When the final grouping results were published online, there was a lot of discussion right away.
Of these four groups, Groups B and C are recognized as the death groups.
The four teams in the Huaguo Division still failed to completely avoid the fate of cannibalism.
In Group B, the co-existence of PAY and LDF is very suffocating, not to mention the existence of a Korean team KING.
Before the game started, the other team in the group had almost received the ticket to return to China in advance. As for which two teams can finally break through, it depends on the official performance during the round-robin competition.
Looking at Group C where GH is located, it will be called the Group of Death, not because of how strong the other three teams are, but simply because they are too weak.
Not afraid of the disparity in strength, the most afraid of the level is too close, it is for this reason.
Except that GH is basically a place that has already been reserved for the quarterfinals, the position of the second place in Group C can be said to be unpredictable.
Of the remaining three teams, who can win this last chance is completely unknown.
With the two extreme existences of Group B and Group C, it is undoubtedly that there is not much suspense in the results of Group A and Group D.
But anyway, this final grouping situation is definitely a good thing for GH.
"That's great, there's no need to fight with other brother teams in the group stage." Jian Ye usually puts it out on the outside, but when it's critical, he still has the softness of a milk-based assistant. Now they are fighting together in the global finals, and they are in the same spirit as other teams in the same region. If they have to fight head-on at the beginning, it is really unbearable.
Chen Yushen was relatively sensible, and reminded: "We may encounter it later."
Jian Ye was choked for a moment, and the scar on his face shook slightly: "Anyway, it's a day later."
Lin Yan handed everyone a copy of the information in his hand: "Let's take a look, and have a little understanding of the situation of other teams in the same group. I have screened out some of the most critical parts, focusing on each player's performance. The basic attributes are enough, in terms of hard power, it is no surprise that we should be crushed."
Bi Yaohua looked at the pile of heavy materials in his hand, and his voice trembled: "Coach... These are the most critical... part?"
Lin Yan glanced at him: "Didn't you listen to me? The words 'no accident' are indeed crushing, but if there is an accident in this group stage, hehe..."
Bi Yaohua felt the chill seep on his back, and hurriedly buried his head to read the information, and stopped talking.
Lin Yan saw that the team members were still conscious, and did not say anything more to provide pressure.
Although he also agrees with the so-called "early qualifying" statement on the Internet, according to his past habits, he still does not like to be too lax before the game.
In this arena of e-sports, any situation is possible, so rather than underestimating the enemy, he prefers to let the players maintain a proper sense of tension before each game.
The arrangement of the training tasks continued, and after two more days, it was finally the day when the group stage officially started.
The match of Group C is scheduled for the afternoon of the second day after the war broke out.
The group stage adopts a double round-robin format. In the first round of the competition, GH met a team from the North American Division.
On the way to the field, the GH people were shocked by the excessively enthusiastic shouting from the scene, and they still couldn't recover for a long time until they sat in the position against the theater.
Bi Yaohua was amazed: "Fuck, are we sure we are in South Korea? Just rushing in there to cheer, almost made me think I was dreaming of returning to the domestic finals!"
"Hey hey hey? Is the weight almost the same?" Jian Ye adjusted the volume of the earphones, "The fans are enthusiastic, they have traveled all the way to South Korea to cheer, let alone let them down."
Chen Yushen: "Crushing is enough."
Gu Luo replied with a smile: "That's right, watch me hit the middle."
Lin Yan listened to their conversation from behind and reminded: "How many times have I said it, don't underestimate the enemy."
Jing Yuanzhou helped: "Listen to your coach."
There was a moment of silence in the team's voice, and everyone answered in unison: "Got it..."
In the first game of the GH team in the World Championship, in the face of absolute strength, there was indeed no accident.
The group stage is BO1.
The opposite VC team from the North American Division still failed to find the breakthrough point of GH in a short game.
Almost at the beginning, there was a one-sided crushing situation.
From the early stage to the middle stage, and then...
VC hasn't been able to support the big late game where their roster is more dominant.
This is the first time that the new team GH has officially emerged on the world stage. Before that, although foreign media and players also knew that the second-seeded team in the Huaguo Division was able to overcome strong teams such as PAY and LDF, its absolute strength Strong, but I really did not expect it to be so strong.
Although North American VCs are not top teams, they are definitely not weak, but they are not the kind of teams that can't perform at all when they encounter strong opponents.
No matter how many variables there are in BO1, it is really a tragic situation to be beaten by the opposing GH team... The thief is so outrageous!
So in just two days, after the first round of the group match was officially over, mixed in the media reports of the strong duel in Group B, the name of the GH team has undoubtedly become the most high-profile existence among the hot players in the world.
At the same time, the Win team, which also appeared in the global finals with a new look, was inevitably brought up again for comparison.
The work efficiency of various media is indeed very fast. In less than half a day, the hexagram comparison chart of the data of the players of the GH and Win teams in this year's league in this year's league has spread all over the Internet.
This allowed two teams that were not in the same group at all to start a cross-group Battle inexplicably.
The next day, the second round of the group stage officially kicked off.
After the GH team beat the opponent again, Bi Yaohua, who won the MVP, went to participate in the post-match interview.
The host of the World Championship is obviously more interested in doing things than in China. As soon as he opens his mouth, he asks what he thinks about the online comparison event.
