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ESL have announced the round-of-36 play-in and round-of-24 group stage brackets IEM Katowice 2022. Sixteen players participate in a double elimination bracket, with four players advancing on to the RO24 group stage (two from the upper bracket, two from the losers’ bracket). The group stage is played out as a round robin, with 3 players from each group advancing to the playoffs (#1 players from each group get a one round bye).
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The BIGGEST tournament of the year and you match HAS vs CYAN?!
We get literally ONE tournament to see the World play vs each other and you cant make a better bracket than this?
France10739 Posts
Has Vs Cyan.. are you fucking serious?
The BIGGEST tournament of the year and you match HAS vs CYAN?!
We get literally ONE tournament to see the World play vs each other and you cant make a better bracket than this?
It seems like seeds worked out that way, probably because they get a similar amount of points being in their regions
Peru168 Posts
WTH?
United States16559 Posts
On January 29 2022 09:34 zalem95 wrote:
No serral?
WTH?
the top 24 is separate, see here IEM Katowice/2022
Canada7566 Posts
Has Vs Cyan.. are you fucking serious?
The BIGGEST tournament of the year and you match HAS vs CYAN?!
We get literally ONE tournament to see the World play vs each other and you cant make a better bracket than this?
Hey if it make you feel better, it look like the chinese won’t even make it
United States12188 Posts
On January 29 2022 07:59 JJH777 wrote:
I like this bracket. It seems very well balanced. Hope some Toss make it through so the group stage isn’t extremely unbalanced. Would be nice to see some success from herO and Creator.
I agree! Especially herO – he’s the one who I think could actually make it pretty far!
Otherwise, would love to see Byun and DRG make it out as well!
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On January 29 2022 13:32 zelevin wrote:
Of these ro36 players, who do you think has the best shot at winning the whole thing?
imo, Byun and herO got the best shot of all, but there are a much higher chance of them getting knocked off the Ro24.
United States13975 Posts
Has Vs Cyan.. are you fucking serious?
The BIGGEST tournament of the year and you match HAS vs CYAN?!
We get literally ONE tournament to see the World play vs each other and you cant make a better bracket than this?
Hey if it make you feel better, it look like the chinese won’t even make it
TIME is already qualified isn’t he?
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On January 29 2022 13:32 zelevin wrote:
Of these ro36 players, who do you think has the best shot at winning the whole thing?
Honestly, none of these players are capable of winning the whole thing, thats why they’re in ro36, because these players simply dont win…. but herO is best of them all
Germany2205 Posts
Has Vs Cyan.. are you fucking serious?
The BIGGEST tournament of the year and you match HAS vs CYAN?!
We get literally ONE tournament to see the World play vs each other and you cant make a better bracket than this?
Hey if it make you feel better, it look like the chinese won’t even make it
TIME is already qualified isn’t he?
Yes.
But aparently they have Visa isues, so it might be possible they both have to drop out
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On January 29 2022 13:32 zelevin wrote:
Of these ro36 players, who do you think has the best shot at winning the whole thing?
None. If I had to pick one – hero.
The reason is simply because the ‘peak’ of all other players for the past 1-2 years is crystal clear – not good enough to win consistently against the top 5 players (Serral, Maru, Rogue, Reynor, Dark). Also, I believe the seedings will place them in tough spots even if they do qualify to the next group stage. The only way they can pull a miracle run is by bracket luck or the top players suddenly all having a bad day.
Hero is still improving since returning from military. His previous peak is quite high – maybe not top 5, but at least top 10. Chances are, he’ll never re-discover his old form. But there are some promising signs, such as nearly defeating Maru in ST. Still, I rate his odds of winning everything around or over 100-1 (starting from this round onward).
Germany3930 Posts
Top: Byun > Ragnarok
Bottom: Elazer < DRG
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United States13975 Posts
The lower bracket is harder though and I gotta be pulling for DRG to get out of there. I think he can make waves in the main tournament, there’s at least 10 players I’d favor him in a Bo5 with.
So dark horse pick for me here is Percival making it out of the top bracket. I’d say it’s a long shot but I don’t think Byun is as favored there as others do.
United States16559 Posts
On January 29 2022 14:33 Blargh wrote:
Jeeze, traveling right now must be hell… Think about traveling internationally just to get beat by Byun or DRG before even reaching the final bracket… At least they get prize money at 36th place…
at least it’s double elimination
Source: https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/584672-iem-katowice-2022-ro24-groups-ro36-bracket-announced
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