Fanatic have taken their sweet time getting on the ideal foot this season, as they hold a record of 2-6 through the first 8 video games of the single round-robin. With one video game delegated play, its win-or-go-home for the orange and black. Here show Fanatic can still make it to the Winter Split group stage

The 3rd game today– Fanatic vs. SK Gaming– should clearly lead to a Fanatic win for Fanatic to remain in the race. If Fanatic do win versus SK, they’ll play a tiebreaker against the loser of KOI vs. Astral is. If they lose, they’ll go home empty-handed and the other group from the KOI/Astral is pairing will secure the last seed.

Under the new format of the LEC, professional League of Legends groups can get eliminated from contention earlier than ever, with simply a single round-robin standing in the method of the leagues group phase, where only the top 8 groups from the very first stage of each split will advance. Today, the last day of the Winter Divides round-robin will conclude, with three groups still wanting to sneak into the back end of the advancement table.

How Fanatic can certify for LEC Winter Split group stage.

Heading into the final day of Winter Divides first phase, Fanatic still stay in control of their own fate, and the third and second games on the LEC schedule today will be all that matters for Fanatic. The 2nd game on today’s schedule– KOI vs. Astral is– is incredibly essential for playoff seeding, as it will be guaranteed to demolish among the two remaining group phase slots. Those 2 teams sit with records of 3-5 entering into the final day of the Winter Splits first phase, and the winner of that video game will lock in a spot in the group stage, no concerns asked.

Fanatic, among Europe’s most storied League teams, stands on the edge of being knocked out of group phase contention, which would mark the very first time the organization has missed the playoffs of a split. Given that 2013, Fanatic have actually made the playoffs of every LEC/EU LCS split, and must they lose today, they’d break a 10-year-long streak.

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If they lose, they’ll go home empty-handed and the other group from the KOI/Astral is pairing will lock in the last seed.

Today’s LEC action will begin at 11am CT with Team Heretics and Team BDS playing another match with playoff implications.

Heading into the final day of Winter Splits very first stage, Fanatic still stay in control of their own fate, and the 2nd and 3rd games on the LEC schedule today will be all that matters for Fanatic. Those 2 groups sit with records of 3-5 coming into the final day of Winter Splits first phase, and the winner of that game will lock in a spot in the group phase, no questions asked.

According to the LEC rule book (guideline 8.15.10), a tiebreaker game need to be played for eighth place in the opening round-robin of a split, no matter who owns the head-to-head in between the 2 teams. Fanatic won versus KOI in week one but lost to Astral is yesterday.