LPL Summer 2022 moves to double-elimination format
Ihor MatusThe third round of the Chinese league in League of Legends has come to an end. At its end, two more teams left the location of LPL Summer 2022, which ended their participation in the event. At the same time, the participants who made it to the fourth round switched to the double-elimination system. This gives them the right to make a mistake, and after the first defeat, the teams will get a second chance to win this event.
Following the results of the third stage of the LPL Summer 2022, Royal Never Give Up and Victory Five completed their participation in the championship. RNG failed to beat Edward Gaming taking only one card from them. LNG Esports, in turn, beat Victory Five with a score of 3-2. Previously, FunPLus Phoenix and Weibo Gaming were eliminated in the second round of the playoffs, while Oh My God and Bilibili Gaming were eliminated in the first.
Top 4 participants of LPL Summer 2022 included Top Esports, EDward Gaming, JD Gaming and LNG Esports.
In the next confrontations, Top Esports will fight with EDward Gaming, while JD Gaming will play against LNG Esports.
LPL Summer 2022 runs from June 10 to September 1. The total prize fund of the championship is ~$620,000. It will be distributed among the top six players in the league. The winner will not only receive the main cash prize of $295,000, but will also earn an invite to the 2022 World Championship with a prize pool of $2,225,000. The first teams to enter the top 6 were Royal Never Give Up and Victory Five, who took 5-6 places. The teams received rewards of $29,500.