Chapter 353 – 353. World Championship Group Stage (1)
“The third team in Group A is… Ah! They are Battle Angels!”
Our team’s name was called faster than expected.
The players exchange glances with each other with bright expressions on their faces.
The currently confirmed teams in Group A were Vanz Vortex from Germany and Taiwan Esports from Taiwan.
Neither team was evaluated as a strong team, so it was safe to say that at least the second place was confirmed.
The tournament stage, which follows the group stage, is played by advancing to the second place in each group.
In other words, the 32 teams in the group stage will be reduced to 16 teams to play in the round of 16.
So, in addition to first place in the group, even second place was enough to step on the tournament stage.
Of course, even so, I had no intention of missing the first place.
“Are you overjoyed?”
Han Yuna, who had been laughing while holding her hands tightly, muttered with an embarrassed expression.
However, her mischief was already caught on camera and relayed to people.
[Luna-chan, thank you… ]
[Ah hahaI met the fuckers, but I can’t help but be happy haha]
[It will easily go to the tournament.]
[He said it doesn’t matter which team he meets… It’s really bad if even the Battle Angels collapse… ]
The group draw continued even while the chat window was boiling.
The third team from Group B will then be selected.
It was Extreme Korea Telecom.
‘If this… If we do well, we might meet in the round of 16.’
If our team finishes first in Group A and Extreme Korea Telecom finishes second in Group B, or conversely, if we finish second in Group A and Extreme Korea takes first place in Group B, we will meet in the round of 16.
It was a team I had played against many times in ACK, so I wasn’t afraid.
Rather, they were worried because if they met early, they would have to drop them.
As a native of the Korean league, I had a wish for Korean teams to rise a lot.
The guests then drew the ball.
Place Best E-Sports in Group C and move on to Group D, Group E, and so on.
And finally, Mad Tiger Gaming appears in the last Group H.
In the third group lottery, all Koreans came out.
“Fortunately, the Korean teams are not in the same group.”
Kang Yul muttered in a calm voice.
I nodded.
In fact, in the last World Championship, unfortunately, Korean teams entered the same group and fought each other.
And the long-awaited final teams of each group were decided.
The last team in Group A that our group is in was Japan’s Cyber Akuma.
-Group A
Vanz Vortex (Germany)
Taiwan Esports (Taiwan)
Battle Angels (Korea)
Cyber Akuma (Japan)
Excluding our team, it was a composition that seemed to have gathered the middle and upper-level teams.
From the standpoint of other teams, it would have become a formidable group stage with the arrival of the Battle Angels.
I exchanged glances with Hwang Ji-yeon.
She smiles a little
This is not a bad lottery result.
The important thing now was the situation in Group B.
If we made it to the round of 16, we would face the first or second place team in Group B.
The last team from Group B is then drawn.
It was Tintin Chimera.
“Oh… !”
Baekhyun shouted as if surprised.
This allowed him to meet Tintin Chimera in the round of 16.
Furthermore, since it has become a knife-to-knife relationship with Extreme Korea Telecom, which was in the third pool of Group B, two Korean teams could fall in the round of 16 if they do well.
‘Of course, that wouldn’t be possible.’
In order for our team and Group B’s Tintin Chimera to meet, one of the two teams must finish second in the group stage.
Unless there is a tolerable change, there is no way that will happen, so it should be considered fortunate that Tintin Chimera was chosen now.
-Group B
The Citizen (Australia)
Green Method (Philippines)
Extreme Korea Telecom (Korea)
TinTin Chimera (China)
This will be followed by a draw for Group C.
China’s best esports and Brazil’s rising star, Carp Brasilia, face each other.
-Group C
Super Heavy Weight (leader)
Sydney Kangaroo (Australia)
Best E-Sports (China)
Karf Brasilia (Brazil)
The next team to stand out in Group D is Royal Blood from England or Hex from Brazil.
And the civil war in Japan was decided, and a small piece of good news arose.
– Group D
567 sakura (Japan)
Royal Blood (UK)
Hiroshima Heroes (Japan)
HEX (Brazil)
In Group E, Mexico’s VIVA and America’s Play the Game will be placed.
