We have now reached the finale of GG's inaugural Black Ops 2: Hardcore Search & Destroy Tournament. The top eight teams of the tournament will now battle it out in a double elimination finals play-off through the Quarter Finals, Semi-Finals and ultimately the Grand Finals to determine the epic winners of this competition. Make sure to keep a watch on how each team ranks as this proceeds as these will determine the draws for each of the remaining rounds.

• Quarter Finals (QF)
• Monday 23rd of September to Sunday 29th of September
• Map: Express


• Match-ups for the Quarter Finals are:
• Game 1: (Rank 1 vs Rank 8) - NZR vs xEWP
• Game 2: (Rank 2 vs Rank 7) - NzAs1 vs ZLxB
• Game 3: (Rank 3 vs Rank 6) - ZLB vs CF3W
• Game 4: (Rank 4 vs Rank 5) - NzAs2 vs BLaZn

• Semi-Finals (SF)
• Monday 30th of September to Sunday 6th of October
• Map: Meltdown


• Match-ups for the Semi-Finals will be along the lines of:
• Game 1: Winner of QF Game 1 vs Winner of QF Game 4
• Game 2: Winner of QF Game 2 vs Winner of QF Game 3

• Tournament Finals - Grand Final + Plate Final
• Map: Standoff


• Match-ups for the Grand Final will be along the lines of:
• Grand Final: Winner of SF Game 1 vs Winner of SF Game 2
• Plate Final: Loser of SF Game 1 vs Loser of SF Game 2

* Represents Choice of Host or Spawn Selection for First Half of the match (i.e the first 12 rounds). All games and hosts have been randomly generated.

For the complete details of each round and the layout of the tournament, click on the 'Tournament Infrastructure/Layout' thread here. The competition will have a round-robin/pool play set-up so that all teams will have a chance to play against one another before the Finals.