Gam Esports and Saigon Buffalo pose for photos during their press conference before their left for the world championship in Mexico and the US. (Photo webthethao.vn) The competition will kick off on September 29 in Mexico City's Arena EsportsStadium and culminate on November 5 in San Francisco.
The tournament of the 24 best teams in the world will collide across multiplecities in North America in their ultimate quest for the coveted Summoner's Cup.
Vietnamese representatives Gam Esports (GAM) and Saigon Buffalo (SGB), who arethe 2022 Vietnam Championship Series (VCS) Summer Season's champion and firstrunner-up, are back to the tournament after two years of absence due to thepandemic.
GAM is the most traditional VCS team, which is in the second half of the fourthseason of Vietnam's entirely professional League of Legends league as anindependent region.
The team, led by captain Do Duy Khanh aka Levi, has won the nationalchampionship seven times and the 31st SEA Games in May. They also competed in arange of international tournaments.
SGB are home to young talented players. However, despite their youth and lackof experience, the team proved to be tough rivals of any team in the domesticleague and is expected to cause a few upsets at the world championships.
The 12 teams will be drawn into two pools starting from the Play-in Stage. SGBare in Pool B against MAD Lions (Europe), DRX (the Republic of Korea),DenizBank Wildcats (Turkey), Royal Never Give Up (China) and Isurus (LatinAmerica).
Each team will play one game against every other team in their group. The topteam in each group will automatically advance to the Group Stage. The second,third and fourth-placed teams will vie for two Group Stage slots throughplayoff matches.
These Play-in Stage's best four will join the 12 teams, including GAM, whodirectly qualified for the Group Stage, which will be held on October 7-10 andOctober 13-16 at Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
These 16 teams will be split into four groups of four, with each competitorplaying against every team in their group twice. The top two teams from each ofthe four groups will advance to the Knockout Stage.
Vietnamese GAM are in Group C with Rogue (Europe), Top Esports (China) anda to-be-decided team from the Play-in Stage.
Rogue are defending European champions while Top Esports are first runner-up ofChina, considered the most powerful independent region in the world. TopEsports, home to world champion Tian (jungler) and Jackey Love (bot laner), aretitle favourites this year./.
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