U heard it here first
it will be a double-elimination group stage into a double-elimination bracket. https://twitter.com/GeorgeCGed/status/1502388495951831042
M3C vs FNC unless EMEA gets fucked by restrictions.
edit: I actually cracked it. Challengers 1 so far is literally following 2021 script. Acend gets eliminated early after winning Masters 1 EU and now Champions. Fnatic makes roster change and starts pounding in EMEA. Like in 2021. V1 activates out of nowhere and starts doing well in NA with players like penny fking. Just like in 2021. And what happens next is that Liquid's position looks rough currently, but somehow they end up winning EMEA in playoffs. Kind of like what happened in 2021. And C9 who is the #1 NA team will get first NA spot and everyone is rating them lower than EMEA teams and then they end up winning. Just like what happened with Sentinels. Also you have high hope Brazil superteam who is supposed to dominate and then they end up disappointing like Vikings in 2021, LOUD now.
so final is FNC vs C9