Photo: Izi Dream
The season continues to progress and the matches become more and more important in Div 2. Atletec and JobLife Esport have taken the door and there are only 4 candidates left for the Div 2 Championship title this summer. But beyond the title, the battle is also raging to obtain the 2 qualifying tickets for the promotion tournament, compulsory passage to integrate the LFL and change dimension.
Tonight’s match between Izi Dream and MCES promises to be particularly hot. The two southern teams are hot-blooded and there will be a lot to win!
The main stakes: a place for the grand final
This is the main issue of tonight’s game. Izi Dream and MCES finished in the top two spots in the regular season this summer. They therefore start in the upper bracket and can qualify directly for the grand final tonight. Players and structures live for titles and even though the greatest stories start in the lowerb-bracket with lifts from space, the shortest path to lifting a trophy is always the best!
A defeat will not mean elimination, but both teams are still advised to win to save strength and reveal as few strategies as possible.
The secondary stakes: a place for the promotion tournament
This issue only concerns the Aix structure. MCES has already validated its place for the promotion tournament, benefiting in particular from its title in the Spring and the precious points won. On the other hand, Izi Dream is in a slightly less comfortable situation. The ballotage remains favorable, but there are still several possible catastrophic scenarios. PCS Taran has the possibility of grilling on the wire the priority to Izi Dream if they win the Summer Split playoffs. Lightning would peak at 315 dots of championship.
At the moment, Izi Dream has 135 dots and the team is guaranteed to finish with at least 275 dots. A victory tonight would validate a top 2 and a minimum of 315 dots. It still wouldn’t be enough to celebrate, given that in the event of a tie, priority is given to the team that had the best result during the summer. From an accounting point of view, a victory or a defeat tonight therefore does not change much for the Aix team, but the result will still have an indirect impact on PCS Taran who will in any case have to succeed in beating Izi Dream. on the field in a direct confrontation. Blow of club or surplus of motivation, it will be necessary to await this evening to know.
Optional stakes: getting the best seeding
Tonight, there will also be another issue, a little hidden, between the two teams. If we forget PCS Taran for a moment and focus on MCES and Izi Dream, you should know that the two qualifying places for the Up&Down do not have exactly the same value. There will necessarily be a number 1 and a number 2, based on championship points. Obviously, the number 1 position offers some non-negligible advantages:
- The number 1 faces in the first round of the Up&Down worst team in the LFL, the one who finished in 10th place (which is Mirage Elyandra). This is theoretically a better draw. The number 2 faces by elimination the team that finished the LFL in 9th place (ie Team Oplon).
- The number 1 will be able to choose his first side in case of confrontation against number 2 during the promotion tournament. As a reminder, this tournament works with a double elimination system and Div 2 teams may very well cross paths at some point.
To get the best seedingboth teams have an interest in winning tonight!
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Zhou “Bo” Yang-Bo continues to wait in Team Vitality’s incubator. Recruited by the bees, he should not taste the field before next season. In the meantime, he continues soloQ on the League of Legends EUW server. His performance is impressive…