T1 och EDward Gaming var de första lagen som kvalificerade sig för Worlds 2022

After a break of 3 days, matches in the main championship of the season resumed in New York. Group A opened the second stage of the group stage.

The four T1 , Edward Gaming , Fnatic and Cloud9 played a round-robin Round-Robin with bo1 matches, thus determining the names of the first two participants in the Worlds 2022 playoffs. The results of the last day in Group A are below.

They opened the round-robin Round-Robin Fnatic with a match against Cloud9. The North American champions managed to take a point of prestige and "squeeze" the card from Fnatic, avenging their defeat in the first stage of the group stage.

After a disappointing start, Fnatic played against T1. The South Korean giants fully repaid the “orange” for the only defeat during the Worlds 2022 group stages, ending the series at the 29th minute.

In the match number 3 and 4, EDward Gaming alternately played with Cloud9 and Fnatic. The reigning world champions were successful in both maps, finishing the first in 26 minutes and the second in 29.

The penultimate series was the meeting between T1 and Cloud9. There was no revelation here: Faker and the company moved C9 without any problems.

Group A was closed by EDward Gaming and T1. The principled derby ended 1-0 in favor of T1 at 28 minutes, essentially repeating the result of the first stage of the group stage.

Having dealt with the ups and downs of the events that took place in New York on the night of October 14, we can sum up the results of Group A. T1 and EDward Gaming will continue their path to Worlds 2022, while Fnatic and Cloud9 will leave the competition.

The final distribution of places in group A at Worlds 2022

T1

5-1

2

Edward Gaming

4-2

3

Fnatic

2-4

4

Cloud9

1-5

The triumph of T1 and the success of EDward Gaming send teams straight to the playoffs of the championship. Representatives of South Korea and the reigning world champions from China will continue their performance at Worlds 2022 on October 20.

The 2022 World Championship runs from September 29 to November 5 in Mexico and the United States. The Play-In stage will take place from September 29 to October 4 at the Arena Esports Stadium in Mexico City, and the group stage will take place from October 7-10 and October 13-16 at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden. As part of the championship, 24 teams from all over the world are fighting for a total prize pool of $2,225,000.

2022 World Championship interim results

• 1st place: TBD
• 2nd place: TBD
• 3rd-4th place: TBD
• 5th-8th place: TBD
• 9th-12th place: Fnatic — $55,625
  
• 13th-16th place: Cloud9 — $50,062.50
  
• 17th-18th place: DetonatioN FocusMe and MAD Lions — $38,937
• 19th-20th place: LOUD and Saigon Buffalo - $33,375
• 21st-22nd place: Isurus and Beyond Gaming - $22,250
• 23rd-24th place: İstanbul Wildcats and Chiefs Esports Club — $16,687