Arena of Valor (AOV) International Championship (AIC) 2021: 5th Anniversary Group Stage, just ended on 5 December. A total of eight teams managed to qualify for the Playoffs. Who are they?
There are V Gaming (VN), dtac x Talon (TH), Buriram United Esports (TH), MAD Team (TPE), ONE Team Esports (TPE), Saigon Phantom (VN), Hong Kong Attitude (TPE) and Valencia CF Esports (TH).
The AIC 2021 quarter-finals will be held on December 9-12, at 12.00 WIB. Fans can watch the match, through Garena AOV Indonesia's YouTube and Facebook Channels, or through the WeTV application.
In the first round of the Quarterfinals, each team will use the Global Ban-Pick (Global BP) Best-of-5 (BO5) format. Entering the next round, the match used the Best-of-7 (BO7) format.
Players can also support their favorite teams and players, via the official AIC 2021: 5th Anniversary website.
Get special gifts like Unowned Soccer Skin. By opening the AIC Chest, if your Star Points have been collected.
To be able to get it, players must choose the three best players in the tournament. Points will be calculated, based on the number of games won as well as the MVP Points of their favorite players.
AIC 2021: 5th Anniversary
Group A results
From Group A, V Gaming showed their dominance by bulldozing their opponents. The team from Vietnam, won all the matches and never once lost.
V Gaming is the Runner Up of AOG Winter 2021. They can be called as champion candidates, for the AIC 2021 tournament this time.
Even though he has only participated in the AOV international tournament twice. V Gaming did not budge against more experienced teams, such as Buriram United Esports, MAD Team and also the AWC 2021 champion, dtac x Talon.
On the other hand, MAD Team had to wait until the last day of the group stage, to get tickets to the Quarterfinals. Despite being filled with three new players who are fairly tough, even so, they did not show a consistent game.
Where failed to win against the top three teams. Continue to the team from Thailand in Group A, namely dtac x Talon and Buriram United Esports.
With the aggressive game shown, both of them managed to secure second and third positions in the 2021 AIC Group stage. They only lost to V Gaming, who performed superbly and without gaps.
Discussing the match in Group B, the representative of Indonesia, ARCHANGEL, managed to collect four points from one win and a draw. On the last day, which was held on December 5, Senko and his friends drew 1-1 with one of the giant Vietnamese teams, Team Flash.
The draw that Team Flash got against Archangel, made them fail to qualify for the Quarterfinals. Only collected eight points, one point difference from the team in fourth place, namely Valencia CF Esports.
In addition, ONE Team who previously overshadowed Saigon Phantom in 2nd place managed to steal the top of the standings, after winning two matches on the last day. The team from Chinese Taipei, showed their dominance until the end in front of teams from other regions.
Saigon Phantom, who appeared consistent, actually appeared slack on the last day of the match. They had to recognize the superiority of ONE Team Esports after being beaten 2-0.
The next teams are Hong Kong Attitude and Valencia CF Esports. Hong Kong Attitude secured important points, against UndeRank and finished in third place in the final standings.
Meanwhile, Valencia CF Esports is quite lucky. Because they had to lose to ONE Team Esports and Team Flash, on the last day of the group stage match.
The match to determine who is the best at AIC 2021: 5th Anniversary is still ongoing. Don't forget to watch Live Streaming on Garena AOV Indonesia's YouTube and Facebook and the WeTV application and support your favorite team.
The 2021 AIC Quarterfinals will take place from 9 - 12 December, at 12.00 WIB.