Full-time master: a sword of wind and thunder

Chapter 825 The first round of the group stage!
On December 2025, 12, the long-awaited World Invitational Tournament finally starts.

On this day, hundreds of millions of Glory viewers around the world were watching the opening ceremony of the World Invitational Tournament.

Although the World Invitational Tournament is not the Olympic Games, it does not attract as much attention as the Olympic Games, and it is not as grand as the Olympic Games, but Zurich, as the host, still made the first Glory World Invitational Tournament very lively.

The opening ceremony begins with welcoming the distinguished guests, raising the national flag of the host country, and playing the national anthem.

This was followed by a 1-hour cultural performance to promote the intangible cultural heritage of Zurich, and then e-sports players from various countries entered the arena one after another.

There are six major divisions in this World Invitational Tournament, namely Europe Division, Asia Division, Africa Division, South America Division, North America and Caribbean Division, and Oceania Division.

Among the six divisions, the top four players from each division participated in the World Invitational Tournament, so there are a total of 24 national teams in the World Invitational Tournament that entered the field today.

These 24 teams are the four teams in the European Division: England blue team, D country team, F country team, and Italian team.

There are four teams in the Asian Division: Team Z, Team Australia, Team H, and Team Yilang.

There are four teams in the African division: Egypt, Nihiriya, Somali and Moro.

There are four teams in the South American Division: Baxi, Agenting, Uragay, and Glenbia.

Four teams from the North America and Caribbean Division (the combined division of the two divisions): Boliz, Costaca, Amecca, and Salvador.

There are four teams in the Oceania Division: Samoa Team, Xinxilan Team, Papua Team, and Solomon Team.

24 teams entered the venue and 24 national anthems were played.

The host finally introduced the competition rules of this World Invitational Tournament.

The 24 teams will be grouped into four groups, and each group will fight among themselves. Only the two teams with the best records will advance to the World Invitational Ranking Tournament!
The long but ceremonial opening ceremony, witnessed by hundreds of millions of spectators around the world, took a full three and a half hours and finally came to an end.

Next is the draw of 24 teams.

According to the results of the lottery, the teams will be allocated, and then the group elimination promotion will be held.

The 26 teams are divided into four groups, so there are 4 numbers in the lottery box, which are 1-2-3-4. The six teams that draw the number 1 form a group, and the six teams that draw the number 2 form a group. , in the same way, a group that draws 3, and a group that draws 4.

Ye Xiu, the leader of Team Z, went up to draw lots, and Ye Xiu got the number four, which meant he belonged to the fourth group.

Soon the lottery ceremony was completed, and the grouping of the four groups was also announced.

A group of six teams, namely the English blue team, the Australian team, the Moroccan team, the Ulagai team, the Glenbia team and the Solomon team.

The six teams in the second group are D country team, F country team, Samoa team, Xinxilan team, and Yilang team.Salvatore team.

The six teams in the three groups are Italy, Country Z, Hitachi, Papua, Mecca, and Egypt.

The four groups are the remaining teams: Bolizi team, Costagar team, Somali team, and H country team.Baxi Team, Ah Genting Team.
After the grouping was over, the ceremony of the opening game was completely completed, and the next step was naturally the competition that everyone was really looking forward to.

It's just that there are only four games to be played today, that is, two teams will be drawn from each group to play one game.

A group of two teams that played in the opening ceremony was a game between the England blue team and the Solomon team.

The two teams that played in the opening ceremony of the second group were the D country team and the Salvador team.

The two teams that played in the opening ceremony of the three groups were the match between the country Z team and the Amecca team.

The two teams that played in the opening ceremony of the four groups are the matches between the Baxi team and the Boleiz team.

The first game started was the game between the England blue team and the Solomon team.

The England blue team is the division champion team in the European region, and the Solomon team is the semi-final team in the Oceania division.

In this match, both sides played very fiercely. Team Solomon actually played a very strong game in the heads-up match. Solomon team won 6 of the 4 matches. Although they lost to the English team in the group arena, they Also scored five points.

So at the end of the first half of the individual competition, Solomon still leads the England blue team by one point with a record of 11:10!
With the advantage of this point, in the team competition, the Solomon team did not grasp this advantage.

The team competition was overwhelmed by the England blue team at the beginning, and it was completely without the strength of the individual competition.

In the final team match, the England blue team only lost 6 players and defeated the Solomon team.

After the whole game, Solomon's team scored 17 points, while his opponent England blue team scored 22 points!
Although Solomon eventually lost to the England blue team, Solomon's performance in the individual competition was still impressive.

