Play-In Round 1 - October 2nd - 5th (Berlin) -Twelve teams are divided into four groups where they play a Double Round Robin format. -All matches are played in a Bo1. -Top two teams in each group advance to Play-In: Round 2. -Bottom team in each group is eliminated.
Play-In Round 2 - October 7th - 8th (Berlin) -First-place teams from each group are randomly paired with second-place teams from another group for a Bo5. -The winner of each match advances to the Group Stage.
Group Stage - October 12th-15th & 17th-20th (Berlin) - Four teams from Play-In Round 2 join twelve teams with direct entry from Korea, China, Europe, Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau, North America and Vietnam. - All sixteen teams are divided into four groups where they play a Double Round Robin format. - All matches are played in a Bo1. - Top two teams in each group advance to Knockout Stage. - Bottom two teams in each group are eliminated.
Knockout Stage - October 25th-27th & November 2nd-3rd (Madrid) November 10th (Paris) -Eight teams play in a single-elimination bracket over five matchdays. -All matches are Bo5.
FunPlus Pheonix have been crowned the 2019 World Champions after beating G2 in a convincing 3-0. It is the team's first ever World Championship and is the LPL's second title in a row. Is a new regional dynasty emerging?
Yes. Also, Europe will wins worlds. I'll bet anyone, anywhere anything. Also, China will lose to Korea if they meet in BoX format. I'll bet anyone, anywhere, but not anything.
Its kinda sad that there's so much stacked against an emerging region team to make it to the mainstage at worlds, because UoL is a really good fucking team for an emerging region
Been following league for 9 seasons now and it really feels like this year maybe, just maybe, a western team(G2 or fnatic) could take on our Eastern overlords.
First season where I really just haven't had time to play because of life, and honestly waiting for MSI and worlds to roll around has been great.
I feel exactly the same way. There's so much potential for great storylines, whether they're teams choking hard under pressure or them finally taking the spotlight. I mean, even NA could stunt if they engage in the meta like TL did vs iG. Sure they shit the bed vs. G2, but they were and are still just Curveball: the definition.
Sure they shit the bed vs. G2, but they were and are still just Curveball: the definition.
Thing is, that loss vs TL was the start of iG completely falling apart. They didn't perform very well in the following season, at the very least I could name 4 teams that looked substantially better in LPL. So although it was an upset at the time, I wouldn't call TL a curveball, especially because iG has indicated they have zero understanding of macro, so not too surprising they got steamrolled by a team that basically plays bog standard LoL very well. I'm expecting TL to perform well, but also to lose quite one sidedly to one of the favourites.
Also, China will lose to Korea if they meet in BoX format. I'll bet anyone, anywhere, but not anything.
I agree with this, so if someone wants to bet against two people, I'm up for it. RNG has good macro but serious flaws (the Uzi paradox), FPX has good macro too but I expect their gimmicky surprise strats to completely fall flat against a team like SKT with years of PB knowledge and a mid laner who has a champion pool as deep as DoinB.
Sorry, was bad grammar on my part; I meant that G2 as a team is a curveball, not TL, even though they could very well be if they decide to abandon their cookie cutter approach to the game.
Hi everyone, i'm from brazil so srry for my bad english...i note just doublelift anda jensen creat account in EU and play streaming, didi u know where is core, impact and xmithie? they dont go to EU? thanks for attention! GO TL
Sure they shit the bed vs. G2, but they were and are still just Curveball: the definition.
Thing is, that loss vs TL was the start of iG completely falling apart. They didn't perform very well in the following season, at the very least I could name 4 teams that looked substantially better in LPL. So although it was an upset at the time, I wouldn't call TL a curveball, especially because iG has indicated they have zero understanding of macro, so not too surprising they got steamrolled by a team that basically plays bog standard LoL very well. I'm expecting TL to perform well, but also to lose quite one sidedly to one of the favourites.
Also, China will lose to Korea if they meet in BoX format. I'll bet anyone, anywhere, but not anything.
I agree with this, so if someone wants to bet against two people, I'm up for it. RNG has good macro but serious flaws (the Uzi paradox), FPX has good macro too but I expect their gimmicky surprise strats to completely fall flat against a team like SKT with years of PB knowledge and a mid laner who has a champion pool that's deeper than DoinB's.
On September 21 2019 03:06 juniormonteiro wrote: Hi everyone, i'm from brazil so srry for my bad english...i note just doublelift anda jensen creat account in EU and play streaming, didi u know where is core, impact and xmithie? they dont go to EU? thanks for attention! GO TL
Assume they were either given a break and/or had to wait for visas. Impact arrived in EU yesterday.
Worlds Group Stage and Play-In draw in just over 12 hours. I've been running the numbers and there's a few SPICY groups that can take place. One such example: SKT/RNG/Fnatic + a Play-in team...maybe Clutch?
I just hope the groups make it impossible for one of either Fnatic, SKT, G2, DWG, FPX, GRF and maybe TL to get shafted in a group with 3 power houses, meaning only 2 make it out. Especially if we get a joke group with 0/1 strong teams again. Tough groups are fun, but that's where the other major region qualified teams come in, don't think anyone would willingly pick iG into their group.
Wow, the group of death (group c) really did occur. Looks like we're going to be seeing either Rekkles/Faker/Uzi crying this year.
A: Spicy, honestly the group I'm looking at closely, wonder if either C9 or GRF will flop, also GRF first real taste of the world stage is against a team that doesn't play like KR at all.
B: FPX gets some additional scrim time. But they have a chance to get DWG, no? They should probably prepare for the fourth team, not the wildcards.
C: First place in this group is strong contender to win it, good litmus test for all 3. Also so much history here.
D: If TL beats iG again Doublelift will gain a million new Chinese fans, and it will probably mean the end of this current iG lineup, home fans are going to tear them apart.
Overall, pretty solid drawing, nothing too crazy, although group B looks fairly easy.
EPT
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