The opening day‘s ESL One Birmingham Major would be a brutal one, sending home three teams - Evil Geniuses, ViCi Gaming and Newbee already.
Three more teams will certainly be eliminated tomorrow until the big occasion even kicks off.
ESL One Birmingham Major opening day was filled with surprises, tipping, chatwheel spam and heartbreaks. The brutal format that sends teams home after only two series of competition on the very first day meant that three teams already could be packing up their DPC hopes and the bags. Tomorrow won't be far better for an additional three teams will certainly be facing a similar fate.
Group A
The opening match between Evil Geniuses and fnatic was everything that everybody had expected after which some. Inside a thrilling first match that started out close and ended having a base race also saw Io with Desolator, next level making decisions, and incredible wombo-combos. It was eventually Fnatic that took the victory ultimately, delivering the very first nail in EG's coffin.
Although Fnatic couldn't hold up against Virtus. pro's aggressive onslaught, they had been still in a position to survive the very first day. Virtus. pro's 2 : 0 victory during the SEA based team had followed their convincing win over Team Spirit earlier and send the CIS juggernauts straight into the big occasion having a flawless 3 : 0 record to the group stage. Despite a crushing blow delivered by Virtus. pro with their opening match, Team Spirit came back to seem quite impressive having a 2 : 0 sweep over Evil Geniuses —eliminating the North Americans coming from the event without one win on their name.
Group B
OG was looking on point today as they simply overpowered Vici Gaming inside the best-of-one matchup after which convincingly exhausted paiN Gaming by 50 percent 31 minute games. Their successful first day gave the Europeans the very first seed and also a spot inside the big occasion.
paiN Gaming's win over Team Liquid with their opening match wasn‘t just one heck of the game and overwhelming victory, it was eventually their saving grace that staved off elimination for some more day.
The TI7 champions bounced in here we are at their series against ViCi Gaming. Team Liquid made their 2 : 0 victory look as easy as taking candy given by a baby and knocked the Chinese team relaxing in 6th place inside the DPC from the event without allowing them to be able to secure anymore points for their highly coveted TI8 invite.
Group C
OpTic Gaming's opening match would be a spectacular display of talent and dominance over Newbee. The formidable NA representatives took the Chinese team by storm and secured their first win to provide them with a robust start and secured place inside the group stage for some more day.
Mineski made disassembling the game from LGD. Forever Young look as a cake walk as Chai Mushi Yee Fung's performance on AntiMage wasn‘t only flawless but deadly. However, inside a reverse sweep, OpTic Gaming was in a position to keep your SEA team in check and outplay and outlast Mineski to bring the very first seed from the group.
Upon the brink of elimination, the next match between Newbee and LFY would be a backwards and forwards rollercoaster of the match with drastic swings through the next half the 57-minute game. LFY was finally in a position to close the match with their favor and forced the very first three-game series from the day. It took another 54 minutes to the last game to end, but LFY had control from the game because the start and could maintain their grasp onto it till the very end to claim the victory, eliminating Newbee simultaneously.
ESL One Birmingham Major opening day was filled with surprises, tipping, chatwheel spam and heartbreaks. The brutal format that sends teams home after only two series of competition on the very first day meant that three teams already could be packing up their DPC hopes and the bags. Tomorrow won't be far better for an additional three teams will certainly be facing a similar fate.
Group A
The opening match between Evil Geniuses and fnatic was everything that everybody had expected after which some. Inside a thrilling first match that started out close and ended having a base race also saw Io with Desolator, next level making decisions, and incredible wombo-combos. It was eventually Fnatic that took the victory ultimately, delivering the very first nail in EG's coffin.
Although Fnatic couldn't hold up against Virtus. pro's aggressive onslaught, they had been still in a position to survive the very first day. Virtus. pro's 2 : 0 victory during the SEA based team had followed their convincing win over Team Spirit earlier and send the CIS juggernauts straight into the big occasion having a flawless 3 : 0 record to the group stage. Despite a crushing blow delivered by Virtus. pro with their opening match, Team Spirit came back to seem quite impressive having a 2 : 0 sweep over Evil Geniuses —eliminating the North Americans coming from the event without one win on their name.
Group B
OG was looking on point today as they simply overpowered Vici Gaming inside the best-of-one matchup after which convincingly exhausted paiN Gaming by 50 percent 31 minute games. Their successful first day gave the Europeans the very first seed and also a spot inside the big occasion.
paiN Gaming's win over Team Liquid with their opening match wasn‘t just one heck of the game and overwhelming victory, it was eventually their saving grace that staved off elimination for some more day.
The TI7 champions bounced in here we are at their series against ViCi Gaming. Team Liquid made their 2 : 0 victory look as easy as taking candy given by a baby and knocked the Chinese team relaxing in 6th place inside the DPC from the event without allowing them to be able to secure anymore points for their highly coveted TI8 invite.
Group C
OpTic Gaming's opening match would be a spectacular display of talent and dominance over Newbee. The formidable NA representatives took the Chinese team by storm and secured their first win to provide them with a robust start and secured place inside the group stage for some more day.
Mineski made disassembling the game from LGD. Forever Young look as a cake walk as Chai Mushi Yee Fung's performance on AntiMage wasn‘t only flawless but deadly. However, inside a reverse sweep, OpTic Gaming was in a position to keep your SEA team in check and outplay and outlast Mineski to bring the very first seed from the group.
Upon the brink of elimination, the next match between Newbee and LFY would be a backwards and forwards rollercoaster of the match with drastic swings through the next half the 57-minute game. LFY was finally in a position to close the match with their favor and forced the very first three-game series from the day. It took another 54 minutes to the last game to end, but LFY had control from the game because the start and could maintain their grasp onto it till the very end to claim the victory, eliminating Newbee simultaneously.
- ESL One Birmingham Major Group Stage
- The group stage will certainly be played on May 23rd and 24th
- All games are played backstage
- Three GSL groups of four teams each
- Bottom two teams from each group are eliminated, Runner-ups advance towards the quarterfinals
The three first-place teams play additional Bo1 matches against one another to work out which two teams advance towards the semi-finals and which team joins the three runner-ups inside the quarter-finals
The group stage will come to some close tomorrow, May 24th, using the Decider Match series for each one of the three groups. Kicking things off will certainly be Fnatic vs Team Spirit at 11 : 00 local time / 12 : 00 CEST.
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