Staff Falcons and Spacestation Gaming rolled to 4-0 sweeps on Friday in first-round playoff motion on the Overwatch occasion within the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Staff Falcons thrashed M80 to advance to a quarterfinal match towards Virtus.professional, whereas Spacestation Gaming earned a matchup with ZETA DIVISION after trouncing Gaimin Gladiators.
Within the different Friday motion, ENCE defeated Fnatic 4-2 to safe a quarterfinal berth reverse Loopy Raccoon, whereas Toronto Extremely ousted LGD.OA and moved on to satisfy Twisted Minds.
The $1.05 million event started with 16 groups divided into 4 teams for a spherical robin of best-of-five matches. The highest three groups in every group earned spots within the single-elimination playoffs.
The successful workforce will obtain $400,000 and 1,000 Esports World Cup Membership Championship factors. The runner-up will get $160,000 and 600 EWC Membership Championship factors.
On Friday, Staff Falcons prevailed 2-0 on Lijiang Tower, 2-1 on Circuit Royal, 3-1 on New Junk Metropolis and 2-1 on Eichenwalde. South Korea’s Kwon “Fielder” Joon of Staff Falcons was chosen the match’s MVP.
Spacestation Gaming gained 2-1 on Lijiang Tower, 4-3 on Circuit Royal, 144.86 meters to eight.57 meters on Runasapi and 3-2 on Midtown behind match MVP Hadi “Hadi” Bleinagel of Germany.
ENCE opened with a 4-2 win on Lijiang Tower, however Fnatic replied with a 3-1 triumph on Suravasa. ENCE claimed the subsequent two maps, 3-2 on Circuit Royal and 77.09 meters to 77.03 meters on Colosseo, earlier than Fnatic prolonged the match with a 3-2 triumph on Eichenwalde. ENCE sealed the collection with a 2-1 win on Midtown.
ENCE’s Kevin “kevster” Persson, from Sweden, was chosen because the match’s MVP.
Toronto jumped out to a 3-0 lead, successful 2-1 on Lijiang Tower, 137.84 meters to 88.33 meters on Colosseo and 2-1 on Midtown. LGD.OA stayed alive with a 3-2 win on New Junk Metropolis, however the Extremely wrapped up the set with a 2-1 triumph on Circuit Royal. The MVP was Toronto’s Kamden “Sugarfree” Hijada, from the US.
The Saturday quarterfinal schedule:
–Loopy Raccoon vs. ENCE
–Virtus.professional vs. Staff Falcons
–Twisted Minds vs. Toronto Extremely
–ZETA DIVISION vs. Spacestation Gaming
Overwatch — Esports World Cup prize pool (with financial winnings and Esports World Cup Membership Championship factors)
1. $400,000, 1,000
2. $160,000, 600
3-4. $80,000, 275
5-8. $40,000, 60
9-12. $20,000, 0 — Fnatic, M80, LGD.OA, Gaimin Gladiators
13-16. $10,000, 0 — ROC Esports, Mkers, Bleed Esports, NTMR
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