The six teams in the group stage will play two rounds, one home and one away.After two rounds of competition, the two teams with the highest points can advance smoothly.

Today is the home court of the English blue team, so the Solomon team who lost the game are not discouraged. They believe that in their next home game, they will win back the victory from the English blue team.

The second game of the opening ceremony was a match between the D country team and the Salvador team.

Country D is the runner-up team in the European Division, second only to the England blue team in strength, and the Salvador team is the top four team in the Caribbean Division.

The overall strength of the Caribbean Division is much lower than that of teams from other regions.

Therefore, the match between the Salvador team and the D country team was almost one-sided.

Country D defeated Salvador 4:2 in the heads-up match, extended its lead again with 6:4 in the group arena, and directly beat Salvador 12:6 in the team match. With a record of 22:12, they defeated the Salvador team and got their start in this World Invitational.

The third game is the match that many overseas Chinese and hundreds of millions of compatriots in country Z are most concerned about. The team of country Z will play against the team of Mecca!

The country Z team is the champion of the Asian division, and its strength is obvious to all. In the series of competitions with the country H team for the championship, the country Z team won an overwhelming victory.

Although the Yamecca team is the champion of the Caribbean Division, their overall strength is not good, which has something to do with their national conditions.

The track and field sprint is the most admired sport in Yamega, because they have produced many famous sprint track and field athletes, and the world record of sprint is still kept in their country.Their sprint in Yamega is the same as table tennis in country Z, and it is a national sport.

As a branch of the Indians, the Ameccans have particularly good physical fitness. Their bones and cardiopulmonary system are superior to ordinary people, and they are more suitable for sprinting.Their bones are hard and can withstand greater speed impacts. The second toe of their feet is long and easy to exert force.Their bodies secrete a special substance that makes them run faster than ordinary people. This is a scientific data obtained from samples extracted from the bodies of hundreds of Jamaican athletes.

Their physical fitness is different from other people. Their hormone secretion and cells are more than ordinary people, so they recover from fatigue faster and get a better competitive state.At the same time, they have carried out scientific training, focusing on all-round systematic training.Jamaicans have been cultivating sports materials and doing systematic exercises since childhood.

Although their limbs and physical strength are longer than ordinary people, their knuckle joints are far less flexible than ordinary people, so they are not very good at sports that require delicate hands.

Although Glory is popular all over the world, and there are countless Glory players in Amecca, the professional level of their players is much, much lower than that of other competition regions.

Therefore, the Z country team played against the Shangya Mecca team in today's opening match, and played very easily.

Yu Wenzhou's line-up continued the style of the Asian competition, Yu Feng, Li Hua, Tang Hao, Fang Rui, Yang Cong, and Lu Boyuan were sent to the heads-up match.

Except for Yu Feng and Lu Boyuan who lost to each other, the other four all won.

In the group arena, Yu Wenzhou still had Sun Xiang, Duan Yu, Zhu Xiaoping, Xu Bin, Jiang Botao, and Tian Sen play, but Sun Xiang, who played first, completed a [-]v[-], and Duan Yu, who played second, also completed a one-vs-one. Pick two, with the help of Zhu Xiaoping to complete the clean-up work.

In the group arena, Sun Xiang, Duan Yu, and Zhu Xiaoping defeated the six-member team in the Yamecca group arena, resulting in Xu Bin, Jiang Botao, and Tian Sen not having the chance to play.

Moreover, Yu Wenzhou did not arrange three people to play in the group arena. In the group arena, Yu Wenzhou, Huang Shaotian, Wang Jiexi, Zhang Xinjie, Chu Yunxiu, Zhou Zekai, Li Xuan, Yuan Boqing, Su Mucheng, Zou Yuan, Xiao Shiqin, and Lu Feng were 12 people. Among them, Zou Yuan and Lu Feng, who came off the bench, also had no chance to play.

In the final game, the Z country team actually beat Yamega with a huge score difference of 22:4.

A margin of 18 points!
This score also became the biggest difference in the opening game of today's World Invitational Tournament.

What's ridiculous is that during the handshake session before the start of the game, the players of Amega even spammed the country Z team and threatened to shave the Z country team's bald head. With their arrogant posture, they thought they sent a sprinter known as the flying man What about the championship group!
As a result, he was slapped in the face, and he was almost shaved by the Z country team.

Fortunately, Duan Yu and others couldn't understand Yamega's provocation, otherwise they would laugh at them for the rest of their lives.

Today's last game is the match between the Baxi team and the Boleiz team.

The Baxi team is the champion team of the South American division, and the Boleiz team is the champion team of the North American division.

