The first day of the West qualification tournament of The International 2 is over. After the server downtime, the original schedule was overthrown and games had to be played at the same time to finish the day in a timely manner.
Four best-of-threes have been played. Some very good games were among them, for example the third match of mTw against Virtus.Pro. No team is out of the tournament yet, on Thursday the tournament continues.
NEXT.kz and Quantic sending Keita and zNation into the lower bracket
The matchup NEXT.kz against Keita Gaming was the only West tournament game today to be decided within two maps. In both games, NEXT.kz used Lich in order to get a gold and experience advantage for its carry, which was Morphling in the first and Anti-Mage in the second game.
The only participating American team, Quantic Gaming, got the better end out of the matches against zNation. In all three matches, Morphling was picked and in the end, all three times Morphling won. Two times it was Quantic, winning the best-of-three with a 2-1. In the next round, NEXT.kz will meet Quantic in the upper bracket semi final and Keita Gaming will play agains zNation in the lower bracket round 1.
mousesports playing topsy-turvyly against Infused
In the match against Infused, team mousesports showed different faces. First game was a successful demonstration of controlled aggression, but the second game was already pick-wise a mess. Against the Death Prophet, Lycantrope and Juggernaut combination of Infused, mousesports played with a Chen and Pudge combination, accompanied by Broodmother. Nevertheless, Black's Pudge didn't work, too many hooks failed or got failed because of allies blocking the path.
Mousesports plays against Virtus.Pro on Thursday. From Thursday on, only three matches will be played each day, so the schedule will be easier to fulfill. Because of this limitation, the match mTw against Infused will be on Friday, giving both teams a pause of one day.
Schedule | ||||
Team 1 | vs. | Team 2 | Date | Time |
mousesports | vs. | Virtus.Pro | 7 June | 17 CEST |
NEXT.kz | vs. | Quantic | 7 June | 19 CEST |
Keita | vs. | zNation | 7 June | 21 CEST |
mTw | vs. | Infused | 8 June | 15 CEST |
8 June | 18 CEST | |||
8 June | 21 CEST | |||
9 June | 15 CEST | |||
9 June | 18 CEST | |||
9 June | 21 CEST | |||
10 June | 17 CEST |
Full Bracket: The International 2 West Qualifier