Cloud9 won't be able to defend their IEM Dallas crown after suffering a 1-2 defeat to FaZe. The IEM Dallas playoff bracket has been determined, with six teams now set to take to the stage in the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center for a shot at taking home the $100,000 first-place cash prize and a spot at IEM Cologne. Play will continue in Texas on Friday with the two quarter-finals, making its way through to the semi-finals on Saturday before wrapping up with a best-of-three grand final on Sunday.  Astralis will lock horns with MOUZ in the first IEM Dallas quarter-final, taking to the server on Friday at 20:30 for a chance to guarantee a top-four finish in Texas. The Danes had the chance to earn a bye and begin their playoff campaign from the semi-finals, but a gut-wrenching 1-2 defeat to ENCE (Overpass 16-12, Nuke 17-19, Mirage 12-16) in the Group B upper bracket final ultimately forced Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander and company to start the single-elimination stage from the quarter-finals instead. A tantalizing affair between G2 and FaZe will follow, with the two top-10 sides set to hop in the server at 00:00 in an expectedly brutal quarter-final bout. FaZe successfully completed a lower bracket run en route to a spot in the playoffs, first moving past Liquid before once again besting Cloud9 (Mirage 16-7, Inferno 7-16, Ancient 16-9) in a rematch of their BLAST.tv Paris Major RMR last chance qualifier fixture to pick up the final playoff spot available.  HEROIC are waiting in the first semi-final of the $250,000 tournament, where they will face the eventual victor of the series between Astralis and MOUZ. The Danes, who suffered a semi-final exit at the hands of GamerLegion from the BLAST.tv Paris Major playoffs in May, have once again showed why they're among the best in the world, not dropping a map during their time in Dallas to lock in a top-four finish. Over on the other side of the bracket are ENCE, who are on track to secure back-to-back IEM Dallas grand final appearances. The Marco "Snappi" Pfeiffer-led lineup will go toe-to-toe with the winner of G2 vs. FaZe on Saturday at 22:00 , where they'll look to make it to the IEM Dallas title decider for the second time running. The full bracket for the IEM Dallas playoffs is as follows:
  ENCE #11  Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer Guy 'NertZ' Iluz Pavle 'Maden' Bošković Paweł 'dycha' Dycha Álvaro 'SunPayus' García  Eetu 'sAw' Saha  MOUZ #18  Christopher 'dexter' Nong David 'frozen' Čerňanský Jon 'JDC' de Castro Ádám 'torzsi' TorzsásDorian 'xertioN' Berman Dennis 'sycrone' Nielsen Time is adjusted to your selected timezone  GamerLegion #7 Frederik 'acoR' Gyldstrand Mihai 'iM' Ivan Nicolas 'Keoz' DgusKamil 'siuhy' Szkaradek Isak 'isak' Fahlén  Ashley 'ash' Battye  Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander  Age: 27 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 1853 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.66 Astralis #25 Lukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzBenjamin 'blameF' BremerAlexander 'Altekz' GivskovChristian 'Buzz' Andersen Peter 'casle' Ardenskjold   Cloud9 #5  Abay 'HObbit' KhassenovTimur 'buster' TulepovSergey 'Ax1Le' RykhtorovDmitry 'sh1ro' SokolovVladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov Konstantin 'groove' Pikiner   Liquid #8  Keith 'NAF' Markovic Jonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJosh 'oSee' Ohm Mareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis Damian 'daps' Steele Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer  Age: 32 Team: ENCE Rating 1.0: 0.95 Maps played: 1721 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.68  FaZe #3 Finn 'karrigan' Andersen Håvard 'rain' NygaardRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Robin 'ropz' KoolHelvijs 'broky' Saukants Robert 'RobbaN' Dahlström  HEROIC #2 Casper 'cadiaN' MøllerMartin 'stavn' LundRené 'TeSeS' MadsenRasmus 'sjuush' BeckJakob 'jabbi' Nygaard Richard 'Xizt' Landström  G2 #6  Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNemanja 'huNter-' KovačJustin 'jks' SavageRasmus 'HooXi' NielsenIlya 'm0NESY' Osipov Jan 'Swani' Müller | ||||||||||||||||||||
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