LCO champions The Chiefs are already boot camping in North America ahead of their Worlds Play-Ins campaign — with yesterday’s group draw providing a major opportunity to go where no Oceania team has gone before.
Traditionally consigned to the unluckiest of group draws, Oceania rejoiced today as our nearly-undefeated squad were drawn into Group A of the Play-In Stage, alongside teams like former Worlds finalists Fnatic, perennial Japanese powerhouses DetonatioN FocusMe and LCS Spring champions Evil Geniuses.
With twelve teams from across four major regions and seven minor regions, the likelihood that The Chiefs would need to go through multiple regional squads was always high. In previous years, Oceanic representatives such as Dire Wolves have faced off against Cloud9 and Edward Gaming in their quest to advance to the group stage.