Chapter 48 Quarterfinal Draw (Water)
At 19:00 pm on October 9, San Francisco time, the group stage of the League of Legends 2016 Global Finals officially came to an end.
In today's Group B schedule, SKT still made it through the game steadily, qualifying first in the group with a score of 5-1.
The remaining three teams, C9, IM, and FW, were quite a bit like noobs pecking each other. The points were very deadlocked for a while, but in the end, North America's third seed C9 broke through and advanced to the knockout rounds.
Regarding IM's elimination, domestic public opinion was not so harsh. After all, from the beginning, the vast majority of LPL viewers did not expect IM to enter the quarterfinals.
"Gentlemen and ladies! After eleven days of fierce competition, the group stage of the League of Legends 2016 Global Finals has finally come to an end successfully. The next step is the draw ceremony for the knockout rounds. First, let us welcome those who have entered the knockout rounds with warm applause. Representatives of the eight teams in the stage.”
"First place, from LCK, ROXTigers - Flashlight!"
"Oh oh oh oh -" As the host introduced, a beam of light hit Lin Qiguang's head, and the audience cheered in cooperation.
Lin Qiguang crossed his arms and showed a confident smile to the camera, which was indescribably chic.
Next are the representatives of the other three top teams in the group:
SKtelecomT1 (SKT) - Bang;
H2KGaming (H2K) - Odoamne;
Samsung Galaxy (SSG) - CuVee.
After introducing the representatives of the four first-place teams in the group, it was the turn of the second-place representatives in the group. They are:
AlbusNoXLuna (ANX)——Amiracle;
Cloud9 (C9)——Sneaky;
EDwardGaming (EDG)——Clearlove;
RoyalNeverGiveUp (RNG) – Uzi.
Not every team sends its most popular player or captain. For example, SKT doesn't send Faker, and ANX doesn't send Likkrit, who looks exactly like the "widow sister".
In this session, Lin Qiguang, who represents ROX, and Sneaky, who represents the local North American team C9 - the one who will evolve into a "women's clothing boss" in the future, are the two people who received the highest cheers at the scene.
……
Judging from the results of the group stage, the LCK still outperformed the rest, while the LPL's performance was unsatisfactory, not even winning a single top spot in the group.
However, it is not without surprises. For example, the first wild card team in the history of the League of Legends Global Finals to advance to the knockout round was born - the super dark horse ANX from the CIS Division.
After ANX advanced to the knockout rounds, many media in the circle praised this S competition, believing that although the LCK still maintains its strength, the strength of the major competition regions is still getting closer, and the wild card teams are also making rapid progress.
This is of course an illusion.
Lin Qiguang, who was reborn, remembers clearly that until the end of 2022, when he was reborn, no team from the wild card division could break through the blockade of the four major divisions and enter the knockout rounds.
This year’s ANX is both a dark horse and a swan song.
After introducing the team representatives, the next step is the much-anticipated drawing ceremony.
The person in charge of the draw is AD player WildTurtle from the Immortals team in the North American LCS division. He is an Asian.
The draw pool is divided into two groups, one group is the top four teams in the group, and the other group is the four teams ranked second in the group.
According to the rules, WildTurtle will first randomly draw the four top teams in the group and divide them into two half-zones and four quarter-finals pools. Then, WildTurtle will randomly draw the four second-place teams in the group and compare them with The four top teams in the group that have already fixed their positions are divided into groups.
Just like the "same division avoidance principle" in the top 16 draw, the top eight draw also has the "same group avoidance principle". For example, if WildTurtle happens to draw ANX to ROX as its opponent, then ANX will be shifted in order to avoid ROX.
The first one to be drawn was the top player in Group B - SKT.
Seeing this scene, Lin Qiguang felt inexplicably nervous.
In the S6 quarterfinals draw in the previous life, the first one to be drawn was SKT, and the second one was ROX.
Can't some changes happen in this life?
Although he has absolute confidence in defeating SKT, if he could choose, he would like it to happen on the finals stage!
The second ball containing the team note was taken out by WildTurtle, and the color of the opened note was red!
Top half, SKT and H2K!
"Oh oh oh oh oh oh -!!!"
After the three letters H2K were unveiled, there was a burst of warm cheers. The director of Riot Games was also very "sensible" and immediately cut the camera to the background.
The mid laners of SKT and H2K are old rivals. In the 2013 OGN World Championship bubble match, SKT led by Faker defeated Ryu, the current mid laner of H2K, and won the ticket to the 2013 World Championship. .
The double calamity battle of that year has become an eternal classic in the history of LOL!
[I will only say four words - the battle of double calamities. 】
[Yue Lun: When will this game become popular? ! 】
[Yue Lun, the opportunity for revenge has finally come! 】
[My heart was broken during the double calamity battle. Now it’s time to prove yourself, Yue Lun! 】
[Yue Lun: Three years! Do you know how I spent these three years? I'm not trying to prove how great I am, I've gone through all the trouble to get here, just to get back what was originally mine! 】
[It’s a pity that there is no blind selection mode in the S competition, otherwise if you choose two more robberies, the program effect will be maximized! 】
[Back then, Yue Lun could play five full games with Faker. Now, if H2K can beat SKT in one game, it would be considered a success. 】
Although SKT and H2K can only meet in the semi-finals, this does not affect the audience's expectations for this event.
Then, the other half of the area is ROX and SSG. After all, the trajectory of history has slightly shifted. The only way for ROX and SKT to meet is in the finals.
Then it was the second seed pool draw, and the first one to be drawn was ANX, who will challenge the defending champion SKT in the quarter-finals.
The second one drawn was C9, who was also placed in the top half and faced off against Group C leader H2K.
NAvsEU is full of excitement and grievances, and the North American audience at the scene seems to be impatient.
"Now that ANX and C9 have been assigned opponents, looking at it this way, it seems that ROX's opponent can only be..."
On the stage, although the drawing of lots had not yet been completed, Lin Qiguang and the little fat man were already smiling at each other in the distance.
In the group stage, RNG was placed in the same group as SSG. According to the rules, the two teams could not meet in the quarterfinals, so it could only be ROX vs. RNG, and SSG vs. EDG.
(Actually, teams in the same group in the group stage cannot be divided into the same half, but this rule is ignored, after all, for the sake of the plot)
Sure enough, after WildTurtle pulled out EDG's note, EDG was postponed to SSG as their opponent.
Mingkai and CuVee went to the center of the stage to shake hands and then stood aside.
After WildTurtle pretended to draw the last ball, Lin Qiguang nodded to Uzi, and the two came to the center of the stage to shake hands.
"Damn it, I didn't expect to get you, GG." The little fat man said with emotion when he came up.
"It's okay. You and Mata have tortured Pray and Gorrila so many times in training matches. Don't talk about GG now, and then you will step on our corpses with a smile and enter the semi-finals."
Faced with Lin Qiguang's teasing, the little fat man just smiled helplessly and said nothing more.
Entering the global finals for the third time, he was young and ignorant the first two times and had no superfluous ideas, but this time it was different. During the dark period between OMG and QG, his mentality not only matured, but also grew a lot.
With RNG's current state, he is convinced that no matter which LCK team they meet, they will be successful if they can win one game.
This RNG still needs to grow, whether it is him, Xiaohu, or Mala Xiangguo, they all still need to grow.
After ROX and RNG were grouped together, EDG was naturally assigned to SSG. At this point, the quarter-finals draw groups were officially determined.
First half: SKTvsANX, H2KvsC9;
Lower half: ROX vs RNG, SSG vs EDG.
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(End of chapter)