Chapter 48 The Quarterfinals Draw (Water)

At 10:9 on October 19, San Francisco time, the League of Legends 2016 Global Finals group stage officially came to an end.

In today's Group B match schedule, SKT is still playing steadily all the way through, qualifying first in the group with a score of 5-1.

The remaining three teams, C9, IM, and FW, seemed to be pecking at each other. The points were very stalemate for a while, but in the end, the third seed from North America, C9, broke through the encirclement and advanced to the knockout round.

Regarding the elimination of IM, domestic public opinion is not so harsh. After all, from the very beginning, the vast majority of LPL viewers did not expect IM to enter the quarterfinals.

"Gentlemen and ladies! After 2016 days of fierce competition, the group stage of the League of Legends [-] Global Finals has finally come to an end. The next thing is the draw ceremony for the knockout round. Let us welcome the entry into the knockout round with warm applause. Representatives of the eight teams in the stage."

"First place, from the LCK, ROX Tigers - Flashlight!"

"Oh oh oh oh——" Following the introduction of the host, a beam of light hit Lin Qiguang's head, and the audience cheered very cooperatively.

Lin Qiguang crossed his arms and showed a confident smile to the camera, indescribably chic.

Next are the representatives of the other three top teams in the group:

SK telecom T1 (SKT) - Bang;

H2K Gaming (H2K) - Odoamne;

Samsung Galaxy (SSG) - CuVee.

After introducing the representatives of the top four teams in the group, it is the turn of the second representative of the group. They are:

Albus No XLuna (ANX) - Amiracle;

Cloud9 (C9) - Sneaky;

EDward Gaming (EDG) - Clearlove;

Royal Never Give Up (RNG) - Uzi.

Not every team sent the most popular player or captain in the team. For example, SKT did not send Faker, and ANX did not send Likkrit who resembled the "widow sister".

In this session, Lin Qiguang, representing ROX, and Sneaky, representing the North American local team C9, who will evolve into a "women's clothing boss" in the future, were the two who received the most cheers on the scene.

……

Judging from the results of the group stage, the LCK is still overwhelming, while the LPL's performance is unsatisfactory, not even winning the first place in the group.

But 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 round, many media in the circle praised this S game, thinking that although the LCK is still strong, the strengths of the major regions are still getting closer, and the wild card teams are also making rapid progress.

This is of course an illusion.

The reborn Lin Qiguang remembers very 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 round.

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 draw ceremony.

In charge of the lottery was WildTurtle, an AD player from the Immortals team in the North American LCS division, who is of Asian descent.

The lottery 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 select the four top-ranking teams in the group, and divide them into two half-districts and four quarter-final team pools. The four top teams in the group that have already fixed their positions will be divided into groups.

Similar to the "principle of avoiding the same competition area" in the draw of the top [-], the draw of the quarterfinals also has the "principle of avoiding the same group". For example, if WildTurtle happens to draw ANX to ROX as their opponent, then ANX will be transferred 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 quarter-finals draw in the previous life, SKT was the first to be drawn, and ROX was the second.

In this life, can't there be some changes?

Although he has absolute confidence to beat SKT, but if he had a choice, he would like it to happen on the stage of the finals!

The second ball with the team note was taken out by WildTurtle, and the color of the note was red!

In the first half, SKT and H2K!

"Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!"

After the appearance of the three letters H2K, there was a burst of warm cheers at the scene, and the director of Fist was also very "sensible" and immediately cut the camera to the background.

The mid laners of SKT and H2K are a pair of old rivals. In the 2013 OGN World Championship bubbling match, SKT led by Faker defeated the current H2K mid laner - Ryu, and got the ticket for the 2013 World Championship .

The double calamity battle that year has become an eternal classic in LOL history!
[I only say four words - the battle of the double catastrophe. 】

【Yue Lun: When will this game be cool? ! 】

【Yue Lun, the opportunity for revenge has finally come! 】

[The Dao heart was broken in the battle of double calamity, 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 worked so hard to come here just to get back what belonged to me back then! 】

[It's a pity that there is no blind selection mode in the S competition, otherwise two robberies will be selected, and the program effect will be full! 】

[Back then, Yue Lun could still play five rounds with Faker, but now H2K, if he can beat SKT in one round, it will 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 is ROX and SSG. After all, the trajectory of history has shifted slightly. If ROX and SKT want to meet, there is only the final.

Then it was the turn of the second seed pool draw, the first to be drawn was ANX, and they will challenge the defending champion SKT in the quarterfinals.

The second one to be drawn was C9, who was also placed in the upper half and played against H2K, the leader of Group C.

NA vs EU is full of highlights and grievances, and the North American audience at the scene seems to be impatient.

"Now both ANX and C9 are assigned as opponents, so if you look at it this way, it seems that ROX's opponent can only be."

On the stage, even though the lottery had not been drawn yet, Lin Qiguang and the little fat man were already smiling at each other.

In the group stage, RNG and SSG are in the same group. According to the rules, the two teams cannot meet in the quarterfinals, so it can only be ROX against RNG, and SSG against EDG.

(Actually, teams in the same group in the group stage cannot be assigned to the same half, but this rule should be considered as gone, after all, for the sake of the plot)

Sure enough, after WildTurtle pulled out EDG's note, EDG was postponed to SSG as an opponent.

Ming Kai 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 also came to the center of the stage to shake hands.

"Damn it, I didn't expect to get you guys, GG." The little fat man came up with a sigh.

"It's okay, how many times have you and Mata abused Pray and Gorrila in the training match. Don't talk about GG now, and then you will be laughing and stepping on our dead bodies to enter the semi-finals."

Faced with Lin Qiguang's ridicule, the little fat man just smiled helplessly and didn't say anything else.

Entering the global finals for the third time, the first two times he was young and ignorant and had no superfluous thoughts, but this time was different. During the dark time between OMG and QG, although his mentality was not only mature, but also grew a lot.

With RNG's current state, he is very convinced that no matter which LCK team he meets, if he can win one game, he will be considered a success.

This RNG team still needs to grow, whether it's him, Xiaohu or Mala Xiangguo, they all still need to grow.

After ROX and RNG were grouped together, EDG was naturally assigned to SSG. So far, the quarter-final draw group has also been officially determined.

Upper half: SKT vs ANX, H2K vs C9;

Bottom half: ROX vs RNG, SSG vs EDG.

It's a pity, Mr. Ming Kai, I am very sorry that I couldn't personally mark you as 4396.

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