There are just shy of four days until east meets west once again and with the big reveal of OGN's APEX Season 2 groups we now have a clearer picture than ever of what lays ahead. The four western teams have been sprinkled evenly across the four groups, although Misfits might be lamenting their luck having landed beside both IEM Gyeonggi finalists Luxury Watch Blue and Lunatic-Hai in Group B.
Group A
- MVP Infinity
- Team EnVyUs
- Meta Athena
- BK Stars
Group B
- Luxury Watch Blue
- Misfits
- Lunatic-Hai
- Afreeca Freecs Red
Group C
- CONBOX Spirit
- Cloud9
- Kongdoo Uncia
- Afreeca Freecs Blue
Group D
- Kongdoo Panthera
- Fnatic
- RunAway
- Flash Lux
We got placed in same group as LW Blue (stacked LW who won IEM), Lunatic Hai and AF Red.
— Jonathan Larsson (@Reinforce) January 13, 2017
Group of death feelsgoodman HUEHUE pic.twitter.com/7tyOZHYpAe
The top two teams from each round robin group will progress to an eight team double elimination bracket - a welcome addition from the slightly stacked single elimination bracket of Season 1. All fixtures will be played as best-of-five until the best-of-seven Grand Final that is estimated to take place around three months from now. So, the opening fixtures are set with the action kicking off from 05:00 ET / 11:00 CET / 19:00 KST each day:
Tuesday January 17th
Friday January 20th
You will of course be able to find all the matches on ticker throughout the event, but stick with us on over.gg for a more in-depth look at the groups and the teams later this weekend.