How does the play-in group stage work?<\/h2>The play-in group stage follows a format similar to that of the last two years. The 12 participating teams were sorted into three pools based on regional strength beforehand. Two teams from each pool were placed into each group. Every team will play a single round-robin against the five others in their group, after which the two teams with the worst records will be eliminated outright. The group winners advance directly to the Worlds main event group stage. The second through fourth-place teams will advance to the play-in knockout stage. If two teams are tied at the end of the group stage, the protocols from 2020 and 2021 will likely be followed, meaning that head-to-head record will simply award side selection in a tiebreaker game as opposed to winning the tiebreaker.<\/p>
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Effectively replacing the international wildcard qualifier tournaments of old, the play-in stage has been the new funnel for minor regions on the international stage to qualify for Worlds. Since 2017, they've gotten to do so in a more high-stakes format with fewer games and against tougher competition given the addition of lower-seeded teams from major regions. Despite the tougher competition in recent years, Japanese champions DetonatioN FocusMe made minor region history just last year by becoming the third minor region team to advance into the World Championship group stage under the current format, toppling Cloud9 in a tiebreaker to secure an automatic berth. This year's play-in stage includes the most recent split's champions from Brazil's CBLOL, Japan's LJL, Latin America's LLA, Oceania's LCO, and Turkey's TCL, as well as the fourth seed from China's LPL, Korea's LCK, and Europe's LEC, the third seed from North America's LCS, and the second seeds from Taiwan's PCS and Vietnam's VCS. Vietnamese teams are back at Worlds for the first time since 2019, but not without their share of difficulties acquiring visas to compete in North America. The play-in stage for Worlds 2022 will take place at the Arena Esports Stadium, home of the Liga Latinoam\u00e9rica (LLA), from Thursday, Sept. 29 to Tuesday, Oct. 4. Related: How to earn drops and in-game items during League Worlds 2022 Here are the scores, group standings, match start times, and more for the 2022 World Championship play-in stage. Play-in knockout stage results Elimination round Monday, Oct. 3 1pm CT: MAD Lions 3-1 Saigon Buffalo4:30pm CT: LOUD 1-3 DetonatioN FocusMe Qualification round Tuesday, Oct. 4 1pm CT: Evil Geniuses 3-0 MAD Lions3:45pm CT: Royal Never Give Up 3-1 DetonatioN FocusMe The third and fourth-place teams in each group will play a best-of-five series against one another, with the loser being eliminated. The winner will face off against the second-place team from the opposite group in another best-of-five, with the victor advancing to the group stage and the loser going home. Related: Upset ends Worlds 2022 play-ins with an incredible stat Play-in group stage results and standings Group A Thursday, Sept. 29 4pm CT: Fnatic 1-0 Evil Geniuses5pm CT: LOUD 0-1 Beyond Gaming7pm CT: Chiefs Esports Club 0-1 Fnatic8pm CT: DetonatioN FocusMe 0-1 LOUD Friday, Sept. 30 3pm CT: Fnatic 1-0 DetonatioN FocusMe4pm CT: Evil Geniuses 1-0 LOUD6pm CT: DetonatioN FocusMe 1-0 Chiefs Esports Club7pm CT: Evil Geniuses 1-0 Beyond Gaming Saturday, Oct. 1 3pm CT: LOUD 1-0 Fnatic5pm CT: Beyond Gaming 0-1 DetonatioN FocusMe6pm CT: Evil Geniuses 1-0 Chiefs Esports Club8pm CT: Chiefs Esports Club 0-1 Beyond Gaming Sunday, Oct. 2 3pm CT: Beyond Gaming 0-1 Fnatic4pm CT: LOUD 1-0 Chiefs Esports Club5pm CT: DetonatioN FocusMe 1-0 Evil Geniuses Group B Thursday, Sept. 29 3pm CT: Isurus 0-1 MAD Lions6pm CT: MAD Lions 1-0 \u0130stanbul Wildcats9pm CT: Saigon Buffalo 1-0 \u0130stanbul Wildcats10pm CT: DRX 1-0 Royal Never Give Up Friday, Sept. 30 5pm CT: Saigon Buffalo 1-0 Isurus8pm CT: DRX 1-0 Saigon Buffalo9pm CT: MAD Lions 0-1 Royal Never Give Up10pm CT: \u0130stanbul Wildcats 0-1 DRX Saturday, Oct. 1 4pm CT: MAD Lions 1-0 Saigon Buffalo7pm CT: Royal Never Give Up 1-0 Isurus9pm CT: Royal Never Give Up 1-0 \u0130stanbul Wildcats10pm CT: Isurus 0-1 DRX Sunday, Oct. 2 6pm CT: \u0130stanbul Wildcats 0-1 Isurus7pm CT: DRX 1-0 MAD Lions8pm CT: Royal Never Give Up 1-0 Saigon Buffalo Group A tiebreakers Sunday, Oct. 2 9pm CT: Evil Geniuses 1-0 DetonatioN FocusMe10pm CT: LOUD 0-1 Evil Geniuses Related: How tiebreakers work at Worlds 2022 How does the play-in group stage work? The play-in group stage follows a format similar to that of the last two years. The 12 participating teams were sorted into three pools based on regional strength beforehand. Two teams from each pool were placed into each group. Every team will play a single round-robin against the five others in their group, after which the two teams with the worst records will be eliminated outright. The group winners advance directly to the Worlds main event group stage. The second through fourth-place teams will advance to the play-in knockout stage. If two teams are tied at the end of the group stage, the protocols from 2020 and 2021 will likely be followed, meaning that head-to-head record will simply award side selection in a tiebreaker game as opposed to winning the tiebreaker. 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