The hands of an esport gamer clutching the controler at Encore Esports Gaming Lounge in New Rochelle on Thursday, December 20, 2018.
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Weibo Gaming pulled off a 2-1 comeback win over Team Liquid as the Overwatch Champions Series Midseason Championship got underway on Wednesday in Paris.
The $1 million tournament is part of the Esports World Cup.
The 16-team event is starting with a double-elimination group stage. All group-stage matches are best-of-three, and the top four teams from both groups will advance to the single-elimination playoffs.
Playoff matches will be best-of-five until the grand final on Sunday, which will be best-of-seven.
The championship team will earn $400,000 and 1,000 Esports World Cup club points.
In the Group A upper-bracket quarterfinals on Wednesday, Team Liquid took Nepal Control 2-0 before Weibo Gaming rallied for a 3-2 victory on Neon Junction Hybrid and a 3-2 win on Aatlis Flashpoint.
Weibo Gaming move on to face Team Falcons, who swept the Dallas Fuel 2-0.
The other Group A upper-bracket semifinal will feature Virtus.pro and Twisted Minds. Virtus.pro topped 9z Team 2-0, and Twisted Minds edged T1 2-1.
The Group B upper-bracket quarterfinals saw Crazy Raccoon trounce Team Secret 2-0, Spacestation Gaming nip JD Gaming 2-1, Geekay Esports best AG.AL International 2-0, and ZETA DIVISION blitz VARREL 2-0.
The remaining group-stage schedule:
THURSDAY
Group A upper-bracket semifinal — Weibo Gaming vs. Team Falcons
Group A lower-bracket quarterfinal — 9z Team vs. T1
Group A lower-bracket quarterfinal — Team Liquid vs. Dallas Fuel
Group B upper-bracket semifinal — Crazy Raccoon vs. Spacestation Gaming
Group B lower-bracket quarterfinal — Team Secret vs. JD Gaming
Group B lower-bracket quarterfinal — AG.AL International vs. VARREL
FRIDAY
Group A upper-bracket semifinal — Virtus.pro vs. Twisted Minds
Group B upper-bracket semifinal — Geekay Esports vs. ZETA DIVISION
Group A lower-bracket semifinal — teams TBA
Group A lower-bracket semifinal — teams TBA
Group B lower-bracket semifinal — teams TBA
Group B lower-bracket semifinal — teams TBA
Overwatch Champions Series Midseason Championship prize pool, with money and Esports World Cup club points
1. $400,000, 1,000
2. $180,000, 750
3. $100,000, 500
4. $60,000, 300
5-8. $35,000, 200
9-12. $20,000, no points
13-16. $10,000, no points
–Field Level Media
