T1 eliminates JDG, confirms no more Chinese teams in Shanghai

It's official: VCT China did not win a single series at Champions Shanghai. T1 T1 Korea Rank #2 stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Meteor Kim Tae-oh (김태오) BuZz Yu Byeong-cheol (유병철) DH Kang Dong-ho (강동호) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) Munchkin Byeon Sang-beom (변상범) defeated JD Gaming JD Gaming China Rank #7 jkuro Yong Haochong (杨浩聪) zhe Niu Zhe (牛哲) Yuicaw Huang Yung-chieh (黃湧傑) crownfisher Li Ao (李翱) BerLIN Zhang Bolin (張柏霖) 2-1 , eliminating the fourth and final Chinese team from Shanghai before the group stage was fully completed. VCT China ended the tournament with 2 map wins and 16 map losses.

On Lotus, T1's map pick, JDG immediately showed strength on the attack. The double-Sentinel of Chamber and Vyse completely countered the solo Neon comp from T1, at least to begin. The star player who led JDG to a pistol win and a 6-4 lead was crownfisher , who ended the first half with 13 kills. Munchkin pulled T1 to a tied 6-6 score at the half, but JDG earned that ideal start to a second half with a pistol and bonus round conversion.

This time it was jkuro who stepped up, as JDG reached an 11-6 lead. In full control, JDG slowly faded as Meteor rose to the challenge of the comeback. Hitting sick flicks and winning an important 1v2, T1 completed the comeback without the need for overtime. Finishing Lotus 13-11, T1 barely took their map pick back, now moving to Abyss.

ss had to be a bounce back from JDG, and the double-Duelist with Harbor cooked against T1's Harbor-less double-Duelist. Taking the first pistol and holding strong on defense, zhe on Yoru stood out as JDG entered the half up 9-3.