Thunderpick World Championship reaches Play-In

The field has been whittled down to eight teams, who are now one victory away from qualifying for the event in Berlin.

tomaszin is leading the tournament's rating charts heading into the Play-in

The Thunderpick World Championship group stage has come to a close, with fnatic, OG, Imperial and BESTIA securing the last four spots in the Play-in stage.

fnatic bounced back from a 0-2 loss to The MongolZ with a three-map win over Cloud9 in Group B's decider stage, while OG piled more misery on Virtus.pro, this time in a two-map affair in Group A, with Maciej "⁠F1KU⁠" Miklas leading the charge with a 1.42 rating.

Meanwhile, Imperial exacted revenge against Ninjas in Pyjamas in Group C, wiping out the Max "⁠maxster⁠" Jansson-less Ninjas in just two maps. There was also a rematch in Group D as BESTIA and M80 locked horns again. Like on Thursday, Tomas "⁠tomaszin⁠" Corna put in an individual performance to admire, this time in a three-map series as BESTIA came back from a map down after a triple overtime game on Inferno.

These four teams will now advance to Play-in, where they will be pitted against one of the group winners on Saturday. The four teams coming out of this stage will qualify for the LAN Finals, which will be held at LVL in Berlin on November 2-3.

Below you can find the Play-in match-ups and schedule:

Date	Matches
Thunderpick World Championship 2024
26/10/2024	BIG 12:00 OG	Match
26/10/2024	HEROIC 15:25 fnatic	Match
26/10/2024	The MongolZ 18:00 Imperial	Match
26/10/2024	3DMAX 21:40 BESTIA	Match