On December 30, Beijing time, the LPL officially announced a news that everyone is very interested in, that is, the start time of next year's spring tournament has been finalized and will be officially opened at 17:00 on January 10, 2022. With 17 teams eager to try, after the squad adjustment during the transfer period, who can win the spring championship from the top teams?
At present, only the opening date and time have been announced, and the teams participating in the opening match have not yet been announced, which has also aroused everyone's speculation. The spring openers of the past few years have played out as follows:
Spring 2014 IG vs EDG
Spring 2015 IG vs WE
Spring 2016 EDG vs RNG
Spring 2017 RNG VS IM
Spring 2018 IG VS RNG
Spring 2019 IG VS TES
Spring 2020 IG VS FPX
Spring 2021 TES vs SN
The teams participating in the opener are mainly the three houses and the four emperors, of which IG has participated in the most openers, five of the past eight times, RNG has participated in the opener three times, EDG and TES have two times, and the remaining teams have only one.
Judging from the arrangement of the opening match, it is basically a match that chooses a more interesting point of view or a match that has a grudge duel in the previous year. For example, the fateful battle between IG and WE, the pig and dog war between EDG and RNG, and the two major S championship battles of IG and FPX were selected in 2020. In the 2021 opener, it was TES against SN, and the two teams met in the semi-finals of the S10 World Championship.
Combined with the past spring openings, the 2022 spring opening match is likely to be EDG vs. RNG, after all, the two teams reached the quarterfinals on this year's world stage and encountered a civil war in the quarterfinals. Considering that the two teams were full of BO5 at that time, coupled with EDG's final victory, it can also show that RNG also has the strength to compete for the championship. Coupled with the fact that RNG and EDG have attracted much attention over the years, it is likely that such a showdown will be presented.
Of course, there may also be an opening match between EDG and TES, first of all, EDG is the S11 champion, and TES has the most action in this year's transfer period, and the lineup after strengthening Ueno is luxurious, and TES successfully won the championship in the previous German Cup. The German Cup Champion vs S Championship is also full of highlights, the two teams represent the Royal Three Houses and the Four Emperors respectively, such a duel is a little expected to think about
In addition, there is a kind of exciting duel, that is, BRG vs. RNG, the Tiger returns to the middle, Uzi returns to join the BRG, if the Puppy can play the first game of the BLG as the starter, there is nothing more interesting than facing the RNG!
With less than two weeks to go before the LPL spring starts, which two teams are you looking forward to playing the opener?