Mousesports, spoiled World Elite’s hope of defending their WC3L title earlier this month, are the only team travelling with their full squad, but neither captain Dennis 'HasuObs' Schneider nor Dae Hui 'FoV' Cho was able to get their touch in game before their Chinese team-mates sealed the win for the Germans.

The pair took the lead in both of their solo games, and despite that Hyeong Ju 'Check' Lee and Pedro 'LucifroN' Moreno Durán levelled shortly after, Weiliang 'Fly100%' Lu and Xiang 'TH000' Huang converted all four games in favour of them eventually.

While nGize will fight to extend their existence in the competition against Evil Geniuses in the lower bracket final tomorrow, Mousesports will compete with WICKED eSports for a place in the overall final.

SK Gaming’s Lawrence 'Malystryx' Phillips is covering the event on the scene. On top of his WC3L Diary - tales from the Happy Valley, you can also browse photos in our WC3L Finals - Day 1 Gallery.