On the evening of September 12th, the draw ceremony for the qualifying rounds and group stage of the S7 Global Finals is about to begin.
In the omg base training room, Lu Chen and his teammates were not playing in the rankings at this time, but were watching the lottery ceremony with the coaching staff.
The lottery ceremony won't take long, and training or not won't have much impact at this time.
Everyone is still looking forward to their group stage placement, hoping to be assigned to a more relaxed group.
The LPL broadcast of the lottery ceremony was hosted by Ren Dong, but the person actually hosting the lottery at the scene was someone from Riot Games.
The first thing to start is the draw for the qualifying rounds.
The 12 teams in the qualifying round will be divided into four groups, with three teams in each group.
The three teams compete in a bo1 round-robin match within the group. After four games, the top two teams in the group advance to the next round.
Then the eight advanced teams will compete in a Bo5 showdown based on the arrangement of the first place in the group playing the second place in the group.
The final four winning teams will advance to the main stage of the S7 Global Finals and participate in the group stage.
"After introducing you to the schedule and competition format of this qualifying round and group stage, I believe that this year's qualifying round is also something that everyone is looking forward to," Ren Dong said.
Then he added: "So today, the two lottery guests are also very familiar to everyone, amazingj from im and rookie from ig~"
It is also an old tradition that players from the division where the global finals are held participate in the draw.
The host's face must still be given.
As soon as he finished speaking, the camera turned and two people walked up from the stage.
They all wore white shirts and black trousers. For such an occasion, even many professional players who were usually unkempt, dressed themselves up to be more formal.
As soon as the two came on stage, they greeted the audience and took a photo together with their arms around their shoulders.
The two of them stood together, and AJ was obviously much thicker than Rookie.
By visual inspection, it would take two Rookies combined to have the same body shape as AJ.
Rookie tucked the hem of his shirt into his pants, but AJ couldn't tuck it in because he had a big belly, so he simply let it hang down.
"Then today, it can be considered that you two attended the lottery ceremony in full dress." Ren Dong said: "You two will also decide the fate of some teams in the qualifying stage for the rest of today's lottery!"
The two lottery guests walked to the lottery pool and stood still.
The four teams in Pool 1 were shown on the big screen at the scene.
They are the third seeds of the four major regions - we, fnc, c9 and hka.
Since the 12 teams in the qualifiers come from twelve different competition regions around the world, the group draw for the qualifiers will not involve avoiding these things in the same division, so the group draw couldn't be simpler.
Just draw the four teams in pool 1 into four groups abcd.
Then just draw the teams in the second and third pools into four groups in order.
The camera turned to AJ, who was standing in front of Pool No. 1.
AJ came and rubbed his hands. He rubbed his hands violently a few times, then stretched his right hand into the transparent lottery pool. After stirring a few times among the four silver-white balls inside, he took out a ball.
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"Let's take a look at the No. 1 seed in today's qualifying stage. First of all...who will be the first to settle?"
Along with the voice of explanation, aj unscrewed the ball in his hand and took out the paper roll inside.
Then unfold towards the audience.
"team we~"
AJ was lucky, he was the first one to take out his own LPL team.
Then, we fell into Group A of the qualifying round.
On the big screen behind the stage, some clips of we in the S7 qualifying competition began to play, along with a brief introduction to the team.
This introduction is in English. After all, the lottery ceremony is aimed at a global audience.
Each subsequent team is drawn out, and there are also some pictures of the team and an introduction.
"Yes, we are standing on the stage of the World Championship again after more than a thousand days. We are also very much looking forward to our performance." Ren Dong said: "Look at aj's hand, let's go to the next group of finalists.
The No. 1 seed in the tournament is..."
As aj draws out the remaining balls in the No. 1 pool one by one.
c9 from the North American Division fell into Group B, and FNC from the European Division fell into Group C.
These two teams are also veteran teams in the European and American divisions.
In the end, there is only one hka left, and it automatically falls into group d.
hka is the third seed in the LMS division of this global finals.
In the 4v division, the first two spots in the world championship have always been occupied by ahq and Flash Wolves. The strength of these two teams is far better than other teams in the 4v division. The other teams can only compete for the third spot.
The hka team that won the third spot in the LMS division this year is actually a team from Xiangang. The team's coach is Tabe, who once played support in the Royal Family.
For a long time, some people have felt that given the overall strength of the LMS division, three World Championship spots are a bit too much, and they suggested cutting one spot.
