On June 5438+1October 65438+May, 2023, the results of the first round of the Swiss round draw have been announced. Among them, JDG, the top seed from LPL Division, will play against BDS, the fourth seed of LEC killed all the way from the qualifiers and finals; The second seed BLG played against the third seed LCKKT; The third seed LNG will play against the LEC second seed FNC；; ; No.4 seed WBG versus LCS No.1 seed NRG.
There are five rounds in the Swiss Round, and each round will produce a draw. At this stage, each team will compete with the team with the same winning or losing record until winning or losing 3. It is worth mentioning that all the key matches related to the promotion or elimination of the Swiss Round adopt the best of three sets (BO3), and the rest are single-game winning and losing (BO 1).
The form of the competition
In the first round, each team will be randomly paired with opponents in different divisions for a single game, resulting in 8 teams with 1 winning and 0/losing and 8 teams with 0 1 losing. In the second round, there will be 8 single-game winners and losers, 1 4 games between 8 teams and 4 games between 8 teams.
After the second round of the Swiss Round, there will be four unbeaten teams with 2 wins and 0 losses, four invincible teams with 0 wins and 2 losses, and eight teams with wins and losses in the previous two games, and finally win with the scores of 1 and 1. In the third round, four teams with 2 wins and 0 losses played the best of three games. The winner advanced to the knockout stage, and the loser continued to participate in the fourth round. Four teams with 0 wins and 2 losses will also play two out of three games. The loser will be eliminated from the global finals, and the winner will continue to participate in the fourth round.
There are 12 teams left in the fourth round, of which 6 teams have a record of 2 wins 1 losses, and 6 teams have a record of 1 wins and 2 losses. Six 2-win/KLOC-0-lose teams won two games, and three winners were selected to advance to the knockout stage. The other six teams with 1 win and 2 losses will also play two out of three games, and the loser will be eliminated from the global finals.
In the fifth round, there are still six teams left, all of which are 2 wins and 2 losses. These six teams will play the last three thrilling best-of-three games, three winners will advance to the knockout stage, and the losers will end their trip to the global finals.