Team Vitality, Natus Vincere and JD Gaming all improved to 1-1 with sweeps in their Round 2 Low Matches on Monday at the Demacia Cup Global Invitational in China.
The League of Legends event runs through Oct. 17 and features 12 top teams that didn’t qualify for the World Championship from the six major global regions. They are competing for a prize pool of 1.5 million Chinese yuan (about $223,800 USD).
The Swiss Stage is being held online and runs through Saturday with best-of-three matches. Eight teams will advance to the single-elimination knockout stage in Beijing, which starts on Oct. 12. Those matches will be best-of-five.
On Monday, Team Vitality defeated GAM Esports in 26 and 29 minutes, both on blue. Natus Vincere beat FlyQuest in 36 and 34 minutes, both on red. JD Gaming swept Shopify Rebellion in 30 and 26 minutes, both on blue.
The tournament continues Tuesday with the three Round 3 High Matches:
–BRION vs. Natus Vincere
–JD Gaming vs. LGD Gaming
–Team Vitality vs. RED Canids
Swiss Stage standings (match record, game record):
1. FEARX, 2-0, 3-1
1. KT Rolster, 2-0, 3-0
1. Team WE, 2-0, 3-1
4. BRION, 1-1, 2-2
4. JD Gaming, 1-1, 2-1
4. LGD Gaming 1-1, 2-2
4. Natus Vincere, 1-1, 2-1
4. RED Canids, 1-1, 1-2
4. Team Vitality, 1-1, 2-1
10. FlyQuest, 0-2, 0-3
10. GAM Esports, 0-2, 0-3
10. Shopify Rebellion, 0-2, 0-3
Demacia Cup Global Invitational prize pool:
1. TBD, $89,520
2. TBD, $59,680
3-4. TBD, $26,110
5-8. TBD, $5,595
–Field Level Media