However, at this year's MSI, the performance of the North American Division was so poor that even the No. 1 seed in the North American Division was unable to enter the No. 1 seed pool in the S tournament group draw in this year's Global Finals.
There are fewer voices calling for reducing the number of places in the LMS division.
After all, the North American division is the home of Riot Games, and it is impossible for Riot to reduce the quota in the North American division.
It just so happens that there is a new play-in tournament this year. Anyway, the third seed in the 4v division is going to play in the play-in tournament, so there is nothing to say.
If you can't even make it to the playoffs, then the strength of the 4v division is really not good.
After the four teams in Pool 1 were placed in four groups, the remaining eight teams were all from the wild card division.
The rookie took two steps forward and stood in front of the second pool.
From the second pool, the first one drawn is the gmb team.
The gmb team is in Group A, in the same group as we.
The gmb team comes from the CIS region, and its players are basically from the Maozi brothers. The anx team that qualified in the group in the S6 World Championship and is known as the [strongest wild card] is from the CIS region.
The predecessor of this team is the legendary team m5. Throughout the S2 season, m5 dominated most League of Legends events. In the S2 World Championship, they eliminated ig in the quarterfinals. Unfortunately, they lost to the last s2 in the semifinals.
champion tpa.
Diamondprox, the original jungler of m5, is still the main jungler of gmb, and can be called a living fossil player in League of Legends.
Rookie continued to draw lots, and one, yg, and fb in the second pool fell into the third group of bcd respectively.
When he saw the introduction of Team FB, Lu Chen, who was watching the lottery ceremony in the training room, was stunned for a moment.
'Why is this name so familiar?'
Taking out his cell phone and checking it, Lu Chen knew where this familiar feeling came from.
The full name of fb is 1907 Fenerbahce, which is an e-sports team under Fenerbahce Football Club.
As a football fan, Lu Chen is naturally no stranger to the Turkish Super League team Fenerbahce. Stars such as Kuyt and Robin van Persie have all played for the team.
After drawing the second pool, Rookie returned to the chair and sat down, and AJ continued to draw the third pool.
The four teams in pool three, lyn, dw, klg, and rpg, respectively fell into the four groups abcd.
Of course, among the four teams in Pool 3, the only ones that LPL viewers care about are the RPG teams.
This is naturally not because of the fancy team name RPG, but because this RPG team comes from the ljl division.
The ljl competition area is also commonly known as the local competition area, so the people in this RPG team are naturally Li people who have lived a pretty good life.
When AJ was the first to draw Team Lyn in the third pool, Lu Chen and many LPL viewers cried out that it was a pity.
Everyone wants to see AJ draw this RPG team from this subdivision into Group A, to be grouped with WE.
The man beat up the jp man violently.
However, it is not all hopeless. Now the LPL audience hopes that RPG will work harder in these few days and get second place in Group D to advance to the next round.
That way, we can still hope to draw them in the knockout round of the playoffs.
...
On the lpl side of the broadcast, Ren Dong and the two commentators, after a lengthy analysis of the qualifying situation, the arrangements for the S7 group stage draw have been completed.
Next is the highlight of tonight's lottery ceremony.
"Then, what we are looking forward to next is the draw for the group stage!"
Before Ren Dong finished speaking, the screen switched back to the lottery scene.
AJ still smokes first.
"Then the big part today begins. First, AJ comes up to draw the No. 1 seed."
"The No. 1 seed pool includes Dragon Ball, OMG, G2 and Flash Wolf."
AJ put his hand into the transparent lottery pool, stirred it a few times, and picked up a black ball.
In the previous draw for the qualifying round, silver-white balls were used, but now they are replaced by black balls.
Twist open the ball and take out the paper roll inside.
AJ opened the scroll in his hand towards the camera.
"Wow, aj's b, it's okay, every time the first one will be drawn to our lpl team." Icon said with a smile in the training room of the omg base.
After the "justice must prevail" incident during the spring playoffs this year, icon didn't have a good impression of the people on the IM team.
In the lpl broadcast room, Ren Dong said: "Then omg, like we just now, came directly to group A in position 1."
"Then continue to pay attention to the draw situation of the group stage. Now the atmosphere is starting to become more and more tense!"
Continue to draw lots.
Aj picked up another black ball and opened it. The scroll inside said: [z7].
【z7】What is it?
Everyone was stunned.
AJ on the stage smiled awkwardly and quickly turned the paper roll over in his hand, which read [lz].