The match between these two teams can also be regarded as the American Derby.

As the champions of their respective divisions, the game was very intense.

In the heads-up match, the two sides each won three wins and three losses, and the match was tied. The group arena also ended in an almost draw. It was the last round. The Baxi team won with only 15% of their remaining health, leading the Bolizi team by one. point.

However, in the team competition, the two sides fought until the last soldier to decide the winner.

In the team match, the Leeds team also had only one player left, and won the Baxi team with a 12-11 advantage.

In the individual competition, the Baxi team led by one point 9:8.

In the team competition, the Leeds team led the Baxi team by one point at 12:11.

In this way, the total score of the two sides was 20:20, and it was actually a tie!

In the case of a tie, the two sides can only enter overtime, which is a penalty shootout. In this regard, the Baxi team, which is a strong team in the World Cup, is very good at it.

Although they almost drew with the Leeds team in the heads-up match and did not take advantage of it, but when it came to the penalty shoot-out competition in overtime, the Baxi team's rich tactical experience was reflected.

There are 12 players in the penalty shootout, one-on-one PK, and one point for each win.

After the final 12 duels, the Baxi team won 8 games!
In the end, with the advantage of 8:4 in the penalty shootout, they won the game.

The total score also changed from Baxi team 20:20 to Leeds team to Baxi team 21:19 to Leeds team.

If the penalty kick is lost, one point will be deducted for the winning opponent.Points scored from penalties do not count towards the total points.

21:19 points to defeat the opponent, only leading the opponent by two points, but it also allowed the Baxi team to draw a victory label on their World Invitational tour.

So far, the first day of the World Invitational is over.

Because only four games were played, the game time was not very long, but the opening ceremony before the game took a long time, so whether it is the contestants or the audience, after watching the game today, I returned home excitedly Afterwards, he looked extremely tired.

Among them were Duan Yu and the others.

After the game, I should organize the players to replay and study today's game together, summarize today's performance, correct mistakes, find the opponent's weaknesses and strengths, so that it will be easier to win next time.

At the same time, it is also necessary to study the games of other national teams. The strong teams in other groups, after qualifying in the group stage, are also strong enemies and stumbling blocks for the Z national team to win the championship.

So you must also understand.

But today was too tiring, Yu Wenzhou didn't let everyone replay today's game, but rested collectively. For the next two days, they didn't have any games, and they had plenty of time to study the video replays of their opponents.

In three days, the first round of research for the group stage of the World Invitational Tournament was completed.

Group A, that is, a group of six teams, the English blue team temporarily ranked first with 22 points.Morocco ranks second with 21 points, Glenbia ranks third with 18 points, Solomons ranks fourth with 17 points, Australia ranks fifth with 15 points, and Uraghe ranks last with 13 points.

The six teams in Group B are D country team, F country team, Samoa team, Xinxilan team, and Yilang team.Salvatore team.

Team D ranked first with 22 points, Team F came second with 21 points, Team Xinxilan came third with 18 points, Team Yilang came fourth with 16 points, and Team Samoa came in fifth with 14 points.The Salvador team was last with 12 points.

The six teams in Group C are the Italian team, the Z country team, the Hitachiya team, the Papua team, the Yamega team, and the Nicaragua team.

Team Z ranked first with 22 points, Italian team came second with 20 points, Hitachiya team came third with 18 points, Egypt team ranked fourth with 17 points, Papua team ranked fifth with 14 points, and Mecca team ranked last with 4 points.

Group D is the following retained teams: Bolizi, Costagar, Somali, and H.Baxi Team, Ah Genting Team.
The Baxi team and the H country team have the same score, both with 21 points, tied for first place, the Argentine team ranked third with 20 points, the Bolez team temporarily ranked fourth with 3 points, the Costagar team ranked fifth with 19 points, and the Somali team ranked fifth. The bottom one with 4 points.

From the results of the first round, it can be seen that the strength of that division is slightly weaker, and the level of the division is higher.

Although only one match has been played, it is not confirmed which team will advance in the group stage, but the level of strength can still be seen through the match.

At least those teams that scored more than 20 points are definitely the strong teams in this World Invitational.

Among these strong teams, the one that attracted the most attention was the country Z team, because only the country Z team played a game with a difference of 18 points.

Suppressing the opponent's score to 4 points is terrifying!

Therefore, players from all over the world have begun to pay attention to and study the Z country team.

At the beginning, they didn't pay much attention to the country Z team, but now they carefully searched the information of the players of the country Z team one by one. Although it felt a bit like grinding their guns before the battle, it was still much better than not grinding and rusting.

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(End of this chapter)