The four teams in Group A are CLG, Seed Team Na LCS, FW, KOOTigers and PNG. Relatively speaking, South Korea's KOOTigers and CLG, which has the veteran star ADC "Big Brother" Doublelift since 20 12 season, are stronger in the division, but the runner-up FW in LMS division and the Brazilian champion PNG also have the possibility of surprise.
The four teams in Group B are European Division Seed Team (European LCS)FNC, Chinese mainland Division Team (LPL) IG, LMS Champion Team AHQ and NaLCS Team C9. The strength of the four teams in Group B should not be underestimated. The FNC team created a brilliant record of unbeaten regular season in the summer competition. Young Huni, talented Dan Fabian, and the core of the team, Jerota, also showed amazing strength in the 20 15 Mid-season Invitational Tournament (MSI). AHQ team is an old and strong team in LMS Division, and Zhong Dan Ximen is a star player in the team. On MSI, AHQ's performance is equally impressive. This season, the C9 team has gone through a lot of hardships, and twice let the second chase the third and finally qualify. This team is weak in the group. The IG of LPL team also belongs to Group B. Kakao, a wild player, must have high fighting spirit when he enters the world finals for the first time. In the 20 15 season finals trials, the IG team was in good shape and played a wonderful game. Overall, the strength of Group B IG and FNC teams is slightly higher, but AHQ is also very competitive.
The four teams in Group C are LCK seed team SKT1,European LCS team H2K, LPL team EDG and wild card team BKT. SKT T 1 Team, as the champion of the global finals in 20 13 season and the seed team in LCK Division, is considered as one of the strongest teams this season, and Zhong Dan Faker is a world-class Zhong Dan player. The core of the H2K team is Ryu, single player. There is a big gap between the strength of the two teams, and the highlight of the game should belong to the fate confrontation between Ryu and FAKER. EDG beat SKT in MSI and won the championship. In the world finals, the two teams met again in the group stage. Whether it is the confrontation between FAKER and pawn in singles or the stunt of "revenge war", it is worth looking forward to. Generally speaking, the qualifying teams in Group C can basically be determined as SKT1and EDG, and the difference is only in the ranking of the two teams. The strength of H2K and wild card team BKT still has obvious gap with the above two teams.
The four teams in Group D are LPL seed team LGD, LCK summer runner-up KT, Na LCS team TSM and EU LCS team OG. Group D can be called "Death Group" in the global finals of 20 15 season. Both the LGD team's single GODV and ADC Imp have world-class strength, and they also showed world-class dominance in the LPL summer finals, and they are regarded as strong competitors for the championship. KT is the runner-up team in LCK Division, and the last player Ssumday is the core of the team. Obviously, the current version with strong dominance of the last single is quite beneficial to KT team. The TSM team, known as the "e-sports cult" in North America, has a star named Shan Bjergsen. However, their performance in the summer competition was not satisfactory. In the face of LGD and KT teams, TSM is likely to stop the group stage. XPeke, Soaz, Amazing, etc. The 10 members of the OG team are frequent visitors to world-class competitions, and they are considered to be the team second only to FNC in the LCS division of the whole European Union. On the whole, LGD and KT in Group D have a good chance to qualify, but the competition in the group is fierce, and both TSM and OG may cause a lot of trouble to these two teams.