100 Thieves won the Esports World Cup and Americas Stage 2 five weeks apart. Their first Champions since 2022, in the arena where this core finished 4th at Masters Shanghai 2024.
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Team VitalitySplit 13–5 to 100 Thieves, then Lotus 13–11, Ascent 13–9 and Summit 13–10 to Vitality. 100 Thieves finish 3rd, in the arena where this core was 4th at Masters Shanghai 2024. Vitality, the last team outside the Americas, play LOUD in the grand final on Oct 18, best of five.
The official short, after Summit.
Esports World Cup champions, Americas champions, 3rd at Champions. The peak ends one series short of the final.
5–2 in Shanghai. Both losses were to the two finalists: G2 on day two of the bracket, Vitality in the lower final.
Four maps in a few minutes, from the official channel.
Four maps, three of them to Vitality.
G2 Esports100 ThievesLotus 13–10 to G2, Ascent 13–10 to 100 Thieves, Summit 13–7 to 100 Thieves. G2 finish 4th, their best Champions in three visits. 100 Thieves play Vitality in the lower final on Oct 17, still one loss from out, in the arena where this core finished 4th at Masters Shanghai 2024.
100 Thieves against Vitality for the other place in the grand final. The winner plays LOUD on Oct 18. The loser finishes 3rd.
The final three days moved here from Jing’an. Two years ago 100 Thieves finished 4th in this building at Masters Shanghai.
Four wins in the bracket since G2 sent them down on day two. Vitality next.
Three maps in a few minutes, from the official channel.
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NRGSunset 14–12 in overtime, Haven 13–4. The reigning champions are out in 5th–6th, and no team has ever won Champions twice in a row. 100 Thieves, who beat NRG in the Esports World Cup final in August, play G2 in the lower semi on Oct 16.
100 Thieves against NRG, a rematch of the Esports World Cup final, then T1 against G2. The loser of each goes home. The winners meet in the lower semi on Oct 16.
Nongshim RedForce100 ThievesSummit 13–5 to 100 Thieves, Sunset 13–9 to Nongshim, Ascent 13–1 to 100 Thieves. Nongshim, the last of the five debutants, finish 7th–8th. 100 Thieves stay alive, one loss from out, against an upper-bracket loser on Oct 11.
The official short. He had promised a better 100 Thieves the night before.
Ascent 13–1 to close it. Another day in Shanghai.
Three maps in a few minutes, from the official channel.
G2 Esports100 ThievesAbyss 13–5, Ascent 13–11. G2 are 3–1 in Shanghai and play Vitality in the upper bracket on Oct 10. 100 Thieves drop to the lower bracket, where Nongshim on Oct 9 is one loss from the end of their Champions.
Paper Rex against T1, then Nongshim against 100 Thieves. Two Bo3s. The loser of each goes home.
FUT Esports100 ThievesSplit 13–5, Lotus 13–10. 100 Thieves are 2–0 and into the playoffs, their first at Champions since 2022. FUT Esports play the Group A decider on Oct 4 against the winner of JD Gaming vs T1.
Top eight, as Asuna put it. The playoffs start Oct 7.
Both maps in a few minutes, from the official channel.
LOUD against Vitality for the first spot from Group B, then FUT Esports against 100 Thieves for the first from Group A.
Summit 13–8, Ascent 13–9. The Esports World Cup and Americas Stage 2 champions are 1–0 in the arena where this core finished fourth at Masters Shanghai 2024.
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T1Summit 13–8, Ascent 13–9. 100 Thieves meet FUT Esports in the Group A winners’ match on Sept 30. T1 drop to the elimination match against JD Gaming on Oct 2; a loss there would be a fourth Champions without a playoff for T1.
Both maps in a few minutes, from the official channel.
100 Thieves against T1, then JD Gaming against FUT Esports. The team that beat the champions at the Esports World Cup, the team that has never left groups, and the last Chinese debutant.
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