21:35 CET: Frankfurt Major results, Group A: Decider Match VP 2:0 Newbee
In the most brutal beating and quickest game of the event so far, Virtus.Pro destroyed Newbee in only 18 minutes. After about 2 minutes into the game it seemed to be clear that the Chinese team was helpless to stop the CIS agression. The Broodmother pick proved to be one that Newbee had the most trouble dealing with.
The second game started out much better for Newbee, with a relatively even game through the early to mid game, until about 12 minutes into the game. However VP’s draft was set up really well with a lot of kill options and made the one core lineup of Newbee useless. For a second time, VP was able to confidently take the second game, and the series.
- Frankfurt Major results: VP swept Newbee, 2:0, and advanced to the Upper Brackets. Newbee will compete in the lower brackets of the main event.
20:20 CET: Frankfurt Major results, Group B: Elimination Match OG 2:0 Unknown.xiu
In the first game of the series, OG were able to draft Tiny for BigDaddy in mid, and were able to secure their infamous Tiny-Io combo. While Unknown showed promise in the early game, they were not able to hold it together past the mid game. Once they gave OG a bit of a lead, it allowing the Europeans to snowball to the end with a tusk and alchemist in their lineup.
The second game was a bit more heavily one sided as Unknown started to fall off towards the end of the early game. OG were able to secure the strong BristleBack-Io combo once again, and for the second time in the opening day of the tournament, demonstrated how dangerous of a draft it is for them to have. Miracle- topped the net-worth chart with a considerable advantage and Moonmeander’s tusk was instrumental in team fights.
- Frankfurt Major results: OG swept Unknown, 2:0, and advanced to Decider Match to face Vega. Unknown will compete in the lower brackets of the main event.
20:00 CET: Frankfurt Major results, Group A: Elimination Match Newbee 2:0 Fnatic
Fnatic grabbed the first blood but Newbee completely destroyed and dominated Fnatic in the first game. With a flawless game on gyrocopter by Chen “Hao” Zhihao and on Darkseer by Meng “Xiao2le” Lei , the Chinese team were able to easily cruise to victory in only 29 minutes with a 31:5 score and a 34k gold lead.
The second game started out better for the Malaysian based squad, with them taking a slight advantage in the early and mid game. While black^ struggled to gain farm, both Hao and Zhang “Mu” Pan were able to get what they needed for their items and to overpower Fnatic. Once they came online and about 31 minutes into the game, the Chinese team were able to just snowball to the end.
- Frankfurt Major results: Newbee swept Fnatic, 2:0, and advanced to Decider Match to face Virtus.Pro. Fnatic will compete in the lower brackets of the main event.
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