Chapter 155
The group stage, which had been fiercely fought for nearly half a month, officially came to an end.
The EDG team did not return to the backstage. They did not even have the courage to meet the members of the two RNG and IG teams.
They asked the staff to help get the equipment and left Wuhan that night.
When they walked out of the venue, countless EDG fans gathered around. One young lady collapsed and shouted to the factory manager who was walking with his head down:"Mingkai, don't mind it!!"
The tone was heartbreaking. All the EDG members bowed to the audience in silence and completely left the stage.
For EDG, this night was destined to be a tragic memory that would go down in history.
From this moment on, the EDG dynasty of previous years has collapsed. In international competitions, perhaps there will be no more of them...
The sad ones are gone, but more cheers and victories belong to the winners.
Today, the IG and RNG team who specially rushed to the backstage on site did not see EDG, and could only comfort them silently in the bottom of their hearts.
Mixed feelings
"Alas... they didn't even show their faces... OK, I understand." Xiang Guo sighed.
Others did not say anything. Regarding EDG's experience and current situation,���In addition to being sad, they also felt a sense of grief.
LPL's No. 1 seed this year, the big brother who was the focus of everyone's attention before the start of the S game, really fell.
"Now... let's just hope we can draw a good lot. It might have been okay in the past, but this year it's held in our country, and if we still get eliminated in the quarterfinals, that would really... be unacceptable."
After the group stage is over, the draw ceremony for the S-League quarterfinals will be held tonight.
It is called the quarterfinal draw, but in fact, the draw for the semifinals and even the finals is also held.
This is also the last and most important draw for this year's S-League.
The result of the draw will directly determine the success rate of the major teams in advancing to the semifinals and even the finals at the Bird's Nest.
It is no exaggeration.
However, IG and RNG both advanced to the quarterfinals as the first in their groups, and the opponents they will draw will only be the second in other groups.
There is no need to worry too much about the opponents in the quarterfinals.
Of course, RNG does not need to, because they are in the same group with Samsung in the group stage. According to the rules of the S-League, teams in the same group in the group stage will not meet in the quarterfinals.
IG is similar, but they will not meet MSF, but there is a chance to meet Samsung.
IG is confident of other teams except Samsung. As long as they do not draw Samsung, but draw a team like C9 or FNC, then... IG may really break through the history of LPL in recent years and enter the semifinals!
"I hope I don’t get three stars…May the Jade Emperor, Queen Mother, and Tathagata Buddha bless me!" A group of IG people have put their hands together and prayed.
They look very funny, with a sense of humor, but also seriousness.
Not long after, the lottery ceremony began.
Bai Qiu, who has been very popular recently, was selected as the representative of IG and went to the front stage to wait for the result of the lottery.
When he left with RNG Xiao Ming, all the IG members looked at him eagerly.
Ning Wang couldn’t help but said,"Brother Qiu, we believe in your luck, draw a good lot, okay?!"
"？？！"
Bai Qiu was speechless:"It's not me who smoked…"
"Just tell me if it’s okay or not, okay or not!" Ning Wang was anxious! What the hell is going on with me.
After complaining in his mind, Bai Qiu couldn’t bear to see his teammates like this, and nodded and said:"Okay!"
""Let's go!" Xiao Ming smiled and greeted them.
The two left together.
At the same time, countless strong teams from major competition areas around the world, eight top teams in the world that advanced to the quarterfinals, fans, spectators, including regional commentators and officials, were all staring at the big screen with nervous faces.
The game was over, but the crowds increased instead of decreasing.
While cursing EDG, everyone was waiting for the results of the quarterfinal draw.
Everyone knew that the results of today's draw would not be much less popular than EDG being eliminated.
How important it is is self-evident.
"It's about to start... The eight teams that advanced to the quarterfinals have already sent their representatives to the stage..."
Guan Zeyuan, who was sitting in the commentary booth, couldn't help but feel a little nervous. He looked at Bai Qiu and Xiao Ming who were on stage and said,"Looking at the looks of Xiao Ming and Cherish, they should be very relaxed now.…"
"Yes... the draw has already started here." The oxygen tank next to him said something.
On the stage, in the global live broadcast, Leng Shao, the mid laner of the OMG team in the LPL region, appeared in a gorgeous suit and looked very handsome. Without any nonsense, he immediately started drawing lots. The first thing to be drawn was the No. 1 seed pool, which was the first place in the four major groups.
The first one to be drawn was SKT.
It was directly classified as the first place in the left half.
The second was the LZ team.
When seeing the LZ team logo in Leng Shao's hand, countless LPL audiences cheered excitedly, thinking that SKT would play against LZ.
As a result, after the commentator explained, they realized... Now the draw is the No. 1 seed pool, and the two teams are impossible to meet. Not only can they not meet now, LZ has been divided into the right half.
Unless it is the finals, otherwise in the quarterfinals and semifinals, SKT and LZ will not meet!
This result immediately made countless people who hoped for a civil war in LCK sigh in disappointment.
At this time, Xiao Baiqiu on the stage and the members of the two RNGIG teams in the backstage also became nervous.
SKT and LZ have both been drawn, so the next two teams will definitely be these two teams.
Looking at the current half-area division, no matter whether they are drawn to the left or right half, as long as nothing unexpected happens, once they advance to the semi-finals, they will face the Korean G team, SKT or LZ, and they will have to choose between the two.
This is also known before everyone draws.
Leng Shao drew the third team, and took a look, it was RNG!
They were divided into the left half, the same half as SKT!
"Ah!"
The crowd howled, and the RNG players in the backstage were also a little autistic, but... there was no need to do so, because they hadn't even played the quarterfinals yet, so it was too early to think about the semifinals, and... LZ wasn't easy to play against either.
After RNG was decided, the last one was IG.
They were assigned to the right half of the group, the same half as LZ.
After that, the most exciting moment came.
The first seed pool was actually not interesting, because only half of the group was drawn, not the opponents.
The second seed pool was the moment to determine the opponents of the four first seeds!
The draw was very fast, and the first one to be drawn was the second seed MSF in Group D.
Playing against SKT!
After that, LZ played against C9...
The last two draws were left, and there was actually no need to look at them.
One SSG and one FNC.
But according to the rules, Samsung cannot meet RNG in the same group in the quarterfinals, so... no matter which one they draw, they will play FNC in the end.
In this case... IG's opponent is actually determined - SSG!
Sure enough, RNG drew Samsung in the third draw, but unfortunately there was a rule, and Samsung was directly postponed to the right half of the group, appearing below IG.
Wow!
Seeing this, a wailing broke out at the Wuhan Sports Center, and the three LPL commentators instantly shut themselves up.
Quarterfinals, IG VS Samsung!
Confirmed!
PS: There are about ten minutes until New Year's Eve, I wish everyone a happy New Year's Eve! In the new year, I wish you all to study harder, have a better career, a happy family, and everyone can find a girlfriend.ヾ(@^▽^@)ノ