On December 15, Beijing time, after the end of the winter transfer period, the first event - the draw ceremony of the Demacia Cup will be ushered in, and the Group Stage of the German Cup will be played on the 17th. A total of 24 teams participated in the German Cup, namely 17 LPL teams, 3 LDL teams (TP, SDX, WZ) and 4 teams from the mass competition channel (EQX, WHG, Huya team, B team BLI).
Among them, the four teams representing the LPL region in this year's World Series (EDG, FPX, RNG and LNG) will directly enter the knockout stage, and the remaining 20 teams will be divided into four groups, and the first team in each group will enter the knockout round, facing the four representative teams of S11.
The results of the group stage draw are as follows:
A组：HYA、TES、WE、JDG、BLG
B组：WHG、RA、LGD、SDX、IG
C组：EQX、WZ、UP、TP、AL
D组:BLI、WBG、V5、OMG、TT
In the subsequent knockout draw: Group A advanced to RNG, Group B advanced to EDG, Group C advanced to FPX, and Group D advanced to LNG.
From the group stage group, Group A can be called the group of death, in addition to the Volkswagen track team HYA, directly gathered TES, WE, JDG and BRG four LPL strong teams, considering the new season of reinforcements, WE strength is weak, TES and BLG have the strength to compete for the championship, these two teams are likely to become the first place contenders in the group. The first group of A will be on RNG, whether it is TES, which was stolen by RNG last year, or BLD where Uzi is located, they have countless points of view on RNG.
There are only three LPL teams in Group B, of which both LGD and IG teams are in a rebuild, and RA also has many main players leaving, and the degree of confrontation is obviously not as good as Group A. It depends on who can run in faster with these three LPL teams, so that they have a chance to get the first place in Group B. After qualifying, it is still difficult to go further against this year's world champion EDG.
Group C may be the weakest of the four groups as a whole, a mass team, two LDL teams, plus up and AL teams were previously in the LPL downstream, I am afraid that there will be an LPL team to be upset. Compared with the up and AL offseason reinforcements, UP is still worth looking forward to, after all, it has the double C combination of Elk and Cryin, and is currently the strongest team in group C on paper. Group C number one will be played against the FPX in the knockout rounds, and considering that the FPX has completely torn down and rebuilt, UP has a good chance of reaching the final four.
Group D also gathered four LPL teams, but from the perspective of team strength, it was not as terrifying as Group A, and the WBG and V5 teams were likely to become the main contenders for the first place in the group. Although V5 has not yet been fully officially announced, rookie's joining is already a nail in the coffin, and he and TheShy have become opponents, and such a confrontation is a bit of an expectation! The first of Group D will face the upgraded LNG in the knockout stage, and I believe this duel is equally exciting!
The above is the grouping and confrontation of this German Cup, many teams have ushered in the lineup adjustment, there should be many teams will send the main force to play, but also take advantage of this German Cup to run into the lineup. For this German Cup, which team is optimistic about winning the championship?