With SKT qualifying right out of the gate, FNC and RNG were going to have to fight for the last spot! And after an exciting game, the home crowd favorites, FNC, take the win and advance to Madrid!
After a near hour of game-play (and a lot of Infinity Edges), Clutch's Nexus fell. While it was an incredibly difficult road they needed to travel to make it to Madrid, it would've been a beautiful one if they did. Alas, they join their fellow NA reps, Cloud9, on the trip back to LA instead.
Group A still has a bunch of games left to play, but already the qualifiers have been separated from the eliminated. GRF started off the day with a win over C9, and G2 followed them up, both qualifying for the Knockouts!
What started with a hopeful rebound for Cloud9 ended rather quickly as they lost their first game to Griffin, requiring G2 to go 0-3 AND lose in their tiebreaker for C9 to make it through.
The third official Group of Death is over. Why Group of Death, you ask? Simply because of all the INTeresting play! Splyc and FPX make it out at the end, with Vizicsacsi earning MVP!
Well one thing is for sure, Group B has been... entertaining. What looked like FPX domination almost ended with an FPX emilination! But in their final matches, they went 2-0 to qualify for the Knockout Stage as the first seed!
After being tied for first in their group coming into the second Round Robin of the Group Stage at Worlds, J Team was eliminated after losing to Splyce and FunPlus Phoenix, both of whom qualified for the knockout stage.
FunPlus Phoenix defeated GAM Esports in their opening match and J Team in their last, sending them to a tiebreaker with Splyce for first seed in the Knockout Stage.
The second Round Robin for Group B brought great news for European fans as Splyce went 3-0 to start, becoming the first to qualify for the Knockout Round in this Worlds tournament.
In the first day of the second Round robin, Group B fights for a qualification to the Worlds 2019 Knockout Stage. GAM Esports was the first team from the group to fall, FPX, J Team, and Splyce fight for the remaining two spots.
Well... A lot. What started with an incredibly one-sided game for Splyce, finished with one of the biggest Baron power plays in LoL history. Here's how FPX was able to make it happen and secure their first win!
Day 2 of this Worlds Group Stage brought some incredibly exciting games. SKT and RNG started off the day in a crazy back and forth, but Clid and the crew turned up big, securing the victory through a late game backdoor.
Worlds has finally, truly begun! And the Impact Worlds buff is already in full effect, as he smashes Nuguri on his signature pick, catalyzing Liquids first victory in Worlds 2019.
Sure enough, things shook down as was expected by the majority fo the LoL Esports community.
Playing through the first Silver Scrapes series of the tournament, Splyce continues their season and qualifies for the Worlds Group Stage alongside the rest of the Play-In Stage 1st seeds. It's an iconic match-up against former regional partners, the Unicorns of Love, that you don't want to miss. Here's the series breakdown.
When the Play-In Knockout matches were drawn, HKA vs ISG was the one match casters and viewers called out as the main hope for a 2nd Seed to make it through to Groups. And while the series was close, HKA advanced after four games. Here's how they did it.
Clutch Gaming proves their worth silencing the doubters and dissenters, qualifying to the Worlds 2019 Group Stage after a quick and easy 3-0 victory over their Turkish opponents, Royal Youth. But it wasn't just the Huni show, Clutch brought something more.
Damwon Gaming advance after an incredibly entertaining series against Vietnamese squad, Lowkey Esports. After losing Game 1 in a throwback lane swap from Lowkey, Damwon turns around the series, playing each game stronger than the last. Find out how they win their series and who was the man of the match here.
The four teams who win their respective matches will be randomly seeded into the groups of the Main Event of Worlds 2019, excluding groups that already include a team of the Play-In seeds' respective regions. The four losing teams will be eliminated from the 2019 League of Legends World Championship.
DAMWON Gaming finished its Group D matches in a clean 4-0 and secured a 1st seed from the Knockout Stage in the process, but in a post-game interview with Laure Valée, DWG Mid Laner Heo "Showmaker" Su stated that the team had yet to showcase its true capability.
