The new special training program was not used to everyone at first, but after a week in a row, they all got used to getting up early and exercising at night.

However, after tonight's night run, everyone did not start ranking as usual, but all watched the live broadcast from their own cameras.

Because today is a special day, a total of 16 teams from the five major regions and each CIS region will be divided into four groups to determine the eight qualifying spots on the group draw day of the World Finals.

In charge of this year's group stage draw were the coaches of two European teams, neither of whom made it to the World Finals.

The No. 1 seed pool was drawn first, and the No. 1 seeds in the four major regions were the European host J2 team, the LKC overlord T1 team, the LPL new king Little Phoenix AOG team, and the North American Phantom God Liquid team.

Because the No. 1 seeds in the four major regions will be divided into different groups, the first round draw is not the highlight, and Yan Letian didn't care much and went to pour a cup of hot water.

When Yan Letian poured water back, it happened that the No. 1 seed pool in the first round had been drawn.

Group A J2 Team, Group B AOG Team, Group C SKT Team, Group D LG Team.

The next draw for the second seed pool is the highlight, although BGG is the third seed in the LPL, but due to the excellent results in the first two seasons of the LPL, BBG is also divided into the second seed pool. This second round of the draw includes the BBG team, and Yan Letian is also nervous.

Coming, coming, the draw ball opens.

The second seed Griffin team in the LCK!

"I'll it, this group A has an internal taste!" Yu Wenbo on the side was also watching the live broadcast draw, and sighed when he saw the griffin team entering Group A.

Group B, Team Jay!

"Wow!" Everyone couldn't help but shout, "Little Phoenix, this luck is too good!" ”

Team Jay is the No. 1 seed in the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Division, and is a team sponsored by the famous little princess surnamed Zhou. The Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan region once won the championship of the World Finals in S2, so it was once one of the four major regions. However, due to the fact that the teams in the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan divisions have failed to qualify from the group stage for several consecutive years, the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan divisions will be cancelled next year and merged into Southeast Asia to form the Southeast Asian division. Although Jay's team is the No. 1 seed in the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions, it is also classified as the No. 2 seed pool due to its weak strength.

There is such a joke in North America, how to determine which group is not the group of death, as long as that group has teams from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, it is not the group of death. For Little Phoenix AOG, drawing the Jay team can be regarded as a top draw.

It's the turn of group C, and the group with T1 must be the group of death.

Yan Letian silently thought in his heart: "But don't be us!" ”

Group C, FCN Team! Europe's second seed, last year's runner-up. However, due to the fact that the original runner-up singled out the J2 team, FCN's strength has actually been greatly reduced this year.

"It's okay, it's okay!" Yan Letian was very happy.

Yu Wenbo said with disdain: "Look at your little bit of talent, we are the defending champions, can we be domineering!" ”

Yan Letian didn't refute it, but complained about him in his heart: "If it's really that crazy, can I come up from a secondary league to play the World Championship?" ”

Yan Letian remained silent and continued to watch the draw, this time drawing the second seed C6 team in North America. However, because Group D is the No. 1 seed LG Liquid team in North America, due to the circumvention principle of different groups in the same region, the C6 team was postponed to Group A.

The first group of death has appeared! Known as the light of North America, the C6 team is North America's hope of qualifying every year, and won the semi-finals last year. However, the original midlaner of the North American Light C6 also defected to the North American aircraft carrier LG team, so the strength of the C6 is not as good as last year.

"This group A is a bit hard!" Yu Wenbo commented.

Next one, Team BHQ! The second seed in the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan division entered Group D.

"In that case, we'll either be in Group D or Group C, if only we could get into Group D." Now there are only three teams left in the No. 2 seed pool, and due to the avoidance of the same division, Yuwenbo has already calculated the general situation.

I didn't think I was good just now, but now I want to go to Group D. Yan Lotian complained in his heart about Yuwenbo's double standard.

The draw ball opens, TGH! The second seed in the LPL. The guests who drew lots looked at the signing paper in their hands, only to realize that they had taken the name of TGH upside down, and hurriedly corrected it.

"Wow! I'm going to send a message to Xiao Ming quickly. Yu Wenbo took out his mobile phone and sent Shi Xiaoming a cheap WeChat message: "You guys are cool!" ”

The real group of death has appeared! Group C, LCK's Triple Crown T1, LPL's traditional giants TGH, European traditional giants FCN, Group A is a false group of death, and Group C is the real group of death.

S3, TGH Finals Lost 0-3 to T1; S6, TGH and T1 were in the same group, were double-killed, and the group was second; S7, in the semifinals, TGH lost to T1 again 2-3 and failed to reach the finals of the Bird's Nest.

In many past match-ups, TGH have never beaten T1 in the big game, and they have also lost more than they won in the small game.

However, the same is true for FCN against TGH, FCN have never won TGH at the World Championships, and the three teams in Group C can be said to be three generations together.

"TGH is in Group C, which means we must be in Group D!" Due to the principle of regional avoidance, Group B already has the No. 1 seed AOG Little Phoenix in the LPL, so BBG can only be divided into Group D. In addition to the North American aircraft carrier in Group D, the other is the second seed BHQ in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, which is a rookie team.

Yan Letian stood up happily, for BBG, this can be regarded as a sign.

Sure enough, it was BBG that was drawn next, and it couldn't enter Group B due to the principle of regional avoidance, and was divided into Group D.

The last second-seeded team in the pool is Thailand's Bangkok Giants, who are naturally drawn to Group B of Little Phoenix AOG.

"I'm rubbing, little phoenix, what kind of dog luck! Team Jay and Bangkok Giants, isn't this the first place in the group with closed eyes? Yu Wenbo's teeth itched with envy.

Yan Letian looked at Yu Wenbo suspiciously, "Our luck is also quite good, the liquid team in North America and the BHQ in Wanwan are quite weak!" ”

Yu Wenbo showed an expression of "you are too naïve" and said to Yan Letian: "On MSI, we lost the liquid team, and we were admitted by others one to three. ”

Yan Lotian realized that the North American No. 1 seed LG team, which was also in Group D, was the liquid team coached by Coach Willow before.

It was they who eliminated the BBG team at MSI, and after returning to China, the BBG team began a magical crotch pulling journey, which also made Yan Letian land in the LCC and the World Championship ahead of schedule.

Far away, Song Yijing, who was on the other side, suddenly said in a loud voice: "There is also that BHQ team, when I was in S5, Ge Xiaocun's face probed the grass Jinx, and it was to beat them." ”

S5 is the junction between the old and the new BBG, and Song Yijing's teammates have all retired now. That year was Song Yijing's first trip to the World Finals, also in Europe.

It was one of the worst defeats in the LCC, with only one of the three teams making it out of the group and only finishing in the quarter-finals, with BBG not being the one to qualify.

That year was of far-reaching significance to the entire LCC process, and it was also the year when classic paintings and memes exploded for the first time.

That year, against BHQ, Ge Xiaocun's Jinx was seconds when the endgame could be harvested, and BHQ finally qualified. After that, Ge Xiaocun left a psychological shadow, changed from the AD position to the jungler, and finally became Guan Zhinai's substitute, and chose to retire in the summer before BBG won the championship.

Four years later, when they returned to Europe, BBG was once again in the same group as BHQ. There is also a new grudge LG, and it seems that God intends to let them break off the old and new grudges.

Perhaps, fate is a kind of sturgeon ring.