Worlds 2021

hazeleyes · October 14, 2021, 10:12am

Sjokz stirring the pot (There are no scheduled matches today.)

hazeleyes · October 15, 2021, 11:15am

The second phase of round-robin matches begin today! Matches are still best of 1, but each team will play 3 matches on each day that they’re in action. Here’s today’s schedule for Group A:

FunPlus Phoenix vs. DWG Kia
Cloud9 vs. Rogue
Cloud9 vs. FunPlus Phoenix
DWG Kia vs. Rogue
Rogue vs. FunPlus Phoenix
Cloud9 vs. DWG Kia

hazeleyes · October 15, 2021, 4:55pm

remain undefeated and move on to the Knockout Round! But which team will join them???

WE’RE GOING TO TIEBREAKERS IN GROUP A!

Game 1: vs.
Game 2: vs TBD (winner of Game 1)

EDIT: 2nd tiebreaker will be vs. to decide who moves on to Knockouts!

hazeleyes · October 15, 2021, 7:45pm

AND C9 WIN THEIR THIRD MATCH OF THE DAY TO MOVE ON TO KNOCKOUTS!

Advancing from Group A:

Headed home:

hazeleyes · October 16, 2021, 10:49am

Group B round robins today! At 3-0, EDG seems a lock to advance, but as yesterday proved, anything can happen! Will T1 move on to knockouts? Or will 100T or even DFM steal their spot away??

DetonatioN FocusMe vs. Edward Gaming
T1 vs. 100 Thieves
Edward Gaming vs. T1
DetonatioN FocusMe vs. 100 Thieves
DetonatioN FocusMe vs. T1
100 Thieves vs. Edward Gaming

hazeleyes · October 16, 2021, 12:40pm

Lesson from Game 2: if you draft for a late game scaling comp, you’d better not make a mistake in the mid game against a team like T1 …

hazeleyes · October 16, 2021, 1:37pm

MASTERFUL play by T1 in Game 3! Faker & Co. don’t intend to let EDG walk away with 1st place!

hazeleyes · October 16, 2021, 7:06pm

hazeleyes · October 17, 2021, 10:39am

Group C round robins today! RNG is clearly favored to win the group, but yesterday showed that there are no guarantees! Today’s matchups:

Hanwha Life Esports vs. PSG Talon
Royal Never Give Up vs. Fnatic
PSG Talon vs. Royal Never Give Up
Hanwha Life Esports vs. Fnatic
Hanwha Life Esports vs. Royal Never Give Up
Fnatic vs. PSG Talon

hazeleyes · October 17, 2021, 7:19pm

Fnatic showed a little spark of life in their first match of the day, but they couldn’t win any others and along with PSG Talon are now headed home.

No real surprises as RNG and HLE advance to knockouts.

hazeleyes · October 18, 2021, 9:59am

The last day of round robins is here, and Group D is in action! Gen.G and LNG are both 2-1, but MAD Lions and TL are both just a game back at 1-2! My picks are LNG and Gen.G to move on to knockouts, but almost none of the groups has gone as expected! Matches start in 1 hour!

Gen.G vs. MAD Lions
LNG Esports vs. Team Liquid
LNG Esports vs. Gen.G
MAD Lions vs. Team Liquid
Team Liquid vs. Gen.G
LNG Esports vs. MAD Lions

hazeleyes · October 19, 2021, 4:14am

Final standings at the end of the round robin phase of groups:

hazeleyes · October 19, 2021, 4:16am

Next up: Quarterfinals!

Schedule updated!

hazeleyes · October 20, 2021, 12:02pm

Quarterfinals Pick’ems are LIVE!

https://pickem.lolesports.com/pickem

Picks must be locked in by 2021-10-22T06:00:00Z!

hazeleyes · October 21, 2021, 1:11pm

Riot and Mercedes Benz have collaborated on a new reward for the team who win Worlds this year: championship rings!

hazeleyes · October 22, 2021, 12:12pm

QUARTERFINALS DAY 1

Knockouts begin today with T1 vs. Hanwha Life Esports, featuring an epic mid lane matchup: the GOAT – T1’s Faker – vs. HLE’s star Chovy!

hazeleyes · October 22, 2021, 2:48pm

Well that was quick! T1 outplayed HLE in the first game, then absolutely dominated them in the next two. (Tbqh, HLE lost in the draft in the 2nd and 3rd matches …)

T1 really looking like the T1 of old! Outstanding in every phase of the game with basically no mistakes!

EDIT: VODs Game 1 / Game 2 / Game 3