DHL Prague Red missed out on qualification for the Cup on goal difference to their compatriots DHL Prague Blue. Having finished third in their group their compensation for missing out on the Cup was a well earned rest and a bye through to the Plate semi-finals. The teams finishing 4th and 5th in each group would face a quarter-final tie to see if they had what it took to join the Czech team in the final four of the Plate.

The first of these quarter-finals was an all-Spanish encounter between the Q Detectives and Barcelona Adventure. Both teams had struggled in the group stage but had showed glimpses of quality in some games. In the knock-out stages it was do or die time and they would need to find that quality now. Both sides came into the game with some injury worries picked up in the group phase and in a sporting gesture from Barcelona Adventure, the teams agreed to play 4-a-side to be fair to the Q Detectives. Maybe it was only right that this sporting gesture was rewarded with victory. Barcelona Adventure picking up their second consecutive win of the tournament and earning a tie against DHL Prague Red in the semi-finals. Goals from Cedryci, Olivier and David sent them through as Raul's (no, not that Raul) goal for the Q Detectives proved a mere consolation.

Next up was the Prisoners versus Hanson Old Boys. Hanson Old Boys had found it tough in the group phase and the Plate was a chance for them to forget about the morning's play and focus on the Plate. In their way stood the Prisoners who came into their own in the Plate phase of the 2008 Prague Masters going on to collect the trophy. The Plate competition of the 2008 Barca Fives appeared to be to their liking too as they completed a comfortable 3-0 victory. Cleyton Miranda the hero of the game with a double strike adding to a captain's goal from Vinny Patel. Hanson Old Boys were now out of the tournament but qualified for an afternoon in the bar and some well earned beers.

The final place in the semi-finals would be contested by the CSF and 3 Lions FC. Like the Prisoners, the CSF were no strangers to the Plate competition and can point to a runners-up spot in the 2007 Prague Trophy and winning the 2008 Krakow Trophy Plate competition just 7 months earlier. Would this pedigree and experience hold them in good stead against the 3 Lions FC? Sadly for them, not on this occasion. Oz Zamora did get on the scoresheet but it was not enough against the 3 Lions FC who put in their best performance of the day. The 3 Lions found the path to goal on no less than four occasions through Michael Monaco, Chris Baginsky (2) and Stacey Cross. The semi-finals awaited the 3 Lions whilst CSF manager, Hitesh Joshi, had to go and face the CSF board for a dreaded vote of confidence.