The eight teams have all now qualified, and with the knockout draw, they've finally found their place in the bracket that will map out their knockout stage, determining their path to the title. See the bracket here:
The first round-robin of the World Championship group stage is concluding, each of the teams playing the rest once, giving them a taste of the following week. With its conclusion, Group A has found itself with no clear favorites heading into the second round. Read more on the standings here:
UOL made their entrance to Worlds as exciting as they possibly could, smashing V3 in their opener and then commanding a solid victory over PSG in their second game of the day, taking control of Group B with a 2-0 record. And they did so with some creative picks, giving themselves a lot of flexibility in their future drafts, featuring Orianna in two positions now, with a last-minute flex to the bot
Winning a head to head will not provide an immediate higher seed, there will still be tiebreakers in the Worlds 2020 Play-In Stage. Read more here on how that will work.
At international events, there are always exciting narratives. There are also always stories writers want to write, but can't. Here are the stories we never told - the stories we wanted to tell, but couldn't.
The last day of Group Stage launches DWG into the first seed for Group D, where they join SKT and GRF who finished first in their respective groups earlier on the week. All three teams finished 5-1! Is this another year of LCK Worlds victory.
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.
SKT came in to the second Round Robin with a 3-0 record, needing only to beat either RNG or FNC to secure a place in the Knockout Stage. As fate would have it, they beat RNG in their first game!
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.
When Worlds comes around, there are always a few select champions that manage to squeeze into the viable meta. And at the top of the list is Lee Sin. It seems no matter how nerfed he gets, his strong
