Spirit-G2, FaZe-NAVI headline EWC playoffs

Two blockbuster matchups take center stage for the quarter-finals.

G2 are in for a hard test with Spirit in the playoffs

The playoffs bracket for Esports World Cup is shaping up to be one of the best of the year thanks to all of the favorites making it out of their opening matches unscathed.

One quarter-final spot is still up for grabs in the Last Chance Stage, which will see eight teams battle through a cutthroat single-elimination, best-of-one bracket on Thursday for the chance of facing MOUZ in the playoffs.

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Three quarter-finals will be played on Friday, while one be played alongside the Last Chance bracket on Thursday.

That single match on Thursday will be a thriller as the new-look G2 will go up against Spirit in a bid to claim revenge for BLAST Spring Final, where G2 had to use Wiktor "⁠TaZ⁠" Wojtas as a stand-in for Ilya "⁠m0NESY⁠" Osipov and ultimately lost to Spirit 1-2.

A meeting against the No. 1-ranked team in the world, with confidence high from a trophy lift at that event in London, is as much of a test as G2 could have gotten in their debut event with Mario "⁠malbsMd⁠" Samayoa and Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski.

The winner of the match will face Vitality or Virtus.pro, who reside on the same side of the bracket and look revitalized coming out of the break.

On MOUZ's end of the bracket, FaZe and Natus Vincere will meet for the third time since PGL Major Copenhagen, with Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen having got the better of NAVI at ESL Pro League while the Major champions got revenge at the Spring Final before the break.

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The schedule and matchups for the quarter-finals can be found below:

Date Matches
Esports World Cup 2024
18/07/2024
21:10
Match
19/07/2024
13:30
Match
19/07/2024
17:55
Match
19/07/2024
21:50
Match
Guatemala Mario 'malbsMd' Samayoa
Mario 'malbsMd' Samayoa
Age:
21
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.08
Maps played:
913
KPR:
0.76
DPR:
0.71
Poland Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas
Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas
Age:
38
Team:
Poland Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski
Janusz 'Snax' Pogorzelski
Age:
31
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
2502
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.66
Denmark Finn 'karrigan' Andersen
Finn 'karrigan' Andersen
Age:
34
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.90
Maps played:
2349
KPR:
0.61
DPR:
0.69
Russia Ilya 'm0NESY' Osipov
Ilya 'm0NESY' Osipov
Age:
19
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.19
Maps played:
555
KPR:
0.78
DPR:
0.60
ez Spirit ez NAVI
2024-07-17 23:30
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#2
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Kosovo Mykolkaa
Damn, its sad that G2 are facing spirit of all teams. Kinda wanted to see more of them. REALLY hard to imagine a lineup that fresh taking even a map here
2024-07-17 23:42
13
6 replies
Didn't they win a map of Spirit with TaZ instead of m0nesy? They have a chance.
2024-07-18 00:09
8
1 reply
with Snax, no
2024-07-18 09:19
1
#4
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Scotland LinInABin
#3 I have SOME hope for them. Malbs in one game has proved he has better firepower even though he's somewhat limited with his anchoring position. NiKo and m0NESY hard carries + huNter eco frags + cope that snax doesn't drop advent numbers and I can see a great match.
2024-07-18 00:16
5
1 reply
Tbh Snax had 1.04 on that Inferno but a shitty ancient. Nonetheless
2024-07-18 00:29
1
They'd get stomped by any team there anyway.
2024-07-18 00:54
1
#23
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Greece kafterman
true,but it is a game and G2 have a lot of firepower, we will see tonight i hope they win but to be real is really hard and unexpected
2024-07-18 13:46
0
Interesting to see g2 vs Spirit, being not delusional we have small chance as a new team, but I trust them what so ever
2024-07-18 00:40
0
lol todays matches were absolute clappings how were there so many 2-0s can we have some actual competition please
2024-07-18 00:50
0
3 replies
lmao you are crying because upsets didn't happen
2024-07-18 00:59
2
1 reply
nah cause theres just no competition you'd think that for a 'world cup' the teams would be a bit better ig its not a 'tier one event' its sorta just random
2024-07-18 01:02
0
#14
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Canada krux00
Two of those 2-0s were 16-13 and 13-11 wins. Clearly you haven't watched because those were far from " absolute clappings"
2024-07-18 04:21
3
#11
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Sweden Vrede
Lets go both TS and Navi
2024-07-18 01:07
1
Finally donk vs monesy
2024-07-18 01:22
2
#15
Cooper | 
Europe kuu1
Damn it, I chose two players from Na'Vi and two from Faze in Fantasy. Unlucky...
2024-07-18 05:42
1
2 replies
same. 2 from g2 and 2 from ts :(
2024-07-18 05:44
1
1 reply
#26
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Sweden Gibbso
g2 was a bold pick
2024-07-18 15:35
1
Nice format to fuck fantasy Now I have 2 spirit and 2 vitality players that are most likely to face in the semis Ggg
2024-07-18 05:56
0
#18
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Korea DiPark
Was this bracket decided by lottery? or is it based on rulebook? Just curious..
2024-07-18 08:13
0
2 replies
Looks like it was based on seeding. #1 - #6 #2 - #7 #4 - #5 It was definitely handpicked and not random.
2024-07-18 09:09
0
1 reply
#22
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Korea DiPark
Oh, then it looks like Top 1~4 vs Top 5~7 + LCQ. Thanks!
2024-07-18 11:16
0
navi will win again, easily
2024-07-18 14:46
1
Probabilities based on current odds: Spirit: 74% vs. G2: 26% Vitality: 66% vs. Virtus.pro: 33% NaVi: 52% vs. FaZe 48%
2024-07-18 15:20
0
1 reply
#27
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Sweden Gibbso
Navi being the odds favourites is surprising
2024-07-18 15:36
1
#29
Faceit level 10  | 
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Poland KOLO_
i will be there
2024-07-18 16:07
0
G2 in maybe 2 or 3 months...
2024-07-18 16:24
0
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