The No. 1 seed from the LCK division, Longzhu Team fell into Group B.
Ren Dong smiled slightly: "It doesn't matter if you take it down, you can see it if you look carefully!"
Some footage of Longzhu in this year's LCK Summer Split finals began to appear on the big screen.
In the Spring Split, Dragon Ball was still ranked 7th. In the Summer Split, they finally defeated SKT and won the championship. Their progress can be described as rapid.
The final scene stayed on the shot of Pray holding the LCK championship trophy.
Lu Chen, who was watching the live broadcast, was stunned.
He had never really paid attention to what the LCK championship trophy looked like before, and now he saw a close-up shot——
‘Isn’t this the Big Ear Cup of the Champions League?’
Not to mention that it looks exactly like the Champions League championship trophy, at least it is almost the same.
Sure enough, this is a country of sticks. Even if you design a trophy shape, you have to steal it.
The third number one seed drawn is g2, a well-known live broadcast team in Europe.
In the two years of 16 and 17, g2 won four consecutive EU League Championships, which can be said to dominate the European League.
However, in last year's S6 World Championship, g2, as the number one seed in the European Division, was eliminated at the bottom of the group.
European and American teams have always been confused and confused, and they feel uncomfortable if they don't do things right.
The No. 1 seed from the EU division, the G2 team fell into Group C.
The last remaining No. 1 seed from the LMS division, Flash Wolves, fell into Group D.
The draw for Pool 1 is quite easy, without any involvement, just put the four No. 1 seeds into four groups.
The second pool to be drawn next is the most exciting part of the S-match group draw.
There are eight teams in Pool 2.
Five of them are the second seeds from the five major regions, as well as the first seed tsm from the North American region, the third seed ssg from the lck region, and gam from the Vietnam region.
There are eight teams in total. Following the principle of group avoidance in the same division, four teams will be drawn and placed into four groups.
The rookie walked to the second pool and stood still, covering his chest with his left hand, and stretched out his right hand nervously.
In the training room of omg base.
The coaching staff and players stared nervously at Rookie's right hand.
The first team drawn by Rookie from the second pool will fall into Group A, and will be grouped with OMG.
"Brother, give me some strength, broiler. We don't mind if we draw a Vietnamese team." Icon shouted at the screen.
Xiaowu also smiled and said: "Except for the two teams from Han Kingdom, any of the other five teams will do. We are not picky about food."
Xiao Wu’s jokes actually reflect the thoughts of the vast majority of people in lpl to a certain extent.
lck has won four consecutive s3456 global finals. In recent years, lpl has encountered lck's bo5, and has won less and lost more.
At this time, lpl, from the team to the audience, it is impossible to say that they are not embarrassed by lck at all.
At this time, Rookie had already picked up a black ball from Pool 2 and was about to unscrew it.
Lu Chen turned around and patted Xiao Wu on the shoulder, saying, "Hey, you are so scared!"
"I still don't like this three-star one. I'll give you a Triple Crown winner skt for fun. I'm going to hit the elite!"
As he was talking, Lu Chen suddenly noticed that the training room had become quiet, and the whole atmosphere was out of place.
His teammates and head coach Mingzhe all turned their heads and looked at Lu Chen with strange eyes.
"What? Did you draw rng? Draw again!" Lu Chen said with a smile.
Then he turned around and took a quick look. Rookie was holding a yellow piece of paper in his hand, with [skt] written clearly on it.
Rookie on the stage had a very painful smile on his face. He also felt that his first slap seemed a bit too bad.
At this time, the live broadcast rooms of various platforms broadcasting the lottery ceremony, and the originally tepid barrage suddenly increased explosively:
"Wow, what a cruel sign!"
"Danger!"
"Brothers, I'm a little numb!"
"Don't panic, there are two spots available for each group."
"Brother, broiler, you probably didn't wash your hands before you went on stage!"
"skt? A native chicken with tiled ears and a dog's ears, not worth a penny!"
"Ah...it seems like you are very brave!"
"..."
In the omg training room at this time.
"Holy shit, Lu Chen, you really have a crow's mouth!" Icon shouted.
Xiao Wu pushed away Lu Chen's right hand that patted his shoulder, and said in a serious tone: "Go, go, don't touch me, you are a poisonous person!"
Lu Chen took back his right hand, lowered his lips, shrugged, and spread his hands.
"SKT is just skt. If you are afraid of a hammer, I will hit you with skt!"
