Spirit-G2, FaZe-NAVI headline EWC playoffs

17-7-2024 23:30

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.

FURIA vs FlyQuest headlines EWC Last Chance Stage Round 1

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.

rain: "If we beat NAVI 10 more times in a row, then I'll let the Major go"

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

Date	Matches
Esports World Cup 2024
18/07/2024	Spirit 21:10 G2	Match
19/07/2024	Vitality 13:30 Virtus.pro	Match
19/07/2024	MOUZ 17:55 FURIA	Match
19/07/2024	Natus Vincere 21:50 FaZe	Match

ez Spirit ez NAVI

2024-07-17 23:30

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

6 replies

Didn't they win a map of Spirit with TaZ instead of m0nesy? They have a chance.

2024-07-18 00:09

1 reply

with Snax, no

2024-07-18 09:19

#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

Tbh Snax had 1.04 on that Inferno but a shitty ancient. Nonetheless

2024-07-18 00:29

They'd get stomped by any team there anyway.

2024-07-18 00:54

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

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

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

3 replies

lmao you are crying because upsets didn't happen

2024-07-18 00:59

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