League of Legends tournament suspended for today

[15:06] The League of Legends tournament will be suspended for today, Sunday the 2nd. We will continue working on a solution to fix the current problems and plan to start the tournament tomorrow at 10AM with both groups being played in one day.

ESL TV will now broadcast Counter-Strike.

Live Coverage

[17:46] Chinese team eFuture won their last match against Anexis 16:12. Meanwhile fnatic won 16:4 against Team Immunity. We have 3 teams with 6 points but based on the rules fnatic and eFuture advance. Understandably the Danes are very disappointed.

[15:41] The StarCraft 2 Quarter-Final matches have been determined:
Match 1: RevivaL - IdrA
Match 2: elfittaja - Strelok
Match 3: dimaga - HasuObs
Match 4: PuMa - JYP

The semi-finals will be winner of match 1 vs. 4 and 2 vs. 3.

[15:41] IdrA manages to come back and qualify for the play-offs behind elfittaja in group c. In Group D RevivaL and Strelok managed to qualify.

[15:13] fnatic wins over eFuture with 16:10 and keeps their play-off chances alive.

[14:56] elfittaja wins his group with 3 wins and no map loss after winning his last game against Jinro. A very impressive performance from the young Finnish player.

[14:25] And we are live with eFuture vs. fnatic.

[14:00] Next up in Counter-Strike is eFuture vs. fnatic. The Swedes have to win to stay in the tournament.

[13:58] elfittaja continues to dominate his group with 2 straight wins so far. Meanwhile IdrA also lost his second match, this time against Jinro with 2-1. elfittaja so far is the surprise of the event.

[12:46] In the unexpected top match of group C, elfittaja is leading 1-0 against Jim. Meanwhile RevivaL won the replayed second map against Strelok and they are currently playing the deciding 3rd map, live on ESL TV. The next live match will be Jinro vs IdrA.

[12:31] One of our cameramen just came back from some outdoor filming and reported that there is a queue outside that could easily be 2-3km long. China is insane!

[12:20] Next in Counter-Strike is Anexis vs Team Immunity. Due to the delay in League of Legends, ESL TV will show this match instead and cover CS until there is a solution to the LoL problem.

[12:18] While way won 2:0 against iaguz, the second map of Strelok vs. RevivaL will be replayed due to some errors that occurred during the match.

[12:06] eFuture just won their game against Team Immunity 16:7.

[11:51] Some SC2 scores - Jinro lost his first match surprisingly to Chinese player Jim with 0:2, leaving him and IdrA at the bottom of Group C for the moment. In Group D Strelok is currently leading 1:0 over RevivaL and way 1:0 over iaguz.

[11:41] eFuture vs. Team Immunity is currently being played in Counter-Strike Group A.

[11:31] They shouted louder and also came out on top in the end. Anexis wins the Counter-Strike opening match against fnatic with 16:14 on de_tuscan.

[11:23] Leaving the pro-gamer area is almost impossible right now. There are Chinese fans standing everywhere watching Anexis vs. fnatic and also checking out the League of Legends teams preparing.

[11:11] US superstar IdrA lost his opening match against Finnish darkhorse elfittaja with 0-2.

[10:36] IdrA vs elfi is now live with RotterdaM and MrBitter on ESL TV

[10:24] But Anexis are now silent team either. An even louder shout and now they too are ready to start the game.

[10:21] fnatic are in there traditional pre-match huddle and are a powerful shout sit down now to take on newcomers Anexis.

[9:53] The first games of today are [SC2] elfi vs. IdrA and Jinro vs. Jim, [LoL] CG vs IG and [CS] Anexis vs. fnatic.

[9:51] In case you missed yesterdays results, in StarCraft 2 Group A PuMa and HasuObs advanced and in Group B dimaga and JYP.

[9:45] The pro-gamer area is full today due to the start of the Counter-Strike and League of Legends tournaments. CLG arrived not along ago and Hotshotgg already had to pose for first pictures with fans.

[9:30] Good morning and welcome to the second day of the Global Challenge Guangzhou. Today we have StarCraft 2, League of Legends and Counter-Strike. The hall Ani-Com & Games is filling up fast and will be packed soon.

If you missed yesterdays StarCraft 2 games, check out this replay thread which will be updated frequently.