Your playoffs teams are Chiefs, Enterprise, Man LFO and Rival, seeded in that order.

The chiefs look very poised to make EWC. They went almost undefeated in the group stage, beating all 3 other playoffs teams, loosing only to shaiikademy (2 of shaiikademy's 3 wins come from beating enterprise and chiefs. They then lost to a bunch of worse teams and missed playoffs). Remember, Oceania has 2 slots so Chiefs just have to win 2 bo3s. Its looking very likely they make EWC.

You might expect Enterprise to return from a top 8 finish and obliterate the entire league, but they've looked slightly rocky this stage. They lost in regulation to both Shaiikademy and Chiefs, playing with a sub against Shaiikademy. Dont get me wrong, they are very likely to make EWC but not as securely as, say, Weibo who actually have returned from SLC and obliterated their league.

Man LFO have been floating around top 3-4 for a while now, and theyre looking to finally break through that barrier. 4th in stage 2 last year, 2nd in si open quals, 3rd in kickoff. They go into playoffs with nothing to loose and everything to gain, and i wouldnt write them off to finally make it to lan this stage.

Rival is a new team with some familar faces. International viewers will probably recognise Wettables and oce fans will know Chefjeff, both now on the same team. They had a very dissapointing start to the stage, playing chiefs, enterprise and man lfo and loosing all of them in regulation. Wettables said in an interview, they made some changes in the team and bounced back from a dire position, winning 5 regulation games in a row. Theyll have to prove they can get it done against a top team if they want to make it to lan.

Group stage head to head:

Enterprise < Chiefs

Enterprise > Man LFO

Enterprise > Rival

Chiefs > Man LFO

Chiefs > Rival

Man LFO > Rival

Just an org merger

Hi, ive never watched comprtative val but i know enterprise from their r6 team. I decided to check how good they are and see this? How are they stuck obliterating B-Tier for 3 years? Why havent they gone to t1

The apl subregions have only one playday left of the group stage, heres the playoff situation

Oceania:

Secured in playoffs: Man LFO, Enterprise, Chiefs

Contesting playoffs: Rival, 7VEN (Formerly Barbie Boys)

The 2 contesting teams will play on the final playday and its a simple win and youre in, no round diff matters.

Asia:

Secured in Playoffs: Weibo, Daystar, Team Orchid

Contesting playoffs: Souls Heart, PSYKN Company

Again, sh and psykn play on the final playday and the winner advances.

Apac North:

Secured in playoffs: Cag, Kinotrope

Contesting playoffs: Dplus, FearX, Scarz

This is where it gets interesting. FearX and Scarz both sit on 12 points and both have a +12 round diff. Scarz sits on 9 points with a +5 round diff. Scarz plays a lower tier team (trippy) while dplus and fearx play EACHOTHER. If fearx v dplus goes to ot, theyre both in. If fearx vs dplus ends in regulation, the winner goes to playoffs and either the loser or scarz also goes. That scenario depends on how well scarz win and how badly the loser of fearx dplus loses. It comes down to round difference. (This is all assuming scarz beat trippy in regulation, if scarz lose or go to overtime they are out and fearx and dplus are in.)

So, if scarz beat trippy 7-0 or 7-1, fearx dplus ending in regulation gets scarz in. From there, every round trippy gets is another round the loser of fearx dplus will have to lose by. Otherwise, they will lose or be tied on rnd.

All info from liquipedia Oce | Asia | Apac North