▁in ▁the ▁second ▁group ▁stage , ▁while ▁the ▁high ▁seed ▁gets ▁a ▁by e . ▁The ▁winner ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁losing ▁teams ▁play ▁against ▁the ▁high ▁seed . ▁The ▁winner ▁of ▁that ▁match ▁qual ifies ▁for ▁the ▁Play offs . ▁This ▁format ▁is ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁G SL ▁Group ▁Format . ▁ ▁The ▁play offs ▁bra cket ▁consists ▁of ▁eight ▁teams , ▁two ▁from ▁each ▁group . ▁All ▁of ▁these ▁matches ▁are ▁a ▁best ▁of ▁three , ▁single ▁elim ination ▁format . ▁Teams ▁advance ▁in ▁the ▁bra cket ▁until ▁a ▁winner ▁is ▁decided . ▁ ▁Map ▁pool ▁There ▁were ▁seven ▁maps ▁to ▁choose ▁from . ▁However , ▁Nu ke ▁was ▁taken ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁active ▁map ▁pool ▁and ▁Train ▁was ▁brought ▁back ▁in ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁since ▁the ▁second ▁major ▁at ▁E MS ▁One ▁Kat ow ice ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁In ▁the ▁group ▁stage , ▁both ▁teams ▁ban ▁two ▁maps . ▁From ▁the ▁remaining ▁three ▁maps , ▁the ▁map ▁is ▁randomly ▁selected , ▁which ▁is ▁played ▁in ▁the ▁end . ▁In ▁the ▁play offs , ▁each ▁team ▁will ▁first ▁remove ▁one ▁map . ▁Then , ▁each ▁side ▁cho oses ▁a ▁map , ▁which ▁will ▁be ▁played ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁two ▁matches . ▁If ▁the ▁series ▁were ▁to ▁go ▁to ▁a ▁third ▁map , ▁that ▁map ▁is ▁randomly ▁selected ▁among ▁the ▁three ▁remaining ▁maps . ▁ ▁Qual ifiers ▁Four ▁teams ▁from ▁the ▁European ▁Qual ifier , ▁two ▁teams ▁from ▁the ▁Asian ▁Qual ifier , ▁and ▁two ▁teams ▁from ▁the