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Eight teams remain standing as the Honor of Kings Invitational Season 3 moves to its Knockout Stage.
The Honor of Kings Invitational Season 3 has concluded its Group Stage with four teams eliminated from the tournament while eight others advanced to the Knockout Stage.
Alpha7 Esports, Rough World Era, Kagendra, and Gen.G Esports have been knocked out of the competition as they placed rock-bottom from their respective groups. The Top 2 teams from all four groups advanced to the Knockout Stage, with teams from the same group in the not being drawn with each other in the first match of the Knockout Stage.
Here are all the teams that qualified for the Knockout Stage of the Honor of Kings Invitational Season 3:
- Blacklist International (Philippines Qualifier)
- Elevate (Philippines Qualifier)
- Nova Esports (Malaysia Qualifier)
- All Gamers Global (Malaysia Qualifier)
- Bigetron Sigma (Indonesia Qualifier)
- Team Vitality (Europe Qualifier)
- Nongshim Redforce (JPKR Qualifier)
- Impunity Esports (Wildcard Qualifier)
The Honor of Kings Invitational Season 3 Knockout Stage will feature a single-elimination bracket format, which means every match loss will mean elimination for the losing team. Every match played on the stage will be a best-of-seven series, with game seven being played under the Ultimate Battle system.
Just like the Group Stage, the Knockout Stage will also feature the global ban-pick system that limits the number of heroes open to each team's every game played.
The Honor of Kings Invitational Season 3 Knockout Stage will run from February 26 to March 1, with the last day only for the tournament's grand finals. Which teams will get the lion's share of the tournament's $300,000 prize pool?
