The day after the group stage, the draw for the quarterfinals was immediately arranged.

The eight teams that made it to the quarterfinals were divided into two pools, with pool one featuring the four teams that won the group: GRF, SKT, FPX, and DWG.

Pool 2 has four teams that finished second in the group: IG, RNG, SPY and G2.

From the analysis of eight teams, the LCK region is back strong this year, and the three teams of SKT, GRF and DWG have all advanced as group winners.

For LPL, it is still relatively rare to win this year's competition.

The draw ceremony also attracted a lot of spectators.

First of all, the quarterfinals are divided into two halves, and then the same group will not meet, and the group leader will not meet the other group winners.

The draw went on relatively quickly, and the eight teams quickly assigned their opponents.

The first half of the zone: FPX vs. IG, GRF vs. RNG!

The second half: SKT vs. SPY, DWG vs. G2!

The three teams of the LPL are in the same half, and the civil war is staged in advance in the quarterfinals, with the FPX team playing against the IG team.

For example, if RNG defeats the GRF team, then the next step is the winner between FPX and IG.

Being in the same half of the zone means that three teams may meet early.

This signing is very comfortable for SKT, against the SPY team, as long as he does not die, then SKT is stable in the top four.

There is also a match between G2 and DWG, which will also attract a lot of attention, but most people guess that G2 will have a good chance of winning.

The quarter-finals will be played on October 26 and 27, with two matches per day, each in a Bo5 format.

On October 26th, the first game is 6 p.m. domestic time, the first game is FPX against IG team, and the second game is 11 p.m. on GRF team against RNG team.

On October 27th, the first game of the year in the evening of the domestic time, SKT vs. SPY team, and the second game at 11 p.m. DWG vs. G2 team!

When the results of the quarterfinals draw came out, the sailors on the Internet discussed it.

"FPX met IG ahead of time, and this civil war was fought. It's a bit of a sight to behold! ”

"Three LPL teams are in the same half, so it's a loss."

"SKT got a good draw after advancing from the group, against the SPY team, I wonder how SKT will die to lose the game?"

"RNG is very uncomfortable, the death team has just appeared, and it has met the GRF team again, and it is another hard battle!"

"Please, RNG advanced as the second in the group, and it's not easy to play whoever draws, who do you say is easy to draw?"

"If you draw the DWG team, it will probably be a little easier to play, and now that G2 is playing against the DWG team, I think G2 has a very high chance of winning!"

"I'm thinking, if RNG wins the GRF team, does it mean that we are in the finals of the LPL?"

"Yes, now it's up to the FPX team or the IG team to go home first."

"In another region, I feel like SKT still has a good chance of reaching the finals."

"Not necessarily, this year's G2 is really strong, don't look at the group stage is not very good, you will know when you wait for Bo5!"

"I feel like the three teams in the LCK region have signed very well. At least there will be a civil war in the quarterfinals, and we will go home first with a team in the quarterfinals. ”

"On the first day of the quarterfinals, all three of our LPL teams played, not to mention, I took a leave of absence that day!"

"Leave? I'm afraid you're thinking too much, the games are all at night, brother, if you don't want to go to work, just say it, and ask for leave! ”

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There is a lot of discussion about the quarterfinals on the Internet, but no matter which team it is, there is no time to worry about those trivial matters now.

After the group stage on October 20, all eight teams flew directly from Berlin to Madrid on October 21.

The group stage of the World Championship is in Berlin and the quarterfinals are in Madrid, so you need to go there and prepare in advance.

The first day of the past was a day off, and then it was time to dedicate myself to training.

"The training opponents I've been looking for you these days are: SKT and G2. I hope you can do well these days! Rest well today and start training tomorrow! "When I arrived at my accommodation in Madrid, I immediately scheduled the next few days of training.

At the end of the quarterfinals, the RNG teams will be able to be sure that they won't be meeting SKT and G2 in the first place, unless it's in the finals.

The strength of these two teams is definitely the favorite to win the championship this year, so it is not wrong to make an appointment with these two teams for a training match.

Team SKT and Team G2 are in the same vein, and they won't meet RNG team too soon anyway, so it's only fitting to play a training match with them.

In the next few days, RNG was playing training matches with SKT and G2, and as for Chen Mo, Coach Steak still rarely arranged for Chen Mo to play training matches, but occasionally went up to play one or two games.

The results weren't as good as they could have been. G2 thinks it's okay, but SKT has played against RNG, and he knows this person's strength, how can this be? Smoke bombs?

But it's normal to think about it, maybe it's just not in good shape.

FPX and IG are also playing training matches at full strength, they have played in the LPL before, they know each other very well, and they both want to be able to come up with something hidden during this time.

During this time, there are more and more predictions for the quarterfinals on the Internet, such as FPX vs. IG, and many people are more optimistic about the IG team.

First of all, IG is the global champion of S8, and secondly, IG team tournament experience is actually more than FPX. Of course, it's all just speculation and opinion.

As for the RNG and GRF teams, we can't say guess, we can only say that everyone hopes that RNG can win this game.

Time passed day by day, and every day all the players were training at high intensity, 24 hours a day except for sleeping and eating.

When the game day is approaching, the coach will train less and give the players some time to relax, otherwise they will be too tired and the competition will not be good at that time.

October 26 soon arrived, and at 6 p.m. domestic players sat in front of their computers and waited for the game to start.

"Welcome to the S9 World Finals, today is the first match day of the quarterfinals, and there will be two matches for you, the first is FPX vs. IG, and the second is GRF vs. RNG. Hello everyone, I'm Wang Duoduo! ”

"Hello everyone, I remember! On the first day of the quarterfinals, all three of our LPL teams will come out, but the time of this game is still very unfriendly to our domestic players, and the second game is at eleven o'clock in the evening, and it will be two or three o'clock after the game! ”

When the time was almost up, the two commentators came to the commentary table and began to warm up before the game, and they were also looking forward to today's game!