KeSPA Cup Final Narrowed to Brion-D-Plus Match, What Is the Meaning of Hosting the Competition?
Dec 08, 2024
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Brion won the first game of the semifinals of the '2024 League of Legends KeSPA Cup' held at Dongdaemun V-Space in Seoul on the 7th, winning 2-1 against Hanwha Life e-Sports, the winner of this year's LCK summer season, for the first time since its foundation.
In the following game, D-plus also defeated Gen.G, the winner of the LCK spring season and the strongest team next season, 2-1 to reach the final and face Brion on the 8th.
Regardless of whether they won or not, the two teams reached the final and achieved meaningful results. Unlike most of the 1.5th-tier teams, which mixed the first and second-tier teams, the two teams confirmed the possibility by operating the lineup to be played next season.
Brion transformed the lineup by recruiting young players and experienced Lee Joo-hyun, who stood out in the second division this season, such as `Hambak''Hambak'Hambak'Hambak' and"Hype'Byeon Jung-hyun, with only 'Morgan'Park'Hambak'Hampp' Park Ru-han remaining. He is certainly a dark horse, but he has little experience in the first team, and he is working together in earnest through this KeSPA Cup, winning Group A in the preliminary round and beating D-plus in the Swiss stage to reach the semifinals early. He then beat Hanwha Life Insurance, which had three winning members, and even though it was a short-term cup competition, he had a big stage experience of the finals.
D-Plus also made it to the finals by joining Jeon Si-woo, who self-developed in the second division, and veteran Cho Kyung-hee, who returned to the "Friendship Team" in three years. Of course, it is a short-term cup competition, but it can be said to be another meaning in that it beat Gen.G., which has lost 16 consecutive games in LCK.
Meanwhile, not only 10 LCK teams but also all-star teams from Taiwan and Vietnam participated in the KeSPA Cup, which was revived for the first time in three years, providing a fierce practical experience to teams that have newly lined up ahead of the opening of next season. In addition, it has been designated as a competition that also serves as an indicator for the selection of national teams since this year, and it can be said that the game data has been used for the selection of national teams in the future.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
