LEAGUE OF LEGENDS World Champs Group Stage Results
After an action packed six days, the Group segment of the League of Legends 2013 World Championships has drawn to a close. After 41 (one extra because of a tiebreaker) intense games, the four best teams rose to the top and SK Telecom T1 from Korea, OMG from China, FNATIC from Europe, and GAMBIT BENQ from Europe will be advancing to the Quarterfinals, leaving both North American teams, as well as the Southeast Asian and Lithuanian teams, in the dust.
SK Telecom T1, OMG, and FNATIC all finished with 7-1 records, showing that they were the definite powerhouses of the Group round. GAMBIT BENQ barely managed to squeak by with a record of 6-3 after a close tiebreak game.
Now that the Group round is complete, the four winning teams will join the four teams that got into the quarterfinals by default (for their division victories). The quarterfinals will take place until the 28th, when the final game will be decided, and will consist of a single set of best 2 out of 3.
This next section of the tournament is going to be interesting because many of the teams that will be competing against each other have faced each other before in their respective regional tournaments. OMG and Royal Club will fight in the very first round, which will be a replay of the final game of the Chinese Regionals! This match is taking place on the 24th and won’t be one to miss.
UPDATE: Since this article didn’t publish until the 24th, two rounds have already been played. Naijin Black Sword took out GAMBIT BENQ, and the last North American team, Cloud 9 HyperX, was knocked out of the competition by FNATIC. Thus dies the North American hopes for a World Champ. Make sure to watch my boys at OMG tonight!