The Official SMITE Magazine Issue #19 | Page 48

ARTICLE WEDNESDAY: regular SPL season faces the winner of the set between the fourth and fifth place teams. The Similar to Tuesday, Wednesday starts with the European sixth and third seeds facing off second seeded team plays their set against the winner of the third vs sixth seeds from Tuesday. in a best of five set. This is followed by another Bo5 set between the region’s fourth and fifth FRIDAY: seeded teams. Winning a set puts the team into the next stage in the tournament. Friday mirrors Thursday in that the first match is a set between the teams who lost on Wednesday THURSDAY: to determine the placements of the bottom teams in the European side of this event. Afterwards are the The day starts off with a single game to between semifinals. Like North America on Thursday, the the losers of Tuesday’s matches to determine European teams with byes into the event play Bo5 sets the fifth and sixth place North American teams against the teams who won games on Wednesday. of Season 2. Next up are the Semifinal matches. The first of which is the top European seed facing The victors of these Bo5 sets are guaranteed off against the victor of the fourth vs fifth set. The to compete in the Smite World Championship final set of the day is the region’s second seed early next year. The first place team from the playing the winner of the third vs sixth seed match. 48 The Official SMITE Magazine Issue #19 The GameOn Magazine