Bi Yaohua looked at the camera and smiled slightly: "Win? Is their wing player the stinky rookie who bragged about coming to our country to play in the rankings and was beaten back in the end? IMHO, their team likes it. It's not a matter of one or two days to rub off on the popularity of our Huaguo Division. As for the strength, I don't know, but the mouth is really powerful, and I have to accept it."
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Such pictures have spread to every corner of the world through live broadcasts, and the domestic e-sports circle is about to laugh crazy.
[666, the king of forcing can actually say that other people's mouths are powerful, is this the end of the world? 】
[Hahaha, it’s okay for this Korean team to be keen to get hot. 】
[There's really nothing wrong with this, obviously it has nothing to do with them, and they ran out and tied up after the first round of the group stage, tying up Nima. 】
[GH is currently the world's top streamer, right? Die of laughter, it's also the lineup of our Huaguo Division. 】
[To be honest, every time I watch the Homecoming team play, I always feel that they are not wearing team uniforms, but Pinru's clothes. 】
[The show is really a show, didn’t you realize that every team that wanted to send the home team home before was finally sent home by the home team. So, the name of the home team is well-deserved, right? 】
[Brother in front, dolls are prohibited? 】
[Hey, am I the only one anxious to watch Win deflate? They were also the ones who came to the national service ladder to look for trouble last time. Now they still have the face to pretend to be forceful. Can our home team be compared to them? 】
[Indeed, they have created a sense of sight of the real and fake Monkey King. Wouldn’t it be bad for the official to arrange a fight earlier? It’s really annoying to brag about it every day. 】
[Just a joke, that Nilay seems to really think that he has a 55 to 50 relationship with the Titans. 】
There is a lot of discussion on the Internet here, and the much-anticipated GH team is also fully engaged in active preparations.
However, with only the final round left in the group stage, Lin Yan has already shifted his research focus to the next quarterfinals after he has completely locked in the qualifying places.
In addition to Group B, where the confrontation is still fierce, the qualifications of the other two groups are already in sight. The only thing that will affect the schedule of the quarter-finals is the final ranking of the first and second of each group.
Because GH has been confirmed to be the first in Group C, the most important thing to pay attention to at this moment is the result of the match between Three and Win in Group D.
These two teams, the loser will appear in the second place in Group D, and will also be GH's first opponent in the quarter-finals.
With the official start of the third round of the competition, the qualifying lists of the A and B groups were first generated.
Group B, the much-anticipated death group, finally got the winner.
The three strong teams counted the results with their own winners and losers. In the end, LDF unfortunately lost by one point, and they missed the next quarter-finals with the third place in the group.
Because it was confirmed earlier that Luni was about to retire, LDF fans all cried that night.
GH and LDF live in the same hotel, and when they pass by, they can always see the fan group surrounding the hotel, which is more or less affected in their mood.
Such a direct result was shown in the next game. All the players played particularly fiercely on the field, and they showed a perfect answer for their trip to the group stage with a complete victory without showing any mercy.
On the night after the game, everyone gathered in the lounge to watch the final round of Group D.
Bi Yaohua did not forget to do an interview: "So, who do you want to win this game?"
Without a pause, the others said in unison an unsurprising answer: "Three."
Obviously, because of the premature elimination of LDF, everyone does not want more civil wars in the quarterfinals.
At the same time, there was another factor—they wanted to bring Win, the dog-skin plaster, home by themselves.
Thinking about it, I was really worried. I was afraid that Nilay, the idiot, would be eliminated by other teams and go home before he met them.
Lin Yan clapped his hands and reminded: "Don't guess, let's watch the game."
Although he also hopes to play against Win, but compared to these, as a coach, he needs to extract as much data as possible from the strong duel between the two teams.
In the screen, the match between Three and Win officially begins.
This is also the last game of the group stage.
This game played more than 50 minutes, and Three won the final victory.
Bi Yaohua looked at the MVP notification belonging to Wuhoo in the picture, and the players who were also in the shooter position couldn't help but covered their wrists with empathy: "It's just the group stage... Three is too hard."
Gu Luo also expressed some concern: "Is Wuhoo's hand okay?"
Jian Ye also sighed: "Seriously, there's no need to be like this... It's really not necessary."
Although they didn't keep a hand in the autumn finals before, it was only out of respect for the professional arena, and it wasn't that they really didn't care about Wuhoo's hand injury.
After the official start of the group stage, it can be seen that during the game of Three and other teams, all their substitute shooters are on the field.
Obviously, this is to allow more conditioning time specifically for Wuhoo.
However, in today's match against Win, Three, who had already ensured the top two qualify, chose to send Wuhoo to play.
The determination to win is palpable.
As Jian Ye said, Three really doesn't seem to have a reason to win this game.
But from another point of view, in fact, it is really necessary to win.
Obviously, they are not the only team stimulated by the elimination of LDF.
Jing Yuanzhou's eyes still fell on the computer screen, and he explained calmly: "Three should be like us, and we don't want to start a civil war in the quarterfinals."
"You should really thank Wuhoo for your efforts." Lin Yan closed the notebook in his hand and looked around without smiling, "Congratulations in advance, in the next game, you can finally get your wish to block Win in the quarterfinals. "