With the pool play and open bracket coming to a close, the championship brackets get clearer. Stephano, SaSe and Grubby are the only non-Koreans left in the tournament as the last day is about to kick off.
PuMa, aLive, ThorZaIN, Golden, Rain, JYP, SaSe and Oz took the last eight spots in the pool play. SaSe, JYP and Golden did so by going through the full open bracket, which meant staying alive in five best of threes.
Upcoming matches
Championship Losers Round 5
Grubby vs. SaSe Bet!
Polt vs. aLive Bet!
MC vs. Monster Bet!
Inori vs. GanZi Bet!
Championship Losers Round 6
Grubby/SaSe vs. Leenock
Polt/aLive vs. Oz
MC/Monster vs. Alicia
Inori/GanZi vs. Symbol
Championship Winners Final
DongRaeGu vs. MarineKing Bet!
Check out TeamLiquid for a fully detailed bracket
The Swedish Protoss' MLG tale will conclude today as he is paired with Dutch Protoss Grubby in the fifth round of the Championship losers bracket. Should he advance from there, he will play Leenock in a match to keep the royal run dream intact.Championship Losers Round 5
Grubby vs. SaSe Bet!
Polt vs. aLive Bet!
MC vs. Monster Bet!
Inori vs. GanZi Bet!
Championship Losers Round 6
Grubby/SaSe vs. Leenock
Polt/aLive vs. Oz
MC/Monster vs. Alicia
Inori/GanZi vs. Symbol
Championship Winners Final
DongRaeGu vs. MarineKing Bet!
Check out TeamLiquid for a fully detailed bracket
French superstar Stephano's first loss in the tournament came against MarineKing in the first round of the Championship bracket after sailing through undefeated in pool C. A 1-2 loss meant a losers bracket position for the Millenium player. The way the bracket have aligned, he will go head-to-head with the winner between Grubby and SaSe, should one of them make it that far.
DongRaeGu has shown a strong performance in this weekend's MLG. The MVP Zerg took out PuMa 2-1 in his first championship bracket round and will today go up against MarineKingPrime in the winners final.
German hope Socke ended up in fourth place in pool D, which meant a leap forward in losers bracket, starting at round four. The opposition, in the shape of Terran player GanZi, proved too tough a task for the Alternate aTTaX player with the match ending 2-0 in the Korean's favour.
Recent DreamHack Stockholm champion ThorZaIN, came in from the open bracket to pool B, to lose all but one match (against Grubby) which placed him as already as round two in the bracket. While defeating a newly extended series winner Suppy (4-3 over SeleCT), ThorZaIN also had to tap out against GanZi in the following round.
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Pool A | Pool B | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1. | PuMa | 4-1 | 8-3 | 1. | MarineKing | 3-0 | 6-2 | |||||||||||||||||
2. | Leenock | 2-1 | 5-3 | 2. | Symbol | 1-2 | 3-5 | |||||||||||||||||
3. | Inori | 2-1 | 5-3 | 3. | Grubby | 1-2 | 4-4 | |||||||||||||||||
4. | Ryung | 1-2 | 3-5 | 4. | Golden | 2-3 | 5-7 | |||||||||||||||||
5. | aLive | 2-3 | 4-6 | - | Dream | 1-2 | 3-5 | |||||||||||||||||
6. | viOLet | 1-2 | 3-5 | - | Thorzain | 1-4 | 6-7 | |||||||||||||||||
viOLet 0 2 Inori viOLet 2 1 Leenock viOLet 1 2 Ryung viOLet 1 2 aLive viOLet 0 2 PuMa Inori 1 2 Leenock Inori 2 1 Ryung Inori 2 1 aLive Inori 1 2 PuMa Leenock 2 0 Ryung Leenock 0 2 aLive Leenock 2 0 PuMa Ryung 2 1 aLive Ryung 0 2 PuMa aLive 0 2 PuMa | Symbol 1 2 Dream Symbol 2 1 Grubby Symbol 0 2 MarineKing Symbol 2 0 ThorZaIN Symbol 2 0 Golden Dream 0 2 Grubby Dream 1 2 MarineKing Dream 2 0 ThorZaIN Dream 1 2 Golden Grubby 1 2 MarineKing Grubby 0 2 ThorZaIN Grubby 2 1 Golden MarineKing 2 0 ThorZaIN MarineKing 2 0 Golden ThorZaIN 0 2 Golden | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Pool C | Pool D | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1. | Stephano | 5-0 | 10-2 | 1. | DRG | 2-1 | 5-2 | |||||||||||||||||
2. | Alicia | 4-1 | 8-3 | 2. | Oz | 3-2 | 7-5 | |||||||||||||||||
3. | Polt | 2-3 | 6-6 | 3. | MC | 2-1 | 4-3 | |||||||||||||||||
4. | Rain | 2-3 | 5-6 | 4. | Socke | 2-1 | 5-4 | |||||||||||||||||
5. | GanZi | 2-3 | 4-7 | 5. | SaSe | 2-3 | 4-8 | |||||||||||||||||
6. | JYP | 0-5 | 2-10 | 6. | Heart | 0-3 | 1-6 | |||||||||||||||||
Stephano 2 1 Polt Stephano 2 0 Alicia Stephano 2 0 GanZi Stephano 2 1 Rain Stephano 2 0 JYP Polt 1 2 Alicia Polt 2 0 GanZi Polt 0 2 Rain Polt 2 0 JYP Alicia 2 0 GanZi Alicia 2 0 Rain Alicia 2 1 JYP GanZi 2 0 Rain GanZi 2 1 JYP Rain 2 0 JYP | MC 2 0 Heart MC 0 2 DongRaeGu MC 2 1 Socke MC 1 2 Oz MC 2 0 SaSe Heart 0 2 DongRaeGu Heart 1 2 Socke Heart 0 2 Oz Heart 1 2 SaSe DongRaeGu 1 2 Socke DongRaeGu 2 0 Oz DongRaeGu 2 0 SaSe Socke 2 1 Oz Socke 1 2 SaSe Oz 2 0 SaSe |
For full details on yesterday and the coming matches for today at 17:00, check out the championship bracket, the winners bracket and losers bracket on the tournament website.
Sources: TeamLiquid.net, MajorLeagueGaming.com