The first day of the WCS Leipzig struggle has come to an end. Of the seven Poles taking part in the tournament, only Elazer and Nerchio are left, who are continuing their fight in the Playoff phase today.

The first day of the WCS Leipzig, a WCS Circuit Events tournament with a prize pool of over USD 100,000, did not succeed for the majority of Polish competitors. The Poles stood up in Leipzig with a solid representation - apart from the qualified Artur "Nerchio" Bloch and Mikolaj "Elazer" Ogonowski, we saw five players who wanted to try their hand at the so-called. Open Bracketcie.

The stage of the first group stage was successful for four of them; the only person who could not boast of success was Mateusz "Gerald" Budziak. It is worth mentioning that Protoss from the flag of Exeed Esports was not in full strength - he was sick at the tournament, and one of the symptoms was more than forty-degree fever.

The second part of the tournament was the end for the remaining four players taking part in the open registration championships. It was here in the clash with world-class players that they fell in turn: Grzegorz "MaNa" Komincz, Szymon "Ziggy" Filipek, Szymon "Guru" Nieciąg, as well as Piotr "souL" Walukiewicz. Each of them will return home empty-handed.

The third group stage brought the game that many people expected - it was at this point in the battlefield that the duo of Polish Zerg - Artur and Nicholas - took part in the online qualifiers at WCS Leipzig. Elazer won the promotion from the first place, defeating Bang "TRUE" Tae Soo and Dario "TLO" Wünsch on his way, while the EURONICS Gaming representative had to settle for second place after an early defeat against Gabriel "HeroMarine" Segat.

Thanks to the phenomenal game, Nerchio and Elazer were promoted to Playoffs in the Leipzig tournament. The start of the second day is scheduled for 11:00 am, while the schedule of the meetings of the round of sixteen players is as follows:

-   11:00 - Poland Mikołaj "Elazer" Ogonowski vs. Taiwan, Province of China Huang "Nice" Yu Xiang
-   11:00 - Germany Gabriel "HeroMarine" Segat Vs. United States Alex "Neeb" Sunderhaft
-   12:20 - Germany Tobias "ShowTime" Sieber vs. Sweden Christoffer "Namshar" Kolmodin
-   12:20 - Ukraine Aleksandr "Bly" Svusuyk Vs. Korea, Republic of Bang "TRUE" Tae Soo
-   13:40 - Finland Joona "Serral" Sotala Vs. Canada Maru "MaSa" Kim
-   13:40 - Sweden Rickard "SortOf" Bergman Vs. Poland Artur "Nerchio" Bloch
-   15:00 - Mexico Juan Carlos "SpeCial" Tena Lopez Vs. Marc "uThermal" Schlappi
-   15:00 - Germany Julian "Lambo" Brosig Vs. Norway Jens "Snute" Aasgaard
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