Vitality, NAVI and JD Gaming rebound with sweeps at Demacia Cup Global Invitational
Vitality, NAVI and JD Gaming rebound with sweeps at Demacia Cup Global Invitational
Team Vitality 2:0 GAM Esports
Natus Vincere 2:0 FlyQuest
JD Gaming 2:0 Shopify Rebellion
Team Vitality , Natus Vincere and JD Gaming recovered from opening-round defeats with clean 2–0 victories in the Demacia Cup Global Invitational's 0–1 bracket.
The results moved all three winners to 1–1 records while GAM Esports , FlyQuest and Shopify Rebellion fell to 0–2.
Vitality bounced back from their opening loss to BNK FEARX by sweeping GAM Esports .
The defeat left GAM without a series win through the first two rounds.
NAVI also recovered with a sweep, defeating FlyQuest 2–0 after losing their opening best-of-one against RED Canids .
FlyQuest had previously lost to LGD Gaming in Round 1 and consequently dropped to 0–2.
JD Gaming 2:0 Shopify Rebellion
JD Gaming completed the day's third sweep against Shopify Rebellion .
JDG had opened the tournament with a loss to Hanjin BRION, but the victory over Shopify moved them into the 1–1 bracket.
Shopify Rebellion , FlyQuest and GAM were pushed into the 0–2 pool, where the format shifts to a round robin. The top team from that group will remain alive for one final opportunity to reach the knockout stage.
The 1–1 Round 3 pairings were also set: Hanjin BRION against Natus Vincere , JD Gaming against LGD Gaming and Team Vitality against RED Canids .
