On the second day of the AWC 2021 group stage, all the attention of the fans of the Mobile Vietnam Union was poured into the runner -up of the fame arena, Saigon Phantom. In the opening match, Saigon Phantom disturbed the squad when leaving Yiwei to play the gunner instead of Red, fish support, not Zeref and Lac Lac present in the familiar mid lane. Before the weak opponent undertank, Lai Lai and his teammates easily won a 2-0 victory.
However, the 2nd match of the day, also the focal point between Saigon Phantom and the No. 1 seed in Thailand, Bacon Time took place in a completely opposite direction. Red returned to the main position as the gunner instead of Yiwei. In game 1, before the Wonder Woman – Hayate was too strong in the hands of the Thai people, Saigon Phantom was wiped out and broke the main house when the match was not passed the 11th minute.
Entering the 2nd game, Saigon Phantom offered a choice of Amily to assist in the hands of the fish. However, in a day of lack of adhesive, “the ghosts of Saigon” continued to collapse quickly. The match ended at 11:16 with the ratio of the 13-3 defeated network towards the Thai people with the highlight of Capheny too green in Moowan's hands.
In the remaining matches, the Chinese Taipei champion, Most Outstanding Player easily won against Team 3 Stars. Representatives of Thailand, DTAC Talon also won all 6 points from Team 3 Stars with Overclock Esports.
Tables at AWC 2021
Table A: Team Flash, Mad Team, Buriram United Esports, Dewa United Esports.
Table b: V-Gaming, One Team, Zen 9 Gaming, Team Civ.
Table C: Saigon Phantom, Bacon Time, Archangel, Undertank.
Table d: Most Outstanding Player, DTAC Talon, Team 3 Stars, Overclock Esports.
Competition format
The AWC 2021 group stage will have a total of 48 matches, taking place in 8 days from June 19 to June 27. The matches in the group stage will take place in the BO2 format, the circle of two turns. Each 2-0 win to bring 3 points for the winning team, the losing team will not have points. With 1-1 draw, each team gets 1 point. In addition, the “Global Ban Pick” law will be applied from the group stage to the final. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams each will win the right to participate in the play-off round.
The play-off AWC 2021 includes the quarterfinals (from June 30 to July 4) and the semi-finals (from July 10 to July 11), competing in the formula of the broken branch. The first series of the quarterfinals and the first series of the losing branch will play according to the Bo5 format. All matches will take place in the Bo7 format. The two best teams will participate in the final match on July 18.
