T1 and Gen.G. will meet the Chinese team from the first round of the round of 16
Sep 30, 2024
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With the end of the play-in stage of the '2024 League of Legends World Championship' (Lold Cup) held at Riot Games Arena in Berlin, Germany on the 30th (Korea time), Brazil's PNG and PSG, representing Asia Pacific, won the round of 16.
With 16 teams confirmed to play in the Swiss stage, LCK's No. 2 seed Gen. G will meet LPL's No. 4 seed Weibo Gaming and LCK's No. 4 seed T1 in their first match, respectively.
On the other hand, Hanwha Life e-Sports and D-Plus Kia, the No. 1 and No. 3 seeds in LCK, start their first game somewhat easily. Hanwha Life Insurance will face PSG, which came up through the play-in stage, and D-plus will face Fnatic, the most played team in the LOL World Cup, the second seed in LEC (Europe). T1 and Gen.G. will play their first games at 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. on October 3rd in Korean time, while D+ and Hanwha Life Insurance will play at dawn on the 4th.
In the Swiss stage, teams with the same record will meet in a lottery after the first match, and the team with three wins will reach the quarterfinals first. On the other hand, if you lose three games, you will be eliminated. Therefore, a match between strong teams is inevitable to reach the quarterfinals anyway.
However, there is definitely an element called the lottery method. The NRG of LCS (North America), which was classified as an underdog last year when the Swiss stage first began, only met the LPL team in the first game, and in the next three games, it won three games against North American and European teams to reach the quarterfinals. It was the only quarterfinal team except for the Korean and Chinese teams. However, they were completely defeated by Weibo 0-3 in the quarterfinals, where the draw luck ended and the multi-faceted event began.
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