FURIA, Team Secret, Movistar KOI and LYON were all eliminated from contention with a pair of group-play losses on the first day of League of Legends competition at the Esports World Cup in Paris on Wednesday.
FURIA was eliminated from Group A with losses to G2 Esports and Dplus. Team Secret was eliminated from Group B with losses to Sentinels and Karmine Corp. Movistar KOI was ousted from Group C after defeats against Billbill Gaming and GAM Esports. LYON exited from Group D after losing to JD Gaming and MIBR.LOS.
The $2 million competition sees 16 teams divided into four groups of four teams each. All non-elimination matches are one-off matches while all elimination matches are best-of-three. Group play concludes on Thursday with two more matches in each of group.
The top two teams from each group advance to the single-elimination playoffs, which will be held Friday through Sunday. All playoff matches will be best-of-three until the best-of-five grand final, with the winning team taking home $600,000 and 1,000 Esports World Cup club points. The MVP will earn an additional $25,000.
In Group A action, G2 Esports beat FURIA in 24 minutes on red and AG.AL beat Dplus in 36 minutes on red. Dplus then swept FURIA 2-0 in the elimination match, winning in 31 minutes on red and 28 minutes on blue.
In Group B, Sentinels beat Team Secret in 35 minutes on blue while Gen.G bested Karmine Corp in 28 minutes on blue. In the elimination match, Karmine Corp won the deciding game in 35 minutes on red after they won the opener before Secret charged back with a 38-minute win on red.
Bilibili Gaming and T1 won their Group C openers, with Bilibili doing so in 33 minutes on blue against Movistar KOI and T1 coming out on top in 33 minutes on red over GAM Esports. GAM then rallied to win the elimination match, triumphing in 35 minutes on red and 34 minutes on blue after Movistar won the opening game in 36 minutes on red.
In Group D, Hanwha Life took care of MIBR.LOS in 19 minutes on red and JD Gaming opened with a 31-minute defeat of LYON on blue. In the elimination match, MIBR.LOS swept LYON with a 38-minute win on red and a 31-minute victory on blue.
Thursday schedule
Group A
G2 Esports vs. AG.AL (advancement match)
Dplus vs. G2/AG loser (advancement/elimination match)
Group B
Sentinels vs. Gen.G (advancement match)
Karmine Corp vs. Sentinels/Gen.G loser (advancement/elimination match)
Group C
Bilibili Gaming vs. T1 (advancement match)
GAM Esports vs. Bilibili/T1 loser (advancement/elimination match)
Group D
Hanwha Life vs. JD Gaming (advancement match)
MIBR.LOS vs. Hanwha/JD Gaming loser (advancement/elimination match)
Esports World Cup League of Legends prize pool (money, EWC club points)
1. $600,000, 1,000 — TBD
2. $340,000, 750 — TBD
3. $220,000, 500 — TBD
4. $140,000, 300 — TBD
5-8. $90,000, 200 — TBD
9-12. $55,000, 0 — TBD
13-16. $30,000, 0 — FURIA, Team Secret, Movistar KOI, LYON
–Field Level Media