Worlds 2022 Play-In Stage: Groups, Schedule and Results

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Worlds 2022 Play-In Stage: Groups, Schedule and Results

Worlds 2022 Play-in schedule has been announced, let's take a look at everything going down. 


Riot has finally released the schedule for the Play-in stage of Words, and fans can now find out when and who their team will be facing off. In this article, you can find the match-ups and the dates for every Play-in game that will be played.

This article will be updated in real-time throughout the Play-in Stage as the games are played.

Worlds 2022 Play-in format*

  •  Group Stage (Round 1)
    • 12 teams participate
    • Teams are drawn into two groups based on seeding
    • Single Round Robin
    • Matches are best of one
    • Top team from each group advances to the Main Event
    • 2nd to 4th teams from each group advance to Round 2
  • Knockout Stage (Round 2)
    • 3rd place teams from the group stage face the 4th place team from the same group
    • Winners of these matches face the 2nd place team from the opposite group
    • Winners of these final matches advance to the Main Event
    • Matches are best of five

*Taken from Leaguepedia.

Group A schedule

Team

Score

Fnatic (FNC) 4-1
LOUD 3-2
Evil Geniuses (EG) 3-2
DetonatioN FocusMe (DFM) 3-2
Beyond Gaming (BYG) 2-3
Chiefs Esports Club (CHF) 0-5

Day 1, September 29

  • 4 PM CDT (11 PM CEST)
    • FNC 1 – 0 EG
  • 5 PM CDT (12 AM CEST)
    • LOUD 0 – 1 BYG
  • 7 PM CDT (2 AM CEST)
    • CHF 0 – 1 FNC
  • 8 PM CDT (3 AM CEST)
    • DFM 0 – 1 LOUD
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Day 1 recap.

Day 2, September 30

  • 3 PM CDT (10 PM CEST)
    • FNC 1 – 0 DFM
  • 4 PM CDT (11 PM CEST)
    • EG 1 – 0 LOUD
  • 6 PM CDT (1 AM CEST)
    • DFM 1 – 0 CHF
  • 7 PM CDT (2 AM CEST)
    • EG 1 – 0 BYG

Day 2 recap.

Day 3, October 1

  • 3 PM CDT (10 PM CEST)
    • LOUD 1 – 0 FNC
  • 5 PM CDT (12 AM CEST)
    • BYG 0 – 1 DFM
  • 6 PM CDT (1 AM CEST)
    • EG 1 – 0 CHF
  • 8 PM CDT (3 AM CEST)
    • CHF 0 – 1 BYG

Day 3 recap.

Day 4, October 2

  • 3 PM CDT (10 PM CEST)
    • BYG 0 – 1 FNC
  • 4 PM CDT (11 PM CEST)
    • LOUD 1 – 0 CHF
  • 5 PM CDT (12 AM CEST)
    • DFM 1 – 0 EG

Tiebreakers

  • EG 1 – 0 DFM
  • LOUD 0 – 1 EG

Day 4 recap.

Group B schedule

Team

Score

DRX 5-0
Royal Never Give Up (RNG) 4-1
MAD Lions (MAD) 3-2
Saigon Buffalo (SGB) 2-3
Isurus (ISG) 1-4
Istanbul Wildcats (IW) 0-5

Day 1, September 29

  • 3 PM CDT (10 PM CEST)
    • ISG 0 – 1 MAD
  • 6 PM CDT (12 AM CEST)
    • MAD 1 – 0 IW
  • 9 PM CDT (3 AM CEST)
    • SGB 1 – 0 IW
  • 10 PM CDT (4 AM CEST)
    • DRX 1 – 0 RNG

Day 1 recap.

Day 2, September 30

  • 5 PM CDT (11 PM CEST)
    • SGB 1 – 0 ISG
  • 8 PM CDT (2 AM CEST)
    • DRX 1 – 0 SGB
  • 9 PM CDT (3 AM CEST)
    • MAD 0 – 1 RNG
  • 10 PM CDT (4 AM CEST)
    • IW 0 – 1 DRX

Day 2 recap.

Day 3, October 1

  • 4 PM CDT (11 PM CEST)
    • MAD 1 – 0 SGB
  • 7 PM CDT (1 AM CEST)
    • RNG 1 – 0 ISG
  • 9 PM CDT (3 AM CEST)
    • RNG 1 – 0 IW
  • 10 PM CDT (4 AM CEST)
    • ISG 0 – 1 DRX
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Day 3 recap.

Day 4, October 2

  • 6 PM CDT (12 AM CEST)
    • IW 0 – 1 ISG
  • 7 PM CDT (1 AM CEST)
    • DRX 1 – 0 MAD
  • 8 PM CDT (2 AM CEST)
    • RNG 1 – 0 SGB

Day 4 recap.

Knockout Stage schedule

Elimination round, October 3

Qualification round, October 4

  • 1 PM CDT (8 PM CEST)
    • Evil Geniuses vs MAD Lions
  • 6 PM CDT (12 AM CEST)
    • Royal Never Give Up vs DetonatioN FM

Fans can watch all the games on the official Riot broadcasts, which stream on their Twitch and Youtube channels.

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Worlds 2022 Play-In Stage: Groups, Schedule and Results
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