In the eyes of everyone, the National Finals of the Hundred Cities League finally kicked off, and twelve top teams from the four major divisions gathered in Yangcheng to compete for the highest honor, stand on the highest podium, and win honors for their hometown! After nearly twelve hours of consecutive battles, only two of the twelve teams remain, and they will compete in the finals on December 20. Let's take a look back at the December 19th event.
Catch-and-kill "brutal" format
Twelve teams were divided into two slots, the second was two or three teams from four major divisions, for a total of eight teams, who would draw lots to compete against each other to determine four quarter-final places. The first is the winner team of the four divisions, which will directly participate in the eight-in-four competition. Whether it's twelve-in-eight or eight-in-four, after each round of the game at every stage, the number of teams will be reduced by half. Some teams even traveled thousands of miles to compete, and as a result, they were eliminated in the first round. The format is "cruel", but the "cruel" race makes a wonderful event!
Shanghai SC broke through all the way to the final four
The SC team was the provincial champion of the Shanghai division, but their performance in the regional competition was not good, losing to the Fujian EMC team led by Lin Wei, who said before the game that they would win back all the losses in the regional competition. Twelve into eight against the local team guangxi Toyota Home team in the two Guangdong areas, this battle they made a splash, two maps in two consecutive 10-3 defeat opponents, with an unstoppable momentum to advance to the quarterfinals.
Eight into four They face the menacing Chongqing GDM Fog Tour Team, Chongqing GDM Fog Tour is the team that has dominated the Chongqing Provincial Competition for many times, and is also the new branch champion in the West District, and its strength should not be underestimated. Sure enough, SC encountered stubborn resistance, the first map fought to 9-9, through overtime narrowly won, the second map won 10-7, thrilling 2-0 victory, successfully advanced to the final four! Advancing to the Final Four as the second in the Zonals, SC played a beautiful comeback!
Two-time extra time Shaanxi IR regrettably lost
The second game of twelve into eight attracted a lot of attention, against the two sides for the second Anb team in the South District and the third IR team in the West District, the strength of the two sides is between the two sides, from the beginning of the game to the end of the game, the score of both sides is very tight, the first picture of the black town of the two sides into overtime, Anb slightly won 5-3, the second picture of the exotic town Although IR gained some advantage in the first half, but failed to keep the advantage to the end, the two sides continued to fight overtime, unfortunately the IR team fell in overtime again, Two times in overtime, shaanxi IR regrettably lost, but we still have to give them applause!
The pre-game rhetoric EMC achieved
Fight for your hometown! This is not only a slogan, but also need to be practiced with action, before the Fujian team in the event's best record is only the top eight, as a local player is certainly to let the Fujian team to a higher level, in this context, EMC released before the game to break through the top eight, to protect the four to fight for two, which is difficult for them, but in the eight into four in the Nick North District third place Black Canyon keyboard, and in the final four battles to defeat the north district runner-up ks Achuan peripheral team, advanced to the final finals, Achieved pre-match rhetoric!
The seeded team regrettably stopped in the quarterfinals
The team participating in this competition has a very familiar team, 5078.Han Anxu team, this team used to be a team in Heilongjiang Division, once reached the top four in the TGA event, the strength is beyond doubt, and now came to the Hainan Division to break through all the way to win the Championship of the Southern District, in the eight into four to meet the runner-up ks Achuan peripheral team in the North District, as the seed team of 5078. Han Anxu failed to finally break through, with a total score of 0-2, regrettably ended the journey of this tournament with a record of eight.
Finals matchups are out The final battle is coming
As mentioned earlier, the champion team in the Southern District, EMC, defeated the third and second-place teams in the North District consecutively, reaching the finals with a record of two consecutive wins and getting the first ticket to the finals. Looking at the upper half, the two teams in the semifinals of the upper half were the champion team in the North District, Jiande Zhenyang, and the runner-up team SC in the East District, and finally Jiande Zhenyang advanced to the top score of 2-0 on aggregate, and got the ticket to the last final!
The above is the wonderful moment of the first match day of the 2020 National Finals of the Crossfire Hundred Cities League, the twelve teams from the four divisions have two teams left after nearly twelve hours of fighting, and at the same time, we must also give applause to the other participating teams, thank them for working together to present us with wonderful matches, and also look forward to tomorrow's game!