In the opening series, Sentinels (Sen) won the first victory with a score of 2-0 against Drx. Later, Edward Gaming (EDG) also quickly defeated compatriot representatives Trace Esports (TE) with a score of 2-0. In the remaining two matches, Leviatan (LEV) defeated G2 Esports (2-0) and Heretics (TH) team pushing Fnatic (FNC) down to the lower branch with similar ratio (2-0).
At the lower branch, TE and G2 are the first two teams to leave the play-off round when TE lost to Drx (0-2) and G2 lost FNC (0-2). Meanwhile in the upper branch, Lev, although defeating Th 2-0 but faced many difficulties, and EDG extended the sublimation series when defeating the lotus 2-1.
Finally, Th won 2-1 against Drx to make the only representative of the Pacific region leave the tournament. Meanwhile, Sen also surpassed the No. 1 EMEA FNC seed, causing Boaster and his teammates to all chance to compete for the Champions championship. Stage 1 of the play-off round officially closed.
According to this result, Edward Gaming, Leviatan, Sentinels and Team Heretics will be the representatives entering the Top 4. In which, EDG and LEV will play in the finals of Thang branch to find the team in the final, and TH will confront the lotus in the semi -finals to find the team to the final of the losing branch. The last match will be played at Inspire Arena from August 23-25.
