Group 1 to Group 4 played their first group stage matches today. No great surprises here, except for play`IT.Zerter not making the cut, ending 5th. The Top 3 will advance to another group stage, with less players but also more games.
The Swedish Undead player 4K.FuRy wins this group, with 19 points, winning all his games except the draw against Armsing.Swen. He only lost two games all in all, the one versus Armsing.Swen, and the match against WE.Sky. That match ended 2-1 in favour for FuRy (reason for the best of three there most likely because they needed a winner from the group, and they were tied). The Chinese player lost to FuRy, and scored a draw against Bjarke. These three players - FuRy, Swen and Sky, will move on to the second group stage.
Group 1 WLFuRy 7 6 1 0 19 Sky 7 5 1 1 16 Armsing.Swen 7 4 2 1 14 Bjarke 7 3 3 1 12 Rista 7 2 2 3 8 Teuy 7 2 1 4 7 BadSeed 7 0 1 6 1 Satiini * 7 0 1 6 1 |
Endure played two draws, one against Deadman, and one against Yarayko. The draw against Yarayko was surprising, Yarayko being a fairly unknown player. A well known player is Zerter, winning the Netherlands' qualifier by beating Grubby in the final, did not make the cut, after losing to Santo, Deadman, Endure, and playing a draw against Yarayko. Those three players will move on to the second stage.
Group 2 WLEndure 7 5 2 0 17 Deadman 7 4 3 0 15 Santo 7 3 3 1 12 Humanic 7 3 2 2 11 Zerter 7 3 1 3 10 Yarayko 7 1 4 2 7 Hamperer 7 1 1 5 4 Hendry 7 0 0 7 0 |
4K.Grubby, showing his strength by winning 7 matches straight, all 2-0, is the winner of Group 3. The runner-up is SK.Insomnia, losing only to Grubby, and winning the rest. The third player advancing is the French player Wolf, with four wins, one draw and two losses. The two losses were against the two previous mentioned players, and the draw was against fnatic.Vankor.
Group 3 WLGrubby 7 7 0 0 21 Insomnia 7 6 0 1 18 Wolf 7 4 1 2 13 Vankor 7 3 2 2 11 Aioria 7 2 2 3 8 ME.Nova 7 2 1 4 7 POG 7 1 0 6 3 Poison 7 0 0 7 0 |
Group 4 was won by 4K.FoV, after winning all games except for a draw against Torren, who ended 3rd in the group stage, with 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. The runner-up was Paulyan who ended in just the same stats.
Group 4 WLFoV 7 6 1 0 19 Paulyan 7 5 1 1 16 Torren 7 5 1 1 16 LuckinG 7 4 1 2 13 DM.Clint 7 2 1 4 7 DoYouLoveMe 7 2 1 4 7 Caf 7 0 1 6 1 SeaWeed 7 0 1 6 1 |
The last part of the first group stage will start tomorrow, with the groups 5-8. Take a look in the GosuGamers ESWC 2005 coverage by clicking on the link below.
Links
GosuGamers.net - Full coverage
ESWorldCup.com - WarCraft III Groupstage 1