Congratulations to all 16 of you that made it to this year's Grand Slam playoffs! Before moving on to the pairings, I'd like to thank everyone who made this tournament possible. Thank you SparksBlade, Nat, Finchinator, Megazard and Merritt for being fantastic hosts, as well as a huge thank you to Perry for maintaining the spreadsheet once again and to rozes for providing the artwork for these playoffs!
With that said, here is the list of people who qualified and their respective seed:
1. lax - 33 Points
2. Adaam - 32 Points (84.00% Win Ratio)
3. Pohjis - 32 Points (82.14% Win Ratio)
4. Pak - 26 Points
5. Kink - 25 Points
6. Santu - 24 Points (78.26% Win Ratio)
7. Garay oak - 24 Points (77.27% Win Ratio)
8. Teddeh - 23 Points (80.95% Win Ratio)
9. Eternally - 23 Points (77.27% Win Ratio)
10. Xiri - 23 Points (76.19% Win Ratio)
11. Star - 22 Points (80.00% Win Ratio)
12. Corazan - 22 Points* (Deepest run; UU Open finalist)
13. HT - 22 Points* (Second deepest run; PU Open semi finalist)
14. Accelgor - 22 Points* (Third deepest run; LC Open quarter finalist)
15. Serene Grace - 21 Points (77.27%)
16. Charmflash - 21 Points (75.00%)
* Corazan, HT and Accelgor ended up with the same amount of points and the same win ratio of 77.27%. Their seeding was determined by their best run in Grand Slam being used as a tie breaker.
All sets will be bo5 with the higher seed getting to choose the first tier to be played in a set, while the loser picks the next one.
1. lax vs. 16. Charmflash
LC / NU / UU / RU / PU
2. Adaam vs. 15. Serene Grace
RU / LC / UU / NU / PU
3. Pohjis vs. 14. Accelgor
UU / LC / RU / PU
4. Pak vs. 13. HT
NU / PU / LC / UU
5. Kink vs. 12. Corazan
UU / PU / NU / RU / LC
6. Santu vs. 11. Star
LC / UU / PU / RU / NU
7. Garay oak vs. 10. Xiri
PU / NU / RU / UU
8. Teddeh vs. 9. Eternally
NU / PU / RU / UU
Final
1. lax vs. 2. Adaam
LC / NU / RU
Congratulations Adaam on winning the 8th Smogon Grand Slam!