After the group stages finished on Friday we see all teams who failed to make it into the Elimination Stage now have an opportunity to compete in the Intermediates.
Group Stages – Intermediates: Group AÂ
To kick off the group stages a different format was decided upon which lead to the conclusion of 2 groups; A & B which consisted of 5 teams in each. In Group A teams such as Phenomenal Gaming and Bald Nans take to the top of the Group who are followed by the remaining teams of group A. From the group stages which were played out on Friday all teams which are part of group A finished bottom of their group with an exception of Phenomenal Gaming who just came short of taking to the Elimination Stage finishing second in Group E after Radix eSports.
Bald Nans managing to steal a game from Late Night Teckies Drive putting them 1-0 joint top of Group A with Phenomenal Gaming putting both sides in a good position to make it through to the brackets stage of the intermediates.
Teams | Wins | Draws | Loses | Points |
Phenomenal Gaming | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Bald Nans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Goblin Gamers | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Dix Out For Harambe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Late Night Teckies Drive | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Group Stages – Intermediates: Group B
Group B consists of some of the most anticipated teams from the previous group stage that were played out Friday but fell to the likes of the top seeded teams of epicLAN. uFrag Eclipse being the team that was a last minute contender for the event after Team Endpoint gave uFrag Eclipse the chance to play, after falling in the main events group stages after DOG Gaming advanced to the Elimination Stages and knocking uFrag Eclipse to play in the Intermediates, with the uFrag Eclipse lineup being one of the top dogs in the intermediates left 4 teams with an opportunity to upset and make a name for themselves against the uFrag Eclipse team.
de_viraj showing a strong matchup in the group stages of the main event move into the intermediates where they are another strong contending team alongside uFrag Eclipse. de_viraj putting up solid results against Rasta Gaming 16:11 in their first confrontation & 16:10, 16:9 in their second confrontation BO3 series. More to come from Group B and a huge possibility for many upset results making it a very competitive group.
Teams | Wins | Draws | Loses | Points |
uFrag Eclipse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
de_viraj | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Mediocre.CS | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
LEAVEITYEAH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Armchair Athletes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Throughout the day the intermediates will be played out, you can keep up to date with the group stages here. Later on, in the brackets stage the losers of the Elimination Stage will be introduced such as the likes of Rasta Gaming and Odin esports