The KODE5 China will be held this weekend with a rather funny tournament format and the real Chinese top missing.
[s]event_235[/s] This weekend, in the World Elite Internet Bar - located in Shanghai, China - 8 Chinese players will have a go at the tickets for the KODE5 Global Finals. Some of China’s most glorious Warcraft 3 players are missing, but the tournament still promises to be one with great games.
The tournament format is quite out of the ordinary with a best-of-1 system and a double elimination bracket. Furthermore, we see favorites TH000 and Sai facing each other in the first round of the tournament.
| Winner Bracket - Round 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
  wNv.TH000 | < |  wNv.Sai | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| WE.Infi | > | NLH_Shenky | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorful.LL | > |  WE.Like | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorful.Ace | > | Djehi | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loser Bracket - Round 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| wNv.TH000 | > | NLH_Shenky | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorful.LL | > | Djehi | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winner Bracket - Round 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WE.Infi | > | wNv.Sai | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorful.Ace | < | WE.Like | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loser Bracket - Round 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| wNv.TH000 | > | wNv.Sai | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorful.LL | > | Colorful.Ace | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winner Bracket - Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WE.Infi | > | WE.Like | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loser Bracket - Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| wNv.TH000 | > | Colorful.LL | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Consolation Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| wNv.TH000 | > | WE.LiKe | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| wNv.TH000 | < | WE.Infi | ||||||||||||||||||||||
This diverse format gives a twist to the tournament and gives the opportunity to the talented yet not so known players to surprise. Let's see how this will pan out.
Links
Replays.net - Bracket
