Intel World Open Beijing: Aster.Aries and ShenZhen left the tournament

At the Intel World Open Beijing, the first round of the playoffs has come to an end. We already know the name of the two teams that left the competition.

They were Aster.Aries and ShenZhen. The main outsiders of the tournament expectedly lost 2 matches each: Aster.Aries lost to Team Aster with a score of 1-2 and Invictus Gaming with a score of 0-2, and ShenZhen lost a clean sheet to Vici Gaming, and then failed to cope with LBZS, losing to them with a score of 1-2.

There were no surprises at the top of the grid in the first round. PSG.LGD outplayed Invictus Gaming with a score of 2-0, Team Aster, as we already know, defeated Aster.Aries with a score of 2-1, Xtreme Gaming finished off LBZS with a score of 2-0, and Vici sent ShenZhen to the lower bracket by outplaying them with a score of 2-0.

The final distribution of teams at the Intel World Open Beijing

• 1st place: TBD - $135,000
• 2nd place: TBD — $60,000
• 3rd place: TBD - $36,000
• 4th place: TBD - $24,000
• 5th-6th place: TBD — $15,000
• 5th-6th place: TBD — $15,000
• 7th-8th place: Aster.Aries — $7,500
• 7th-8th place: ShenZhen — $7,500

Intel World Open Beijing will be held from January 19 to 22 in a LAN format. 8 Chinese teams will play for the prize pool of $300,000.