An early and possible bracket for VCT APAC Split 2 Playoff:
They are probably using the old bracket (2023) with Split 1 format (hybrid-elimination), whereas
#1 and #2 will get a bye,
#4 will meet #5, and
#3 will meet #6.
Firstly, we need to determine the seed first based on the current overall standing are the teams that will qualify to the playoff.
Then, predicting the most likely results for Week 3 and Week 4:
TLN vs DFM
ZETA vs RRQ
GE vs T1
BLD vs GENG
PRX vs DFM
DRX vs TLN -> ???
PRX vs RRQ
GENG vs GE
ZETA vs TLN
GENG vs TS -> ???
PRX vs ZETA
T1 vs BLD
The one in bold means the winner, as for DRX vs TLN and GENG vs TS it will not be counted first, and it will be included in the possible scenario.
According to that prediction, here is the overall standing for Split 2:
- PRX (9-1)
- DRX (7-2)*
- TLN (7-2)*
- TS (6-3)*
- GENG (6-3)*
- RRQ (6-4)
- T1 (4-6)
- GE (3-7)
- DFM (2-8)
- ZETA (2-8)
- BLD (1-9)
*DRX, TS, GENG, TLN still lacked one match, that will be explained in scenario below.
Scenario 1:
DRX winning the match vs TLN, and GENG winning the match vs TS. Then, according to that DRX will take the second seed. The rest overall standing:
- PRX (9-1)
- DRX (8-2)
- GENG (7-3)
- TLN (7-3)
- RRQ (6-4)
- TS (6-4)
According to tiebreaker rules from liquipedia GEN.G and RRQ placed higher than TLN and TS respectively because they won the head-to-head.
Scenario 1: Playoff Bracket -> https://imgur.com/a/izFswuk
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Scenario 2:
TLN winning the match vs DRX, and TS winning the match vs GENG. The overall standing:
- PRX (9-1)
- TLN (8-2)
- DRX (7-3)
- TS (7-3)
- RRQ (6-4)
- GENG (6-4)
Scenario 2: Playoff Bracket -> https://imgur.com/a/RAEOA0N
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Scenario 3:
DRX winning the match vs TLN, and TS winning the match vs GENG. The overall standing:
- PRX (9-1)
- DRX (8-2)
- TLN (7-3)
- TS (7-3)
- RRQ (6-4)
- GENG (6-4)
Scenario 3: Playoff Bracket -> https://imgur.com/a/RmwjW5F
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Scenario 4:
TLN winning the match vs DRX, and GENG winning the match vs TS. The overall standing:
- PRX (9-1)
- TLN (8-2)
- DRX (7-3)
- GENG (7-3)
- RRQ (6-4)
- TS (6-4)
Scenario 4: Playoff Bracket -> https://imgur.com/a/z9xEQt7
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PRX will be the top seed (#1 or #2) in overall standing, unless they lose two more matches. Everything isn't set in stone yet, anything is possible. Once a current playoff team lost a match against the current non-playoff one, it will mess up the bracket again. I will try to keep it updated until the last week, and there's no official bracket format apart from hybrid-elimination yet.
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