Oct 10, 2016
Quarter-finals set at League of Legends Worlds
Korea dominated the group stage once again at the League of Legends World Championship as the quarter-finals are set after the second week of competition.
TSN.ca Staff
,Korea dominated the group stage once again at the League of Legends World Championship as the quarter-finals are set after the second week of competition.
Defending world champions SK Telecom T1 finished atop Group B, ROX Tigers took Group A and Samsung Galaxy lead Group D.
H2k-Gaming, the only remaining European team in the elimination round, finished at the helm of Group C.
Korea went 15-4 during the group stage to once again establish their dominance as the region to beat.
SKT will square off against Chinese heavyweight Royal Never Give Up, ROX will face another Chinese powerhouse EDward Gaming and Samsung Galaxy will duel with lone North American club Cloud9.
H2k has a date with Albus Nox Luna in their quarter-final match.
Cloud9 was the last team to qualify on Monday after finishing with a 3-3 record in Group B. SKT knocked off Flash Wolves in the final match to give C9 another day in the tournament.
Other North American teams Counter Logic Gaming and Team SoloMid also finished 3-3, but those records were not strong enough to push them through.
The quarter-finals kick off on Oct. 13.