very strong Czech team last week and a ghost this sunday... Poland made short work of their opponents: 7/2 7/2 5/1.

Last week, we wrote: "we can now tell that the first two places will probably be for  Slovakia and  Czech Republic, if they keep the same level of motivation". Apparently, Czech Republic didn't kept the same level of motivation... Poland is now the ennemy #1 for Slovakia if it wants the 1st place. Behind them, the fight is going to be tough between Czech Republic and Finland for the 3d place.

PT retired too.

ESP vs NED: Forfeit of Spain.

ITA vs LT: Lithuania wanted to play on Monday, but Italy wasn't able to gather enough players because of the STC, therefore they managed a landslide victory: 7/0 7/2 5/2.

Now it is going to be very interesting (and a bit about maths)! The battle for the first place between Italy and Netherlands will take place next week, we are looking forward to it! And in case you didn't notice, the first three teams are now officially qualified.

TUR retired also.

EE vs HUN : Except Sweden, no one seems able to stop Hungary! 5/0 7/4 7/0

CAN vs RUS: Always behind the duo CarlJr/ mael, the Russians didn't manage to stop the Canadian wave and sunk. 2/1 for Canada: 5/1 7/6 6/7.

The third place is really undecided with Russia and Canada fighting for it, even if Canada took an option for it with its victory 2/1 against Russia.