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European trio meet early in PGL Season IV
The three European players, Grubby, Happy and HoT will compete in the same group of PGL Season IV following today’s draw in Chengdu a few minutes ago.
By Ran 'FoReVeR_ManUtd' Liu
Dec 31, 2008 13:17
The three European players, Grubby, Happy and HoT will compete in the same group of PGL Season IV following today’s draw in Chengdu a few minutes ago.The fourth season of PGL will kick off right on the new year tomorrow in Chengdu, China with 16 world class WC3 players pursuing for a prize pool of €40,000.
Although we will be missing Moon in the ten-day tournament after the two-time PGL winner decided to spend the time with his family instead, big guns such as Manuel 'GrubbY' Schenkhuizen, June 'Lyn' Park, Xiaofeng 'Sky' Li and Du Seop 'WhO' Chang will with no doubt make up for that loss.
Group draw of PGL Season IV
Group A
June 'Lyn' Park
Zhen 'HopeStar' Xu
Xiang 'TH000' Huang
Lin 'Wulin' Wu
Group B
Weiliang 'Fly100%' Lu
Yanchao 'Lyc' Lu
Xiaofeng 'Sky' Li
Du Seop 'WhO' Chang
Group C
Manuel 'GrubbY' Schenkhuizen
Dmitriy 'Happy' Kostin
Mykhaylo 'HoT' Novopashyn
Hao 'suhO' Su
Group D
Hyeong Ju 'Check' Lee
Dae Hui 'FoV' Cho
Xuwen 'InFi' Wang
Kejing 'Like' Li
The format of PGL is one of the most unconventional in all existing tournaments in the scene with five different phases. Be sure the check it out in our PGL Season IV coverage item.
Although we will be missing Moon in the ten-day tournament after the two-time PGL winner decided to spend the time with his family instead, big guns such as Manuel 'GrubbY' Schenkhuizen, June 'Lyn' Park, Xiaofeng 'Sky' Li and Du Seop 'WhO' Chang will with no doubt make up for that loss.
Group draw of PGL Season IV
Group A
June 'Lyn' Park
Zhen 'HopeStar' Xu
Xiang 'TH000' Huang
Lin 'Wulin' Wu
Group B
Weiliang 'Fly100%' Lu
Yanchao 'Lyc' Lu
Xiaofeng 'Sky' Li
Du Seop 'WhO' Chang
Group C
Manuel 'GrubbY' Schenkhuizen
Dmitriy 'Happy' Kostin
Mykhaylo 'HoT' Novopashyn
Hao 'suhO' Su
Group D
Hyeong Ju 'Check' Lee
Dae Hui 'FoV' Cho
Xuwen 'InFi' Wang
Kejing 'Like' Li
The format of PGL is one of the most unconventional in all existing tournaments in the scene with five different phases. Be sure the check it out in our PGL Season IV coverage item.
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Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen
Dmitriy 'Happy' Kostin
Mykhaylo 'HoT' Novopashyn
lool.... anyway grubby 1st in group C
A:Lyn,TH000
B:WhO,Sky
C:Grubby,Suho
D:Infi,Fov
In group A Lyn will pass,but remember that wulin is quite decent orc player,he can go in the next stage,although TH000 is favourite...
Group B is the toughest one to predict,since WhO and Fly are excellent but there is Sky,and dont forget Lyc,he is quite good NE...Imo WhO and Fly will pass...
Group C is Grubbys group,I think hes gonna win it,but my God,SuhO????Imo SuhO is the weakest oponent here...Its tought to predict:HoT or Happy,but I´ll go for Happy since hes in a very good shape...
In group D...why are you ignoring Check...He was in finals in last two tournaments:fnatics King of kings ang NiceGameTV,I think hes capable to suprass Infi...FoV is second choice since Like is in a slump lately...
fly, who
Grubby, Happy
fov, check
Group B - Sky and Fly
Group C - HoT and Happy
Group D - Infi and Check
B: Fly100% , Wh0
C: Grubby , Happy
D: FoV,Check
specialy pll in group b=P
Anyway...let's see who survive to the group stage =)
In this phase is a good thing being in a "hard group", because it works as a team (group members are team members). So group B and D are the best.
Bad thing for grubby fans is that his group is, at least on paper, the weakest and, in case of defeats in this stage will have less players to go further in the next stage.
So all of you who thing 2 players will go further are wrong.
The tittle of the new was what makes me think that this was a typicall group stage... anyway it's, as I say before (but know due different reasons) quite unlucky for the Europeans to meet in the same group... cause they will have to fight vs groups B and D that now seems like a really hard job to be done...
Team knockout phase
16 players are split into four groups of four and each group will play as a team in this phase. This phase will decide which group will have more players advance to the future knockout phase. Two finalists in this phase will be branded as upper groups, while two losing groups will in the meantime branded as lower groups. This phase will be double elimination and matches will be played on King of the Hill basis.
Group stage
The players will play against their group opponents through double elimination playoffs and matches will be played on best of three basis. Upper groups will see top two performers in respective group advance to the individual knockout phase, while bottom two players enter the revival phase. The lower groups will meanwhile see top two performers in respective group enter the revival phase, while bottom two players will be eliminated from the competition.
Revival phase
The players will be drawn against their respective opponents prior to the kickoff of this phase. They will play against each other on best of three basis through a double elimination playoffs. The 4 winners of second round will join a similar number of automatic entrants in the individual knockout phase.
Individual knockout phase
The rules in this phase will be the same as the revival phase applied. The 4 winners of second round will advance to the Final phase.
Final
The players will be drawn against their respective opponents prior to the kickoff of this phase. They will play against each other on best of five basis through a single elimination playoffs.
Happy new years guys !!
#1 SK.Lyn
#2 mouz.TH000
(tiebreak between TH000 and Hopestar)
Group B
#1 mTwAMD.WhO
#2 WE.Pepsi.Sky
(tiebreak between WhO, Fly and Sky)
Group C
#1 MYM]Grubby
#2 GG.HoT
(tiebreak between HoT and Happy)
Group D
#1 WE.Pepsi.Infi
#2 nGize.Check
(tiebreak between Check, FoV and Infi)
these are my predicitons :))
If an European finally wins victory would be even nicer because of the little chances XD
Lyn, th000, Wulin, Hopestar.
(Wulin could upset Lyn with his strong mirror)
Fly100%, Sky, Who, Lyc
(Anything could happen, Sky may be unlucky)
Grubby, Happy, Hot, Suh0.
(really tough to pick. I would favour Hot to beat Grubby but Happy to beat Suh0 / Hot, expect ties)
Check, Fov, Like, Infi
(another tough one, i think Like / Fov will decide 2nd spot)