When
After dozens of qualifiers being held, the Grand Final is a go! On September 28th - 29th the qualified players will play. Group play on Friday and the playoff on Saturday.
Where
Taking place in Beijing, China, in the Olympic stadium built for the Olympic Games 2008. The Beihang University Sports Center covers almost 14,000 square meters of space, and accomondates 4,600 spectators.
Prizes
1. $10,000
2. $4,000
3. $1,000
Format
The 16 players will be divided into four groups, where the Top 2 advances. Then it will emerge into a single elimination playoff. All matches are played best of three.
Group Stage
KODE5 Group Stage ResultsGroup A Results
ShowBu > RotterdaM 2-0
Grubby > TanGerINe 2-0
Grubby > ShowBu 2-0
RotterdaM > TaNGerINe 2-0
ShowBu > TaNGerINe 2-0
RotterdaM > Grubby 2-1Group A Ranking
Player WinsLossesScore
Grubby 2 1 5-2
Showbu 2 1 4-2
RotterdaM 2 1 4-3
TaNGerINe 0 3 0-6Group B Results
Jun Wang < Canuck 0-2
FoV > Jun Wang 2-0
Creolophus> Canuck 2-0
FoV > Creolophus 2-1
Creolophus < Jun Wang 1-2
FoV > Canuck 2-0Group B Rankings
Player WinsLossesScore
FoV 3 0 6-1
Creolophus 1 2 4-4
Jun Wang 1 2 2-5
Canuck 1 2 2-4Group A consists of Grubby, RotterdaM, ShowBu and TaNGerINe. Seeded highest is Grubby and then RotterdaM. Though you should not be too surprised if the Korean player ShowBu manages to advance. TaNGerINe should not have much of a chance. Will RotterdaM defeat Grubby once again, or has Grubby shaked off and prepared better for RotterdaM this time?In Group B we find two of the four 4Kings players - FoV and Creolophus. They are of course the favourites to advance, but Canuck from verGe Gaming should be able to cause Creolophus' Night Elves some trouble. FoV is seeded #2 in the whole tournament and Creolophus #7. Will Jun Wang give us an upset?
Group C Results
Soju > Nickt 2-0
Soju > Check 2-0
Check > Nickt 2-0Group C Rankings
Player WinsLossesScore
Soju 2 0 4-0
Check 1 1 2-2
Nickt 0 2 0-4Group D Results
ToD > Darkstrife 2-0
ToD < Deadman 0-2
Deadman > Darkstrife 2-0Group D Rankings
Player WinsLossesScore
Deadman 2 0 4-0
ToD 1 1 2-2
Darkstrife 0 2 0-4Group C includes the two World Elite players Soju and Check. There is nothing pointing that those two will be eliminated. The match betweeen the two should be interesting. Neither SKT]Nickt from Singapore nor Bu]HerO from Turkey should be able to push them aside.Deadman and ToD should be able to take this home, Should Darkstrife from Singapore be able to win over the two WC3L players it would be a sensation indeed. SK.TaKe was in this group, but was cancelled, no reason is known yet.
Playoffs
The playoffs will be played tomorrow, and the matches are the following:
KODE5 Playoffs
Quarter Finals
Grubby > Creolophus 2-1
Deadman > Check 2-1
Soju < ToD 1-2
ShowBu < FoV 0-2
Semi Finals
Deadman> Grubby2-0
FoV< ToD1-2
Match for third
Grubby> FoV2-0
Grand Final
Deadman> ToD2-0
Deadman wins KODE5, defeating ToD in the Grand Final with 2-0.
Final standings
1. Deadman 10,000$
2. ToD 5,000$
3. Grubby 1,000$
4. FoV -
5/8. Check -
5/8. Soju -
5/8. Showbu -
5/8. Creolophus -