-Group E
BQQ (Thailand)
VIVA (Mexico)
BTT Gaming (Vietnam)
Play the Game (USA)
Group F had nothing to do with China’s Ningning Gaming, and thanks to that, it was predicted that Ningning Gaming would easily pass through the group stage.
-Group F
NingNing Gaming (China)
Team Flash (Spain)
G8 (Germany)
RQSD (Russia)
Group G had a team led by her sister, the Crystal Snakes,
-Group G
Canada Assassin (Canada)
Crystal Snake (USA)
Marseille Knights (France)
Team Goose Fighter (Canada)
The final Group H belongs to Mad Tiger Gaming.
-Group H
Zeus77 (Spain)
Team Axel (Hong Kong)
Mad Tiger Gaming (Korea)
Tosca R3 (Russia)
After all of the group draws were completed, I felt a new fresh feeling.
Finally, they advanced to the group stage of the World Championship.
Now, if you take one more step, it’s a tournament, and if you do well there, you’ll be able to reach the finals.
We briefly greeted the viewers and turned off the broadcast.
After that, a strange silence settled in the room.
I looked at the girls and said.
“Shall we pack up now?”
The girls grin and nod their heads.
The preliminaries must have all ended, and now it was time to leave for China for the group stage, an offline competition.
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There were many things to prepare for overseas departure, but fortunately there was a front desk, so I was able to take care of all the troublesome procedures.
The purpose of our club was to leave the country two weeks before the group stage, set up camp in China, and adapt to the local area.
On the day of departure, time passed.
The airport was full of fans who met us, as well as players, staff, and members of Jeong Pal-soo who took us as bodyguards, as well as reporters gathered for a photo shoot.
Various media and ACK’s official channels also came to follow the video, so the players were called here and there without hesitation, and I was also taking a break after a few interviews.
A woman appeared from one side and approached me.
“Long time no see.”
“Long time no see.”
It was none other than Areum Han, a reporter for Arena Insight.
She asked, pointing her camera at me.
“Now, how do you feel about advancing to your first World Championship as a manager?”
“…Are you interviewing now?”
“I have no intention of doing it now. There will be many opportunities for interviews in the future.”
“Is the reporter also on a business trip?”
“Reporters, what kind of relationship do we have? Feel free to call me sister.”
“…”
Her smirk still made her speechless for a moment.
Meanwhile, her stickiness continued.
Before I knew it, he was close to my side, arms crossed.
As I looked at her face, which was burdensome because there were also people around me, she smiled.
“I told your father well.”
“…What?”
I felt a little uneasy.
And it soon became true.
“We are dating on the premise of marriage. So, can we stick together?”
“…What are you talking about all of a sudden?”
“I heard the plan from my father! He said that he was the daughter-in-law, so he told me everything!”
“…”
I was just dumbfounded because I didn’t know anything about it.
It seemed that we should talk a little more closely.
“Can you tell me more about that?”
“Then can we stick together throughout the tournament?”
“There are many eyes on me, so don’t stick too close to me. I promised to do it before, so I will accept the interview anytime.”
“It should!”
It was an unexpected situation for her, but there was no reason for her to refuse to come along.
So, all the way she eventually flew to China, she had to hang around with her and receive the stinging stares of her girls.
It was because reporter Han Ah-reum’s seat was right next to me.
After arriving in China, a complicated and hectic day passed.
After going through the entry procedure, I checked out of the hotel right away, but I had no time to worry about anything else as I was taking care of the practice environment and local schedules related to the World Championship.
Moreover, for scrims that will continue in the future, we need to make contact with managers and coaches of other clubs.
“Director! I hear there is a friendly meeting among the players participating in the World Championship ahead of me, would you like to come with me?!”
That’s why he couldn’t respond to the girls’ begging with bright faces.
I shook my head while talking on the phone.
“Go and come. Take good care of your condition.”
“Yes!”
Most of them were players who had never been abroad, so even though competitions are competitions, there must be a desire to go to play.
I decided to give it a rest period for about a day, and I decided to take care of some of the accumulated work during that time.
However, I completely forgot about it because it hadn’t interested me before.
Among the foreign players, there were many players who were quite open about sexuality.