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The Canadians have emerged victorious from the SteelSeries World Cup. After a disappointing fourth place finish in Season 1, Canada finally took home the gold. For the second season in a row, Poland has finished second, losing to Spain in Season 1. Canada, led by uT)Choblar(WGT), managed the team terrificly as they had the harder road to the finals. How did they get there and what happened when they did? Here is a recap of Canada's road to the gold.
Round of 16
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The score looked grim for Canada. Down to 2-1, they needed to win the final two matches to advance. Romania took the lead with wins from xLo.Shaman and RPG.AnDrEi but Canada would come back. xLo.Oldy won the first match for Canada, defeating at the time, his teammate MgZ)Ryko. In the last two matches, MYM.Testie and Target[Light] came through for Team Canada, defeating xLo.Rek and xLo.Jack respectively. With the win, they would play one of their deepest rivals: America.
Round of 8
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Just like in the previous World Cup match, the beginning did not look good for Canada. Idra[Media] and aAa.Crayon led the match off with wins for America. Up 2-0 and with an aresonal of players left, it looked like it was over for Canada. But it would not be the case. MYM.Testie defeated ToT)iNcontroL( and MgZ)TT1 took down xLo.HungTran. With the score tied at 2-2, the last match would be between ToT)Xiaozi( and xLo.G5 with the winner advancing. Xiaozi took home the win in a convincing 2-0 match.
Round of 4
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The king of upsets - Peru, was next on Canada's list. Taking down top ranked Spain and then Germany, they were anxious to defeat Canada. Canada thought otherwise. They sent out their top three players in the first three matches: ToT)Xiaozi(, MYM.Testie, and xLo.IefNaij. The three won, all 2-1, against LRM)Darki[gH], LG)Castro, and LG)Handy. One more match was played and xLo.Fenix defeated gH-Worked. As Canada had already won, the last one was not played.
Championship
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Replay Pack
Going into the match, Canada felt confident. They had their strongest line up planned: ToT)Xiaozi(, MYM.Testie, xLo.IefNaij, xLo.Oldy, and MgZ)TT1. But due to a last minute change, Testie was unable to come. Combine this with interview of Poland's manager, Cyru, who was very unsure of his own team, predicting Canada would win easily, and Canada had quite the confidence. The match started out great for Canada as ToT)Xiaozi( defeated teammate ToT)Hullah( 2-1 to give Canada the 1-0 lead. But xLo.Gohan easily put away Choblar, who had to play in Testie's absence, to tie the match. Oldy then gave Canada the lead back with a 2-0 win over ToT)Gosia(. Two matches were at 1-1: LRM)MIStrZZZ vs MgZ)TT1 and MgZ)MoonShine and xLo.IefNaij. IefNaij finished his third game first and emerged from the battlefield victorious. Minutes later, MIStrZZZ and TT1 entered the channel. MIStrZZZ had won and saved Poland some face.
A replay pack has been created of Canada's matches against USA, Peru, and Poland. Unfortunately, the replays against Romania are unavailable. Download it here.
ToT)Xiaozi( 3-0
MYM.Testie 3-0
xLo.Oldy 2-1
xLo.IefNaij 2-2
Target[Light] 1-0
MgZ)TT1 1-2
uT)Choblar(WGT) 0-1
gH-Worked 0-1
WGTour sat down with the Canadian manager
WGTour: You're the Season 2 World Cup Champions! How does it feel?
Choblar: It feels great! Although Poland didn't send their top lineup in the finals, all the players on their roster are respectively great players. For us to beat Poland, who is known to be the strongest nation (or.. was... until now? ) is already a great victory, but to do so in the World Cups is even better! USA and Poland are both extremely strong rivals of ours which we have a losing record against them in friendly nation wars. It's great knowing how strong we can be when our minds are set to the goal.
WGTour: Both Canada and Poland's top player, Testie and Draco respectively, did not play. Do you think that takes away a bit from the championship match?
Choblar: Yes definitely. Testie vs Draco would have been a highlight match that hundreds would've wanted to see. Many players asked me before this match was even set if Testie would be matched against Draco. You can't really call it the best against the best if the top player in both nations don't show. But in another view, both players don't play in regular nation wars, so I guess it's fair this way when we use a regular lineup instead of a team created just for special events. It shows how strong our regular Team Canada lineup is on average.
WGTour: Your team will now take home 5 SteelSeries 3H. How will you distribute the prizes?
Choblar: Well as a joke I told fkc)Guta (Peru leader) that I will kick someone off Team Canada and claim their prize as my own. He said he will do the same with LG)Rage who can't speak English well and can't complain . Although it doesn't seem like a bad idea, unfortunately all my players speak English so I can't do that. The prizes will go to Testie, XiaOzi, IefNaij, Oldy and TT1 as this was stated to the team before we even started playing.
WGTour: Canada had quite a few close calls. At any point did you think you might get eliminated in the tournament?
Choblar: Before the finals, USA was my biggest concern as somehow we always come across them and have a losing record against them. But in this event, most of the nation captains have been great and compromising. They were able to accommodate my players who have different timezones and generally my expected lineup was able to play. With a top lineup, there was nothing to worry about.
WGTour: Congrats on your victory. Good luck...next season?
Choblar: Thanks! We will definately play if there's a next season and we won't let any Canadian fans down!
Thanks to ToT)Incontrol( (USA leader) and fkc)Guta (Peru leader) for their understanding of rescheduling a few matches to accomodate this for my players. If it hadn't been for reschedules, the scores might be different for us. Really appreciate it! And Pol-Cyru (Poland leader) for always having NWs with manner, respect and straight forward NWs without any problems. Thanks to the Team Canada players for your hard efforts. There is finally something to show for it, the title and prizes! If there were more prizes, I'd give one to everyone on the team. Thanks to DKnight and WGTour NW admins for this very fun event!
Will the World Cup Season 3 continue next year? Only time will tell.
We will get you guys next time!
