Playoff Bracket Issues

#1

kobs_0

tl;dr - Much better first round matchups at bottom of post

Whoever drew this bracket must have never seen a bracket before, since no matter what,
you have:
both EMEA teams on same side of the bracket
both NA teams on same side of the bracket or both APAC teams on the same side
potentially both BR teams on same side if NIP beat Zeta

I have to wonder who drew this bracket and didn't see any problems with it...

A better draw would have been having the 4 top seeds in same slots

Drawing NIP/Zeta, putting them against PRX, avoiding BR/BR

Draw TL, place them against Guard, avoiding EMEA/EMEA

Draw DRX, place against G2

Draw Optic/XIA, place against LOUD

Matchups would be:

G2 vs DRX
Loud vs Optic/XIA
PRX vs NIP/Zeta
Guard vs TL

#2

TmhariMummy

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It's usually a draw tho...Bad Luck ig

#3

archetype

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i mentioned before but i think its just seeding.

group a 1-apac 1
group b 1-br 1
group a 2-emea 1
group b 2-na 1

just unfortunate that the emea team in group A didnt do so well and that optic didnt manage to secure 1st seed.

#4

xnvr57

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yep, im pretty sure its like this, and it makes sense tbh

#5

kobs_0

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I think you're 100% right here, and I mentioned before the event in a post that I expected TL (should they make playoffs) to be placed with G2, but after topping their group as well, it just doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me.

Not to mention the other issue of even trying to seed international talent fairly

They did EMEA > NA > APAC > BR, which makes sense from previous results, still awkward to somehow seed the teams from group A/B against that fairly.

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I think Riot wasn't sold on the competitiveness of APAC and BR, rightfully so because this is the first tournament where all regions look strong. They were objective with seeding based on 2021 and this is the result. It's logical but unfortunate.