(Country) – The international League of Legends community commented on the possibility that Saigon Buffalo will reach the Group Stage of the 2022 World Finals.
At dawn on September 12 (Vietnam time), the drawing ceremony to divide the group stage for the Group Stage and the Warm-Up Round of the 2022 World Finals (World Championships 2022) took place. This is also the first Worlds that VCS has the opportunity to return after a long absence due to many objective reasons. Therefore, the draw results also attracted the attention of Vietnamese League of Legends fans.
GAM (left) and SGB are the 2 representatives of VCS at Worlds 2022
Accordingly, GAM Esports (GAM) – the number 1 seed team of the VCS region will be in the same group with Top Esports (TES), Rogue (RGE) and one more team (most likely DRX). This is the group that is considered the most “breathable” for GAM when excluding TES, GAM can completely surprise RGE and DRX. Meanwhile, SGB will go from the Play-In Round with the most notable competitors being Royal Never Give Up (RNG), DRX and MAD Lions (MAD).
The draw results for the Group Stage (left) and the Play-In Round of Worlds 2022
Recently, the international community has opened a poll, assessing the ability of teams to go to the knockout stage and then to the Group Stage of the teams that have to compete in the Play-In Round. It is not unexpected when RNG and DRX are the 2 highest rated teams. But notably, the international LoL community ranks SGB just above Isurus – the team that is competing in the Latin American region.
Accordingly, the rate for SGB to reach the knockout stage is up to 34.3%. However, according to the international community, SGB will stop at the knockout round when this team is only rated as 1.2% will make it to the Group Stage.
Of course, these reviews are for reference only. Because, judging from what was shown at MSI 2022, SGB can completely surpass the teams in Wildcard (including teams from small regions, whose LoL background is not really developed). Not to mention, at MSI 2022, when facing RNG, the representative from Vietnam also made the defending champion sweat to get a hard victory.
Moreover, coming to this tournament, both representatives of Vietnam only need to compete with 100% of their ability and effort, focusing in each match is enough. Achievement is of course still an important factor, but the VCS audience is no longer as heavy on the players as before.
When the pressure has been removed, the focus is pushed to the highest, it is completely confident that Coach Ren’s army will create surprises. And maybe, both representatives of VCS may be fully present in the Group Stage of the upcoming 2022 Worlds.