The group stage of the WarCraft International Premiership is coming to an end, and GosuGamers give you a brief preview on the latest matches.



1on1


Kas 2-0 YoschO
HawK 1-2 Thrall
TWiN 2-1 EnTe
SDmK 2-1 sH0Wt1Me.

2on2


TWiN, SDmK 1-2 EnTe, sH0Wt1Me.

dmZ 3-2 stfo


Starting off on Monday, two matches were played. First one was dmZ against stfo. The Russian squad was the favorite, after winning their four last matches in the league and showing a good performance overall.

Their opponents from Germany however, had won only two out of ten matches in WCIP, and winning was their only option here. TWiN gave the leading position for his team 1-0, after taking down the Undead player EnTe. Afterwards, another 1on1 was played and dmZ was already in the lead, with ShaDe beating down sh0Wt1Me. In the same time, KaS 2-0ed YoschO, securing the victory for his team.

Nevertheless, stfo did not back down, and scored two consolatory points, one with Thrall and one with their 2on2 couple. dmZ 3-2 stfo.

sTa 4-1 n2o


1on1


Bonecracker 2-0 Protimor
Fhra 2-0 WoLVeRiNe
Lefy 1-2 EntenEichel
shixar 2-0 TRummler

2on2


Fhra, shixar 2-1 Protimor, mcd'kaceAt the same time, another clan war was played out. It was Germany against Germany with sTa facing off against n2o. The first clan is in the 6th place in the rank, barely pulling off over 50% ratio, while their opposition was down in the 10th place, only after Team-U and nSt.

And as expected, always one sTep ahead did not face any troubles this night. Bonecracker, Fhra and shixar knocked down straight Protimor, WoLVeRiNe, TRummler respectively, without losing a map. The 2on2 duo of sTa rise their precedence to 4-0. EntenEichel did what he had to, avoiding a shameful 0-5 loss, and stole the one and only point for his team. sTa 4-1 n2o.

A1 5-0 nSt


1on1


Hellsing 0-2 Meredith
Rav3N 1-2 UFO
WiLL 0-2 ReprisaL
Necros 0-2 aChoco

2on2


N3sT, Romantic 1-2 aChoco, ReprisaLLast, but not least from Playday 10, we saw nSt going against the Korean squad of All For One. Looking at rankings, the last place of nSt can not be missed, as well as the awful 0-10 stats.

On the other hand, the Korean organization sits comfortably in the 5th place. No surprises here in the results. aChoco began the streak of wins against Necros. Continued by Meredith who took down Hellsing and UFO against Rav3N, the winner was already settled.

Out of these three matches, nSt grabbed only one map, and the same thing happened in the next two, as ReprisaL faced no problems in the face of WiLL, and the Korean 2on2 team with aChoco and ReprisaL winning 2-1. This meant nSt had to suffer their 10th loss in the league, without managing to take even one game. nSt 0-5 All For One.

n!faculty still in the lead with 34 points


In the rest three matches from the Playday, played on January 24, we saw no surprises either. EYE lost versus n!faculty, eXpertise prevailed over the newly formed Team Ninja Turtles, and nGize slammed Team-United.

As for the overall Rankings, n!faculty are in the lead with 34 points, followed closely behind by nGize, dmZ, eXpertise and All For One with only a 4 points gap between the five teams.

sTa and EYE are both with 28 points, but better map statistic place the Germans in 6th place. In the lower half, we see TNT on 8th, with sTa and n2o behind them. Struggling to survive in the last spots are Team-United and nSt.

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