In the early morning of April 10, Beijing time, in the spring final of the North American LCS Division, the veteran giants Cloud9 (C9) defeated Golden Guardians (GG) of the Golden State Warriors of the NBA League 3-1, successfully defending the LCS championship, and will be the first seed of LCS to reach the quarterfinals of the MSI Mid-season Championship Tournament, and GG will participate in the MSI Playoffs. So far, six teams from the four major regions around the world have locked MSI places: G2, C9, T1, GEN, GG, JDG.
The C9 team has not changed much in the new season, only sent away the Zhongdan Jensen, in February this year, the Zhongdan Diplex was sent to the second team, and the second team's Korean aid Zhongdan EMENES was promoted to the first team, and then led the regular season standings with a 14-4 record, won CLG 3-1 in the first round of the playoff winners' group, and finally defeated GG again with a score of 3-1, winning the championship after last year's LCS Summer Tournament, looking forward to the wonderful performance of "Light of North America" at MSI this year!
MSI "New Force" GG, who participated in an international tournament for the first time in team history, staged the "Black Six Miracle" in this year's LCS spring playoffs: as the sixth place in the spring regular season, he completed a series of three feats in the playoffs, eliminated the fourth place CLG and the fifth place EG 3-0, and then fought with the second place FLY for five rounds to reach the final, and finally won the spring runner-up.
GG has experience in international competitions in addition to the Chinese singles: Licorice has participated in the S8 and S9 world championships with the C9 team; Han Yuan Tano River, who previously played for PSG "Grand Paris", was a regular in MSI and S matches; Korean Aid China Single Geri was a member of the LPL FPX during the spring tournament last year. The last time AD player Stixxay participated in MSI was back in 2016, when he and his assistant huhi appeared in the second MSI in Shanghai as CLG's double C, when Huhi, who was sitting in the middle of the road, selected the redo of the previous Dragon King against RNG in the MSI opener, and his "Dayu Spiral Pill" released in the middle also left a deep impression on the audience.
Now the dust has settled on the teams participating in MSI in the North American LCS and LCK divisions: North American No. 1 seeds C9 and GEN and T1 will reach the quarterfinals, and North American No. 2 seed GG will start its journey from the qualifying rounds. The JDG and G2 of the LPL and LEC (European EMEA) divisions also received MSI tickets. With the loser's bracket still underway in the LEC Spring Playoffs, the progression is uncertain, and EDG and BLG will be vying for the last ticket to MSI in the LPL Division on April 11th.