Global Esports defeats EDward Gaming to survive in Group B

The Shanghai curse continues as Global Esports Global Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #3 PatMen Patrick Mendoza UdoTan Go Kyung-won (고경원) Kr1stal Savva Fedorov xavi8k Xavier Juan Autumn Kale Dunne defeated EDward Gaming EDward Gaming China Rank #4 ZmjjKK Zheng Yongkang (郑永康) nobody Wang Senxu (王森旭) CHICHOO Wan Shunzhi (万顺治) Smoggy Zhang Zhao (张钊) Jieni7 Zhang Juntai (张君泰) stew Park Young-chan (박영찬) 2-0. The Chinese juggernauts join Xi Lai Gaming Xi Lai Gaming China Rank #3 WsLeo Huang Pinwei (黄品维) Sharks Qiu Ge (邱戈) Lysoar Liang Youhao (梁优好) NoMan James Man Rarga Arthur Churyumov happywei Deng Minwei (邓闵维) and TYLOO TYLOO China Rank #1 splash Moses Christophe Jonathan Scales Zhang Zhen (张震) Erv Shen Zhiwei slowly Kelun Sun (孙科伦) SiuFatBB Pong Gaa Hei (庞加曦) xihe Peng Wenbo (彭文博) as the third Chinese team eliminated in their home country.

GE's map pick of Summit started the series off, with the Pacific team opting for the Chamber and Sage composition. EDG opted for a double-Duelist comp with stew on Yoru and ZmjjKK on Neon. stew took down two with a Sheriff in the pistol round, but GE closed the round out and won the following round to go up 2-0.

As the half continued, UdoTan made his presence known. Multiple first bloods helped GE reach a 7-0 lead. With the roar of the crowd, EDG chipped away at the lead. Once stew's Operator came online, the Duelist found crucial picks to cut GE's lead, ending the half 8-4.