IEM5 CS final faces delay

The Counter-Strike final between mTw and fnatic could be delayed for as many as three hours as the ESL has been forced to ignore the planned schedule.

The last CS match of the IEM5 European Championship Finals was originally due to be played at 16:20 CET.

But severe delays in all the matches have made it that the game may not be played before 19:00 CET.

Earlier in the day, a power cut during the first Quake Live semi-final between mouz|Cooller and fnatic|Strenx turned into a discussion about what to do as the Russian was less than a minute away from the victory.

The admins ruled that, until a decision was made, the tournament would move on as planned, with the StarCraft2 semi final between White-Ra and DeMusliM.

Such a match has just come to an end, and the Quake encounter will now be recreated to find out who joins "av3k" in the final.

After that match, though, the second StarCraft II semi final will still be played, making it impossible to predict when exactly the CS final will start.