{"id":29198,"date":"2025-09-18T15:54:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T15:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/?p=29198"},"modified":"2025-09-18T15:54:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T15:54:26","slug":"fissure-playground-2-playoffs-guide-schedule-format-favorites-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/fissure-playground-2-playoffs-guide-schedule-format-favorites-more\/","title":{"rendered":"FISSURE Playground 2 Playoffs Guide: Schedule, Format, Favorites &amp; More"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The playoff stage of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fissure.pro\/events\/fpg2cs\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/fissure.pro\/events\/fpg2cs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FISSURE Playground 2<\/a><\/strong> kicks off tomorrow, where eight teams clash for a massive <strong>$1.25 million prize pool<\/strong> and one of the most prestigious trophies on the circuit. Reigning champions <strong>G2<\/strong> and <strong>TheMongolZ<\/strong> enter as the teams to beat \u2014 but hungry challengers lurk, ready to seize the crown. With heavyweights like <strong>FURIA<\/strong> and <strong>Falcons<\/strong> in the mix, the stage is set for a thriller that could deliver a brand-new champion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s everything you need to know: the format, the schedule, and which teams are favorites, dark horses, and underdogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FISSURE Playground 2 Playoff Stage Format<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Single-Elimination bracket<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Quarterfinals &amp; Semifinals are Bo3<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Grand Final is Bo5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FISSURE Playground 2 Playoff Stage Brackets &amp; Teams<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bracketfissure-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bracketfissure-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bracketfissure-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bracketfissure-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bracketfissure-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bracketfissure-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bracketfissure-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bracketfissure.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FISSURE Playground 2 &#8211; Playoff Stage &#8211; Brackets<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>G2<\/td><td>TheMongolZ<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>FURIA<\/td><td>Falcons<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Aurora<\/td><td>Liquid<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Astralis<\/td><td>paiN<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FISSURE Playground 2 &#8211; Playoff Stage Teams<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Favorites &amp; Underdogs of FISSURE Playground 2 Playoff Stage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Big Favorites: G2 &amp; TheMongolZ<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We would name the favorites <strong>G2 <\/strong>and <strong>TheMongolZ<\/strong>, as both of them won the most recent tournaments while playing against the best teams in the world and taking down <strong>Vitality, <\/strong>and they both did it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>G2&#8217;s<\/strong> recent addition<strong>, &#8216;MATYS,&#8217; <\/strong>and making <strong>&#8216;huNter-&#8216;<\/strong> an in-game leader seem like things they needed, but they&#8217;re yet to prove that they can be consistent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TheMongolZ <\/strong>keep getting their big stage experience, and for about a year, it was their main problem, stopping them from making even more grand final appearances than they had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dark Horses Ready to Shock the Bracket<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aurora<\/strong>, <strong>FURIA, and Falcons<\/strong> are the dark horses of the playoff stage. <strong>Aurora <\/strong>made it to the Grand Final of <strong>EWC 2025, <\/strong>and the only team that stopped them there was <strong>TheMongolZ<\/strong>, one of the main favorites here. Other than that, they were looking great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FURIA <\/strong>and <strong>Falcons <\/strong>both have the experience and individual skill to make it as far as possible on a good day if they bring their A Game and do it consistently throughout this playoff stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Underdogs with Nothing to Lose<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The underdogs of this playoff stage will be <strong>Liquid<\/strong>, <strong>paiN, <\/strong>and <strong>Astralis<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Liquid <\/strong>enters their final ride with <strong>Twistzz<\/strong>, but questions linger over whether they have the fire to go deep. It is hard to expect them to have enough motivation to make it far in the playoff stage, especially considering that they didn&#8217;t come close even before the roster change became inevitable.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for <strong>paiN <\/strong>and <strong>Astralis<\/strong>, both of these teams looked less prepared than any team in this playoff stage. If we look at their results, they&#8217;re far from being at the same level until proven otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FISSURE Playground 2 Playoff Stage Schedule &amp; How to Watch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/twitch-2-1024x340.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/twitch-2-1024x340.png 1024w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/twitch-2-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/twitch-2-768x255.png 768w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/twitch-2-150x50.png 150w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/twitch-2-450x149.png 450w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/twitch-2.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FISSURE Playground 2 &#8211; Schedule &amp; How to Watch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Playoff Stage Schedule<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">September 19<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>G2 <\/strong>vs. <strong>TheMongolZ <\/strong>starting at <strong>10:00 CET<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Aurora <\/strong>vs <strong>Liquid <\/strong>starting at <strong>13:30 CET<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>FURIA <\/strong>vs. <strong>Astralis <\/strong>starting at <strong>17:00 CET<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Falcons <\/strong>vs. <strong>paiN <\/strong>starting at <strong>20:30 CET<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">September 20<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Semi-final #1<\/strong> starting at <strong>14:00 CET<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Semi-final #2 <\/strong>starting at <strong>18:00 CET<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">September 21<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The best-of-five <strong>Grand Final <\/strong>starts at <strong>15:00 CET<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Watch<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can watch all the matches live on these <strong>FISSURE<\/strong> streaming channels on different platforms:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/fissure_cs_eng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FISSURE Official Twitch Primary Stream<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCh4neU0C-6XB3OhOzPEAMVg\/streams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FISSURE Official YouTube Stream<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FISSURE Playground 2: Eight Teams, One Champion<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"656\" height=\"342\" src=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-12-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-12-3.jpg 656w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-12-3-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-12-3-150x78.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-12-3-450x235.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FISSURE Playground Trophy<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The stage is set, the bracket is locked, and the countdown is on. Over the next three days, we&#8217;ll see legends defend their legacy, underdogs chase history, and maybe a new name rise to the top of<strong> FISSURE Playground 2<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our first prediction is already out: <a href=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/cs2-predictions\/g2-vs-themongolz-quarter-final-prediction-fissure-playground-2\/\"><strong>G2 vs. TheMongolZ Match Prediction<\/strong><\/a>. Stay tuned \u2014 starting with the semi-finals, we\u2019ll bring you fresh predictions for every step of the playoff race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The playoff stage of FISSURE Playground 2 kicks off tomorrow, where eight teams clash for a massive $1.25 million prize pool and one of the most prestigious trophies on the circuit. Reigning champions G2 and TheMongolZ enter as the teams to beat \u2014 but hungry challengers lurk, ready to seize the crown. 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