The playoffs in the German ESL Pro Series Spring Season 2012 will begin on Saturday.

With the group stage concluded, six teams have advanced to the playoffs. Alternate who finished first will together with myRevenge, who finished second, advance directly to the semi-finals.

The two teams will face winners of the quarter-finals, consisting of the teams who finished third to sixth place. Fourth place finishers mousesports will use Finn "karrigan" Andersen on Saturday, but should the team qualify for the season final, which will be played April 28-29, then veteran Christian "Blizzard" Chmiel will step in and assist the team.

All of the matches will be played best-of-three maps and will be broadcasted by ESL TV. The schedule for the day is listed below. 

11:00	mousesports	vs	NeverPlay
13:30	fC.SNOGARD	vs.	DkH
16:00	mousesports	vs.	Alternate
18:30	DKH	vs.	myRevenge.de

The two teams to make the season final in Cologne will fight for the 5,000€ first place prize, runners-up will get 2,500€.